Get the 2Gb/512Kbps bundle....works great....

Bernard


On Sun, Nov 14, 2010 at 11:29 AM, SkunkWorks KU Followers <skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
my experiences.... bad. but that's what i paid for...

bought the 300mb/32kbps bundle. i get good 3g reception in my hostel
room, and get downloads at more than 2mbps [256kBps.... 1kBps=8bps]
when its not capped.... and thats GREAT.

.. but when capped to 32kbps [a mere 4 kBps], i wonder if the techies
at safcom practically tested their data-caps... 4kB/s is barely usable
with todays' heavy websites and web-apps.

more ideally, the 1gb bundle should be capped at 128kBps [..or 1mbps
-> less than half of ur expected 3mb/s max on 3g].... down to capping
the 300mb bundle at 32kBps [256 kbps.
and from looking at local internet prices, safcom would still make profits.

On 11/13/10, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
> ..apt-get uses http...no content filtered there...
>
> Bernard
>
> On Fri, Nov 12, 2010 at 9:31 AM, Ndungi Kyalo <ndungi@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I am 2 days into the unlimited service and so far so good. However, the
>> connection resets every time I try running apt-get. Content filtering ?
>>
>>
>> On 11 November 2010 14:33, Mark Mwangi <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I think Bundles bring in more revenue than unlimited speed constrained
>>> plans and that is why all the telcos including orange maintain bundles.
>>> Problem is bundles work best with phones which are less likely to be data
>>> munchers as compared to PC's what with torrents and what not. They may
>>> just
>>> decide to go all out ISP and offer the different speed packages minus the
>>> bundle business. . .may just work. .
>>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 11, 2010 at 10:05 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I've been out of touch with safcom products but early this week had to
>>>> setup one for a friend. He bought the B220 3g wifi modem and I completed
>>>> the
>>>> setup. We decided to test the 1GB/128kbps service. After the 1GB bundle
>>>> got
>>>> exhausted, I tested the 128kbps services and it seems to work quite
>>>> well.
>>>> Hopefully we will know the results at the end of the bundle being
>>>> exhausted.
>>>> From a tech point of view, I got thinking what was in Safcom's mind
>>>> doing
>>>> this and it struck me they just might have have gotten it right.
>>>> Considering
>>>> the cost of seacom/teams, that 128kbps service is really a non-shared
>>>> bandwidth, which is excellent, explained the reason why it held a
>>>> constant
>>>> download. I know 3G is limited to 256kbps on uplink, so duplex 128kbps
>>>> is
>>>> very possible. In a summary, I think Safcom should remove the GB bundles
>>>> and
>>>> sell by capacity. A good example maybe 128 kbps unlimited = 3K, 256k
>>>> unlimited = 5k etc. I'd rather work with a smaller capacity and an
>>>> un-shared
>>>> non-bursty service. The latencies also held well on 128kbps.
>>>>
>>>> Have these been your experiences with the unlimited service?
>>>>
>>>> Me thots.
>>>>
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