Gitau, 3g speeds can go upto 7mBps, whether this is theory or happens in practice is a subject already in the list archives (many a midnight skunker has posted screenshots of download speeds that made us go 'wooow'). And so reducing these speeds to a paltry 30kpbs isnt exactly what you would call adding value to the service or enhancing it , nay, it is a downgrade. Calling deliberately capped 30kbps speeds 'Unlimited' is actually an assault on the Queen's language, if not on our intelligence. It is also by now a futile argument that 'Unlimited' might have been a reference to the seemingly inexhaustible 300mb, 1000mb, 2000mb,etc bundles. Please have a look at the jpeg attached in an earlier post and you will agree that the ad aimed to deceive (rather indiscreetly) and fell way below par, taking the English language with it.. :-) On 15 September 2010 13:21, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
Actually the word "unlimited' as I read it is not being redefined...if the guy that sold me my motorbike told me it had unlimited speed and removed the speedometer, I would never be bothered that its top speed is 320Kmph.I've never hit more than 190 .... most (please don't bash me for saying 'most') internet users regular usage at any one time rarely goes beyond 24 - 50kbps (graph your connection during regular browsing) ...... for this users, this offer is perfect.....
...to explain it a little further; on a highway (even kenyan ones), you do have UNLIMITED access to the roads, you can use it as much as you want ;to go wherever you want; as many times as you want; you just can't drive as FAST as you want....for several reasons, often good reasons, the best one being that there are other road users....:-)
So in this case you do have unlimited access to the internet from Safaricom through their network on those advertised bundles, you can browse/go anywhere anytime, use whatever protocol etc...just not as fast as you want.
..for heavy users and maybe if you need sustained high throughputs; more than the 'throttled' out of purchased bundle speeds, a call to the safaricom business unit should resolve your problem, whether or not it costs more is fully dependent on your requirements.
HTH...
Regards, JGitau
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:58 PM, Watson Kambo <wkwats@gmail.com> wrote:
In short this is 128Kbps at 3K for the month? 64 Kbps at 2K a month? etc ...
On 15 September 2010 15:11, Andrew Wafula <awafula@gmail.com> wrote:
Well, It seems that Safaricom has redefined the word unlimited. Wonder what is in their dictionary for other words :). A
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:05 PM, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
http://www.google.co.ke/search?hl=en&q=define:unlimited&btnG=Google+Search
My preferred one: inexhaustible: that cannot be entirely consumed or used up; "an inexhaustible supply of coal" wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn -- Josiah Mugambi
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 3:02 PM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
If you deplete the bundle before the expiry period, you will still browse free but at a reduced QoS.That's what unlimited means here. Bernard
On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 2:42 PM, Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi@gmail.com>
wrote:
> Just a clever catchy tag on the bundles being sold. >
In that case, not very clever ..
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