Don't you guys find it strange that UTL are the only Ugandan ISP brave enough to put up some of their prices online?
regards Joachim --- On Wed, 5/6/09, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: > From: [email protected] <[email protected]> > Subject: LUG Digest, Vol 57, Issue 5 > To: [email protected] > Date: Wednesday, May 6, 2009, 2:00 AM > Send LUG mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > or, via email, send a message with subject or body > 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more > specific > than "Re: Contents of LUG digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: ADSL providers (Mark Tinka) > 2. Re: ADSL providers (Mark Tinka) > 3. Re: ADSL providers (Charlie Ateenyi) > 4. Re: ADSL providers (Ernest Byaruhanga) > 5. Re: ADSL providers (Mark Tinka) > 6. Re: ADSL providers (McTim) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:04:31 +0800 > From: Mark Tinka <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > On Tuesday 05 May 2009 01:58:56 pm Reinier Battenberg > wrote: > > > Yes they do offer ADSL, the question you should ask > is: > > is UTL updating their website? > > Ah, I see. > > > I think i-network is one > > of their clients, currently. In that area (kamwokja, > > kololo) ADSL seems to run pretty fast. > > What kind of speeds are offered? Is coverage decent? Price? > > Mark. > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 835 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > Url : > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20090506/d965f8e6/attachment.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 06:10:56 +0800 > From: Mark Tinka <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: Jan Oscar Holbo Rasmussen <[email protected]> > Cc: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" > > On Tuesday 05 May 2009 02:07:37 pm Jan Oscar Holbo > Rasmussen > wrote: > > > Why would the Telcos (UTL and MTN) not provide > internet > > through *dsl connections? Is it because of copper > > quality, cost, etc? > > As you've probably come to learn, things on this side > of the > sea are not so black & white :-). > > There's a lot of reasons why ADSL, or some form of > cheap, > wired services is not available to homes or offices. > > I haven't been back home in a while to give any > authoritative input on this, and perhaps folk on this list > who are on the ground might be in a better position to > speak. > > I'm not sure whether viable copper is still an issue to > > find, especially in the residential areas. I'm not sure > > whether UTL have enough fibre in the ground to link up the > DSLAM's to their closest IP PoP. > > I'm not sure whether it still costs hell to deploy > DSLAM's > all over the place to gain that critical mass. > > Of course, the cost of Internet access has been insane due > to satellite, but hopefully, by year's end, we'll > be seeing > a couple of changes. > > Like I said, not much to go on from where I'm standing > :-). > > Mark. > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 835 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > Url : > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20090506/fc89e1d8/attachment.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 09:18:58 +0300 > From: Charlie Ateenyi <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > $90 - 64k > $170 - 128k > $300 - 256k > $50 - Installation fee. > > Purchase of the CPE from UTL is not mandatory. > > On Wed, May 6, 2009 at 1:04 AM, Mark Tinka > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Tuesday 05 May 2009 01:58:56 pm Reinier Battenberg > wrote: > > > > > Yes they do offer ADSL, the question you should > ask is: > > > is UTL updating their website? > > > > Ah, I see. > > > > > I think i-network is one > > > of their clients, currently. In that area > (kamwokja, > > > kololo) ADSL seems to run pretty fast. > > > > What kind of speeds are offered? Is coverage decent? > Price? > > > > Mark. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG 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 List's Host is not > responsible for them in any way. > > --------------------------------------- > > > > > > > > > -- > Charlie Ateenyi > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20090506/3302a8d4/attachment.html > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Wed, 06 May 2009 11:31:31 +0400 > From: Ernest Byaruhanga <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Reinier Battenberg wrote thus on 5/5/09 9:58 AM: > > Yes they do offer ADSL, the question you should ask > is: is UTL updating their > > website? > > Yeah, UTL is typically like that. > > eb > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 16:03:18 +0800 > From: Mark Tinka <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: [email protected] > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-6" > > On Wednesday 06 May 2009 02:18:58 pm Charlie Ateenyi wrote: > > > $90 - 64k > > $170 - 128k > > $300 - 256k > > $50 - Installation fee. > > I take these are 'download' speeds... > > Is coverage good? > > Mark. > -------------- next part -------------- > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > Name: not available > Type: application/pgp-signature > Size: 835 bytes > Desc: This is a digitally signed message part. > Url : > http://orion.kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20090506/e8311268/attachment.pgp > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 6 > Date: Wed, 6 May 2009 11:43:03 +0300 > From: McTim <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] ADSL providers > To: [email protected], Linux Users Group Uganda > <[email protected]> > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > 2009/5/6 Mark Tinka <[email protected]>: > > On Wednesday 06 May 2009 02:18:58 pm Charlie Ateenyi > wrote: > > > >> $90 - 64k > >> $170 - 128k > >> $300 - 256k > >> $50 - Installation fee. > > > > I take these are 'download' speeds... > > > alleged dload speeds > > > > > Is coverage good? > > not really. > > -- > Cheers, > > McTim > > > ------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > > End of LUG Digest, Vol 57, Issue 5 > ********************************** _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG 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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