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mwekez@ji
#21 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:21:49 AM
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Orange 3G+ speed test (Package - bundle)

ping 103ms
Download speed 0.65Mbps
Upload speed 0.36Mbps

Verdict: Poor speed especially given that its 6am in the morning and the package is bundle (Slower than 68% of KE)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1994571718.png


Someone give us a speedtest from www.speedtest.net for the much hyped airtel unlimited
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Coolbull
#22 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 8:43:26 AM
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My Orange results.

Test 1 - June 7. 8:40am
PING 323ms | DOWNLOAD 2.57Mbps| UPLOAD 0.28Mbps

Test 2 - June 7. 8:43am
PING 528ms | DOWNLOAD 2.48Mbps| UPLOAD 0.31Mbps

Unlimited 3,000/= per month.

I find the speeds ok. Safaricom unlimited was just like this Orange connection.

I've noticed I'm using less MBs per day yet I'm still doing the same things. Could it be that Safcon was robbing me by 're-calcultating' usage. I'm using the same Safaricom mobile application/interface. (I have an 'open' modem).
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KulaRaha
#23 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:41:01 AM
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Those are slow pings...low quality internet I think.

Here's mine from the office:



I'll upload Zuku home this evening.
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matata
#24 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 6:45:33 PM
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Orange is the worst! nkt! It has been disappointing me long enough now!It's on en off when ur uploading important documents. Even opening an email itself is such a headache yet am based in Nrb, where networks r strong! I will try Airtel.
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akowally
#25 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:39:10 PM
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This speedtest.com thing is interesting. Anyway my Airtel unlimited bundles expired so I have just done one for Safaricom:

Ping 119ms
Download speed 3.26 Mbps
Upload 1.57 Mbps

Will do Airtel once I do next month's subscription tomorrow.
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akowally
#26 Posted : Thursday, June 07, 2012 10:40:42 PM
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By the way speed is not the only thing to look at. Another very important thing to look at is reliability. That's where Safcom and Airtel beat Orange. Airtel beats all the others in all these factors.
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akowally
#27 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 2:23:02 AM
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Here are the Airtel details based on Airtel unlimited bundle. You could not get these speeds with Safaricom unlimited. The only competitor is the kawaida Safaricom bundles which is what I used on my previous test above.

Ping 274ms
Download speed 1.53 Mbps
Download speed 2.43 Mbps
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KulaRaha
#28 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 6:29:30 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
Those are slow pings...low quality internet I think.

Here's mine from the office:



I'll upload Zuku home this evening.


Here's Zuku from home:



Very interesting. When you change the server to the UK, speedtest shows you the "real" speed it works at:

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QW25091985
#29 Posted : Monday, June 11, 2012 7:03:44 PM
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KulaRaha wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
Those are slow pings...low quality internet I think.

Here's mine from the office:



I'll upload Zuku home this evening.


Here's Zuku from home:



Very interesting. When you change the server to the UK, speedtest shows you the "real" speed it works at:




@kularaha . is the bandwidth capped ? i heard if you download a certain Gb per month your speed gets slowed down !
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KulaRaha
#30 Posted : Tuesday, June 12, 2012 7:51:30 AM
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QW25091985 wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
KulaRaha wrote:
Those are slow pings...low quality internet I think.

Here's mine from the office:



I'll upload Zuku home this evening.


Here's Zuku from home:



Very interesting. When you change the server to the UK, speedtest shows you the "real" speed it works at:




@kularaha . is the bandwidth capped ? i heard if you download a certain Gb per month your speed gets slowed down !


I haven't noticed. I use utorrent a lot to download tv shows and movies...and no slowdown really.
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