I too thought of a geo-column. However, wouldn't this data be really hard to acquire without the co-operation of the ISPs? Especially land-lines; I suppose it would be fairly easy to do a mobile coverage survey on our own.
On 20 June 2012 12:06, brian muhumuza <[email protected]> wrote: > I propose to add a column indicating the geographical availability of the > service with something along the lines of: > > Any where in the country > All major towns in the country > All major routes in the country > Some major towns in the country > Some major routes in the country > Only in Kampala > > > //MB > > > On Wed, Jun 20, 2012 at 11:53 AM, Jake Markhus <[email protected]> wrote: > >> I too agree. I would rather pay Orange whatever they ask than pay for >> cheaper. >> However that does not justify ridiculously high prices. >> Can we rate service provision or uptime? It would also help to know who is >> on the exchange. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf >> Of >> Bernard Wanyama >> Sent: 20 June 2012 11:27 >> To: Uganda Linux User Group >> Subject: Re: [LUG] wooooohhhoooooooooo >> >> I like Thoma's angle. >> >> Comparing prices alone might give an inaccurate picture especially if we >> are >> talking about service and not necessarily a product like an HP >> DL380 server. >> >> Most of us on this list will agree that we all tend to pay more for the >> service than the actual product. E,g, lunch is Wandegeya market is so >> tasty >> and affordable, but most people are not ready to have a hot charcoal stove >> behind the bench, coupled with a hot roof and flowing sewage under the >> table. So we go to Garden City or Nakumatt and satisfy our hunger from >> there. >> >> Some of our dear ISPs have only one cable - TEAMS or SEACOM or EASSY and >> are >> unable to serve you during an outage on their single cable. >> You surely cannot compare pricing from those ISPs with one cable to the >> ones >> with multiple options. >> >> Quality service is key, especially when your business depends on it. >> >> Kind regards, >> Bernard >> >> On 20 June 2012 10:01, Kizito Thomas <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Thank you Reinier and the group for the comments. >> > I understand the concerns of the cost and other things, but we had >> > limitations one of which, some one was supposed to be able to provide >> > internet connectivity to all the sites (upcountry) which most of the >> > companies you are mentioning with good prices are not capable of doing. >> > The accounts team could not handle different invoices for the same >> > product. >> > Although we are paying slightly high fee, I believe there is value for >> > the money, which to me is the most important thing. I know of people >> > who are paying less but suffering more. Orange warns me when there >> > will be planned network interruptions, It has a backup link for me in >> > case the main links are cut ( you know cable) and in addition to that >> > the good customer care of checking on you in case there is a problem. >> > Sincerely I cannot complain. >> > -- >> > Kind regards; >> > KTM >> > +256752602550||+256782062708 >> > "Mother of God-Pray for us sinners" >> > >> > >> > On Tue, 2012-06-19 at 13:55 +0300, Reinier Battenberg wrote: >> >> In that case, we are paying less than half of that with Datanet. (in >> >> Kampala) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > > > _______________________________________________ > 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). The mailing list host is not responsible for them in > any way. >
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