Ashok, Africa Online is still very much around and the company has not gone bankrupt. Our service is now very good, you should give it a try and send us your feedback. Aki - For Infinet Eazy the speed is upto 1MBps but during the day(peak times) the speed is normally around 300kbps and at night (off peak) the speeds get to around 700kbps on average. We have also recently introduced at Infinet Eazy option that is not capped on data but however the speed is capped at 256kbps. Apart from Infinet Eazy, we also have Infinet lite product that is capped on data at 2GB with speed of upto 1MBps and an option uncapped on data but capped on speed at 128kbps. Most of our clients use Skype and the voice quality is very good. The quality of conversations is again dependent on the signal quality. We have a website that the client can check their usage. We are in the process of coming up with a dashboard that will have a meter to enable clients see their usage. The modem does not have an in-built wifi, we normally advice our clients to purchase a wireless broadband router so that they can share the connection. Once the data is exhausted the client can buy top up cards at any Nakumatt Fone express shops or Chandarana Supermarkets (200MB for Kshs 500/= and 500MB for Kshs 1000/=) The coverage area is most of Nairobi, Nakuru, Eldoret, Kisumu, Mombasa and Thika. The link is very reliable but we are sometimes affected by fibre cuts and prolonged power outages. In case of any more information, please do not hesitate to contact me. Regards, Collins KIPRONO From: "ashok+skunkworks@parliaments.info" <ashok+skunkworks@parliaments.info> Date: Sun, 28 Nov 2010 17:57:49 To: Skunkworks Mailing List<skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Reply-To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Africa Online - Infinet Service infinet is appalling...even dialup is better (ok i last used them 2 years ago). Last i heard they had gone bankrupt and their office closed down due to nonpayment of rent. On 11/28/10, aki <aki275@gmail.com> wrote:

At one time, the technology investment done on the iBurst broadband platform was indeed ahead. I've looked up their site on various offering and it does not seem to be clear what they offer. For example the "infinet easy" service is of 4GB allocated bandwidth and @Ksh4999 +VAT. Has anyone used the infinet service bundles and would they share their experiences on the following :

- How congested at peak times? What is the minimum data transfer rate in KILOBYTES/SEC?

- How congested at off-peak times? What is the minimum data transfer rate in KILOBYTES/SEC?

- How is the VOIP facility on shared bandwidth? Do you get a lot of drops on voice convestations? Does the voice sound muffled and is there any echos?

- 4GB allocated bandwidth Do they provide a meter for the consumed bandwidth?

- For home Wifi, does the modem support built-in wifi or is an external one needed?

- Do they charge extra when one exhausts the allocated bandwidth?

- If you know of coverage areas?

- Link & Service reliability? Assume you want to do a large download, do the connections drop so you have to start all over again?

Orange 3g+ has gone over the "patience rule". Frequent drops, very un-even speeds and lower throughputs. Hopefully when 3g comes online, they will improve on the 3g+ service.

Rgds.

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