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Options for Highspeed home Internet outside Major towns
winmak
#1 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2020 7:25:54 PM
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I need help in finding well priced broad band internet in a place 17 km from Nakuru - not covered by the usual Zuku/Faiba/Safaricom.

I use Safaricom dongles or tethering my phone but this is expensive and not suitable for streaming TV or heavy downloads/Conferencing...

Other than Liquid Telcom, what are the other options?

Admin can move to the correct section (but not the too invisible sections where one rarely gets responses).

TIA
For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases ~ WB
ekahindi
#2 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2020 11:10:23 PM
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Drop me an email. edgarkib.kibingeatgmail
Queen
#3 Posted : Tuesday, June 02, 2020 11:47:07 PM
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ekahindi wrote:
Drop me an email. edgarkib.kibingeatgmail


Why not share the information here.That is what Wazua is all about.
eangaga
#4 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2020 1:02:53 AM
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Queen wrote:
ekahindi wrote:
Drop me an email. edgarkib.kibingeatgmail


Why not share the information here.That is what Wazua is all about.


I am interested as well. Not as a customer but someone who works for an a small ISP. I am based in Kisumu. If you were in Kisumu we would have connected you.

My Boss is planning to expand out of Kisumu and I am interested to know how things are in other cities as we plan the next city to supply.
VituVingiSana
#5 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2020 6:06:19 AM
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Try http://www.unwired.co.ke
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winmak
#6 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2020 9:46:59 AM
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Thanks a lot guys.
For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases ~ WB
winmak
#7 Posted : Wednesday, June 03, 2020 4:36:54 PM
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ekahindi wrote:
Drop me an email. edgarkib.kibingeatgmail


your email is bouncing
For investors as a whole, returns decrease as motion increases ~ WB
amorphous
#8 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2020 6:14:06 PM
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winmak wrote:
I need help in finding well priced broad band internet in a place 17 km from Nakuru - not covered by the usual Zuku/Faiba/Safaricom.

I use Safaricom dongles or tethering my phone but this is expensive and not suitable for streaming TV or heavy downloads/Conferencing...

Other than Liquid Telcom, what are the other options?

Admin can move to the correct section (but not the too invisible sections where one rarely gets responses).

TIA



Airtel daily bundle 2GB for 99bob on 4G tethered from your phone to laptop is your best bet buddy. From my phone I can use the laptop anywhere in the house upstairs, downstairs and even in the gazebo. Safcon's daily bundle is a big joke. They lie and it is gone in hours!
Unless you want to invest in satellite and get free internet via services like Quika. Shida ni equipment upfront costs.
In the final analysis, it all boils down to sheer plain old hard work and dogged persistence. Nothing more, nothing less!!
Sufficiently Philanga....thropic
#9 Posted : Friday, July 10, 2020 1:27:35 PM
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Location: Sundowner,Amboseli

Could someone explain how the google loon internet works. Are they an ISP or they just convert the remote areas to 4G coverage and one can access this 4G from their network eg Scom, Airtel hence higher speeds in these remote areas?
@SufficientlyP
kmucheke
#10 Posted : Friday, July 10, 2020 2:26:39 PM
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Sufficiently Philanga....thropic wrote:

Could someone explain how the google loon internet works. Are they an ISP or they just convert the remote areas to 4G coverage and one can access this 4G from their network eg Scom, Airtel hence higher speeds in these remote areas?


From my understanding Google loon is not an ISP. The baloons create an aerial wireless network. You are right they create 4G coverage in a remote area where there is no infrastructure.

The signal travels from baloon to baloon in the network then to a ground base station which is connected to the ISP in this case Telkom, Airtel, SCOM etc.

To access the internet you just need a 4G enabled device to tap in to the loon wireless network.

So in short the telcom companies are the ISPs that connect to the global network while the network of baloons fitted with antennas provides the wireless 4G coverage.

Google loon allows telecom companies to expand their coverage without having to spend a lot of money in building cell towers or laying optical cables to bring internet to remote areas.
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