I thought i was, as usual, the only one unsatisfied about the internet connection i have however the whole majority of surfers seems to be complaining about their internet connection in Mauritius, be it, Nomad, ADSL, MyT or now even MTML.
A lot about my experience about the “high speed wireless reliable internet access” (Nomad) has been read here in this blog.
Its sure that people are fed with nomad as users and also, as visitors in this blog, thanks for ur patience.
[ You can read the whole range about nomad here ]
Mauritius Telecom and Telecom Plus offer the following;
- Wanadoo ADSL
- MyT
Mr Avinash Meetoo has been conducting a survey on the bandwidth available with the help of other persons.
According to his first results,
Simply said, we are getting much less than what we are paying for.
And finally, the latest on the market, MTML
as our new blogger friend, Azagen, says here in his first post
My complaints to MTML Services.
I’ve been using the services of these guy’s there since January. Since then, these people there have been messing and constantly fooling me. I’ve got so many problems with them that i had to go to ACIM to lodge a complaint about them. I have already sent a letter of six full pages to the ICTA to complain about the lack of responsibility and profesionalism of the people working there.
Till now, he is the only one known to have mtml in our class, and at the start, he was very proud of his 244 kbps connection 😛
Seems now that his internet experience is no more the same.
However, i do know another friend, but till now, he hasnt been complaining about his connection
The views and experience of the different ISPs seems to differ depending on different factors;
- Location ( myT and Nomad)Different people say different things about their connection, and it seems that different regions do not always give the same speed since the internet speed depends on the distance from the Relay(myT) or the BTS antenna (Nomad) and also, the degree of saturation.
- Internet UsageThose using myT for mass downloading often complain about low speed, because they exceeded the garantie d’usage.As for Nomad, many of the users do not even know how to use internet properly because of the huge nomad campaign to attract customers.
Sorry for the word, but huge majority of nomad users
are simply “COUYON”They either do not care about their connection, or are not aware that the problems they get are due to their ‘reliable’ connection.
Also, may of them, are ‘shy’ to call the customer care…
Believe me, i know personally a lot of them.
- Customer Care Experience
A quote from many myT users;
Customer care mari bon
So, it seems that they are highly help-full and reliable
Unlike Nomad, where
– You may be put on hold for even more than 10 mins
– You may have to wait for their technicians or Customer Care agents to call you back for days!
– The problems get solved by themselves, no explanation about the source of problem or even the solution applied - Tracking of resourcesThis applied to nomad, from personal experience and feedback.
Did you know that there are some users of nomad, who havent paid their monthly fees for month???Also, i heard of someone who migrated to America, and who simply had “bouille so modem wiz lapaille dither” before going 😛Till now, Nomad, has not reported any of these cases and also, very often, they have huge billing errors in their monthly settlements!
- Home InterventionI once got the feedback that myT technicians are very very quick to attend outdoors, sometimes coming home even without notice, lol.However, some friends got the following problem;
Telecom Plus automatically switched their ADSL connection to myT without notice for testing and consequently, they dont have any internet access.
This happenned in 2 known case
– When technicians are supposed to come to upgrade ur connection
– or when they test your lines to see for myT support.As for Nomad, u have to wait for the day where technicians are deployed on the part of the island where u live. Just to add, Outdoor technicians at nomad are very limited (for the north, i know only 2)
What about
your internet experience???
Yashvinblogs 
ok, on MTML :devil:
The dial-up speed that u get with MTML is 144 kbps…
My cousin has it & gets an average dwnld speed of 17.6 kB/s
(Maybe bcoz he’s the only one using MTML in that region??)
Anyway, the problem with MTML is that if someone calls u or sms u when u r on Internet, the connection is disconnected!!
My cousin always complains about that… :biggrin: he can’t download anything big.
& MTML will be launching their broadband services soon…(i’ve been hearing it since 4 months…)
Nomad… makes u mad. :devil: No more comments.
