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mwanahisa
#1 Posted : Friday, March 18, 2011 3:14:42 PM
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I have not used my 3G+ Orange modem for a while, having opted to use the MBs I had left on my SCOM modem. Today, I bought a 4GB bundle and I was really dissapointed with the speed. Is it just me or are others experiencing similar dismay?
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captainrio
#2 Posted : Friday, March 18, 2011 3:29:35 PM
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mwanahisa wrote:
I have not used my 3G+ Orange modem for a while, having opted to use the MBs I had left on my SCOM modem. Today, I bought a 4GB bundle and I was really dissapointed with the speed. Is it just me or are others experiencing similar dismay?


i second u.. i bought a 100mb bundle and the speeds were just like EDGE or even worse...i wonder where they got the permission to call their network 3G+
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jaggernaut
#3 Posted : Friday, March 18, 2011 5:45:53 PM
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mwanahisa wrote:
I have not used my 3G+ Orange modem for a while, having opted to use the MBs I had left on my SCOM modem. Today, I bought a 4GB bundle and I was really dissapointed with the speed. Is it just me or are others experiencing similar dismay?


I don't know why it has become soooooo sloooow these days. Very disappointing!




And to add insult to injury, the speedtest result says that my internet speed is slower than 92% of Kenya. Ridiculous!
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mwanahisa
#4 Posted : Friday, March 18, 2011 6:32:23 PM
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Wow, what an eye opener! After my frustrations this morning, I resorted to the more expensive bundle from Safcom which is a much better experience, but of course harder on the pocket. Well, cheap is usually not so good...

BTW, anyone with experience on the dirt cheap Airtel offers, what are the speeds like?
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grolut
#5 Posted : Friday, March 18, 2011 7:09:58 PM
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I've not tried Airtel but after unlocking my modem I bought YU's 30 days unlimited bundle (999/-) and speeds average at 10KB/s and max out at 30KB/s. It's alright for general browsing but your average youtube video will take about 10min+ to download.
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simonkabz
#6 Posted : Saturday, March 19, 2011 12:17:05 AM
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@grolut, what software do u use to dwnload u-tube vidz? I think mine kaputted.
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jerry
#7 Posted : Saturday, March 19, 2011 7:47:07 AM
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simonkabz wrote:
@grolut, what software do u use to dwnload u-tube vidz? I think mine kaputted.

>>>Is it correct to say downloading you tube or it's streaming? Not sure.
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murenj
#8 Posted : Saturday, March 19, 2011 9:04:54 AM
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jaggernaut wrote:
mwanahisa wrote:
I have not used my 3G+ Orange modem for a while, having opted to use the MBs I had left on my SCOM modem. Today, I bought a 4GB bundle and I was really dissapointed with the speed. Is it just me or are others experiencing similar dismay?


I don't know why it has become soooooo sloooow these days. Very disappointing!




And to add insult to injury, the speedtest result says that my internet speed is slower than 92% of Kenya. Ridiculous!

the EVDO network is now kaput. have adjusted settings to CDMA but the speeds are no beter than EDGE
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RVP
#9 Posted : Saturday, March 19, 2011 10:22:11 AM
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There was a cut on the Seacom cable in Alexandria on 17th March. Not sure if that could be to blame.

http://thecitizen.co.tz/...internet-breakdown.html
http://mybroadband.co.za...ime-frustrates-ISPs.html
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PuthyKrasha
#10 Posted : Saturday, March 19, 2011 11:52:49 AM
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tortoise speeds. i wonder what they do with all that bandwith, seacom & EASSy)
thats why i stick with Kdn. i get speeds of 2.5 MBps on downloads and all for a fraction of what Orange charges monthly for fake 3G speeds...
If i showed you where i live, you would think that i was hiding.
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