Friday and most of the weekend from Milimani Road and South B. #thatsall. - Kiania D On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:41 PM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru@gmail.com> wrote:
Coverage Vs. Speeds Vs. Reliability: Something has to give. I doubt there's an OpCo anywhere in the world with a high ratings in all 3 above.
In the end, an OpCo will juggle with whatever brings in the revenue. Investment in HSPA+ plus coverage costs an arm and leg. In the end, if mobility is my forte then I want to upload my pics to flickr at anywhere I am, fastest as possible.However, I was delighted to get full 3.5G bars on my way to Mountain Lodge last week. At the same time, it doesnt make economic sense to roll-out a higher technology access to my bundus where peeps relish in "please call me".
We've reached a point where we now have several options at our disposal. Weigh the pros and opt for what works for you.
./bernard
On Sun, Feb 26, 2012 at 11:25 PM, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:
@Wash, some thots. Add Orange 3g ( HSPA+) to the stability and very good speeds list. I'm running an Orange Flybox without any interruptions to services running well into 48-72 hours. IMHO, I think Safaricom unfortunately will need to upgrade its network to the new 3.75G standards at some point else it will start to look and feel outdated. On Safaricom D/L speeds of around 80-100KB/sec and U/L speeds of 30KB/sec, in-comparison to the new 3G networks being rolled out currently, feels a lot like the iBurst technology that AfricaOnline had at some point. iBurst quickly started to feel outdated when compared to Safaricom 3G. However, iBurst may have improved so cannot list its current speed specs.
Here's a comparison of what's happening in the data market, in my amateur view :
- Orange tops the list with excellent speeds and reliability. - Airtel also launched its 3.75G ( 21Mbps network ) network, but have not tested. - Safaricom leads in coverage but unable to sustain reliability. There could be various reasons for this, possibly poor implementations between regular fiddling with protocols and some others tweeks that never stop. Its sometimes ridiculous to find the amount of changes its data networks goes through. Safaricom stands to gain more if it can match delivery of sustained services.
Some thots.
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