Now Wanadoo…
It’s 3 weeks now that i’ve my Wanadoo ADSL 128kbps
& i must say it’s the most RELIABLE of all…
My observations:
1. Speed depends on no. of subscribers in ur region. (Since there’s hardly anyone in my region, i get full speed)
2. The closer u r to the Relay, the faster ur Internet will be. (I’m 500m in Line of Sight & 800m if u consider telephone cables length – so it’s quite good)
3. If u r downloading from a private server, u’ll get max speed. I remeber i was downloading from Adobe & getting an average of 15.6 kB/s.
File hosting servers (like Rapidshare & Megaupload) have low speeds since many people are connecting to it.
4. On week-ends, less people are on the Internet, so speed is faster. On weekdays, u can get 6 kB/s on Rapidshare & on week-ends it’s 13.84 kB/s…
5. MT had dynamic IP Allocation. (in other words, no one has unique IP address)
That’s the best feature of Mauritian Internet… this means if u r downloading from Rapidshare, just disconnect & reconnect to avoid waiting 167 min…
😉
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moi mo p servi myt & i am fairly satisfied…
daccord la moitier mois mo gagne slower connection about 10 Kb/s coz i do mass downloading, its only fair to others, mais in early morning i get max speed 30 Kb/s and at the beginning of the month also…
en ce moment pendant la journee si mo p gagne max speed…
mo pas dir pas gagne prob ditou, ena fois couma nomad ou adsl ou mtml gagne probleme mais c pas souvent… ena fois pas capave connecter tou sa la mais dhabitude sa dure pas lontem…
fek la mo ti p gagne connexion bien bien lente au debut du mois mem ki pas ti normal et en 3 jours mone bien pester zot pou mo gagne connexion normal… c juste ene ti prob ki ti arriver, sak fois mone call mone coz r different dimoun, zot tou ine seye fer the basic things that r normally done when there r probs… finalement on day 2 zot ine contacter ene technician coz the prob wasnt on the line and on day 3 (yesterday) my connection was back to normal…
customer service usually very helpful and solve prob asap…
mo ti pou conten si limit download ti plis ki 1 giga mais bon… its only fair to everyone…
🙂
resume: im satisfied with the service im getting 😉
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I used nomad, and well, i had to call them nearly everyday.
“Mo pa p gagne connection” And they would reply, “mamzel, teigne ou modem, re alime li / dan 1/2 heures temps li pu bon / Nu telefone ou dan 2 min”
Which never worked or they never did.
MyT… Pour l’instant no problemo… Zis mo ti dongle pa ti p work lerla mo ti cal zot ^^
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I’m on starhub (singapore) up to now no real complains,except that they block bittorents :biggrin:
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Torrents??
Has anyone been ever able to download anything via torrents?? 😦
i get a speed of 0.1 kb/s & there are hardly any seeders available…
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moi en tuka, MyT the best till now.
ofer, zis MyT em mo ti ena
:tongue:
nimporte ki probs mo ti p gagner, ti mo faute em sa :blush:
mone compran aster 😆
but now, conection kan bzn li, li laem
de toute facon, moi mo very close to relay.
bzn consider ban dimun ki loin.
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MyT the Best…comparer r nomad bien sur :devil: :devil:
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I use myT and am very satisfied with the service.Sure i get an average of 80% the speed am paying for but that’s ok.
At times i had viruses on my pc…and before removing them, I just give a call to myT…and the next day, the Techs r here…trying to solve the problem :p and everytime they change connection sockets…because they appear to have been tampered with by some amateur to split phone lines 😀 (as soon as they leave, i remove their socket, and put mine again 😀 )
The main reason that I enjoy a gud connection is my location 😉 I live in the south, in a small village (very hi-tech village) and there are at most 10 myT users here. And I don’t suffer from the 2gb limit etc :p
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of course we are getting much less than we are paying for but stop for a moment, don’t criticize our service providers. With such high taxes imposed by the government, most of the money made by ISP is going into government’s pocket, how are the ISP supposed to develop, grow and expand?
