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kyt
#1 Posted : Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:27:00 PM
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is it just me or has the safaricom internet speed become painfully slow. i have just downloaded 2 pieces of 1.5mb size for the last 7 minutes!!! any observation as worse as mine

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cnn
#2 Posted : Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:30:00 PM
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that is 200 bob unlimited internet.

see it through my lens?
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kizee
#3 Posted : Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:35:00 PM
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had same issues...i just stopd using 200 bob a day isnt all that sweet a deal
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simonkabz
#4 Posted : Tuesday, October 27, 2009 4:47:00 PM
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Im using it rait now,and its ok...........As 4me,whenever Im downloading sth,im usually doing sth else. For instance I now have 7tabs running on FF browser,while downloading some videos. I dont even notice the time.

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ispoa
#5 Posted : Tuesday, October 27, 2009 11:43:00 PM
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Its been up n down for me whilst i was in a 3g coverage area,network strength was low,but speeeds were generally good. Now that i am out of 3G coverage and using edge the speed are holding up,but i am guessing its coz traffic may be lower than the peak of day. Its proved quite useful. I can even stream youtube flicks bila breaking!!!

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subzero
#6 Posted : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:17:00 AM
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@simonkabz,are you using the 200bob unlimited plan? coz my initial guess would be that the 200bob plan has slower speeds.
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Kamaa
#7 Posted : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:32:00 AM
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this unlimited thing is spoiling the broth...

last week the speed has always been WCDMA (i guess it si 3G) but of late it is always HSDPA (edge or something of the sort)...

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Olu
#8 Posted : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 7:51:00 AM
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The 200 bob unlimited offer has nothing to do with the change in WCDMA,HSDPA or EDGE as hinted.........

The slow speeds being experienced are as a result of many users connecting to the Internet at the same time hence contention for the limited/scarce radio resources.

Chang from HSDPA to EDGE and vice versa could indicate that you are in between cells that thus the signal keeps oscillating between 3G and EDGE as one of the cells could be having 3G while the other cell could only be having EDGE/GPRS. Alternatively it could point to a region with low 3g coverage.
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mtotana
#9 Posted : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 9:36:00 AM
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@all

Whether using a safaricom or any other connection,when downloading anything use internet downloader manager- it does it in in a shorter period.
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NapendaPesa
#10 Posted : Wednesday, October 28, 2009 10:02:00 AM
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There really was something terribly wrong last night,launching google was talking 4 minutes to display the page...customer care as always was unreachable!! I concur,this 200 bob unlimited access clearly can't be sustained by the Safaricom network at peak time...

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