@johnHold on for a moment...I decided not to assume anything and went ahead to ask Safaricom what the speeds were.Just like they have been advertising,they said their speeds are measured in KiloBytes and not Kilobits!They told me that the max data cap is 512 KiloBytes which I have converted to 4096Kilobits/Second,see?Check out the attachment here to see a screenshot of our comm.On 22 February 2012 21:47, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer@gmail.com> wrote:@JohnAha!That must be the missing link!It looks like these people got me on that one!On 22 February 2012 20:58, John Doe Smith Kamau KipNg'etich Jones <skunkworks.ku@gmail.com> wrote:
@moses muya
... i hope you realize that bandwidth is measured in kiloBITS / sec
and that most download managers instead display speeds in kiloBYTES / sec
kilobits/sec is what most routing gear for traffic shaping
.... so, 512kbps [kiloBITS/sec] = 64kBps [kiloBYTES/sec
On 2/22/12, David Njuguna <dnjuguna@gmail.com> wrote:
> Two things:
>
> 1. They should avail information on what the volume threshold is so we can
> regulate ourselves.
> 2. One Mbps is a more 'respectful' speed limit I find 512 (safaricom) and
> 256 (orange) just plain disrespectful.
>
> David
>
> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 12:38 PM, Moses Muya <mouzmuyer@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> @wash
>>
>> I am in total agreement!However,let us look at the details,shall
>> we?Safaricom advertises "Unlimited Internet",but they cap it at 512
>> Kbps.Since this is a 'shared' connection,you will never come anywhere
>> close
>> to 512Kbps,the best I've had is 47Kbps.Do you see that, a tenth of the
>> advertised service!For the last few days,the connection keeps going off
>> atleast once every two hours and it stays like that for at least 15
>> minutes
>> to 2 hours!If you call customer care,they simply tell you that they are
>> not
>> experiencing any problem.But why would I call them if there was no problem
>> in the first place,I do not like them that much!At some point they seemed
>> to have increase the threshold to 1Mbps because I could now get 98Kbps.In
>> short,it is not something that they have not control over! :)
>>
>> On 22 February 2012 12:29, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Feb 22, 2012 at 11:19, milele forever
>>> <milele.forever@gmail.com>wrote:
>>>
>>>> Seems am not alone here, Safaricom is getting more desperate by the day
>>>>
>>>>
>>> I don't find it strange when a setup like Safaricom experiences a
>>> technical problem. Tell me of the best techie you know who has never had
>>> any mishap with the equipment assigned to them? They don't run equipment
>>> from God!
>>>
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