Our government has a defunct budget, financial plan and social forecast. Government spend too much money on retirement pension scheme and free transport than using that money to cut tax and develop infrastructure….
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@James
MT made record profits of Rs. 2.4 Billion last year, out of which Rs. 0.5 Billion went to taxes…
If the government don’t reap taxes from these big companies… where else will they get so much money?
Imagine taking Rs. 500 million in taxes from the common people.(although that’s what is happening indirectly since MT makes profits from us…)
:whistle:
Is Rs. 1.9 Billion not enough for MT to invest, develop, grow & expand its Internet services? :unsure:
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@carrotmadman6
Huh, couma dire to pane faire accounts :whistle: … Rs 1.9 bn ça, c’est profit after tax sa…Apres bizin pay dividend tousa…Lerla zot profit vine something like 200 millions (undistributed profit) … But couma dire sa somme la pas assez pou faire developpement 😦 😦 😦
Moi mo p gagne bien nerf ar mo actual myT connection…Mo ti ena ADSL 512 avan …ADSL ti franchement the best ..mone gagne bien tigit problems ar ADSL sauf ki li disconnect apres 8 heures temps connection (pas cpv laisse torrent run for 1 full day)…Sinon,apart sa ADSL super top ! :sideways:
But malheureusement mone change from ADSL to myT 512 to benefit from the advantages of WIFI (2 computers or more can connect en meme temps with the myT ) …but so speed very bad (for me , i consider it bad) mo gagne zis 30 kbps MAX speed download :pinch: …20 kbps zot COKIN !! :ninja: …
But enfin…Ki pou faire, maurice 1 ti pays, pas cpv faire narien :unsure: :cwy:
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@ Yashvin: “Also, i heard of someone who migrated to America, and who simply had “bouille so modem wiz lapaille dither†before going :P”
LOL! Ki sanla to p kozer la… hahaha!!!
Banne camarades, avant tout, bizin baisse prix sa couyonade la! Mo ti p paye Rs 633 pou ene connection 64Kbps.
Kan eski moris pou ameliorer koter telecommunications? Personne pas pou envi vine investi dans moris akoze sa banne prix internet la!
Customer service? ayooo… Monne fatiguer zourrer lor telephone… Dimounes mort meme comprend plus bien ki sa banne customer service la.
Sa banne 35 ki zotte metter dans banne customer service la, ene zournee nek zot assizer kuma banne poules zotte fer pak pak pak pak ene zournee!! Zot pak pak la plus important pou zotte, zotte pou avoye client la ferfoute meme!
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I’ll have to agree with Roushdat.
I am mostly satisfied with my internet connection : MyT 512.
I do get occasional problems, but on the whole, it’s ok. Since I get my download speeds at around 60Kb most of the time.
@carrotmadman6
I do over 90% of my downloads through torrents 🙂 at speed reaching 60 Kb/s. You need to know how to configure the client. Try Google.com 😉 it really helps!
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wow, we have been reading a lot of experiences here and thanks to all of you for sharing them here :biggrin:
perhaps this will also help us (and me) to choose the next ISP.
this confirms that, each of the ISPs do have one or another drawbacks, depending on the factors mentioned above.
however, we can conclude that, for a cyber island, there is a lot more to do, to enhance our cyberlife
Cheersssssss
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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@Govind
Ouais do, mo pane fer Accounts moi… :whistle:
Anyway, speaking of dividends, if 40% of the money didn’t go to France Telecom…. maybe things would have been different.
@LaSh
I’ve uTorrent & Azareus… but no matter what speed-up guide i try, Torrents rarely work….
I was trying to download Vista but i got only 3(324) seeders… 😦
I wonder if Kaspersky is blocking my torrents. Ports appear to be working fine.
Maybe torrents don’t work with 128k.
