Instant broadband

[Sybban]

Need help, have no idea how this works other than the obvious.


Little back story first. I'm in Kenya for the time being and we have absolutely terrible internet. I can only get good download speeds around midnight, even though only 2% of the country actually uses internet. Also the geniuses at Zuku don't EVEN HAVE A WEBSITE. I can't even wrap my mind around the fact that an internet company doesn't have a website.

My friend stumbled across instant broadband, which is a little thumbdrive that you pay per so many bytes downloaded. Here's the website explaining it.

http://www.safaricom.co.ke/index.php?id=613

I have never heard of this, has this come out since I have been away or has this always been around.


I can't ask the people at the store because I will just get 10 different conflicting answers.


How exactly does it rate the transfer, does 1 gb mean just that? Like if download an update for more than one gig will it cut off mid download?

I can't possibly imagine a world where 1 gb costs roughly 29 dollars USD.


And this router for 25000 Kshs (about 290 dollars), does that mean the people I live with will get download speeds of 7mb/sec?



I need fast internet, I'm going through withdrawls. There's only so many times you can pet a cheetah or watch a baboon steal someones shit before the novelty wears off.

 

[teisjm]

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I need fast internet, I'm going through withdrawls. There's only so many times you can pet a cheetah or watch a baboon steal someones shit before the novelty wears off.

Then get creative, pet the cheetah WHILE watching the monkey, next time you make the cheetah run after the monkey, when the whole cheetah baboon thing gets old try Rhino-Rodeo, or rhino-jousting (no lances required)

The site you linked to said this, is that not what you're asking about?

17) How is data charged on EDGE/3G?
Data is charged depending on download and upload of information i.e. it?s not time based. Monthly costs depend on the bundle chosen (Find rates above) E.g. for 700MB, one can download approximately 3,000 web pages at 200KB per page, or 200 MP3 songs at 3MB per song or 12,000 emails at 50KB per email.

 

[Sybban]

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I need fast internet, I'm going through withdrawls. There's only so many times you can pet a cheetah or watch a baboon steal someones shit before the novelty wears off.

Then get creative, pet the cheetah WHILE watching the monkey, next time you make the cheetah run after the monkey, when the whole cheetah baboon thing gets old try Rhino-Rodeo, or rhino-jousting (no lances required)

The site you linked to said this, is that not what you're asking about?

17) How is data charged on EDGE/3G?
Data is charged depending on download and upload of information i.e. it?s not time based. Monthly costs depend on the bundle chosen (Find rates above) E.g. for 700MB, one can download approximately 3,000 web pages at 200KB per page, or 200 MP3 songs at 3MB per song or 12,000 emails at 50KB per email.

My main concern is gaming. And the question of, "Would a 1 gb download (specifically I'm trying to update dawn of war 2) use up the entire thing in fell swoop?"

Any idea how playing an online game would eat up the card?


I've tested the speeds, and they are...well ludicrous. *Someone in the background yells "NOT LUDICROUS SPEED!!*


The 300 dollar thing sounds the best since I live with 6 people. I'm just curious if anyone has ever tried anything like this. We've already to tried 2 other internet service providers (Kenya's idea of high speed cable internet rates at dial up speeds)

 

[Leorex]

dude, you live with monkeys, and you cant find somthing to do?

 

[Sybban]

dude, you live with monkeys, and you cant find somthing to do?

Evil monkeys

Not the cool ones in Japan who jumped on my back and stole my cell phone

 

[Sybban]

*bump*

answer my damn question

I know there has to be a couple smart people and not just a bunch of people pretending to be smart. Be sure to focus on the exact thing I asked. "Did you read the page?" is not helpful.

I'm looking for anyone else who has experience with this.


Restore my faith in forums, there's a reason I only come on this site to read news articles.