Airtel Finally Launches 3.75G
The much awaited 3G services are finally here with us and
just as I had hinted about two months ago, the access on 21.1 mbps which is pretty
fast if I may say. This means that the competition has been raised and
Safaricom's monopolistic days in the industry are coming to an end. Funny
enough, as a Safaricom consumer I have
not been able to enjoy true 3G except for the first days when the SeaCom fibre optic cable went live and they
throttled everything to a mere Kbps with an optimization of a few services like
YouTube and Facebook because they will always make money from your data and addiction...
I am yet to try the Orange 3G but I am told by their sales agents that the 21.1Mbps
is limited to some areas in Nairobi and not as far as Kayole etc. I just called
the Airtel customer care service center and they seem to be swamped even the
systems are down.
Interesting message from Airtel as seen on my phone. |
What are your views with regard to what Airtel market
penetration strategy and do you think they are going to have rock bottom data
prices just as they have done with voice? Does Safaricom have a silver bullet
for this like let’s say them unleashing the real 3G? And finally Una Hama?
nimehama
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