[kictanet] Safcom Mobile Internet Charging Model

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM, mike oketch <mikeoketch at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

Put another way. Based on the Orange data Ad that appeared in the media
yesterday, I should think it's possible to rephrase the last paragraph, viz:

Zain is for the very patient man out there. Safaricom is good when you want
to control your budget as well as have a fast connection, but Orange EVDO is
the way to go if you are keen on good pricing as well as good speeds.


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