2009/8/14 Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com>

There is a guy on the stocks kenya forum who said on a thread that he
had received threats after he pulled out of a contract from customer
care. At that time zain edge was painfully slow even on phone. It was
after they got a few million customers from their infamous vuka
tariff.

On 14/08/2009, Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu@gmail.com> wrote:
> @ Kioko,
>
> Oh, and there was that time that they threatened customers who quit the
>> contract when Zain internet slowed down to a crawly 2kbps.
>
>
> When was this? What were the details of the threat? Update pls.
>
> I can't recall a time Zain issued threats to its customers who wanted to
> stop using it's services. It is important to get the facts right.
>
> I understand all the telcos have their shortcomings, and when In this forum,
> we highlight on the challenges we get on our respetive telcos and the
> respose is -ve or +ve, depending on how factual our statements are!
>
> Cheers
>
>>
>>
>> On 13/08/2009, mike oketch <mikeoketch@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > Kioko
>> > Zain has a Ksh. 2995 fror unlimited data bandwidth per month so just
>> > join
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 10:07 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> yu is so on newskies. As for Zain, give me a reason why i should be
>> >> philanthropic enough to fork out Kshs. 10 bob per MB for data. Not
>> >> when am still sane...
>> >>
>> >> On 13/08/2009, Josiah Mugambi <jmugambi@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> > EDGE <
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enhanced_Data_Rates_for_GSM_Evolution
>> >> >
>> >> > bandwidth 236.8 kbit/s
>> >> > so that's up to 30KB/s data transfer - pretty sure that's better than
>> >> > pre-seacom. On a phone that should be reasonable.
>> >> >
>> >> > Josiah Mugambi
>> >> > +254 738 504418
>> >> >
>> >> > http://blog.josiahmugambi.com
>> >> >
>> >> > * SK Classifeds... Visit stockskenya.co.ke for more info.
>> >> > * Get a .ke @ 2900/- a year VAT incl. @ pct.co.ke
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 5:57 PM, Billy <billyx5@gmail.com> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> Am curious. Seeing as Zain doesnt have 3G, will it make much of a
>> >> >> difference in terms of speeds whether they are on Seacom or not?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -Billy
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> 2009/8/13 Solomon Mburu <solo.mburu@gmail.com>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> I like the way Dan has of late, been responding to queries regarding
>> >> >> KDN
>> >> >>> with gusto.
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Keep it up bwana!
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> 2009/8/13 <dan.kwach@kdn.co.ke>
>> >> >>>
>> >> >>> Hi Kennedy,
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> We have had quite an issue with KDN fiber link between Mariakani
>> and
>> >> >>>> Mombasa affecting the Seacom trunk link to Msa from Nairobi.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> This is due for a permanent fix tonight since we have to replace
>> the
>> >> >>>> faulty section of the cable.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> NB- We are working hard to set up the redundant link to Msa to
>> reduce
>> >> on
>> >> >>>> service disruptions.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Rgds,
>> >> >>>> Dan O.Kwach,
>> >> >>>> Kenya Data Networks.
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Kenya
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> ------------------------------
>> >> >>>> *From*: kennedy kariuki
>> >> >>>> *Date*: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 17:04:59 +0300
>> >> >>>> *To*: <dan.kwach@kdn.co.ke>; Skunkworks forum<
>> >> skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> *Subject*: Re: [Skunkworks] SwiftGlobal now on seacom and Zain
>> >> >>>> too?
>> >> >>>> Kwach,
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> why does it keep going down???jana n at sm point leo....just for a
>> >> >>>> few
>> >> >>>> minutes though...
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> ~K-Tatu
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>> On Thu, Aug 13, 2009 at 4:59 PM, <dan.kwach@kdn.co.ke> wrote:
>> >> >>>>
>> >> >>>>> Kennedy,
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> You got it right. They both are on Seacom courtesy of KDN. So is
>> >> >>>>> everyone else on Seacom so far!
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Rgds,
>> >> >>>>> Dan O.Kwach,
>> >> >>>>> Kenya Data Networks.
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® smartphone from Zain Kenya
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
>> >> >>>>> From: kennedy kariuki <kkairu@gmail.com>
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>> Date: Thu, 13 Aug 2009 16:48:12
>> >> >>>>> To: Skunkworks forum<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
>> >> >>>>> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] SwiftGlobal now on seacom and Zain too?
>> >> >>>>>
>> >> >>>>>
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>> >> >>> AND
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>
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