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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Saw this being flogged at the mall on the weekend. Really need something to replace my Zuku, BUT Safcom as usual being greedy insist we need bundles. I can see my kids chewing through 50GB in 3 days...leave alone a month. I think this bigbox will fail. So sad. Such a product needs unlimited data. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 4/22/2010 Posts: 11,522 Location: Nairobi
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KulaRaha wrote:Saw this being flogged at the mall on the weekend.
Really need something to replace my Zuku, BUT
Safcom as usual being greedy insist we need bundles. I can see my kids chewing through 50GB in 3 days...leave alone a month.
I think this bigbox will fail.
So sad. Such a product needs unlimited data. It wont fail.... possunt quia posse videntur
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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maka wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Saw this being flogged at the mall on the weekend.
Really need something to replace my Zuku, BUT
Safcom as usual being greedy insist we need bundles. I can see my kids chewing through 50GB in 3 days...leave alone a month.
I think this bigbox will fail.
So sad. Such a product needs unlimited data. It wont fail.... It costs 10k, and seems aimed for the domestic market. If you can pay 10k for a box, you'd expect unlimited data for 4k a month. Where is my reasoning wrong? Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/27/2009 Posts: 1,437
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KulaRaha wrote:maka wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Saw this being flogged at the mall on the weekend.
Really need something to replace my Zuku, BUT
Safcom as usual being greedy insist we need bundles. I can see my kids chewing through 50GB in 3 days...leave alone a month.
I think this bigbox will fail.
So sad. Such a product needs unlimited data. It wont fail.... It costs 10k, and seems aimed for the domestic market. If you can pay 10k for a box, you'd expect unlimited data for 4k a month. Where is my reasoning wrong? To me 50GB is unlimited. Plus free You Tube for three months. I do not know what those kids and You Tube do to my bundles but it is a constant cause of friction in my house. At least there will be a three months reprieve. It's worth it if it works as promised.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 3/27/2009 Posts: 1,437
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KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani!
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Iganamagana wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani! I'm telling you, the kids will finish that 50gb in 3 days max. This big box is a midro class priced product, with masufferer bundles. You want to sell hardware for 10k, but dont have unlimited? FAIL. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 4/4/2007 Posts: 1,162
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Does this box have free Free to Air FTA channels where one doesn't need the bundles?
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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Can it work if you've wireless? If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Member Joined: 1/9/2015 Posts: 188
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KulaRaha wrote:Iganamagana wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani! I'm telling you, the kids will finish that 50gb in 3 days max. This big box is a midro class priced product, with masufferer bundles. You want to sell hardware for 10k, but dont have unlimited? FAIL.   mboss 50gb in 8 hours, 50gb in 3days Dataguzzlers in the making 
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Rank: User Joined: 1/20/2014 Posts: 3,528
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majimaji wrote:
Does this box have free Free to Air FTA channels where one doesn't need the bundles?
Formal education will make you a living. Self-education will make you a fortune - Jim Rohn.
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Rank: User Joined: 8/15/2013 Posts: 13,237 Location: Vacuum
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ole3 wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Iganamagana wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani! I'm telling you, the kids will finish that 50gb in 3 days max. This big box is a midro class priced product, with masufferer bundles. You want to sell hardware for 10k, but dont have unlimited? FAIL. mboss 50gb in 8 hours, 50gb in 3days Dataguzzlers in the making The kids must be streaming adult movies and having internet sex If Obiero did it, Who Am I?
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 2/2/2012 Posts: 1,134 Location: Nairobi
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KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? If your kids are playing 8hrs of an online game in three days, you have a bigger problem that won't be solved by unlimited internet!
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/10/2014 Posts: 969 Location: Kenya
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chiaroscuro wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? If your kids are playing 8hrs of an online game in three days, you have a bigger problem that won't be solved by unlimited internet! Looool online game play doesnt consume that much data. Been doing it for the past 3 Years. Only downloading and updating the game with consume alot
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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watesh wrote:chiaroscuro wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? If your kids are playing 8hrs of an online game in three days, you have a bigger problem that won't be solved by unlimited internet! Looool online game play doesnt consume that much data. Been doing it for the past 3 Years. Only downloading and updating the game with consume alot During holidays each kid is allowed 2 hours online gaming per day on the PS4. That's 4 hours a day of usage. My guess was 50gb wont last long given what I've read on forums on the net. Pls correct me as I want an alternative to Zuku. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Swenani wrote:ole3 wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Iganamagana wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani! I'm telling you, the kids will finish that 50gb in 3 days max. This big box is a midro class priced product, with masufferer bundles. You want to sell hardware for 10k, but dont have unlimited? FAIL. mboss 50gb in 8 hours, 50gb in 3days Dataguzzlers in the making The kids must be streaming adult movies and having internet sex If you download movies the smallest decent rip is 700 mb minimum. Each series episode is around 300mb. Say you watch 2 shows a day, thats 600 mb a day. 5 days a week, comes to 12gb. Add two movies per weekend thats now 18gb. Add kids with PS4 playing on weekends during term....I'm telling you this 50mb is masufferer, not midro class. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Swenani wrote:Can it work if you've wireless? I'm assuming the product gives you wireless in the home. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 5/21/2013 Posts: 2,841 Location: Here
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KulaRaha wrote:Swenani wrote:Can it work if you've wireless? I'm assuming the product gives you wireless in the home. He wants to use non-safaricom internet on the box. Life is like playing a violin solo in public and learning the instrument as one goes on.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 12/17/2009 Posts: 3,583 Location: Kenya
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KulaRaha wrote:Swenani wrote:ole3 wrote:KulaRaha wrote:Iganamagana wrote:KulaRaha wrote:50gb is 8 hours of playing Call of Duty online. How is that unlimited? Ngai Mwathani! I'm telling you, the kids will finish that 50gb in 3 days max. This big box is a midro class priced product, with masufferer bundles. You want to sell hardware for 10k, but dont have unlimited? FAIL. mboss 50gb in 8 hours, 50gb in 3days Dataguzzlers in the making The kids must be streaming adult movies and having internet sex If you download movies the smallest decent rip is 700 mb minimum. Each series episode is around 300mb. Say you watch 2 shows a day, thats 600 mb a day. 5 days a week, comes to 12gb. Add two movies per weekend thats now 18gb. Add kids with PS4 playing on weekends during term....I'm telling you this 50mb is masufferer, not midro class. ukweli, if the 50gb if for content provision - then that is a joke, 5.0 Mbps minimum is needed for HD-quality streams and I don't know who would part with 4-5 k per month to watch youtube at 240p, lakini we are a peculiar people.
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 6/8/2007 Posts: 675
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That 50 GB per month is a big joke if you're a heavy user. For newspaper readers wako sawa. But Safcom is used to selling bundles so it's hard for them to cannibalise their bundles business by giving unlimited via another route. Catch 22 for them. ZUKU breathes a sigh of relief and keeps moving. Safaricom must ask themselves where the value will be. We're looking for value. Capped bundles are not valuable to us. Form is temporary, class is permanent
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