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My experience with Nomad:
DON’T HAPPY… BE WORRY !!! :w00t:
My experience with MyT, 256K:
DON’T WORRY… BE HAPPY !!! :wub:
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@carrotmadman6:
tough luck for you is the only thing I can say!
missing out on torrents is a great loss…. :wassat:
I’ve configured the clients for a couple of friends on 128k, with them reaching 14-15kb/s – which isn’t bad for a 128kbit line.
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to “carrotmadman6″
si bne call pe empeche toi download r ” MTML”, simple sa, dan telephone ena 1 fonction pu empeche telephone la recevoir call ek sms, rentre dan ” SECURITY ”
Moi mo servi MTML , malheuresement , coz li pena adsl :devil: :devil: , so dial up pas mal, mo gne 1 download speed 10 Kbps on average….pu surf si li pa mal…sel problem li dial up ek li bill toi par minute q mari mari mari bom….
MTML ( the supposedly giant telecom of india ) mo pa trouve li p fer poids contre MT, le vrai “Giant” dan moris!!! zot service telephonie mari bon, qualite mari top…………………..however?…
…..nanier parfait….. so service clientelle mari dan bez :devil: , zot fer kumadir zot pli coner, nek kan to koz ban kozer empe technique…zot ” gaga” LOL! :w00t: + so billing mari dan bez encore…1 tas erreur….
b selma mne decouvert 1 ban cheat ou tweak lor telephone la, apre nou get sa!! :whistle: :sleeping:
concernant MyT, mo truv so prix mari competitif, mo kamarade p servi sa….li dir q li pas mal sof q IP la change trop souvant q empeche li download lor bne site kuma ” rapidshare” en empeche li fer bne video call!!! li p rod ‘pin’ so IP dpi livebox la mem, selma li p gne peur!! li bizin?????
concernant nomad,,,mo pena nanier pou ajouter..coz ena deja 1 tas pu lire lor la blog la mem!!!!
MO Croire nou bizin fer 1 gran manif contre tou ban ISP..pu q nu kav gne 1 adsl kuma la france,,,( adsl 5 fois plis performant q moris ek 3 fois pli bon marche)…….kan nu fer manif la??
:biggrin:
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ein pankor fini la….p rapel encore bne problems…….
…..quand ti ena cyclone gamede…pli bezer..pa ti gne connection pendant plis q 15 jours……ek sa bne figir q travail la bas la… mo 2man moi si zot con check zot mail???? mne bombard zot r complaints sans oken reponse!!!!!
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lol, another feedback from mtml user :sideways:
gud n bad too…
thnks :tongue:
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heya! :w00t:
a good topic and I see a lot of discussion going on.
Well I’m a nomad user :alien: and I know a lot of people critic nomad (sometime justified). I personally don’t get that much trouble :sleeping: it depends on your configuration and firewall combination.
but I must say that trying to download a big file can be painful (add to this that you may lose connection at anytime) :devil: one tip: use a download manager. When connection fail just
refresh your LAN and in less that a minute it will continue so you don’t need to restart the download. BUT DO NOT USE THE NOMAD BOOSTER it’s shit
@yashvin.
I think you’re right “1 ta couyon pa cone servi internet apres zot critik nomad pou tou problem” I’m not saying that nomad is never to be blame :angel: :ermm: I DON”T WORK FOR NOMAD neither. they sometime sucks (remove sometime put very often)
@carrotmadman.
concerning torrent. some ISP deliberately block P2P clients when they are identified on their network because of bandwidth issue( I strongly believe nomad do) but there are programs (client) that can’t be identified as being P2P, like bearshare or imesh.
PS: I also use emtel 3G, super high speed and torrent are allowed (even for common P2P clients) the only problem is the price of a download :sick: :sick:
simple maths: a 5MB mp3 cost Rs 15 to download on emtel.
On nomad (promotion Rs399+vat per month) that’s about Rs 15 per day(24hr) :dizzy: :dizzy: :dizzy: :face:
anyway just MY point of view, :wub:
cheers.
