I have installed and used livebox for some time now,<div>1. The hardware is not very good which may lead to many frequent down times and slow starts.</div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold;">How to overcome this</span></div>
<div>&nbsp;If you have previously had any other adsl modem, just get to the settings and replace the adls user and pass with the orange username and pass.&nbsp;</div><div>This ensures your hardaware is upto the task as you enjoy orange broadband. You can toss the livebox on the wall -esp if you buy it at 11k. :)</div>
<div><br></div><div>I use around 10 comps and so far so good.</div><div><br></div><div>2. Evdo. Your location matters as said above, choose the huawei type -found it better than the &nbsp;pretty black ones. Connection may timeout from time to time again depending on your location.</div>
<div><br></div><div>[Hope this helps - ]</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all">Ibibe Systems We believe so we can<br><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">2009/5/13 Odhiambo  ワシントン <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com">odhiambo@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="im">On Wed, May 13, 2009 at 2:04 PM, Brian Lusiola <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:lusiola@gmail.com" target="_blank">lusiola@gmail.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left:1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204);margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex">

We had a livebox (broadband turbo) brought to the office on 22nd April, technician showed up on 24th April.<br>First had issues with the authentication, then when it was up and running it was pretty good for the 12 Computers on the LAN.<br>


We had quite a number of downtimes, and the worst was three days continuous (same authentication issue).<br>Generally the speed is OK.<br><br><b>Cons</b><br>-Maybe individual but the authentication error really annoyed<br>


-Support is generally slow.<br>-You&#39;ll need a firewall after the livebox to have proper control.<br><br><b>&lt;HIJACK&gt;<br>Anybody used the orange USB dongle, how are the speeds on it?<br></b><b>&lt;/HIJACK&gt;</b><br>


</blockquote></div><div><br>@Brian,<br><br>My response was based on experience with the USB dongle. If you need me to get some figures on the performance, then just let me know what application I need to use to gather consistent data for your curiosity and I will spare some time to do it.<br>

I have two friends at the mentioned locations from whom I can gather the data.<br><br>PS: I am quite happy with Safaricom 3G and IIRC, MJ said that the billing model is going to change and I can only take that to mean &quot;cheaper&quot; KES/MB :)<br>

</div></div><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254733744121/+254722743223<br>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <br>&quot;Clothes make the man. &nbsp;Naked people have little or no influence on society.&quot;<br>

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