I was getting speeds around 100kBps (0.8Mbps) - sometimes up to 200kBps (1.6Mbps) - but after the "upgrade" to the new system it is usually in the range of 25kBps (0.2Mbps) to 50kBps (0.4Mbps), Don't know if it because of a cap on the unlimited offer with the new system or if there are just more users in my area. It depends mainly on where you are located. In Mombasa old town and Nairobi Westlands I would get very low speeds and in Karen or Langata I would get decent speeds. I would just get a modem and see how it is in your area (at 2,000 for the modem + 1,000 for seven days it is quite cheap to evaluate). On 09/28/2010 10:30 PM, Michuki Mwangi wrote:
Hi,
On 9/28/10 6:29 PM, [ Brainiac ] wrote:
@michuki what kind of speeds do you average?
A correction i may have stated wrongly not 200mbps - huh! 200Mb download per day.
Having said that am not sure if i keep track but its often above 100Kbps.(getting it right this time).
Regards,
Michuki.
On Fri, Sep 10, 2010 at 8:54 PM, Michuki Mwangi<michuki@swiftkenya.com>wrote:
Hi Wash,
For the better part of this year i have been using the EVDO for my office work. I dont consider myself a light user average usage is about 200mbps per day or more on others.
For consistency i would rate it on a 4/5 (that means i expect 4/5 times to get the same service as i got every other day).
The only time i had to call CS was last week on Thursday when the issues started. Once issues were resolved on Monday, From Tuesday am back to about 5 - 7hrs of connectivity without disconnections.
Stability i would rate it 3.5/5. It was higher before last week - now am re-evaluating it again.
For speeds i would rate it at a 4/5 - i get to do my conference calls (skype, marratech, etc) without a problem. Its nice because if power goes i still have about 3hrs left of uptime on the laptop battery).
They used to give public IPs - as a techie thats a 5/5 but with the new upgrades they have gone back to double nat so thats 2/5 :(.
Customer Service - I have to give them credit for being on skunkworks so they get a 3.5/5 since i havent had to use them and when i did they owned up to issues being on their end.
YMMV, it will also depend on how many users you have on the network (am a single user). The capacity requirements and location - i would tend to think we are less than 10 users on the basestation i connect to - so not largely resource constrained! :).
** So if you use the service with a modem you are likely to get into tripple NAT and thats likely to break far too much for your liking.
But thats just my opinion.
Regards,
Michuki.
On 9/10/10 6:44 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
I have a question: I have this router (details already posted on this list) which can use both a leased line and USB modem as fail-over or as primary link. Config is up to the user. I am just thinking - is EvDO reliable enough to be used as the only connection for a business? I am just thinking that with 4k a month (for the unlimited weekly bundle), if EvDO is reliable enough, then I can save 13k by using EvDO, instead of paying an ISP 17k every month for a 128/256kbps connection. Am I going crazy thinking like so?
How often does the service go down?
Can the system allow me to buy 4 weekly unlimited bundles at a go? If not possible, I can just buy the cards and reload every week:)
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