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thnks for ur comments, transformer 😛 :sideways:
ya, i confirm for nomad blocking torrent n other p2p.
this was told to me by the director itself, during some period, but for now, no idea.
i dont do these stuffs, koz its impossible :cwy:
ya, also, very good discussion going on here, i appreciate it :w00t:
i forgot to mention emtel internet service in the post, but its a good n reliable service, except as u say its price :S
and also, the price of the modem, which was abt rs10,000 some months back, with no rental :ermm:
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Is this the most expensive Internet in the world?? Maybe… (Ok, it’s not exactly internet, but still…)
Let’s say that an average Internet user downloads around 300 Mb per month.
Cellplus 3G & GPRS -> 1c/KB
1 Mb = Rs. 10.24
100 Mb = Rs. 1024
300 Mb = Rs. 3072
& for Emtel, it’s even worse…
Emtel 3G -> 3c/KB
(128kbps for pre-paid & 384kbps for post-paid with subscription to 3G Internet)
1 Mb = Rs. 30.72
100 Mb = Rs. 3072
300 Mb = Rs. 9216
This should be definitely included in the Guinness Book of World Records… the most expensive Internet in the world!!!
:w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
Even satellite internet (256kbps) is not that expensive!
@transformer
U r sure that’s Rs. 15 for 5 Mb??
& btw i’m still waiting for Transformers to be released on Xvid Dvd Rip… :biggrin:
Wanadoo ADSL seems to be blocking torrents. Once i enabled forced encryption on uTorrent, my speeds jumped considerably…
p2p seems to be OK. (i don’t use them anyway, Limewire gives me BSoDs)
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lol thnks for the numbers 😉
its really :unsure: when u realise the cost!
transformers :sideways:
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testing 1 2 3
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Yo there!
MTML is shiiiiiitttt !!! . I’m stuck in hell because of these fools. Just came back from the ICTA. ICTA pe dire “We are really sorryyyyy. The person who is responsible for complaints is on vacation. We don’t know when she will B back. Shit Man! :angry: Can somebody tell me WHAT DO I DOOO? :angry:
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@carrotmadman: You shouldn’t be downloading Microsoft Vista; you should have bought it. Like “everyone” else 😉
Seriously… There is some hope. There are several competing projects to better connect countries in eastern Africa to the global telecommunications hubs. EASSY is one such project. There is also a consortium called Seacom (registered in Mauritius; look it up) that plans to connect Mauritius to Dubaii and Sicily by the beginning of 2009. Hopefully, that will increase competition, and consumers will be able to take advantage of that.
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well we are in mauritius and we always have problem …i wonder why …in every sector we have prob..How to solve them ?
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Personally, I think 99% of the connection problems experienced by users in Mauritius are caused by the HUGE background that Yashvin uses on his weblog. That alone takes 50% of the total bandwidth available to the whole island! :whistle:
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LOL, sorry eddy, but am aware of it, since very long….
😆 dont worry, now that u r not the first one to complain about this heavy wallpaper, i will look for another one.
even here, wiz nomad, it takes some time to load!
thnks to the cache system, it takes time for the first load only :happy:
thnks for the feedback
[am not to be blamed :whistle:, got to overload the nomad bandwidth]
:cwy:
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Just pulling your leg 😉
Mind you, I’m on a 10 Mbps connection, and it takes a few seconds to load. So, I pity those on MyT, Nomad, whatever.
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Heya! :w00t:
wow wow.. ( first of all I just realize the amount of ISP possibilities we have)
Frankly we’re a tiny wenee country and got 3G, wimax. mobile internet. Among the first to implement but not the best use 😦 😦 A lot of them here to take our money and not delivering the quality.
