Orange Internet
Everywhere – Best isp in Kenya

Orange
internet everywhere is an internet service or ISP service from orange Kenya
that allows orange subscribers to access the internet anytime, anywhere at
affordable rates. Orange internet everywhere uses a 3G (third generation)
modem.

The
key benefits of orange internet everywhere is that it has an affordable weekly
and monthly data bundles with a pay-as-you-go-offering. With Orange internet
everywhere you have the freedom browse from everywhere and anywhere depending
on the network availability of your location.

Orange
internet everywhere also extends a service known as VPN (virtual private
network). A VPN network is a sort of network that allows an enterprise or
company to operate a private network of their company or enterprise.

Virtual
private network
(VPN) by extension is a private network with resources contained in the
network across public networks like the internet. it enables a host computer to
send and receive information across shared or public networks as though it were
a private network with all the functionalities like security and management
policies of the private network. It is accomplished by establishing a virtual point-to-point
connection through the use of dedicated connections, encryption, or a
combination of both.

The
VPN connection across the Internet is actually a Wide area network (WAN).  

Using
orange internet everywhere you can download or play network games online,
download movies, music and more………

The
orange internet everywhere costs KES2, 990

Feautures

The
orange internet everywhere is a plug and play device which means that you just
connect the orange modem to your computer and the rest is automatic. The convenience
of using orange internet everywhere is that it comes with a free data enabled
SIM/RIM card and a simple Query balance, Recharge account and Purchase
bundles using an SMS account management interface for the IEW modem.

Orange
Internet everywhere: SUPPORTED OPERATING SYSTEMS.

The
orange internet everywhere modem supports wide range of other major operating
systems like Windows, Linux and Mac.

• Ability to use the modem and use the Internet Service on any operating system Windows, Linux and Mac
• Use the Internet Everywhere service on your laptop or desktop computer
• Browse more and worry less as your account gets charge on usage and not on time spentFREE RIM/SIM card

Orange
Internet Everywhere: COSTS OF DATA BUNDLES

With
orange internet everywhere you can choose to surf without purchasing bundles of
which you will be charged KES7.00 per MB. You can also choose to buy orange
data as proposed in the orange internet data bundles table below.

Bundle size (MB)	Bundle prices (Kshs)	Validity	Device Cost (Kshs)
100	150	30 Days	2,990
200	250
400	450
1000	850
2000	1,500
4000	2,200
8000	3,900
10000	4,990
14000	6,490
20000	9,490

   

Orange
internet everywhere Prepaid services

Recharge

You
can opt to recharge your orange internet everywhere by sending your cards 12
digit pin to 430

Check
balance

Send
an sms with #123# to 430

Buy
bundles

Send
an sms with #123# bundle size e.g. #123#50 where 50 is the size of the MB you
intend to purchase.

Orange
internet everywhere Postpaid services

On an orange internet everywhere
postpaid tariff, you can subscribe to a monthly bundle and control the bill of
your employees with auto barred account and also allowing them to access your
intranet and enterprise applications wherever they are.

The table below shows the tariff for
postpaid customers on orange internet everywhere

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Orange Fixed boroadband internet

Orange internet has 4 types of internet connectivity allowing subscribers to choose from an array of reliable internet connection as per their usage preference.

These include:

v  Orange mobile internet

v  Orange internet wireless

v  Orange internet 3G everywhere

v  And orange internet fixed broadband

Orange fixed broadband internet

With Orange fixed broadband internet you can surf and talk using through your landline phone using livebox or ADSL modem.  The orange fixed broadband internet uses only fixed ADSL technology.

ADSL means Asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL). ADSL is a type of Digital subscriber line (DSL) technology which is a data communications technology that enables faster data transmission over Copper telephone lines than a conventional Voice band modem.

In short orange fixed broadband internet is using a technology that allows a single telephone connection to be used for both ADSL service and voice calls at the same time.

The orange fixed broadband internet is offered through the Telkom fixed service line and has a bundled offering on internet and voice with unlimited offer that is subject to what orange Kenya calls fair usage policy.

The benefit of using orange fixed broadband internet is that it has an unlimited broadband internet connection for as low as KES2, 990 per month with up to 120 free minutes of talk time per month.

When applying for orange fixed broadband internet you are required to pay a fixed line fee of KES3, 394 for new subscription of orange fixed broadband internet code name surf and talk which comes with a live box and free desktop headset.

