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Barrywhite
#11 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:28:01 AM
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@ Lovely2010. I think Safcom has many data offerings and most of those l have met who say its damn expensive and wonder how l can afford it, are normally on the WRONG offering - looking at their needs. Obviously, if you are a normal web browser user, 2/- per minute is DAMN EXPENSIVE! If you are a movie downloader, kes. 8 per MB is DAMN EXPENSIVE. I think the secret lies in the user identifying their needs and relating those needs to the right offering.
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Much Know
#12 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:31:33 AM
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Make sure its the orange ZTE modem, it's pretty good and fast but very very cheap, safcom is fast but toooooo expensive. If you use the orange huawei 3G get ready for headaches, especially if you need to be online seamlessly, but orange3G+ (ZTE) is good.
Ras Kienyeji Man
FUNKY
#13 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:40:44 AM
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@ Much Know- You are right orange ZTE modem is good and faster then Airtel or YU...their offer of 999/- unlimited for a week is also good. But still it is not as fast as safaricom 3G.
Sufficiently Philanga....thropic
#14 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 11:56:14 AM
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Mpenzi wrote:
Sober wrote:
mlennyma wrote:
Seriously i will...is orange on 3g?


orange is on 3G+ read 'Three Gee Plus'


Orange is still on GSM.

i use their 3G+ which runs on CDMA. Speeds not as great as Safcom but, hey, the cost is just wonderful 4G @ 2.2k a month is enough even for a serious "downloader"
@SufficientlyP
dunkang
#15 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 12:19:01 PM
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Mentioning YU n Zain with dial-up internet is just a joke. It's either Safcom or Orange, the rest are useless. Last week YU confirmed that they will never seek 3G licence;

http://www.bloomberg.com...s-revenue-doubling.html

Which spells doom for them in data revenues.
Receive with simplicity everything that happens to you.” ― Rashi

Barrywhite
#16 Posted : Tuesday, June 28, 2011 1:18:44 PM
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The speed you experience with data is a function of two things: 1. The network capability of your network provider 2. The device/dongle/modem capability. If two users are in the same network, using two different devices, the user with higher device capability will have faster speeds. If say you use a 4G modem, in a 3G network, under exactly similar conditions with a 3G modem user in the same 3G cell, the 4G modem user experiences much higher speeds than the 3G user since 4G has superior modulation schemes and standard MIMO (Multiple Input Multiple Output) features. Similarly two 3G modem users experience different throughputs in the same cell accessing the same content because one modem could be MIMO enabled when another is on MISO (Multiple Input Single Output) or even worse SISO (Single Input Single Output). Generally for laymen (and women alike), the higher the cost of the modem, the higher the capability. So you buy the 9,999/- modem, it will beat hands down the 2,999/- modem under similar network conditions.
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