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Dynamicworldtech has Iburst Africa
by Emmanuel Macharia 14 Jun '09

14 Jun '09

Has anybody tried iburstafrica. www.dynamicworldtech.com is selling iburst Africa call 0720853429 Carol. http://www.iburstafrica.com/index.php?c=ke&lang=English&content=modems&gcli… Emms

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WANTED: Development Bloggers
by Crystal Watley 13 Jun '09

13 Jun '09

Do you have an interest in ICT4D and want to tell the world? Do you work in development and have great projects and ideas to share? Are you a students thinking of ways to help Africa without leaving your desk? If you are one of those people, we want to hear from you. We are looking to build a team of bloggers to submit weekly content. Whether it be photographs of development projects, personal experiences, or ICT4D news, VOA4SD has a place for youth aspiring to take hold of the challenges facing Africa and speak up. If you want to become a contributor, please email crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org .-- Crystal "Naliaka" Watley Kigoni Voices of Africa for Sustainable Development crystal(a)voicesofafrica.org http://www.voicesofafrica.org/ "You must be the change you wish to see" - Gandhi

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Final DTV transition
by David Ndambuki 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

The final Analogue TV broadcast in the USA is today. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5iMVxRNOi4yoibzHJ_18PRZcTN… When will we do it? 2012????? -- Regards, Ndambuki Muthoka David Phne: +254733476463;+254722316140 Addr: 2084 - 01000 Thika, Kenya.

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PHP, JPGRAPH
by Walter Onyango 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

Hi all, I am trying to display some graphs using JPGraph in PHP. I get the following error. *Chosen locale file ("lang/en.inc.php") for error messages does not exist or is not readable for the PHP process. Please make sure that the file exists and that the file permissions are such that the PHP process is allowed to read this file.** * Can someone with knowledge in PHP and JPGraph please help. -- Walter.

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USB 3.0 first on linux
by Jamal Mohamed 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

http://www.neowin.net/news/main/09/06/11/linux-is-first-os-to-support-usb-30

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Zain selling ?
by Josiah Mugambi 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37906.php?source=rss <http://www.cellular-news.com/story/37906.php?source=rss> Josiah Mugambi +254 738 504418 http://blog.josiahmugambi.com SK Classifeds... Visit stockskenya.co.ke for more info.

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Anycast instance of the F root name server in Kenya?
by Peter Karunyu 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

Hey people, I came across a Map of all 123 DNS root server instances (including local Anycast instances) at the end of 2006 here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Root-current.svg And there is a red dot on Kenya, one of the 3 anycast instances in Africa (two are in South Africa). Can someone pls confirm this? Where is this instance housed? Who manages it? What sort of technology do they use? And if this is so, this was implemented back on 06 when the fibers were a pipe dream?

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Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom Blocks torrents
by Riyaz Bachani 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

But when you charge users by the Mb ... this shouldn't be an issue. R ----- Original Message ----- From: "David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd" <kianiadee(a)gmail.com> To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke> Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:59:13 AM GMT +03:00 Iraq Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom Blocks torrents Deep packet inspection is routine in most telcos given the volume Torrents are occupying in any given network and safaricom are well within their rights to manage quality. It's actually a fact that top 10% of users, eat up 80-90% of bandwidth, by any standards this is not acceptable even in a traditional ISP. Don't bother Michael Joseph, he has bigger fish to fry. Regards Kiania D _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general -- [Asentric Consulting Ltd] If a man has in himself the soul of a slave will he not become one no matter what his birth .... -Richest Man in Babylon _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks(a)lists.my.co.ke http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks Other services @ http://my.co.ke Other lists ------------- Skunkworks announce: http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks-announce Science - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/science kazi - http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/admin/kazi/general

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Safaricom Internet
by Simon Mbuthia 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

Hi guys, Anybody from Safaricom to tell me how much it would cost to have a 1 Mbps/512Kbps connection for a SOHO network? Also, anybody know how good Safcom connections are? Thanks in advance, Me. -- שִׁמְעוֹן

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of techies, budgets, optic fiber and zero rated phones
by James Wachira 12 Jun '09

12 Jun '09

Afternoon guys, There is no better place for me to ask this so allow me to go right ahead. No flaming please. So yesterday the budget was read amidst excitment and anticipation among MPs and the public at large. Of particular interest to me was the zero-rating on the prices of Mobile phones. What does this mean to the consumer? How long before we begin seeing the effects of this in the shops. Any insight would be helpful. The other thing, today the fiber optic is being commissioned. How soon before we feel the effects both in speed, bandwith costs, adoption by the industry etc??? Is there a plan in place on the rollout of this? -- The Geek shall inherit the earth. - Linus 5:5 With Regards, James W, |tel: +254 728 024 897 | gtalk: jwaciira | yahoo: jamoke | twitter: jwaciira |

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