Re: [Skunkworks] Africa Online - Infinet Service
Thanks for the feedback and patience. I just saw the specs of the iBurst Bridge and uplink is similar to 3g. Great stuff, am almost sold on the concept and someone will be intouch offlist asap. A general comment. Queen Bee has dropped bamba pre-paid rates and has just made it as affordable as when Orange 3g+ was on the Ksh1/Mbyte service. So for Ksh 4000/- I can get 4GB of data, while I hear their unlimited is not doing too badly except that the maximum package is 128kbps. Tariffs on new Prepaid Rates offer : http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=245 So you guys at AFOL have some competition ahead but the advantage that you hold is that of service reliability as your network is optimized for data and not shared with voice. Finally @Collins, when do AFOL move to the newer 2Mbps/700kbps iburst network version? Cheers. On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Collins KIPRONO < collins.kiprono@africaonline.co.ke> wrote:
Good morning Aki,
I hope that you are well. My apologies for the very late response.
1) The modem is at 50% off so it now costs KES 7,000 + VAT
2) If you already have a modem, our CRM team will check to see if there is any outstanding balance on the account tied to the modem. If there is no balance then you will just need to pay for the service and your account is activated.
3) We have uncapped 512kbps at the moment going for KES 7999 + VAT and uncapped 1Mbit service going for KES 15999+VAT
4) For these two above packages, the minimum for the 512kbps is normally between 250kbps and 300kbps at peak times and during off peak times normally bursts to over 700kbps. For the 1Mbit service the lowest speed during peak times is 350kbps and at off peak times then the speed gets to around 900kbps.
5) We do not prioritize our traffic. So if you have good signal strength then you should have no problem either uploading or downloading stuff.
6) I have attached a pdf document of the Iburst modem/technology specifications
I hope I have adequate addressed all your questions. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me in case you have any further questions. Good day.
Regards,
Collins
*2010/12/6 aki <aki275@gmail.com> *
*A general comment. Queen Bee has dropped bamba pre-paid rates and has just made it as affordable as when Orange 3g+ was on the Ksh1/Mbyte service. So for Ksh 4000/- I can get 4GB of data, while I hear their unlimited is not doing too badly except that the maximum package is 128kbps. Tariffs on new Prepaid Rates offer : http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=245 *
Offer valid until 27th January 2011. Sigh! [?][?]
On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 5:57 PM, Tony Likhanga <tlikhanga@gmail.com> wrote:
*2010/12/6 aki <aki275@gmail.com> *
*A general comment. Queen Bee has dropped bamba pre-paid rates and has just made it as affordable as when Orange 3g+ was on the Ksh1/Mbyte service. So for Ksh 4000/- I can get 4GB of data, while I hear their unlimited is not doing too badly except that the maximum package is 128kbps. Tariffs on new Prepaid Rates offer : http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=245 *
Offer valid until 27th January 2011. Sigh! [?][?]
And the offer excludes those users who purchase 5GB and above! Why Safaricom excluded them is a mystery to me.. -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Damn!!
Good morning Aki, I am yet to confirm the exact time we hope to start using the new generation modems. But there already discussions in that light and we hope by the end of Q1 we will have a good indication of when this can happen. Regards, Collins From: aki [mailto:aki275@gmail.com] Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 4:38 PM To: Skunkworks forum Cc: Collins KIPRONO Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Africa Online - Infinet Service Thanks for the feedback and patience. I just saw the specs of the iBurst Bridge and uplink is similar to 3g. Great stuff, am almost sold on the concept and someone will be intouch offlist asap. A general comment. Queen Bee has dropped bamba pre-paid rates and has just made it as affordable as when Orange 3g+ was on the Ksh1/Mbyte service. So for Ksh 4000/- I can get 4GB of data, while I hear their unlimited is not doing too badly except that the maximum package is 128kbps. Tariffs on new Prepaid Rates offer : http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=245 So you guys at AFOL have some competition ahead but the advantage that you hold is that of service reliability as your network is optimized for data and not shared with voice. Finally @Collins, when do AFOL move to the newer 2Mbps/700kbps iburst network version? Cheers. On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 10:05 AM, Collins KIPRONO <collins.kiprono@africaonline.co.ke> wrote: Good morning Aki, I hope that you are well. My apologies for the very late response. 1) The modem is at 50% off so it now costs KES 7,000 + VAT 2) If you already have a modem, our CRM team will check to see if there is any outstanding balance on the account tied to the modem. If there is no balance then you will just need to pay for the service and your account is activated. 3) We have uncapped 512kbps at the moment going for KES 7999 + VAT and uncapped 1Mbit service going for KES 15999+VAT 4) For these two above packages, the minimum for the 512kbps is normally between 250kbps and 300kbps at peak times and during off peak times normally bursts to over 700kbps. For the 1Mbit service the lowest speed during peak times is 350kbps and at off peak times then the speed gets to around 900kbps. 5) We do not prioritize our traffic. So if you have good signal strength then you should have no problem either uploading or downloading stuff. 6) I have attached a pdf document of the Iburst modem/technology specifications I hope I have adequate addressed all your questions. Please do not hesitate to get in touch with me in case you have any further questions. Good day. Regards, Collins
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