FYI<br><br>So let's cross our fingers. Our prayers might be answered.<br><br>Quoting verbatim another Kenyan who uses Safaricom 3G (from another tech forum):<br><br><Begin Quote><br>My Beef with safaricom is the way they handle the unused MB's after
30days. if you have 512mb remaining after 30days it just dissappears.<div><br></div><div>I called their customer care and they said the billing system can't be changed.</div>
<div><br></div>To me, I believe it should be like airtime top
up,the more u top up,the more MB's balance u have but alas. Thats not
the case,we are just being ripped off!<br><End Quote><br><br>Thanks, MJ for listening. We hope you can also change the billing model.<br><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Michael Joseph</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke" target="_blank">MJoseph@safaricom.co.ke</a>></span><br>
Date: Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 9:36 AM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Safcom Mobile Internet Charging Model<br>To: <a href="mailto:odhiambo@gmail.com" target="_blank">odhiambo@gmail.com</a><br><br><br><p><font color="navy" size="2" face="Arial">
There is new pricing coming out soon. Take a look then and see if it is more interesting.
<br>Regards
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<br>Michael Joseph
<br>CEO
<br>Safaricom Limited
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<br><b>Sent</b>: Thu Apr 09 09:07:13 2009<br><b>Subject</b>: Re: [kictanet] Safcom Mobile Internet Charging Model
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<div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Apr 9, 2009 at 8:34 AM, mike oketch <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:mikeoketch@gmail.com" target="_blank">mikeoketch@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
John<div><br></div><div>1GB is Ksh 2499.</div><div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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.</div>
<div><br></div><div>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</div>
</blockquote><div><br>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:<br><br>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. <br>
</div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Best regards,<br>Odhiambo WASHINGTON,<br>Nairobi,KE<br>+254733744121/+254722743223<br>_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ <br>"Clothes make the man. Naked people have little or no influence on society."<br>
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