The orange fixed broadband internet has speeds of up to 2MB of data per second and can be compared to safaricom 21Mbps modem.

Orange fixed broadband internet also comes with free email address, free installation and support and an option to get a static IP address. A static IP address is important when you want to host your website yourself because the IP address does not change as when using mobile internet connections.

Orange Data bundle subscription

internet Speeds	256 Kbps	512Kbps	1Mbps	2Mbps
Free Minutes Telkom/Orange Networks	30Min	60Min	90Min	120Min
Monthly Fee	2,999	4,999	6,999	9,999
Telkom Fixed/ Orange Network	As the current tariff
Telkom Fixed to other Networks	At the current tariff
Email Address	Free email address @orange.co.ke
Device Cost (Livebox + Panasonic Handset)	Ksh 3,999

isp in kenya orange mobile internet

Orange internet

Orange internet has 4 types of internet connectivity allowing subscribers to choose from an array of reliable internet connection as per their usage preference.

These include:

·         Orange mobile internet

·         Orange internet wireless

·         Orange internet 3G everywhere

·         And orange internet fixed broadband

Using any of the above orange internet products on a prepaid tariff, you can either choose to pay as you go, meaning that you only pay when you are connected to the internet or use data bundles. When using data bundles the cost of data per MB reduces significantly.

Orange mobile internet

Starting with orange mobile internet, what it is, and how it works, I am going to explain in detail everything about orange mobile internet. Orange mobile internet is an orange internet on mobile phone that allows subscribers to wirelessly access internet right from their phone screen.

When using orange mobile internet, you can purchase orange data bundles or pay as you go. In case you choose to buy orange data bundles, the table below should offer clear guidance on how much the orange data bundle will cost and the validity period.

Data Bundle Bundle Cost Validity period

50MB              Ksh.100         30days

100MB            Ksh.150          30days

500MB            Ksh.500          30days

1GB                 Ksh. 750         30days

5GB                 Ksh. 2,750      30days

To buy orange data bundles for your orange mobile internet, dial *123# and choose option 3 from your phone. You can also directly purchase orange data bundles by dialing *123*3100# to purchase 50MB orange data bundle.

Data Bundle                Bundle Cost

50MB                          *123*350#

100MB                        *123*3100#

500MB                        *123*3500#

1GB                            *123*31000#

How to check your Orange mobile internet data bundles balance

To check your internet data bundle balance-

Dial *131#

You can also send an sms to 131 with 131 as the subject of your message to check data bundles balance.

Also as an option on #123# under “my account option”

Orange internet wireless

 

 

 

mshwari best way to save and access loans through your mobile phone

M-shwari and Mshwari: A new way to save and access loans from your mobile phone

Mshwari is a Safaricom product that allows MPESA users to save money and earn interest with the lowest bankable amount being KES1. The product was launched late last year amid protests from faulu Kenya another financial institution in Kenya, who claimed being the inventors. Mshwari also allows existing MPESA users to borrow money and pay back with interest of 7.5% per month.

With Mshwari you can save or withdraw money as often as you prefer without any charges. Withdrawal charges are applicable only when you withdraw money from an MPESA agent or ATM.

To save money to your Mshwari or M-shwari account go to MPESA Choose Mshwari Send TO Bank Enter your MPESA pin and press OK/Call To withdraw money from your Mshwari or M-shwari account , go to MPESA Choose Mshwari Withdraw from Bank Enter your MPESA pin and press OK/call

Information Note that your Mshwari balance earns you interest.

For KES1 to KES10,000 you earn an interest of 2% per annum.

KES10,001 upto KES20,000 you earn an interest of 3% per annum

KES20,001 upto KES50,000 you earn an interest of 4% per annum

KES50,001 upwards you earn an interest of 5% per annum better than any old banking system in Kenya.

With an interest rate of 5% per year, you may double your savings in less than 20 years better than Malipo  ya uzeeni fund.

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Shutting Down Counterfeit Phones a Bad Omen

shutting down of counterfeit mobile phones in Kenya

The shutting down of counterfeit mobile phones will hurt Kenya and Kenyans

The recent directive by the government of Kenya to shut down 4 million subscribers it claims are using counterfeit phones is both illegal and mean. Illegal in terms of legality and mean in terms of leadership. To begin with, if this is the first time you are beginning to hear such kind of news then, it is quite profitable for both of us to that I take you through some of the recent stories dominating the headlines in both the television and print media.

