Re: [LUG] World Constitutions

2013-09-25 Thread Nielsimms Sangho
I loved the idea although I couldn't find Ugandas but it's awesome especially the fact that you can easily search on a matter like education and be able to compare what the various constitutions say On Sep 25, 2013 8:32 AM, roy mukasa royk...@gmail.com wrote: Google has created a site where

Re: [LUG] World Constitutions

2013-09-25 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
Uganda's is there. Filter by Country. [image: Inline images 1] -- 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 09:31, Nielsimms Sangho nielsan...@gmail.com

[LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Sam Agona
I am not sure about how far you know the backbone of the network that you use. However, I have been skeptical of Uganda’s LTE networks. I got compelled to write this. How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”? http://www.samagona.org/?p=428 After your read: 1. Try hard to know whether you are

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Katusiime Ronah
HI All, Any advise on a good institute/school where i can study and certify in CCNA. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 3:16 PM, Sam Agona sagona2...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure about how far you know the backbone of the network that you use. However, I have been skeptical of Uganda’s LTE networks.

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread DENIS McNelly
Hahahahaha, thats funny McNelly On Sep 25, 2013, at 3:19 PM, Sam Agona sagona2...@gmail.com wrote: I am not sure about how far you know the backbone of the network that you use. However, I have been skeptical of Uganda’s LTE networks. I got compelled to write this. How far are Ugandan 4G

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Richard Obore
Thanks Sam for raising this issue. I've been meaning to ask you guys about this whole 4G LTE thing : *Orange Vs MTN* Has anyone actually bought and tried it? Does it work as advertised? Is it worth it? For modems, is MTN better than Orange? Sam's article suggests that some MTN modems wont work on

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Benjamin Tayehanpour
On 25 September 2013 14:16, Sam Agona sagona2...@gmail.com wrote: Try hard and know what speeds you attain Since when is G a speed indicator? It has to do with radio network standards, it's not any indication of speed (although later generations of radio network does support higher speeds if

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Mark Tinka
On Wednesday, September 25, 2013 03:55:12 PM Benjamin Tayehanpour wrote: Since when is G a speed indicator? It has to do with radio network standards, it's not any indication of speed (although later generations of radio network does support higher speeds if enabled, obviously). Trials in

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread kizito Mudambo
I lost interest in the so called G wars by the telecom companies in Uganda. the 4G (LTE) of both mtn and orange is at the level of 2G and the 3.75!G and 3G of the rest of the telcoms i would still equate to 2G. i know G should not be an indicator for speeds but realistically there is no newer

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread kizito Mudambo
What am trying to say is. our networks are a mess compared to others of the SAME standard. *Kizito Mudambo* On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 8:51 PM, kizito Mudambo kizi...@gmail.com wrote: I lost interest in the so called G wars by the telecom companies in Uganda. the 4G (LTE) of both mtn and

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Moses Mubiru
Have you considered kilobits as per bandwidth and kilobytes for downloads... as such a factor of 8 is multiplied to get the actual bandwidth speed... i believe we've come a long way... On Sep 25, 2013 8:53 PM, kizito Mudambo kizi...@gmail.com wrote: I lost interest in the so called G wars by the

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread sanga collins
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. On Wed, Sep 25, 2013 at 2:15 PM,

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Benjamin Tayehanpour
On 25 September 2013 20:15, Moses Mubiru mo...@truit.ug wrote: Have you considered kilobits as per bandwidth and kilobytes for downloads... as such a factor of 8 is multiplied to get the actual bandwidth speed... i believe we've come a long way... Although any lugger would appreciate the

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Benjamin Tayehanpour
On 25 September 2013 20:36, sanga collins sanga.coll...@gmail.com 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

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Geoffrey Shelton
Man forget that in Uganda... I live in Switzerland but I really don't respond to most updates because its unbelievable what I see and hear ! God bless Uganda we are lairs even the ministry is involved why pretend to be advanced when we are in reality not near the technology helm ? On Wed, Sep

[LUG] AfricaHackTrip

2013-09-25 Thread billyn...@gmail.com
A group of developers are due to start touring the region. They already have visits planned for the HiveColab and Outbox centres but have expressed an interest in meeting members of the LUG community? Anyone want to host an event or should members just make there way to one of the already hosted

[LUG] OpenShift

2013-09-25 Thread billyn...@gmail.com
Not sure if any of you have seen this, but it seems redhat has some free level for their OpenShit Cloud PaaS offering. - Free sign-up http://openshift.redhat.com/app/account/new: Available for developers to check out all the great features and capabilities, and start coding and running

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread Peter C. Ndikuwera
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/shttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kilobit_per_second. However, many services

[LUG] Free Edition of PyCharm now available

2013-09-25 Thread Delyon Ronnie
I come bearing awesome news, JetBrains has developed a free community edition of PyCharm http://blog.jetbrains.com/pycharm/2013/09/jetbrains-delights-the-python-community-with-a-free-edition-of-its-famous-ide-pycharm-3-0/ -- Delyon Ronnie. http://about.me/delyonr/

Re: [LUG] How far are Ugandan 4G networks “4G”?

2013-09-25 Thread James S. K. Makumbi
My 2cents, G is as earlier said, an improvement “across the board” and while I agree it should be infrastructural, I think it should be quality wise, reach and cost too! Even as human beings when we say, “in my generation” we seldom speak about just age (which coincidentally is the qualifier)