:silly: :ninja:
Anyone heard of smartnet (DCL)?? what happen to them?? never hear their users. is it that there’s no problem ? or no connection so they can’t comment?? 😆 😆
I don’t know the exact amount of internet service providers available in Mauritius but I think there’s much more than needed. SO WHERE IS THE COMPETITION?? :angry: :angry: (for Quality Of Service)
‘Big number low value’ that’s the moto of Mauritius. Show the world that we have. not just for internet providers there’s other sectors. :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil: :devil:
@carrotmadman
I’m not saying that your price list is wrong but when I phoned the CCS of Emtel, they told me that it’s 30cts for 100KB. anyway I don’t use their service anymore. wherever for internet or GSM (their GSM sucks) :angel:
Nomad is the best solution for me right now so I’ll stay with them ( and I’m stuck with a one year contract Booo!) 😦
concerning limewire I heard that it’s full of spyware…
:biggrin: :biggrin: Hey the movie Transformers would be in theater here in… 3 or 4 years.
I heard something fucking funny lately, CineStar announced the debut of Spider man 3. :w00t: :w00t: I’m sure we all have already seen it on DVD.(Rs50 at every corner in PL) I’ve seen it months ago but that’s another subject.(sorry Yashvin) :angel:
another tiny wenee problem for our tiny wenee country.
Cheers Cheers Cheers 😎
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lol, wow, comment added…
there is a temporaly problem wiz comment adding, sorry to all \ :ermm:
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Internet Service Provider Licence (C.08) ( ISSUED BY ICTA)
Africa Digital Bridges Networks Ltd.
City Call Ltd.
Data Communications Ltd.
Emtel Ltd.
I-Telecom Ltd
Mahanagar Telephone (Mauritius) Ltd.
Mauripost Net Ltd.
Mauritius Computing Services
MFDC Ltd.
Paging Services Ltd.
SITA
Telecom Plus
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Yeap Scoffield that much on our tiny wenee plot of land and one don’t worth the other. :face:
When will we get high speed connection? I mean REAL high speed, like 4mbps or 8mbps for home users.
:whistle: :whistle: keep dreaming :sleeping: :sleeping: lalala :whistle: :whistle: lah :whistle:
quote from Abd El Malik; ” le monde appartient a ceux qui rêve trop”
High number low value
cheers!
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I want to rectify what carrot man said above.
I’m An Emtel user and like the network service very much(though the customer service is another issue)
Using the 3G web network,
1MB =Rs3
and using the wap network,
1MB= Rs30
and also 1 check my internert speed using some of the internet speed checkers on the net, 1 get a speed of around 200-250KBps.
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sry, forgot to mention. u dnt need a a separate subscription for internet on prepaid. just load in the setting and start surfing man.
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to Muzzamil :
thnks for the info but i want to know something stupid 😛
how do u know its wap n 3G?
wats the difference?
i mean, when i connect through emtel, i use wap access point n am charged 3cents per kb n i think even through data access point, it must be the same.
thnks for the clarification about this point 🙂
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I’ve been trying to post for 2 days!!!! :angry:
@Eddy
I never buy software… :devil: (The only piece of original software on my PC is Windows XP… :biggrin: )
& Vista is the last thing i would ever buy. It won’t run perfectly on my PC. (& don’t forget it’s Rs. 12,000)
ok, i’ve already downloaded it but i haven’t installed it yet coz i don’t have enough space… :pouty:
I’ll take some time for all these fibre optics comes to Mauritius… until then we have to suffer. 😦
:w00t: 10Mbps!!!!!!!!!! :w00t: :w00t: :w00t: :w00t:
@ Transformer
Mauritius… pfff :sleeping: Unless some serious competitors take on MT, we’re in for a long long rough ride…
@ Yashvin & Muzzamil
WAP is an open international standard for applications that use wireless communication. Its principal application is to enable access to the Internet from a mobile phone or PDA.
(like xhtml)
There’s nothing like wap access point or 3g access point…
(correct me if i’m wrong coz i don’t have a 3G handset to confirm that)
The only difference is GPRS & 3G.
I don’t know if the settings are different…(Emtel Gprs never works on my 7610) but the pricing is absolutely different.
