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Unlimited monthly Internet from Safaricom
mwanahisa
#1 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 12:18:33 PM
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Many of you will be aware of the Internet offer launched by Safaricom yesterday as follows:

Price-----Data Volume-----Out of Bundle Speed
999---------300 MB--------------32 Kbps
1,999-------700 MB--------------64 Kbps
2,999--------1 GB---------------128 Kbps

Can anyone tell us what are the possibilities with each of the above options to enable us to make a wise choice as to which of the bundles is cost effective.

For example, I would like to be able to watch/download Videos even during peak hours. Will the 64 Kbps suffice?
safariant
#2 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:40:30 PM
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Does that mean that if i load 999 i will enjoy unlimited data at 32 Kbps?
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chris79
#3 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 1:54:49 PM
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@safariant, it means it means if you load 999sh and activate 300MB you will browse at 3G speeds and once you 300MB's are exhausted you continue browsing unlimited but now at a lower speed of 32kbps till the 30 days are over
Much Know
#4 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 2:03:32 PM
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This is an extremely cool offer, i was buying orange bundles (using on my safcom modem) which were pretty o.k for evenings and weekends at home, though a bit slow, didn't experience the problems people were talking of. But now, this offer is really too good and i will join the wildebeest migration back to safaricom 3G. 999/- per month! with 300MB 3G high-speed, Nice!, I can't even get a 1K scratch-card at our office complex, zimeisha, am off to register my safcom modem simcard.
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kyt
#5 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 6:52:26 PM
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i will stick to orange.
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thuks
#6 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 7:12:22 PM
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kyt wrote:
i will stick to orange.


ARE you able to browse using their EVDO modem?
I have not been able to since 25th august and their problem seems unending
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kyt
#7 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 8:51:37 PM
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yah i do use. As late as last tuesday. So no much stress.
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TUPAC
#8 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:06:04 PM
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by the way can i use my phone as a modem for this bamba unlimited or is it strictly accessed through a 3g modem?
tried calling safcom customer care to no avail.
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Much Know
#9 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 9:48:27 PM
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@mwanahisa, seems we forgot your question.
64kbps(64,000 bits lets say on or off signals, or most basic logic signals, or the letters computers use to make words to speak), eight of this are bundled to make a byte(the words electronics use to talk to each other). Most storage is denominated in bytes(Bytes, KB, MB) transfer denominated in bits per second.(bps, kbps, mbps) etc
so 64kbps(64 * kilo or 1000) per second or 64, 000 bits per second, divide by 8 to get a byte(the word which also denotes a logic store), = 8,000bytes
because movies are large files, you talk of MB (Mega or million byte).
So you question, how long will it take to download a movie at 64kbps or 8000bytes per second? Each Mb will be 1000000/8000=125seconds per MB of movie. A short porn clip of 20seconds is about 1MB, it will take the 125seconds or about 2minutes. An average news clip 3 MB, 6minutes at 64kbps and so on, a movie 700MB, almost a whole day, though the are usually compressed and take about a quarter the estimate.
For 128kbps divide time by half of 64kbps time and the reverse for 32kbps
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#10 Posted : Thursday, September 16, 2010 10:11:30 PM
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Just 4 clarity sake 64 kbps is 8 KB/s what i cn do w/ those speeds i dnt knw . I am a heavy data user [ i once did 3 gb a day w/ our office network] so it seems i am married to Orange ev-do all the way !! And who said i had divorsed it .
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