on a slightly related note: why not share some telco coverage statistics with the crowd. For people who have an android phone only.
http://opensignalmaps.com/ On Saturday 07 April 2012 01:18:34 Mike Barnard wrote: > I would be interested in seeing this. > > One of the challenges is that ISP's will offer you a different pricing > option depending on how much bandwidth you are buying and how faithful a > customer you have been (for bulk purchases, I am assuming we are not > talking about 3G data bundles here!). > > If an ISP sells 1Mbps at $700 USD, then If I am purchasing 20Mbps, I expect > to get a much lower price than that. If I have been a regular customer that > cost will/may come down, If I am purchasing 1Mbps but pay for a 2 year > subscription, there is bound to be a price reduction. > > Short of walking to all ISP offices, as Reiner tried, and assuming they > corporate, you would be providing incorrect or old pricing plans. > > On 22 March 2012 00:11, Boaz Shani-UGO- Click, Open, Uganda ... < > > [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > > > This is something that had been worked upon and I hope we will soon > > launch the new interface of UGO and that feature is actually catered in > > it ... > > > > Maybe not name and shame but rating , commenting and ranking ...not only > > ISPs but any service provider ... > > > > Best regards, > > > > Boaz Shani > > Managing Director > > Mobile +256 (0) 752 50 60 90 > > G.talk [email protected] > > Skype boazshlaptop > > > > WWW.UGO.CO.UG > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of > > David M. Gullever > > Sent: Wednesday, March 21, 2012 19:12 > > To: 'Uganda Linux User Group' > > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: UG-Broadband/Wimax competitors and pricing > > > > How about "name & shame" on the lug website - "this isp won't publish > > his > > prices". Negative publicity can work wonders. Just a thought > > > > DMG > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > > Of > > Simon Vass > > Sent: 21 March 2012 19:16 > > To: Uganda Linux User Group > > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: UG-Broadband/Wimax competitors and pricing > > > > I think the idea was to crowd source the data, and also allow ISP's to > > edit there prices to give an official price, but you would need to > > first seed the > > site with some data which as Reinier said might be easier just going to > > the ISP's in turn or ringing them up, not sure how many might respond > > to an online questionnaire/email? > > > > > > > > > > Simon Vass > > Managing Director > > E-Tech Uganda Ltd > > > > http://www.etech.ug > > Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621 > > email: [email protected] > > skype: e-techservicedesk > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Reinier Battenberg" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Cc: "Uganda Linux User Group" <[email protected]> > > Sent: Wednesday, 21 March, 2012 7:09:53 PM > > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: UG-Broadband/Wimax competitors and pricing > > > > > > as isps dont publish their prices online, we did it the old fashioned > > way, and actually went to a fysical office to ask. > > > > that is expensive and it didnt work. > > > > > > On Wednesday 21 March 2012 02:07:38 [email protected] > > > > wrote: > > > Hi Reinier, > > > the idea is interesting, but i have a few questions below. > > > > > > @and we did a very weak attempt to collect data (which is the most > > > work) How were you piping the data into your comparison engine, coz > > > i > > > was > > > > looking > > > > > at the possibilities below: > > > > > > SOA - once your comparison engine is published as a web service, > > > then > > > you can convince clients to connect to your web service with data in > > > a > > > > specific > > > > > format, so it can be compared. > > > > > > Gathering the data through an RSS feed - this means the comparison > > > engine needs to be able to parse the RSS data and if you have > > > different incompatible RSS feeds, then it could present issues i > > > think. > > > > > > Reading directly from the publishers websites - this could be > > > possible, > > > > but > > > > > would require search engine heuristics > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > Quoting Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]>: > > > > and we did a very weak attempt to collect data (which is the > > > > most > > > > work) > > > > > > > > When a sales lady at one of the ISPs refused to give us pricing > > > > if > > > > we didnt want to buy a simcard, i got too demotivated to pursue > > > > it. > > > > > > > > But, yeah, its still a great idea. > > > > > > > > (little fact: the 13 year old guy who set this up in NL made > > > > millions when he sold the site. (it had a telecom subscription > > > > compare functionality too)) > > > > > > > > rgds, > > > > reinier > > > > > > > > On Tuesday 20 March 2012 15:00:17 McTim wrote: > > > >> On 3/20/12, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> > No but this week I have again been thinking of an idea > > > >> > someone > > > >> > had to build a Internet comparator website for Uganda. > > > >> > McTim any > > > >> > objections if someone runs with this idea? > > > >> > > > >> none, I handed off that project to Reiner when i moved to KE! > > > >> > > > >> > Even a google document with public access might be a good > > > >> > thing. > > > >> > > > >> great idea! > > > > > > > > -- > > > > rgds, > > > > > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > > Director > > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > tel: +256 758 801749 > > > > twitter: @batje > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > > > [email protected] Mailing list archives: > > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Mailing list > > > > settings: > > > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them > > > > (including attachments if any). 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