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Museveni
#41 Posted : Saturday, August 25, 2012 11:54:02 AM
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essyk wrote:
Wow,this is more than I asked for.
Keep it here please.Am sure gonna need it or keep referring to it.



Ok.


Lakini ukiangalia vizuri utaona South Africa and those countries on the west coast have the best connection to the outside world. The big question is how much have they invested to spread that bandwidth countrywide.. ama ina-land tu and that's it?
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#42 Posted : Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:02:03 PM
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Museveni wrote:

Ok.
Lakini ukiangalia vizuri utaona South Africa and those countries on the west coast have the best connection to the outside world. The big question is how much have they invested to spread that bandwidth countrywide.. ama ina-land tu and that's it?


mmh.food for thought.nimeona kweli.
A country's external connection is not a reflection of it's internal connection
I guess this is where a goverment's commitment comes into play and kenya has really tried.
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Museveni
#43 Posted : Saturday, August 25, 2012 3:28:42 PM
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essyk wrote:
Museveni wrote:

Ok.
Lakini ukiangalia vizuri utaona South Africa and those countries on the west coast have the best connection to the outside world. The big question is how much have they invested to spread that bandwidth countrywide.. ama ina-land tu and that's it?


mmh.food for thought.nimeona kweli.
A country's external connection is not a reflection of it's internal connection
I guess this is where a goverment's commitment comes into play and kenya has really tried.



Exactly my two cents on this thread
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#44 Posted : Wednesday, September 05, 2012 11:56:55 PM
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Safcom speeds have improved.
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#45 Posted : Sunday, September 09, 2012 5:17:49 PM
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Has any one used the orange live box adsl for internet?
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#46 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 3:46:07 AM
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Apparently Kenya has dropped from 2nd position to 5th, while Rwanda has taken the N.o. 1 spot from Ghana. Nigeria is 13th.

Rwanda is averaging at 7.28 Mbps

http://www.itnewsafrica....ternet-on-the-continent/
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#47 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 4:08:41 AM
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Position in Africa | Country | Speed | Position Globally

1 Rwanda 7.28Mbps 65
2 Libya 5.12Mbps 82
3 Ethiopia 4.82Mbps 85
4 Ghana 4.42Mbps 93
5 Kenya 4.34Mbps 95
6 Uganda 3.73Mbps 108
7 Angola 3.54Mpbs 112
8 Morocco 3.51Mbps 113
9 Namibia 3.38Mbps 117
10 S. Africa 3.31Mbps 118

From http://bit.ly/ToYrsz

Surprised that S.A is at the bottom.
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#48 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 4:25:39 AM
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Can't wait for the day speeds for 3g and edge will be good and cheap
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#49 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 4:30:49 AM
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Who's dragging Ke down? From the looks up there safcom has speeds of 5.12Mbps
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#50 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 6:07:52 AM
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murchr wrote:
Who's dragging Ke down? From the looks up there safcom has speeds of 5.12Mbps


The link that's in the first post in this thread has Kenya at 4.84, the second report, by the same company, has Kenya at 4.34

Personally, I have and noticed and is experiencing higher speeds from Airtel & Safaricom (for safcom, instantly after they stopped unlimited), Orange also made some improvements by rolling out 42 Mbps in particular locations (have not tried, just hear that it's fast), thus causing me to doubt the report, because Kenya should be ranked higher due to the improvements.

It's an independent company, we do not know the methodologies and controls they used, because there are lots of variables to factor, such as the time of the test. The network is obviously slower during peak vs off peak, while for wireless mobile internet, different locations or towers employ various technologies, thus giving different speeds.

We can't take their word as final.

It would be nice to have more companies, with transparent methodologies conducting tests.

Meanwhile, even if they may have Ke's numbers wrong, lets enjoy the faster speeds that we have, as we wait for 4G, aka LTE.
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#51 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 11:43:08 AM
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Also when looking at the rankings, what makes Rwanda no 1?
Me think the percentage of their population using the internet is still low hence hence those great speeds.

What do the ranking companies consider when they are doing the rankings or just speed?
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#52 Posted : Monday, November 26, 2012 11:48:47 AM
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QD wrote:
Also when looking at the rankings, what makes Rwanda no 1?
Me think the percentage of their population using the internet is still low hence hence those great speeds.

What do the ranking companies consider when they are doing the rankings or just speed?

I also wonder how Rwanda beats Kenya while their connectivity transits through KE to the undersea cables.
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#53 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 9:05:56 AM
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Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds

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#54 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 9:53:27 AM
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[quote=mzeiya411] Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2460812958.png[/quote]
WOW.
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#55 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 12:53:46 PM
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dunkang wrote:
[quote=mzeiya411] Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2460812958.png[/quote]
WOW.
How are the prices?


Hi unlimited home internet at 3000Ksh. it's delivered via Fiber if available near you
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#56 Posted : Friday, January 25, 2013 1:23:47 PM
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mzeiya411 wrote:
Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds



Drool Damn, I'm very jealous
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#57 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 12:31:04 AM
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grolut wrote:
mzeiya411 wrote:
Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds



Drool Damn, I'm very jealous


Not only the upload / download speed, but also the low latency!

The data industry needs some serious competition.

Regarding mobile data, more specifically, 3G, Ke, is very competitive compared to even first world countries globally.

Just convert your mobile data service provider's rates per MB to USD, then compare with the average global prices. Global prices link below.

http://mobithinking.com/...e-stats/b#unlimiteddata

But when it comes to fiber, the bandwidth is available, but it's not cheap.
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#58 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 5:04:18 PM
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In Kenya, most ISPs (if not all) are giving clients capped speeds. If you pay for a 2mbps link you are basically getting 250KB/sec of download speed. A while back they were giving clients uncapped speeds then realized they are loosing money
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#59 Posted : Thursday, May 16, 2013 7:36:43 PM
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mzeiya411 wrote:
Just for comparison, am in Tokyo here are the speeds



@Mzeiya411 These speeds though have limits on content that can be accessed.
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#60 Posted : Friday, May 17, 2013 2:24:18 PM
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iller wrote:
In Kenya, most ISPs (if not all) are giving clients capped speeds. If you pay for a 2mbps link you are basically getting 250KB/sec of download speed. A while back they were giving clients uncapped speeds then realized they are loosing money


I'm aware of Zuku's poor service delivery.

Just curious to know which ISP(s) would provide such low speeds after ordering e.g. a 2mbps fiber link.
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