LazyDog
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TTCL. Walio na landline wanapata speed ya mkonga tayari.
East Africa Fibre Optic Cable: Connectivity, issues & progress
East Africa Fibre Optic Cable: Connectivity, issues & progress
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TTCL. Walio na landline wanapata speed ya mkonga tayari.
Yo Yo
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speed ngapi?
Fernandes Rodri
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for majority os us hiyo SEACOM FIBRE OPTIC CABLE haitokuwa na manufaa yeyote tangible kwetu, labda kwa watu wenye taasisi kubwa kubwa , sisi tunataka kwa at least dollar 20 tuweze kutumia mtandao bili woga wa kuishiwa na salio katikati ya mwezi, sisi wabongo kwanza tugombee kukoddisha migodi na kugombea mafuta halafu vitu vingine vitafuata, thre is no hurry in Tanzania
LazyDog
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Can't remember - I did not pay enough attention. I saw the discussion on eThinkTanktz yahoo group.
Yo Yo
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naomba link
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Kenya Data Networks slashes its internet prices
Posted 08/04/2009 - 16:46 by CIO East Africa
Posted 08/04/2009 - 16:46 by CIO East Africa
Kenya Data Networks has slashed its internet prices by 90 percent after successful trials of Seacom Submarine fiber optic cable capacity.
To allow Kenyans to try out and enjoy this facility, KDN has offered free Internet on the Butterfly network and DSL services effective today until the 8th of August 2009.
Video streaming is now much faster and efficient you can actually see a video in real time as opposed to previously waiting for it to buffer for a while before one could view it. Said Mr. Bhavesh Mistry the Chief Technical Officer. Downloading movies and watching live web TV is now much easier and convenient he added.
We are also slashing down the prices by a whooping 90percent on our internet and international connectivity. The submarine cable is a very efficient and economic medium and we would like to pass these benefits to our esteemed clients Said Mr. Vincent Wangombe the Marketing Manager. With the roll out of digital villages and our fiber network, it will not only bridge the digital divide but also ensure that, whether our client is in the city or rural area, they will enjoy the same quality and speed in internet connectivity, he added.
This will initiate up new avenues for web advertising and also promotion of local content be it voice, video or data. Services offered by Kenyans can now be more efficiently marketed worldwide. Creating more opportunities for employment as the information super highway is now wide open.
To allow Kenyans to try out and enjoy this facility, KDN has offered free Internet on the Butterfly network and DSL services effective today until the 8th of August 2009.
Video streaming is now much faster and efficient you can actually see a video in real time as opposed to previously waiting for it to buffer for a while before one could view it. Said Mr. Bhavesh Mistry the Chief Technical Officer. Downloading movies and watching live web TV is now much easier and convenient he added.
We are also slashing down the prices by a whooping 90percent on our internet and international connectivity. The submarine cable is a very efficient and economic medium and we would like to pass these benefits to our esteemed clients Said Mr. Vincent Wangombe the Marketing Manager. With the roll out of digital villages and our fiber network, it will not only bridge the digital divide but also ensure that, whether our client is in the city or rural area, they will enjoy the same quality and speed in internet connectivity, he added.
This will initiate up new avenues for web advertising and also promotion of local content be it voice, video or data. Services offered by Kenyans can now be more efficiently marketed worldwide. Creating more opportunities for employment as the information super highway is now wide open.
Tumsifu Samwel
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Pia Simbanet nao wame jiunga na fibre optic..Jana katika pita pita zangu nilikutana na jamaa wanao jiita PAYU wao wanasambaza wireless connection jiji zima la Dar.Unachotakiwa kufanya ni kununua vocha yao ambayo inaanzia ths 500 hadi 5000.pia unaweza kununua vocha ya mwenzi mzima ambayo ni ths 40,000/=.kwa sasa wanapatikana Mbezi Beach tu.
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Bongo mambo yanaendelea kama vile hakuna kilichotokea.
By the way, wale wenye connection ya TTCL tuambie speed inaendaje, video, TV mnazipata vema na other faster downloads?
Kaa la Moto
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Bei je? mbona sijaona changes kubwa? au ni kwa Dar tu?
Tumsifu Samwel
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Mkuu kama nilivyo sema hapo hawali ni kwamba Simbanet wamejiunga na SEACOM na tayari wametuongezea wateja wake badwith .mimi mwanzo nilikuwa napata speed ya 1mbps sasa napata 1.7 mbps.swala la malipo limebaki pale pale.
LazyDog
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2Mbps/512Kbps (Download/Upload)
By flow, usage 95/= per 1MB of usage
2Mbps/1Mbps
30,000 per month (67/= per 1MB)
Monthly volume = 450MB
2Mbps/1Mbps
200,000 per month (40/= per 1MB)
Monthly volume = 5GB
2Mbps/1Mbps
1,000,000 per month (20/= per 1MB)
Monthly volume = 50GB
Nimweka baadhi tu ya packages.
Hizi monthly volume naona ni ndogo sana. Monthly volume ya 50GB ndiyo ya juu kwenye hii chart niliyonayo.
Tumsifu Samwel
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Mkuu bado gharama ziko juu sana.kuna hawa jamaa PAYU wanasambaza kwa njia ya wireless ni tsh 40,000/= kwa mwezi.speed yao ni 256 kbps,lakini upati yote.Unayopata ni 32kbps/10kbps (Download/Upload).
