omto the flurry of responses im getting (and the excitement of world->fiber->copper->myPC, im replying this for the benefit of skunkers and anyone else. 1: If the site survey has been done and i can access orange broadband on theirlivebox, is that a guarantee i am on the zone that can get the service? 2: Are there speeds higher than the 2Mb (i saw on their site under optic xpress they are able to offer up to 5Mb for 7k-ish) 3: Can i use the same line as the one my other ADSL from orange is in? Are there other costs, (setup, modem, contract fees ...e.t.c. e.t.c Im in kilifi, about 1 km from the CO. *I would wish to point out that it is my belief that KDN has an excellent product and pricing range, (which is why we b#tch openly and hope you improve)but can definately do better on the customer support front. Butterfly in kilifi , Machine IP 10.199.0.1 is down. :-)* On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 1:57 PM, Jonas | Lamu Software < jonas@lamusoftware.com> wrote:
My bad - should be "You can be too far from your phone station but that is usually not a problem" - otherwise the sentence does not make sense anyway :)
On a second note - the longer distance from you to the CO (thanks for the right term), the slower the speeds but since speeds are so slow on ADSL in Kenya anyway this is probably irrelevant (but if you have a 8Mbps or higher distance is important).
On 07/26/2010 12:04 PM, Odhiambo Washington wrote:
On Sun, Jul 25, 2010 at 12:38 PM, Jonas | Lamu Software <jonas@lamusoftware.com <mailto:jonas@lamusoftware.com>> wrote:
On 07/24/2010 03:27 PM, [ Brainiac ] wrote:
Does this mean i can access KDN ADSL whenever I have a TELKOM land line?
No, your closest phone station (central office) must have the right equipment (and capacity is usually limited so it may be full). But considering ADSL is available in Lamu your phone station in Nbo is probably prepared. You can't be too far from your phone station but that is usually not a problem.
I thought ADSL range was limited to some Km, measured in terms of some bird's flight, from the CO:-). It was about 5km from the CO, if without repeaters. Maybe technology has changed, thereby removing the limitation. Does KDN offer ADSL or SHDSL, btw?
and on another different line, can i have KDN ADSL and Orange Livebox service on the same line? or should i have another line for redundancy?
You would need a second line. Sometimes operators share the equipment at the phone station - in that case another ADSL as backup would not make sense. If not maybe but if your phone lines go down you are stuck anyway so better get a WiMax connection for backup (or just a 3G connection).
A solution with a 3G router that can switch to the 3G connection when the ADSL connection goes down automatically is good. There are quite cheap routers for that - http://www.dovado.com/ - haven't seen them in Kenya but available from SA or Europe - http://www.infoferenda.eu
I've seen some TP-Link that can use 3G router as fallback when main link goes down, but yes, these may not be suitable since they are not DSL routers. If you don't get a Dovado, you can fall back to one of these - just use them as a "client" to the DSL router than you have :)
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