The government of Kenya through its mouthpiece and legal arm in the communication world the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) has laid claim that over 30% of mobile subscribers in Kenya estimated to be at 4 million in mathematical non exaggerated figures are in breach of the laws of Kenya and its sovereignty and must be shut down either way. This comes in the light of massive loss of currency figures estimated at 9 zeros in revenue in terms of tax evasion. Tax evasion? Yes, tax evasion because importers of such products are good in avoiding tax collection system of the sovereign republic like Kenya as per the claims of director of CCK.

Simply put the directive to shut down these subscribers can be directly or either way associated with a husband who punishes his wife for letting trespassers pass through their fenced home through worn out parts of the fence which is according to natural laws irresponsible. This kind of husband might either be classified as lazy or for sure irresponsible or both or has more weaknesses that known words in the history of man kind can describe. By overlooking the natural way of how things should work, this husband, demands more from his wife than he himself can deliver.

As a citizen of a free civilized nation, I am a believer of moral obligations that as a citizen I am required to adhere to and that does not include in any way distinguishing fake or counterfeit goods from original ones especially when products are already in the open market. As governmentship was being constructed in the early years of man, many things were put into consideration including but not limited to the existing malfunctioning arms or bodies of government. The government exists for the people and not the people for the government. “Governments exist to do for the people what they could not or cannot do for themselves”. Barrack Obama current US president.

When a product is shipped into my beloved mama Kenya and is allowed into the market by the customs department and offered for sale by a registered business owner who pays his due taxes and operates legally my presumption is that the product in question is legal unless the government does not believe in its workforce to efficiently discharge their duties. The layers in place to oversee and test these products that are imported into this country are more than enough and some of them need scrapping.

First we have the customs, then the bureau of standards and one wonders how 4 million counterfeit phones found their way into the hands of 4 million Kenyans. Suppose the phones in question were worth shs.2000 each it would mean that shutting them down will cause a massive loss of 8 billion shillings to the population of Kenya because these phones must be replaced by the owners in order to continue utilizing the services that comes with each model. For a family that might not be in position during the shut down to purchase another original phone as these perpetrators imply, it will be the beginning of gloom and confusion. Gloom and confusion yes, take for example a family in remote area that expects at least something every month for basic needs like food and clothing and may be school fees from their kin, a brother or a daughter living elsewhere. Because mobile phones in Kenya have become inexpensive tools for sending and receiving money this family’s survival will be greatly affected because it is directly dependant on mobile phone. A Start over situation is likely for this family where no hope of quick recovery is at sight because this family like most of the families in Kenya depends on one or two bread winners who in majority of the cases are serving at a low paying job somewhere. Most of These bread winners are in micro scale businesses, casual jobs or other low paying jobs. They earn between shs.5, 000 – shs.10, 000 per month and have to make grievous sacrifices to buy even second hand clothing and locking them out of the existing mobile networks is mischievous, evil, lawless and selfish.

You cannot abscond your duty as a servant and punish the served for your crime or as a ruler and punish the ruled for your crime. Each person must be responsible for his own acts. The planned shut down will only achieve the following;

The people that livelihood depends on it will loose their lives because the new environment might pose another gigantic challenge in their lives due to the low income life they are exposed to.

The businesses that depend on it will die because of lose of contact with customers.

The rate of poverty will increase because millions of Kenyans to be shut down might not be in position to buy new mobile phones.

The switching off of those phones bought in the open market in Kenya and claimed to be counterfeit by the same government will cause a huge crack and gap in the economy of this country because the products are not locally made and will only profit the manufacturers of those phones and their respective governments and some few perpetrators in the ruling elite and unless that is the outcome want we not then we must stop the move at all cost.

There are plenty of reasons but the greatest of all is that it is not the citizens call to protect our borders it is the work of our respective government to use our taxes in a manner that befits self rule.

It is also the duty of CCK to stop the madness because it will cause unnecessary loss of lives to innocent people whose lives depend on the use of mobile phones because in our case here it seems we have a hell of a government body incapable of discharging its duties as prescribed in the constitution and the laws that constituted it. Furthermore its specialty is on wrecking and performing illegalities to correct the undoing of customs officials and Kenya bureau of standards (KBS).

