On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 7:37 PM, John Gitau <jgitau@gmail.com> wrote:
@wash, money you have to spend does determine what you can get in both quantity and quality - for everything, It's a rather annoying unfortunate reality to deal with and as far as the speed debate goes, obscuring facts with controversy doesn't help much.
IMHO: unfortunately times have changed. by the arguments being pushed on the list, if an ISP connects me on ethernet I should expect in theory 100mbps? (assume thats the interface speed). This particular debate has been ongoing for a while now elsewhere (google for 'net neutrality' and or other applicable terms)....how it ends is really up to the operators/regulators and to some extent consumers. In the US, the government/FCC is very involved on even whether ISP's are allowed to even 'open inspect and umm throttle' packets (like torrents).
The one thing I can pretty much foresee is there won't be free lunch, someone has to pay for bandwidth and other resources - thats a fact...either way we're in for exciting times.
John What I mean by stupid is the fact that now, depending on the bundle I buy, I will get a certain speed! This does not make sense, coming from a situation where speeds were uniform, only the lunch plate was bigger. I see no logic in this, but Safaricom could be having a strategy that I can't "see". I can swear that people will flock to the provider who gives you the very same "githeri fried with matumbo", but only different size of servings, depending on how much you have. When it comes to Internet speeds on the same medium, quality should not be an issue, but quantity. Maybe I am still not clear, but I hope you can understand my position. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ "If you have nothing good to say about someone, just shut up!." -- Lucky Dube