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essyk		#31 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 9:42:28 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		@Jaggernut,I wish to draw ur attention here. Ysterday I had a rough time trying to drive sense into the heads of a few discombobulated nigerians. You know how they argue and how hard it is to convince them that other countries are fairing better than them. I have never seen an ignorant and proud people.Even if you tell them we have oil in Kenya they will argue to prove that u do not. Until you present the facts and silence them.But there are still those who are too thick and believe that Kenya doesn't even have roads.They think we are jungle and believe we stay glued watching their Nollywood trash 24/7. nkt. This is what a poster posted that elicited major responses so I joined in the fray cz they rubbished Kenya and Ghana Internet speeds. Quote: According to the latest report by Akamai Technologies Global Internet Platform on the State of the Internet in Africa, Nigeria has the fastest internet speed in the continent. Nigeria has overtaken South Africa in terms of Internet speed. This is coming less than eleven years after reforming its communications networks and market. The report revealed that Nigeria has an average connection speed of 322kbps with a peak rate of 5674kbps. South Africa on the other hand has a faster average speed of 496kbps, but the country’s peak speed is only half that of Nigeria, at 2172kbps. “All mobile providers had average peak connection speeds above 2 mbps, though last place South African provider, ZA-1 was just above the threshold, losing over 13 per cent from the prior quarter, at 2.2 mbps,” IT News Africa reported. I ran to this thread and posted ur Speeds which left them mouth open , but again that was a server connection they said. True it was I made it clear. They told me; Quote: You're comparing mobile data (3G/HSPA) with a copper or fiber connection. Users in Nigeria are getting Internet off their mobile provider. Can you provide us with Safaricom or Airtel speeds over their 3G network? I did a speed test on my laptop at home and prayed hard that the results exceed what they kept posting and voila! Safcom did not let me down. See below my speed and compare it with the best so far in Nigeria. NIGERIA Quote: And they were like 3 major networks averaging well over 1 mb/sec. thaat would surrely put us among the top league. KENYA MINE GHANA They are not commenting now. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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essyk		#32 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 10:05:50 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		And the official one? Now I noticed something. Nigeria with 4.54Mb/s is graded A- (Faster than 82% of nigeria) Kenya with 6.31Mb/s is given a B- (Faster than 64% of kenya) Does this mean that the 4.54Mb/s for nigeria is similar to a C in Kenya? Mind explaining that to me please? "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Museveni		#33 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 11:04:03 AM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/16/2012 Posts: 661		How about this Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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essyk		#34 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 11:30:50 AM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		Museveni wrote: How about this OMG! Is it cz you are the president? WHEN WILL KENYA DEVELOP LTE?? Can somebody shed light on LTE please? Ai where are the tech savvy guys? "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Museveni		#35 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 1:34:00 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/16/2012 Posts: 661		essyk wrote: Museveni wrote: How about this OMG! Is it cz you are the president? *WHEN WILL KENYA DEVELOP* LTE?? We barely have 3G coverage! Countrywide 3G coverage should be a priority.. You can't wish for a Cadillac if you're barely fueling your Probox. Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.**
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essyk		#36 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 1:48:43 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		@M7 thanks for the correction. SAFCOM had already embarked on a testdrive. No? not yet commercialised. It was to be done in 2 phases I think. Then this; Quote: Kenya’s Safaricom has said it will pull out of a joint venture to build an LTE network in the county if it is forced by its government to use the 2.6GHz frequency band. The company has pointed out that the 2.6GHz frequency band will make it be prohibitively expensive to build out an LTE network across the country, due to its limited range. Safaricom is instead seeking assurances that it will be able to use 700MHz, which requires far fewer base stations and has higher in building penetration capabilities. “We would want to know the frequency band that will be used; if it is not the 700MHz then they (government) may consider our self out of it,” said Nzioka Waita, Safaricom’s corporate affairs director told Business Daily Africa. Currently the licenses for 700MHz frequencies are used by TV broadcasters, who are currently unlikely to hit a June 2012 deadline for digital switchover. Safaricom’s move will impact the Kenyan government’s plans as it is one of the few companies that is able to raise the capital to invest in an LTE network build-out. The Kenyan government has stated its intention for an LTE network in the country in October last year, to be created through a Private Public Partnership (PPP) which would include, Airtel Kenya, Essar Telecom Kenya (yu) and Telkom Kenya (Orange Kenya); local broadband providers Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and MTN Business Kenya and global vendors Alcatel-Lucent (France), Epesi Technologies (US) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN, Finland). "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Museveni		#37 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 2:36:06 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/16/2012 Posts: 661		essyk wrote: @M7 thanks for the correction. SAFCOM had already embarked on a testdrive. No? not yet commercialised. It was to be done in 2 phases I think. Then this; Quote: Kenya’s Safaricom has said it will pull out of a joint venture to build an LTE network in the county if it is forced by its government to use the 2.6GHz frequency band. The company has pointed out that the 2.6GHz frequency band will make it be prohibitively expensive to build out an LTE network across the country, due to its limited range. Safaricom is instead seeking assurances that it will be able to use 700MHz, which requires far fewer base stations and has higher in building penetration capabilities. “We would want to know the frequency band that will be used; if it is not the 700MHz then they (government) may consider our self out of it,” said Nzioka Waita, Safaricom’s corporate affairs director told Business Daily Africa. Currently the licenses for 700MHz frequencies are used by TV broadcasters, who are currently unlikely to hit a June 2012 deadline for digital switchover. Safaricom’s move will impact the Kenyan government’s plans as it is one of the few companies that is able to raise the capital to invest in an LTE network build-out. The Kenyan government has stated its intention for an LTE network in the country in October last year, to be created through a Private Public Partnership (PPP) which would include, Airtel Kenya, Essar Telecom Kenya (yu) and Telkom Kenya (Orange Kenya); local broadband providers Kenya Data Networks (KDN) and MTN Business Kenya and global vendors Alcatel-Lucent (France), Epesi Technologies (US) and Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN, Finland). Just one IF says alot about that happening . . Sembuse mbili ? Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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essyk		#38 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 2:40:59 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		sambusa tatu. But I dey hear u President. So which country has the best Internet in Africa? 4get the last report. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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Museveni		#39 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 3:38:08 PM
Rank: Member Joined: 8/16/2012 Posts: 661		essyk wrote: sambusa tatu. But I dey hear u President. So which country has the best Internet in Africa? 4get the last report. Shouldn't the Question be which nation has the highest percentage of fiber connectivity ? Then compare against the outside connectivity i.e the capacity of connecting cable[s] from the rest of the world. I would say Kenya has a lead in this owing to recent investment in fiber by the GoK and Other companies with TEAMS (1280 gigabits) + Seacom (1280 gigabits) and EASSy (1400 gigabits) landing at Mombasa [note: All connecting to one of the high capacity (3800+ gigabits) backbone] See -> With more investment to deliver fiber to the home and a price revision for the masses to afford real broadband [@least 1mb/s] potential for economic Rudisha leap = infinity Live and learn; and don’t forget, nothing ventured, nothing gained.
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essyk		#40 Posted : Friday, August 24, 2012 11:25:10 PM
Rank: Elder Joined: 11/15/2011 Posts: 4,518		Wow,this is more than I asked for. Keep it here please.Am sure gonna need it or keep referring to it. "The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
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