Just because some mobile company wants to make money from Kenyans isn’t a good reason to put millions of lives at a risk that might affect their entire life on earth. STOP STOP, STOP and think if those millions of rupee you have been promised will clean your conscious from blood.

Airtel Kenya Migration to 3G mobile Telecommunication

Airtel Kenya is Migrating its services to 3G. Airtel Kenya is one of the first mobile companies in Kenya and the second largest mobile company after Safaricom.  Airtel Kenya as a mobile operator in Kenya offers different mobile services including data, mobile money etc. the Airtel Kenya calling rates is standing at shs4 on-net and offnet, while sending an SMS cost shs1 per message.

The Airtel Kenya community Migrated their data network to 3G up from EDGE and 2.5G. 3G network is an acronym for third generation mobile telecommunications. The minimum specification required for a mobile
telecommunication system to be considered technically standardized that is for reliability and speed (data transfer rates) is a peak data rate of at least 200Kbit/s.  

Because of this Migration in service delivery, the end user, that is you and me is expected to gain abundantly due to opportunities presented by this expansion. The 3G bandwidth and location opens doors to applications not previously available to mobile phone users. These applications
include;

• Mobile TV – this is always a television watched on a handheld device
• Video on Demand
• Video Conferencing - Videoconferencing uses audio and video telecommunications to bring people at different sites together. This can be as simple as a conversation between people in private offices (point-to-point) or involve several (multipoint) sites in large rooms at multiple locations. Besides the audio and visual transmission of meeting activities, allied videoconferencing technologies can be used to share documents and display information on whiteboards.
• Telemedicine
• Location Based Services

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How to choose a good mobile phone

Mobile phones have become inexpensive tools for performing numerous tasks from basic use of sending SMSs, making a phone call to sending money. The limitation of the use of mobile phones does not end there; these small and portable electronic gadgets are capable of handling numerous tasks than you will ever need.

Growing from the basic phones that were able to handle only SMS and Voice functions, the mobile gadget has in the recent past seen growth that has made mobile phones a primary need in day to day human life.

I remember buying my first second hand mobile phone Nokia 5110 in 2003 from an Indian shop. The phone was re-sprayed and shelved as new. After some time using the phone the black color began to scratch revealing the original color of the phone. These first generation mobile phones were heavy and large and yet could only handle SMSs and Voice. Today gadgets of the same size and weight and even price are much more able run tens of thousands of applications.

In a world we are living in today choosing a good electronic gadget known as mobile phone can be more challenging that getting the money to buy it. True, when you walk into a mobile shop window shopping for a good type of mobile phone to suit your need, you may end up not making up your mind on what type of mobile phone you want. The reason here is that these phones have the same features and sometimes they differ on price something that makes you as a buyer ponder on why this type of mobile phone is higher in price (sometimes in tens of thousands) than the other while both of them have the same features.

The answer as to why certain mobile phones from certain manufacturers are more expensive than the others yet they both posses the same support for the features you require as a user might be hidden in the quality of the more expensive phone or might not exist altogether. What you need to know as a user is that some products sell because of their brand and nothing more. While some users prefer to have more expensive phones even when a less expensive phone could just do fine, some users wants to see the value for their money.

If you are one of those users who wants to see the value for their money then, shopping for a good type of a mobile phone could just be another nightmare due to many factors that requires scientific evaluation to come up with a good mobile phone that will at least serve you for 3-5 years before thinking of buying another one just because there is new phone in the market with new technology that your phone don’t support.

Mobile hopping is a trait that forces people who have became used to using mobile phones change or buy different types of mobile phones just because they think that the phone they have does not support certain features. It is true that you can buy a phone thinking that it will make your life easy but instead it just complicates every thing making even making a call complicated.

After I got tired of my first mobile phone I went and bought a certain brand that I will not disclose for now until I check the receipts for the exact date and model. The brand was very popular but this type of phone from this manufacturer was a mess. I also came to understand that the shops selling these phones swapped batteries and other accessories. They for instance revived dead phones and placed them for sale in their shops as new phones. My new phones battery could not go beyond 48 hours before discharging. One day the phone just fell from a stool and it lost display.

The phone that followed was Motorola c113 small and compact and was the glory of those days. This small phone had a battery that could take up to 7 days before discharging. It was so powerful that no falling down could stop it from operating. I remember it falling down several times at most with severe impact but up to this day my Motorola C113 is still breathing even though changes in the mobile technology have outdone its usefulness.

