[kictanet] Safcom Mobile Internet Charging Model

[mike oketch]

Odhiambo
I have not tried the Orange EVDO. Whats the peek speed we are talking about
here?

Mike

On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:07 AM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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