[kictanet] Safcom Mobile Internet Charging Model

[mike oketch]

John
1GB is Ksh 2499.

The charging model is different from Zain. Zain uses E220 Huawei Modem and
Safaricom now has upgraded to the E160 though all are HSDPA (3G) modem. Zain
charges you Ksh 3999 (4k) per month for unlimited modem while you use GPRS
in most cases and edge in very few cases. So with Zain you have very low
speeds at cheep rate whil Safaricom has high speeds but at a great expense
of around Ksh 10 per mb.

Safaricom has the same charge for pospaid and prepaid. You will not restrict
your budget with prepaid in Safcom. I met a guy who was complaining that
Safaricom charged him close to 35,000 for internet in a month. Safaricom was
right because they charged him per MB and the guy downloaded all the Music
and Softwares using Peer to Peer systems.

Zain is good for the patient man out there. But Safaricom is best when you
want to control your budget as well as have a fast cconnectin and you are
the only one using thee modem. Otherwise, utalipa kwa mapua

On Wed, Apr 8, 2009 at 12:33 PM, John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

>
> I am seeking to understand the above.  I bought the safcom modem during
> their promotion in Feb09 @ 3000Ksh (free modem(had to be ;-) and access
> worth 3000Ksh for I think 1G of data.)
>
> After consuming less than 50% of the 1G (I use it mainly on weekends), the
> access was disabled and on enquiry i was informed that the 1G access was
> timed to be consumed within the 1mnth (4weeks). However, I was assured that
> the balance of access would be availed in my next purchase...
>
> I then opted to purchase the Ksh 2000 access (700Mb), given that I didnt
> manage to consume the previous 1G and hence saw no need to purchase the
> same.  Furthermore, I expected current access volumes to be consolidated
> with the previous balance...
>
> But before I could consume 50% of the above 700MB, my 4weeks were over and
> access disabled.  I have now purchased Ksh 1000 access (300MB) and from the
> trend you can predict that my access will be disabled before I consume it...
>
> Several questions arise:
> 1.  How do I confirm that my balance of access is truly being forward and
> not "disappearing".
> 2.  Is this the same charging model @ Zain, Orange?
> 3.  Would post-paid be a better deal for me?
> 4.  Why should Data-access be so restrictive (4wks) as compared to voice
> (which gives us almost 12wks grace period)
>
> walu.
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