The reason I brought the Motorola C113 to this topic even though some argue that it should not even be mentioned because it cannot even support polyphonic ring tones leave alone color screen, is because recently I bought another phone Tecno by origin. It cost less than the amount I spend on the Motorola C113. As I have become accustomed to the use of it, the Tecno brand, I have came across several features that are useful but are regularly overlooked by the mobile phone user because of how flashy a mobile phone looks.

Composing a text message

Composing a text message using your phones keypad is one of the distasteful acts you would want to do last. As we all know sometimes you are presented with a task of communicating using SMS. This might not be your preference but situations do occur that forces you to use the SMS utility found in your phone. It may be an emergency, lack of enough credit to make a call or anything similar. When you are approached with these kinds of circumstances you begin to see and appreciate some phones capabilities than the other.

My most recent Tecno phone is as good as any 2^nd generation phone with multimedia support, memory card support and dual SIM capability. When I was shopping for this kind of phone, it didn’t occur to me that there are other important features than dual SIM, Memory card and multimedia support like Bluetooth technology and Internet because I just wanted to hear some music and be able to use my two lines without the need to switch of the phone whenever I wanted to use the other line. Well, it turned out after few weeks with the phone that I realized that had I paid too much attention or maybe made some serious inquiries, I would have parted with a phone with all the features needed by adding some small amount of money since there were better Tecno’s than the one I bought. This happens to many buyers because of some exaggerated features that make you forget to look for the value of your money and simply concentrate of unnecessary features that don’t make sense.

It is a known fact that many buyers make conclusions on assumptions that if a certain service is available in this type of phone then the other service is also available. Like in my case having the multimedia support convinced me that the model of the phone I was purchasing was Bluetooth and internet enabled but to my surprise even changing the wallpaper is impossible leave alone hard.

The Tecno T331 is perfect, loud ringing tone that gives you no excuse not to pick up that phone, dust resistant keypad, its weight and multimedia support makes this phone stand out among its peers but the decision by the manufacturer of this phone to leave out key important services like the Bluetooth, the internet and ability of the user to change background image is unacceptable as unacceptability is concerned.

Comparing the Motorola C113 input method and this phone makes it even worse. The Motorola C113 input method is stable than the Tecno T331 input method because Motorola C113 does not loose this setting once set. I remember setting the input method once for my Motorola C113 series something I have to do every time I am typing a phonebook name or SMS. The Tecno T331 looses the input method setting even if set from the settings menu. If you are an alien or coming from a different planet than ours then I may have to elaborate what input method means, the input method packed in the software of every mobile phone in the market today is a feature allowing the user to select preferred input method. This feature differs on sub-function naming and method. Take for example our two phones the Motorola C113 and Tecno T331. In Motorola C113 the sub-function names are as follows;

 iTap English: this method allows you to press any combination of keys while the phone constructs the words for you. In some other phones like T331 the sub-function is called smartABC.  

Tap English: this put the iTap English function into exhaustion allowing you to have more control on the construction of words you are keying. It is known as ABC in T331.

There are plenty of input methods out there, but the two mentioned above stands out especially in an English speaking territory.

By now we can say that setting the input method preference is tiresome and not worth of your time. Your phone should be able to store your preference unless you want to change to another input method yourself. The inability to store this setting forces you to spend a share of your time setting it every time you want to store phonebook names or compose SMS.

There are plenty of small but useful things that we will look into God willing but now lets put a close to this article and let me remind you the most needed features you should look for while shopping for a mobile phone.

1. multiple SIM cards
2. Camera 2.0 pixels and above
3. Bluetooth
4. Internet
5. Torch
6. Multimedia Support
7. Scheduler
8. Longer battery Life
9. Reasonable Price
10. Strong body structure

Airtel internet modem rates and data bundles for mobile

Airtel has unveiled various categories of internet data bundles charges that include;

Aritel Prepaid internet bundles that have no expiry date,
Unlimited prepaid internet plan that ranges from 1day to 30days,
Unlimited post paid plans for 24hrs per day,
Unlimited postpaid plans for only nights and weekends
post paid internet bundles with no expiry date
There are two categories in the Airtel prepaid data bundle plans,
Bharti Airtel Prepaid internet data bundles plan with no expiry date
a) Subscribe for 10 mb data bundle @ kshs ..

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