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LazyDog
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That speed is way too small. I wouldn't regard that as broadband.
By the way, 256kbps is equal to 32Kb/s
By the way, 256kbps is equal to 32Kb/s
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Mi naona kama TTCL broadband speed ilikuwa nzuri tu hata kabla ya mkonga kufika (ukilinganisha na kawaida yetu). Hata kama kuna ongezeko sioni kama kuna tofauti sana.
Mtu mzima tatizo kubwa ni gharama. Na kumbuka TTCL hawa-charge kwa speed, wanakuchaji kwa matumizi. Na so far hakuna mabadiliko kwa hilo.
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Source: http://www.dailynews.co.tz/home/?n=3266&cat=home
Wednesday August 05, 2009
Local News
TTCL: Fibre -optic fruits will take time
FARAJA MGWABATI, 5th August 2009 @ 00:36, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 137
THE arrival of fibre-optic technologies in Tanzania last month will have little immediate impact in the way we communicate with each other, it has been confirmed. However, the amount of data changing hands and quality of voice communication has already improved since the Tanzania Telecommunication Company (TTCL) was hooked into the Seacom Tanzania Ltd on July 28, 2009.
The cable which connects Tanzania with the rest of the world was launched by President Jakaya Kikwete on July 23, 2009. Fibre-optic cable technology which is expected to replace the inferior satellite infrastructures once in vogue not long ago is envisaged to cut the cost of communication by at least two thirds.
The Acting Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Mr Manyiri Isaac, told the ‘Daily News' that the cost to end-users might not go down immediately because communication companies still have contracts with satellite service providers to service.
Mr Isaac said the communications companies would have to pay more because they would be required to pay for both the satellite services and for fibre-optic services. "I think when their contracts with the satellite providers come to an end, more companies will join the new technology … only then shall we begin to see the costs going down," Mr Isaac said.
He said that TTCL was the only company connected to the new technology until yesterday -- because the others were still reluctant to do so. "But with time they will eventually join," he added. These views were shared by the TTCL Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Said Said, who said that Tanzanians could only begin to benefit from the speed and quality of the services when the prices finally drop.
However, he said the arrival of the new technology would not completely replace the satellite technology since the mobile phone companies would still be required to use their old towers mired to satellite connections. "Fibre-optic cables will only be used to connect between one to other towers … but from tower to mobile phone users, tower (wireless) will be needed," he said.
Mr Said also noted that his company had three running contracts with Satellite providers, one of which expires in September. He said TTCL customers had already started reaping the gains from the new technology because the quality and speed of internet connectivity had since gone up four times, but they (TTCL) were yet to connect to telephone interchange.
The CEO called on businesses and individuals to join the technology through TTCL because internet connections using landline telephones would now provide the best option over wireless ones. The government has commissioned the construction of the National Backbone Infrastructure Project (NBIP) that will enable the fibre-optic technology to reach all districts by 2011.
Wednesday August 05, 2009
Local News
TTCL: Fibre -optic fruits will take time
FARAJA MGWABATI, 5th August 2009 @ 00:36, Total Comments: 0, Hits: 137
THE arrival of fibre-optic technologies in Tanzania last month will have little immediate impact in the way we communicate with each other, it has been confirmed. However, the amount of data changing hands and quality of voice communication has already improved since the Tanzania Telecommunication Company (TTCL) was hooked into the Seacom Tanzania Ltd on July 28, 2009.
The cable which connects Tanzania with the rest of the world was launched by President Jakaya Kikwete on July 23, 2009. Fibre-optic cable technology which is expected to replace the inferior satellite infrastructures once in vogue not long ago is envisaged to cut the cost of communication by at least two thirds.
The Acting Director of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in the Ministry of Communications, Science and Technology, Mr Manyiri Isaac, told the ‘Daily News' that the cost to end-users might not go down immediately because communication companies still have contracts with satellite service providers to service.
Mr Isaac said the communications companies would have to pay more because they would be required to pay for both the satellite services and for fibre-optic services. "I think when their contracts with the satellite providers come to an end, more companies will join the new technology … only then shall we begin to see the costs going down," Mr Isaac said.
He said that TTCL was the only company connected to the new technology until yesterday -- because the others were still reluctant to do so. "But with time they will eventually join," he added. These views were shared by the TTCL Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Mr Said Said, who said that Tanzanians could only begin to benefit from the speed and quality of the services when the prices finally drop.
However, he said the arrival of the new technology would not completely replace the satellite technology since the mobile phone companies would still be required to use their old towers mired to satellite connections. "Fibre-optic cables will only be used to connect between one to other towers … but from tower to mobile phone users, tower (wireless) will be needed," he said.
Mr Said also noted that his company had three running contracts with Satellite providers, one of which expires in September. He said TTCL customers had already started reaping the gains from the new technology because the quality and speed of internet connectivity had since gone up four times, but they (TTCL) were yet to connect to telephone interchange.
The CEO called on businesses and individuals to join the technology through TTCL because internet connections using landline telephones would now provide the best option over wireless ones. The government has commissioned the construction of the National Backbone Infrastructure Project (NBIP) that will enable the fibre-optic technology to reach all districts by 2011.
LazyDog
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Hizo ni bei za TTCL