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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the
possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Cheers -Gaiko |
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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
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Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Why would you need internet at all, if you don't even know how to find something in Google? ;-) http://www.google.com/search?q=nairobi%20adsl gives you as first hit: http://www.iconnect.co.ke/html/adsl.html -- Johan W. Elzenga johanatjohanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl |
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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
Good APARTMENTS in Nairobi offer Internet services however u may have 2
use Satelite link is u like high speed connection. Shoppong around can get u cheaper options try Wananchi online MIKO wrote: Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Cheers -Gaiko |
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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
Internet access anywhere n Africa is expensive. Please bear in mind
that a European or Amrican understanding of the term "broadband" is VERY different from what you will get in Africa. For example, I have wireless broadband at home (South Africa) with a company called iBurst. It costs me around $90 per month and I get a download speed of 1MB/sec with a monthly cap of 1GB. You can probably get this sort of service free with every Big Mac in the UK ;-) In East Africa, this sort of access will cost at least twice what it costs me here. The reason is that there is only a small demand for that type of service, so service providers have to charge more. You can go for the satellite option (either RBGAN or VSAT), but be prepared for MUCH more money each month. Marc On 19 Nov 2006 00:39:22 -0800, wrote: Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Cheers -Gaiko |
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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
Johan W. Elzenga wrote: wrote: Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Why would you need internet at all, if you don't even know how to find something in Google? ;-) Hmmm, did you look at iconnect rates? They are the $200+ kind of rates i was reffering to. I should have mentioned it but i did google "dsl nairobi" and got very few relevant hits, and none of them for rates under $100/mo. http://www.google.com/search?q=nairobi%20adsl gives you as first hit: http://www.iconnect.co.ke/html/adsl.html -- Johan W. Elzenga johanatjohanfoto.nl Editor / Photographer http://www.johanfoto.nl |
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Broadband (DSL cable) in Nairobi Kenya?
right now i'm working in rural kenya and if you manage to find a place
with a telephone socket. you can get a 128kbps download dsl line for about 80 USD. On Nov 19, 11:39 am, wrote: Hi, I might be moving to Nairobi and I wanted to look into the possibility of broadband access in my apartment. I talked to one person who has some sort of paid wifi access for a friggin $200/mo and it is really slow (glacial). When i was doing some work in one of the districts a fairly knowledgeable person told me they would be getting DSL so i figure Nairobi has to have something (for a reasonable cost) but i can't find anyone who seems to know about that kind of thing (a popular reply is "just go to a cyber cafe" [grrrr]). Any help would really be appreciated, Cheers -Gaiko |
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