Luggers, what i see, there is need to infiltrate UCC and other relevant bodies including police to improve tech in this country!!!!
*Kizito Mudambo* On Thu, Sep 26, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Benjamin Tayehanpour < [email protected]> wrote: > Ah yes, I know about IMT-2000, which indeed does have some (admittedly > fairly vague) opinions on speeds. But here's the clincher: 3G isn't a > legally protected term. The standards, such as they are, are upheld by > the mutual goodwill and prosperity of the parties involved, and that's > about it. Users of free software know all about companies which uses > and abuses standards as they see convenient for their short-sighted > purposes... It's not limited to merely software, I'm afraid. > > Of course, the UCC, being the sole arbiter in assigning frequency > bands, could make absolute compliance with the IMT-2000 a criterion > for obtaining a permit, thus giving the spec a de facto protection. > That's actually one of the most important roles the UCC, and > corresponding entities in other countries, have, so my question is why > the heck you even have the UCC if it apparently doesn't fulfil its > most important function anyway. > > Kampala would be ideal for a community-built wireless mesh network. > When all else fails, vote with your feet, and with your purse. > > On 25 September 2013 22:51, Peter C. Ndikuwera <[email protected]> wrote: > > While wikipedia isn't the most trustworthy source, it's opening blurb > seems > > to dispute what you're saying: > > > > "3G telecommunication networks support services that provide an > information > > transfer rate of at least 200 kbit/s. However, many services advertised > as > > 3G provide higher speed than the minimum technical requirements for a 3G > > service. Later 3G releases, often denoted 3.5G and 3.75G, also provide > > mobile broadband access of several Mbit/s to smartphones and mobile > modems > > in laptop computers." > > > > Seems to imply that to be called XG, a network has to provide a minimum > > transfer speed according to IMT-2000 specs. Now, the marketeers may be > > misusing the terms, but shouldn't one expect a "4G" network to provide a > > certain minimum speed? > > > > P. > > > > -- > > Evolution (n): A hypothetical process whereby infinitely improbable > events > > occur with alarming frequency, order arises from chaos, and no one is > given > > credit. > > > > > > On 25 September 2013 21:46, Benjamin Tayehanpour <[email protected] > > > > wrote: > >> > >> On 25 September 2013 20:36, sanga collins <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > In the states companies can face legal action for false advertising > >> > claims. > >> > If the same mechanisms were in place in Uganda, local telcos may not > be > >> > so > >> > quick to throw catch phrases and marketing gimmicks at customers > instead > >> > of > >> > the service you are paying for. > >> > >> Again, the "G" isn't a measurement for speed, it's a measurement for > >> generations. Each time you change the radio link technology to > >> something newer, you increment one. In the USA, HSDPA is called 4G. In > >> most of western Europe, HSDPA is known as 3G, or sometimes 3G+ or > >> Turbo-3G or similar. It's a fairly worthless marketing term, that's > >> it. > >> > >> Or were you referring to some actual speed claims in advertising I've > >> missed? 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