Rank: Member Joined: 7/26/2009 Posts: 34
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Has anyone in Nairobi been able to access broadband through the new cable? Which ISP will give us the first taste of 'true broadband'?
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/5/2009 Posts: 117 Location: Taehan Minkook.
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I'm dying to hear reviews from guys on the ground. I tried watching some of today's [Sunday] video clips from NTV and KTN and they were worse than before,glitches all through.By the way,do these two have their servers in Kenya? When i see my purple,you see it not. when i see my purple, you see it not!
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 365
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KDN has not yet given anyone fibre connection yet. so don't expect to see the speeds yet.
according to information within KDN the earliest they could give any client fibre connection was supposed to be kesho 27th july.
Am not sure which big Kenyan sites are hosted in kenya. but i think SK is now hosted in kenya. I've never seen a faster sight than SK.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/26/2009 Posts: 34
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I had the pleasure of talking to a staff of KDN. They confirmed that Nairobi is already connected to the undersea fibre from today and they will giving the broadband to new customers who sign up to this service most likely from 1st August 2009.
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/15/2009 Posts: 371
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Safaricom is now connected to this cable. The speeds are super fast. Try streaming. Even GPRS can stream!! What a wonder.
Men who kiss their wives in the morning live five years longer than those who don't
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 365
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unless Safaricom are connecting thro anyone other than KDN......,no one is connected yet. some configurations are still being done
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Rank: Chief Joined: 1/3/2007 Posts: 18,223 Location: Nairobi
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Since AK serves the corporate clients,I am sure these guys will start seeing faster speeds in 4 weeks. Seacom did say that testing will take 4 weeks. Greedy when others are fearful,Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase WB Greedy when others are fearful. Very fearful when others are greedy - to paraphrase Warren Buffett
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 365
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By the way,caveman you've got it all wrong.
Many people will be disappointed once the cable will be live,with GPRS,the bottleneck is not the connection between the GSM provider and the internet.
with GPRS the bottleneck is between your phone and the GSM provider,and that's where the whole concept of EDGE comes in.,Safaricom could have fibre connection but with congestion,speeds will still be same old.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/13/2008 Posts: 1,565
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@subzero - some here are covert SCOM agents - hawking modems,touting the 'great' 3G etc. All,not likely that any providers will extend the speeds until end august - they need to test the cable - POP to POP - and be satisfied with the service prior to coming up with new,low cost offerings - it would be premature of them to start touting 'SURF Ulta 100' at Kshs 1999 when its untested. Also,providers are happy to make 'really good margins' for one more month....
The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/20/2009 Posts: 4
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could nation.co.ke being down the whole day today have anything to do with this?
Clean Cash,Dirty Cash..Its all Money Money
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/22/2009 Posts: 2,449 Location: Africa
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Just watched Larry Madowo's interview with michael joseph. Mj said that they're already connected to sea com and that you should have noticed higher speeds from last friday. Cost is not likely to come down as they still need to recover money on capital investments 
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/26/2009 Posts: 34
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I just tried to browse internet with my Safcon modem. I am on Ngong Road and on edge. still got the same speeds as before...did not notice any difference. I am now going to try browsing with Butterfly wi-fi from KDN. Will let you know if i see any speed increase.
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Rank: Member Joined: 4/24/2009 Posts: 72
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Any corporate customer currently connected via KDN as the backhaul provider and Safaricom as the Internet provider is enjoying super speeds....KDN has a fiber link all the way to Safaricom and most corporate customers have been 'wired' by KDN to connect to Safaricom for VPN or internet access...this allows for a fiber connection all the way to the Net thus the higher speeds....
Also all customers should be generally enjoying better speeds.....the time it takes to fetch a webpage from the net using seacom as compared to using satellte is far much faster.
The thing about testing the POP's and stuff was concluded on Friday and all through the weekend,the Seacom fiber has been in use......
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Rank: Elder Joined: 11/19/2008 Posts: 1,267
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internet is abnormally fast today... I think we are live Rules of the game here: Before you post anything think.give facts only..It's a serious blog for serious people....Do not insult your brother....respect one another...Just be good Isaiah 65:17-Look! I am creating new heavens and a new earth, and no one will even think about the old ones anymore
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/26/2009 Posts: 34
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Those getting fast internet on Safcon,please let us know where (location)you are browsing from. I wanted to know if the whole of Nairobi is fast.
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Rank: Member Joined: 7/26/2009 Posts: 34
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Does anyone think we will ever get to see the speed and pricing of offers like this one: http://allyours.virginme...ales/product.do?id=15208
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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I'm in Industrial Area,Nairobi.
No change in safcom modem speeds,in fact it's below 5 kbps as usual.
I don't know why i bought this gadget,it's a total waste!
In man prudence,in woman patience - Jacob Cats
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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I'm in Industrial Area,Nairobi.
No change in safcom modem speeds,in fact it's below 5 kbps as usual.
I don't know why i bought this gadget,it's a total waste!
In man prudence,in woman patience - Jacob Cats
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 365
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OK. since we are all not sure whether we have broadband or not,lets start compiling our figures. let's try and ping both local and international servers and check the milliseconds it takes. (you can use speedtest.net)
Am pinging mumbai,it takes 1531milliseconds,
atlanta takes 601 ms,
KDN takes 5 ms.
so Am connected to KDN but definitely not on seacom yet.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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By the way if the KDN cable passes right outside ones house,can they connect u direct ama u still have to have an ISP?
In man prudence,in woman patience - Jacob Cats
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