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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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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 At one time I bought Safaricom 1.5gb at 1k and the kids finished it in 2hrs streaming live some UK TV channel to watch formula 1 racing. Since then I moved to orange unlimited. That 1k would have given me 1 week of orange unlimited internet. That said, with 3 undersea fibre cables, we should be paying 1k for 1 month unlimited internet. Safaricom giving 50gb at 4k is nonsense.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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It all boils down to the devices you are using. 3G devices can stream upto about 10GB on a 30hr/month. 4G devices use up/consume higher. I would like to know how many GBs those on Zuku are consuming, even if its unlimited, they state the data usage on your bills. "There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 10/9/2008 Posts: 5,389
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I have watched 1hr BBC documentaries at HD 720p and one ends up using about 1gb. Streaming American tv channels at 1080p uses nearly double the data.
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Rank: Elder Joined: 2/26/2012 Posts: 15,980
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jaggernaut 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 At one time I bought Safaricom 1.5gb at 1k and the kids finished it in 2hrs streaming live some UK TV channel to watch formula 1 racing. Since then I moved to orange unlimited. That 1k would have given me 1 week of orange unlimited internet. That said, with 3 undersea fibre cables, we should be paying 1k for 1 month unlimited internet. Safaricom giving 50gb at 4k is nonsense. Safaricom is giving 50 GB plus 50+ TV channels for 4K not just internet. Those with unlimited zuku should let us know how many GBs they consume in a month on avg could be less than 50 Meanwhile......... Quote:Pay television provider Zuku has sparked a turf war with its rivals, signalling a fresh battle for customers following Safaricom’s entry into the TV market.
DStv, another pay-TV service provider that is popular with European Football League followers, has called for a press conference today in which it is expected to announce price cuts for its decoders—in yet another signal of shifts triggered by Safaricom’s entry into the market.
Yesterday, Zuku took a swipe at its rivals in newspaper adverts, terming them “cheap in pricing and quality” and urging consumers to choose its Zuku connection.
“You saw their cheap price, now see their cheap quality,” said Zuku in the advert. http://www.businessdaily...2/-/146p8ig/-/index.html"There are only two emotions in the market, hope & fear. The problem is you hope when you should fear & fear when you should hope: - Jesse Livermore
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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Bamba Tv gives the same channels as Safcom. Just one off box cost. So, safcoms tv offering isn't special or unique. I will check my Zuku bill to see how much I'm using. But I don't think bundles can work in this space. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Elder Joined: 9/15/2006 Posts: 3,907
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In all the comments, why do I feel we're missing another point - how wide is the coverage of 4G?
It will come down to Zuku's 100 channels (+FTA) with unlimited internet on fibre/coaxial VS Safaricom's FTA with 3G bundles
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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My Zuku ebill does not show usage stats. I dont think Bigbox is 4G, looked like it was 3G. Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/10/2014 Posts: 992 Location: Kenya
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murchr wrote:jaggernaut 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 At one time I bought Safaricom 1.5gb at 1k and the kids finished it in 2hrs streaming live some UK TV channel to watch formula 1 racing. Since then I moved to orange unlimited. That 1k would have given me 1 week of orange unlimited internet. That said, with 3 undersea fibre cables, we should be paying 1k for 1 month unlimited internet. Safaricom giving 50gb at 4k is nonsense. Safaricom is giving 50 GB plus 50+ TV channels for 4K not just internet. Those with unlimited zuku should let us know how many GBs they consume in a month on avg could be less than 50 Meanwhile......... Quote:Pay television provider Zuku has sparked a turf war with its rivals, signalling a fresh battle for customers following Safaricom’s entry into the TV market.
DStv, another pay-TV service provider that is popular with European Football League followers, has called for a press conference today in which it is expected to announce price cuts for its decoders—in yet another signal of shifts triggered by Safaricom’s entry into the market.
Yesterday, Zuku took a swipe at its rivals in newspaper adverts, terming them “cheap in pricing and quality” and urging consumers to choose its Zuku connection.
“You saw their cheap price, now see their cheap quality,” said Zuku in the advert. http://www.businessdaily.../-/146p8ig/-/index.html I have Zuku, heavy internet user.In the past 30 days I used 100gb on my laptop only. My phone maybe 1-2gb...in a house hold most users will use 30gb per person per month averagely ie if they all have laptops and like YouTube (that is what i calculated). For a family or individuals who are away during the day 50gb is enough....BUT ZUKU IS STILL KING
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Rank: Veteran Joined: 8/10/2014 Posts: 992 Location: Kenya
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But the internet speed will determine rate of consumption. Low internet speeds will slow down consumption. For me 50gb is enough for just one person with average youtube usage
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Rank: Elder Joined: 7/26/2007 Posts: 6,514
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watesh wrote:But the internet speed will determine rate of consumption. Low internet speeds will slow down consumption. For me 50gb is enough for just one person with average youtube usage Low internet speeds will negate the whole Safcom offering: how do you stream with a crappy line? Seems I am not the only one who feels 50GB cap will not sell. Let's wait and see... Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
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