Reinier, Who is your ISP? I'm planning to get a new one this week.
Joshua On 4/9/11, Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> wrote: > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > > On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:32:48 David Ziggy Lubowa wrote: >> On Friday, April 8, 2011, Reinier Battenberg >> >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > I pay a flat rate for a flat speed at 50% of what the big boys are >> > charging. >> >> ++ This being short term usual mindset of "ugandan companies and now >> chronic in people's minds" , cheaper does not mean better and many >> checks and balances to be aware of, trickery in this business is a >> given learn it. > > I am not tricked by my ISP, i monitor my link, it flatlines at what we pay > for. And its actually pretty stable these days. If you are tricked by your > ISP, why not switch to another one? > >> >> > So, there is surely space for competition, both in speed, quality & >> > customer service. >> >> ++ I couldn't agree more, BUT again REAL NETWORKS COST REAL MONEY, i >> bet you believe when your seacom link is down at your upstream >> everyone else's seacom link is down as well .....??? > > If SEACOM is down, my ISP switches over to its backup link. Unfortunatly, > very > upstream, SEACOM & TEAMS use the same cable. This is not a fault of my ISP > though, and as said, all ISPs face the same issue with that, so that is not > where you can compete (unless you still have full backup on satelite and > find > clients that want to pay for those costs. Still, free market choice and > product differentiation) > > My ISP, btw, runs a real network, and its really cheaper than much of the > competition. By about 50%. Not bad. Not bad at all. > >> >> > -- >> > rgds, >> > >> > Reinier Battenberg >> > Director >> > Mountbatten Ltd. >> > +256 758 801 749 >> > www.mountbatten.net >> > >> > On Friday 08 April 2011 23:42:18 Mike Barnard wrote: >> >> spot on Ziggy >> >> >> >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:56 PM, David Ziggy Lubowa >> > >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> > A price war on DATA eerrrm well some claim to have good networks, >> >> > some know they have good networks , some are just impostors hiding >> >> > behind others, So those who know they have "good" networks naturally >> >> > will not budge, because maintaining that GOOD network COSTS REAL >> >> > MONEY, those who claim to have the good networks will play the price >> >> > game but further compounding the problem of wrong dimensioning and >> >> > oversubscription the biggest pest in ugandan DATA business(signal to >> >> > noise ratio ), and well the impostors will simply be impostors...!! >> >> > :) >> >> > >> >> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Bernard Wanyama >> > >> > <[email protected]>wrote: >> >> >> Thanks EB. >> >> >> >> >> >> For me, I link to think of it as rail transport - you can put the >> >> >> bulk stuff there at ultra low cost - like torrents and rsync >> >> >> backups. >> >> >> >> >> >> And use the premium HSDPA for real work! >> >> >> >> >> >> I pray it lasts.... or better still, I wish it triggers a price war! >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Kind regards, >> >> >> Bernard >> >> >> >> >> >> On 8 April 2011 13:54, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> On UTL's mobile network, it wont matter that you are getting 3g or >> >> >>> hsdpa signal, their data rates are limited to 128kbps. >> >> >>> >> >> >>> Enjoy the 'free' service :) >> >> >>> >> >> >>> > -------- Original Message -------- >> >> >>> > Subject: Re: [LUG] 2500 for 1Gb of 3G data on UTL >> >> >>> > From: McTim <[email protected]> >> >> >>> > Date: Fri, April 08, 2011 11:23 am >> >> >>> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Reinier Battenberg >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> > > sounds like a good deal to me >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "good deal" when you pay >> >> >>> > per Byte, but it certainly is cheaper than anything we have here >> >> >>> > in KE! >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > 4 GB costs 2500 KeSHS (~30 USD) >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > -- >> >> >>> > Cheers, >> >> >>> > >> >> >>> > McTim >> >> >>> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. >> >> >>> > A route indicates how we get there." 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