If u r using Gprs, it’s 3c/kb & if u r using 3G it’s 30c/100kb (0.3c/kb)
In some regions of Mauritius, u don’t get full 3G coverage & so if you try to access Emtel Internet, it’ll switch u to Gprs & u’ll pay more….(It’s easy to know how what connection ur using on a Nokia; G for Gprs & 3G for 3G)
& i got this from Emtel site:
http://www.emtel-ltd.com/mobile/data.htm
Tariffs
384 Kbps (postpaid connection only)
* Package 1: Rs750 per month for 1 GB PLUS Rs 0.22 for each pulse of 100kb, and subsequent pulses of 100kb thereafter
* Package2: Rs1300 per month for 2 GB PLUS Rs 0.22 for each pulse of 100kb, and subsequent pulses of 100kb thereafter
128Kbps (prepaid and postpaid)
* Rs 0.3 for each pulse of 100KB, and subsequent pulses of 100kb.
* No installation fee or deposit required.
Those who don’t have a package get only 128kbps not 384kbps. (i haven’t tested that either)
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To all my fellow friends!
I ADDED A CAPTCHA PLUGIN TO PREVENT SPAM COMMENTS WITHOUT MAKING USE OF AKISMET BECAUSE SOME FRIENDS WERE GETTING ERRORS…
IT WILL REQUIRE YOU TO ENTER 2 WORDS, TRY IT
:biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin: :biggrin:
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Yashvin, lol!
Moi mo ti ena 64Kbps moris, ek mo ti p paye Rs 633 par mois… mo ti croire end of the world. Kan mo p lire banne tariffs internet ki encore ena dans moris, mari bezer, la fin du monde. 😦 😦 😦
Ici Canada, mo ena 8mbs download ek 1 mbs upload, ek mo paye ziste Rs 650! Franc franc tout, mo pas p compare Canada ek moris mais meme ici kot ene pomme coute Rs 45 ek ene chatte coute Rs30000, ici zotte koner ki internet li important pou tout dimoune meme pou etudiants! Zotte fer li ene prix raisonnable pourki tout dimoune capav afford.
Apres si sa zafer lor portab kot paye par Kb la pas exister ici sa! Gagne coup balle ici!
Kuma eski moris so internet aussi cher kumsa mo pas comprend… :pinch: :pinch:
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@Kunal
Ok, u don’t need to rub salt on our wounds… 😦 😦
Why is it that Internet is so expensive in Mauritius?
1. We r not a developed nation. (No matter what anyone says, we do not have the same living standards as Canada)
2. We’ve got only 1 Fibre-optic cable linking Mauritius to the rest of the world.(SAFE)
3. & only one company has the monopoly of that cable.(MT)
So bandwidth sold in Mauritius is too expensive.
4. We are still using radio relays to link each region of Mauritius.(no fibre-optic)
5. We are still using decades old overhead telephone lines which have a massive attenuation rate.
6. Equipment is expensive (unlike Canada where there are millions of subscribers for companies to cover their cost & so lower prices), the minority of Internet users in Mauritius bear the whole cost of telecoms.
7. In Mauritius, we may be the only country in the world that pays per kb or per min of Internet usage. (we don’t have unlimited access plans like for iPhone)
8. The cheapest unltd broadband connection in Mauritius is @ Rs. 862.50 with a 128kbps dwnld & 64kbps upload. :pinch:
:devil:
The only thing that i think is better in Mauritius is that we don’t pay Rs. 30,000 for a cat… we just kidnap them from neighbours…( :devil: just joking :devil: )
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@Kunal
WOW..paradis sur terre sa! 8mbs download Rs650…b bon net…b sa lerla mo ti pu bizin register moi lor rapidshare tou sa!! LOL…..aret tein pc reste download mem sa….
anyway….pa kav compare canada ek moris…banla deja “caler” en informatique alors q moris aster p coumancer….+ la bas ena VRAI competition tou sa la…Omoins nou kav mange pomme 3 pu 10 dan moris!!! LOL :biggrin: sa si bizin compar quality pomme la lol….
Thats why many well qualified and experienced people are leaving the country!!! wa b mo si mo croire in ler pu mo al canada LOL!
