Weekly unlimited internet connectivity
Listers, The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity, - as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more. With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans.. Harry
I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity, - as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
Evans,
I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...?
However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come.
Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc.
The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up.
Just a thought..
Harry
-----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity
I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth.
Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable.
Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment"
-- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org
Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet
connectivity, -
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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Thank you , for the response.. Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [ <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: <mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke> harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House <http://www.lpakenya.org> www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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Dear Michael, I think we have quite some erratic connectivity, on the 3G Broadband and it seems to be agonizingly slow... Normally, to download a mail of about 60KB would take less than 2 seconds, now it seems to be taking about 3 min or more.. Was the issue completely resolved...? Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [ <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: <mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke> harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House <http://www.lpakenya.org> www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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Oh and is the Safaricom connectivity now been fully turned to Teams,because the last I checked they were on Seacom? This need to be cleared to the consumers is Safaricom operating on Teams as their primary link or Seacom or both? And when does the retained Satellite connectivity kick in? "Or has the 50000 new modem users outsriped the available supply? Rgds, Emmanuel Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> Date: Sun, 31 Jan 2010 17:02:56 To: <emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke> Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/emmanuel.khisa%40kadet....
Hi Michael, The connectivity issues have not been localized to Saturday alone, this has been an issue with your network in general, and your customer service ops need some revamping! Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:03 PM To: eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Dear Michael, I think we have quite some erratic connectivity, on the 3G Broadband and it seems to be agonizingly slow... Normally, to download a mail of about 60KB would take less than 2 seconds, now it seems to be taking about 3 min or more.. Was the issue completely resolved...? Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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Dear Michael, I am both a corporate client and home user of your service and had so much hope of better service on your platform and signed on but the last fortnight has been a pain. When the link isn’t totally out then it’s just too slow. I suggest that Safaricom carries out a Network audit and am sure the feedback from this group should provide you with some insights to get started…I also know that your staff have quite a plateful in their hands and most times are just overwhelmed and that’s not for me to resolve as a client much as I commensurate with them, end of day I need better service and I am sure you will agree that I deserve it at home, my organization deserves it and certainly the rest of your bulging data customer base deserve it. At the moment sorry but we aren’t getting value for money. I hope something is done. Regards, EK From: kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=kadet.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+emmanuel.khisa=kadet.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edwin Onchari Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 7:42 AM To: emmanuel.khisa@kadet.co.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Hi Michael, The connectivity issues have not been localized to Saturday alone, this has been an issue with your network in general, and your customer service ops need some revamping! Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:03 PM To: eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Dear Michael, I think we have quite some erratic connectivity, on the 3G Broadband and it seems to be agonizingly slow... Normally, to download a mail of about 60KB would take less than 2 seconds, now it seems to be taking about 3 min or more.. Was the issue completely resolved...? Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
_______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/harry%40comtelsys.co.ke _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: mjoseph@safaricom.co.ke Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mjoseph%40safaricom.co.... _____ Note: The information in this email and any attachments is confidential and may be legally privileged. It is intended only for the use of the named addressee. Emails are susceptible to alteration and their integrity cannot be guaranteed. Safaricom Limited does not accept legal responsibility for the contents of this email if the same is found to have been altered or manipulated. The contents and opinions expressed in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Safaricom Limited. Safaricom Limited disclaims any liability to the fullest extent permissible by law for any consequences that may arise from the contents of this email including but not limited to personal opinions, malicious and/or defamatory information and data/codes that may compromise or damage the integrity of the recipient?s information technology systems. If you are not the intended recipient please notify the sender and immediately delete this email from your system.Unless expressly stated by a duly authorised officer of Safaricom Limited nothing contained in this email message may be construed as being an offer to contract or an acceptance of an offer capable of constituting a contract between Safaricom Limited and any recipient(s) of this email. _____ Image removed by sender. No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.5.432 / Virus Database: 271.1.1/2647 - Release Date: 01/26/10 19:36:00
The Speeds are terrific from around midnignt,but in during the day, simply pathetic. I am forced to go to cybercafe yet I have a modem I would rather this Offer is scrapped if! Wycliffe --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Edwin Onchari <eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke> wrote: From: Edwin Onchari <eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity To: w.onduu@yahoo.com Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:41 AM Hi Michael, The connectivity issues have not been localized to Saturday alone, this has been an issue with your network in general, and your customer service ops need some revamping! Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:03 PM To: eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Dear Michael, I think we have quite some erratic connectivity, on the 3G Broadband and it seems to be agonizingly slow... Normally, to download a mail of about 60KB would take less than 2 seconds, now it seems to be taking about 3 min or more.. Was the issue completely resolved...? Regards, Harry From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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Wycliffe, Maybe a little patience.. The cake is being baked in the kitchen.. You do not want it to come off "Half-burnt', from the oven.... Maybe we need to check with the chief chef, how it's coming along, or what is cookin' in the kitchen... Just realized from reviews elsewhere in developed economies, that this 3G thing is alot more complicated than a cup of tea, and could be a while before we really get it right, especially in serving a 'bandwidth-hungry' customer base like ours. Some form of 'capping' in between might be inevitable, to cope with the demand. Regards, Harry _____ From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Wycliffe Sent: Monday, February 01, 2010 3:02 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity The Speeds are terrific from around midnignt,but in during the day, simply pathetic. I am forced to go to cybercafe yet I have a modem I would rather this Offer is scrapped if! Wycliffe --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Edwin Onchari <eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke> wrote: From: Edwin Onchari <eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity To: w.onduu@yahoo.com Cc: "'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions'" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 7:41 AM Hi Michael, The connectivity issues have not been localized to Saturday alone, this has been an issue with your network in general, and your customer service ops need some revamping! Edwin From: kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+eonchari=kenyabposociety.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke ] On Behalf Of Harry Delano Sent: Sunday, January 31, 2010 5:03 PM To: eonchari@kenyabposociety.or.ke Cc: 'KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions' Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Dear Michael, I think we have quite some erratic connectivity, on the 3G Broadband and it seems to be agonizingly slow... Normally, to download a mail of about 60KB would take less than 2 seconds, now it seems to be taking about 3 min or more.. Was the issue completely resolved...? Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke <http://us.mc380.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=harry@comtelsys.co.ke> > wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke <http://us.mc380.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kictanet-bounces+harry=comtels ys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke <http://us.mc380.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=kictanet-bounces+harry=comtels ys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> ] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke <http://us.mc380.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=harry@comtelsys.co.ke> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House www.lpakenya.org <http://www.lpakenya.org/> Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke <http://us.mc380.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=harry@comtelsys.co.ke> >:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
-
as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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What happened to the unlimited internet connectivity on 3G debate...? After the lapse of the one I have been on, I wonder whether the "demo run" revealed if this is possible or not. Or was it an offer, or promotion etc..etc.. At times, the consumer is left hangup in the "mid-air" there, wondering what next.. By the way, one lister was conducting a research //review on connectivity and pricing - Resident and corporate some while back.Is it possible to please share out the findings, for public consumption.. Harry
Harry - I was also enquiring about this. I understand that it was a promo that has since expired. Maybe they concluded it was not sustainable. Waudo On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30 +0300, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
What happened to the unlimited internet connectivity on 3G debate...?
After the lapse of the one I have been on, I wonder whether the "demo run" revealed if this is possible or not. Or was it an offer, or promotion etc..etc..
At times, the consumer is left hangup in the "mid-air" there, wondering what next..
By the way, one lister was conducting a research //review on connectivity and pricing - Resident and corporate some while back.Is it possible to please share out the findings, for public consumption..
Harry
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Listers, We might need to be enlightened abit more on this. When we closely follow up the developments leading to the "promotions", or "offers" as they are called by the Service providers offering the unlimited connectivity, they came as a result of a sustained engagement and pressure from the likes of this forum on the providers. As expected, the offer uptake from the consumer has been massive and unprecedented. This is indicator no.1. Does it tell the providers something...? Now, if this is anything to go by, I also want to believe this to be a perfect opportunity to measure up takeup volumes - which if am not wrong must be turning in some tidy revenue sums,judging especially by the slowness in connectivity when the offer is on.. So big question is, where is the bottleneck..? Networks capacity or Bandwidth capacity, or both? A Question of demand superceeding supply/capacity..? A logjam...? Definitely indicator no.2. We need to push and demand our service providers to ensure they have uptake capacity of the numerous numbers of subscribers they have taken onboard. Otherwise, I suppose the regulator needs to step in and enforce quality of service especially now with the numerous complaints of service degradation. Now, tie this in with the status of the 3G debate( Seems it's grown cold now) - I suppose we can only demand better. Certainly the end user is not getting value for money, I daresay, and we need a forum ASAP with the service providers to tell the internet fraternity what they are upto. It's so commonplace these days for consumers to get promises of dedicated bandwidth connectivity bundles, only for the same to turn into nightmarish clogs. I believe sensitization of the end user need to become key here at this rate. The Regulator have their work cut out here.. Next, we need to know what happened with price clamp down, on general Broadband connectivity. When internet connectivity becomes the engine that drives the economy, just like in our case at the moment,we can only expect all stakeholders to be very sensitive in nurturing the same to build up capacities across all sectors.... Is anyone listening..? Harry
Hi, The weekly unlimited internet offer was exactly that an offer and a way for safaricom & orange to gauge the demand for unlimited access and also ascertain how much we where willing to pay for that service so look forward to monthly unlimited tariff for around 3,500/- - 5,000/- (Ksh). In addition many people purchased the modems to take advantage of the offer which meant an increase in subscribers to the service. None the less it is a good initiative that the providers are realising that they need to offer unlimited offers and that the price is not really the issue. It is interesting how Orange (aka Telkom) can offer you unlimited internet on their wired and evdo services yet claim that it is unprofitable to do the same on their GSM platform, does CCK charge for air traffic. Hoping to get my 3G at home soon, in the meantime edge will have to do. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: waudo siganga <emailsignet@mailcan.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Wed, 10 March, 2010 17:26:53 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity Harry - I was also enquiring about this. I understand that it was a promo that has since expired. Maybe they concluded it was not sustainable. Waudo On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:30 +0300, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:
What happened to the unlimited internet connectivity on 3G debate...?
After the lapse of the one I have been on, I wonder whether the "demo run" revealed if this is possible or not. Or was it an offer, or promotion etc..etc..
At times, the consumer is left hangup in the "mid-air" there, wondering what next..
By the way, one lister was conducting a research //review on connectivity and pricing - Resident and corporate some while back.Is it possible to please share out the findings, for public consumption..
Harry
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