-- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 758 801 749 www.mountbatten.net
On Saturday 09 April 2011 09:32:48 David Ziggy Lubowa wrote: > On Friday, April 8, 2011, Reinier Battenberg > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I pay a flat rate for a flat speed at 50% of what the big boys are > > charging. > > ++ This being short term usual mindset of "ugandan companies and now > chronic in people's minds" , cheaper does not mean better and many > checks and balances to be aware of, trickery in this business is a > given learn it. I am not tricked by my ISP, i monitor my link, it flatlines at what we pay for. And its actually pretty stable these days. If you are tricked by your ISP, why not switch to another one? > > > So, there is surely space for competition, both in speed, quality & > > customer service. > > ++ I couldn't agree more, BUT again REAL NETWORKS COST REAL MONEY, i > bet you believe when your seacom link is down at your upstream > everyone else's seacom link is down as well .....??? If SEACOM is down, my ISP switches over to its backup link. Unfortunatly, very upstream, SEACOM & TEAMS use the same cable. This is not a fault of my ISP though, and as said, all ISPs face the same issue with that, so that is not where you can compete (unless you still have full backup on satelite and find clients that want to pay for those costs. Still, free market choice and product differentiation) My ISP, btw, runs a real network, and its really cheaper than much of the competition. By about 50%. Not bad. Not bad at all. > > > -- > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > Director > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > +256 758 801 749 > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > On Friday 08 April 2011 23:42:18 Mike Barnard wrote: > >> spot on Ziggy > >> > >> On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 7:56 PM, David Ziggy Lubowa > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> > A price war on DATA eerrrm well some claim to have good networks, > >> > some know they have good networks , some are just impostors hiding > >> > behind others, So those who know they have "good" networks naturally > >> > will not budge, because maintaining that GOOD network COSTS REAL > >> > MONEY, those who claim to have the good networks will play the price > >> > game but further compounding the problem of wrong dimensioning and > >> > oversubscription the biggest pest in ugandan DATA business(signal to > >> > noise ratio ), and well the impostors will simply be impostors...!! > >> > :) > >> > > >> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 6:30 PM, Bernard Wanyama > > > > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> >> Thanks EB. > >> >> > >> >> For me, I link to think of it as rail transport - you can put the > >> >> bulk stuff there at ultra low cost - like torrents and rsync > >> >> backups. > >> >> > >> >> And use the premium HSDPA for real work! > >> >> > >> >> I pray it lasts.... or better still, I wish it triggers a price war! > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> Kind regards, > >> >> Bernard > >> >> > >> >> On 8 April 2011 13:54, <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> On UTL's mobile network, it wont matter that you are getting 3g or > >> >>> hsdpa signal, their data rates are limited to 128kbps. > >> >>> > >> >>> Enjoy the 'free' service :) > >> >>> > >> >>> > -------- Original Message -------- > >> >>> > Subject: Re: [LUG] 2500 for 1Gb of 3G data on UTL > >> >>> > From: McTim <[email protected]> > >> >>> > Date: Fri, April 08, 2011 11:23 am > >> >>> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > On Fri, Apr 8, 2011 at 12:19 AM, Reinier Battenberg > >> >>> > > >> >>> > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> >>> > > sounds like a good deal to me > >> >>> > > >> >>> > I'm not sure there is such a thing as a "good deal" when you pay > >> >>> > per Byte, but it certainly is cheaper than anything we have here > >> >>> > in KE! > >> >>> > > >> >>> > 4 GB costs 2500 KeSHS (~30 USD) > >> >>> > > >> >>> > > >> >>> > -- > >> >>> > Cheers, > >> >>> > > >> >>> > McTim > >> >>> > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. > >> >>> > A route indicates how we get there." 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