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@ Carrotmadman6
lol… hey man, I;m not rubbing salt on wounds anyhting, I’m just saying what I have seen so far.
You are right about the monopoly (MT), radio relays, overhead telephone lines etc) Absolutely right, uncomparable to other countries…
but…
->YOU
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epp? kine arriver? message couper? oui, YOU as a business man, who would come to invest in this country? who would pay for such a horrible internet connection with horrible pricing and horrible customer service? From those ISPs I know, nobody can beat their customer service reps in outright stupidity! (Sa Yashvin inne passer ladans… lol)
Who would want to come to such a country and how do you expect mauritius to develop? You dont need an apple worth Rs 45 or a dog worth Rs 73000 to develop an country, all you need is take care of the people and their needs, try to attract foreign investors, start moving asses! (throw away all those old-school equipment, moris ena cash li!!! go and buy new things, upgrade everything, ELIMINATE CORRUPTION)
Thats when mauritius will get on the right track.
A country is defined by its people, not by those ruling over it! Mauritius should take care of its people and stop treating them like dogs before they all leave it and go elsewhere…
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@ yashvin
1 got 2 settings on my phone: 1 ‘EMTELWAP’ & 1 ‘WEB’. to choisir lakel to oule servi.
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@Kunal :dizzy:
Yeah u r right… I’ve always found this a paradox: :wassat:
How come the gov wants Mauritius to be become a cyber-island, BPO leader & investment hub if we can’t provide the basic facilities to investors?(i.e. affordable Internet)
2nd thing is that the heads of state are rarely visionaries.(we can’t change that no matter what we do…. politicians are always corrupt… they never think long-term… their plans are only for 5 years :getlost: )
Mauritius doesn’t have enough cash… otherwise life would have been certainly better here. Corruption & red-tapism can’t be eradicated in a few years.
& gov doesn’t have power & the money like in China to build everything from scratch…
Mauritius is a paradise that is going to the dogs… 😦
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MTML BullSHIT No 1!
Went to meet these guys again. Guess what now. They use MICROSOFT WORD :blink: to print invoicees!!! :shocked: I went there to obtain a bill as proff of address for the bank.
I saw the sales representative openning a word file and started printing in a DAMN DOT MATRIX PRINTER :cwy: . It took 5 mins and a MEGA noise to get that invoice.
Life sucks with these people. MTML SHIT No 1
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Indeed a country is defined by its people, so it begs the question why are the people not defining it? They seem to spend much of their time complaining to anyone and everyone but the people who really matter.
If you really want to move to Canada because of a faster Internet connection, that’s great, means less contention on the ADSL line for me.
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@Muzzammil
Can u post your settings here?
I’ve got these from the Emtel site:
WAP Settings:::: Nokia S60
Go to Menu -> Tools -> Settings -> Connections
Select Access Points -> Options -> New Access Points -> Use Default Settings
Set Connection Name to WAP
Set Data Bearer to GPRS
Set the following:
Access Point Name : MMS
User Name : Mobile Number
Prompt password : No
Password : mmsc
Authentication : Normal
Gateway IP address : 192.168.0.214
Homepage: http://wap.emtel.com
Connection Security :Off
Session Mode : Permanent
Select BACK
Select BACK
Select GPRS – Set GPRS connection ‘when available’
Select Services à Options
Set Default Access Point to WAP
I don’t have the Gateway IP Address Settings…(In advanced settings i’ve Phone IP Add, Primary server, Proxy Server & Porxy port)
No matter what combination i’ve used… i’ve never been able to access Emtel’s GPRS network. 😦
Cellplus’s ex-free GPRS was too good… until we had to pay.
Between the 14th of Feb & 31st May…i managed to download around 9GB of data via Cellplus!! :devil: :devil:
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and me thanks to carrotmadman who gave me the settings, i downloaded 90mb in 2 days :biggrin:
however, i didnt enjoyed the free connection for long since they blocked access to it.
:biggrin:
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