Bilan of Internet Service Providers in Mauritius
Articles, General, News, Technology, Web July 5th, 2007
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???
July 5th, 2007 at 1:51 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 3:21 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 3:45 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 4:00 pm
I’m on starhub (singapore) up to now no real complains,except that they block bittorents :biggrin:
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July 5th, 2007 at 4:58 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 5:05 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 7:27 pm
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.
(as soon as they leave, i remove their socket, and put mine again 
)
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
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
The main reason that I enjoy a gud connection is my location
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July 5th, 2007 at 7:41 pm
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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July 5th, 2007 at 8:18 pm
@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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July 5th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
@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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July 5th, 2007 at 10:36 pm
@ 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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July 5th, 2007 at 11:14 pm
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
at speed reaching 60 Kb/s. You need to know how to configure the client. Try Google.com 
it really helps!
I do over 90% of my downloads through torrents
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July 6th, 2007 at 12:18 am
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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July 6th, 2007 at 9:41 am
@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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July 6th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
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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July 6th, 2007 at 11:15 pm
@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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July 6th, 2007 at 11:40 pm
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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July 6th, 2007 at 11:49 pm
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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July 7th, 2007 at 12:03 am
lol, another feedback from mtml user :sideways:
gud n bad too…
thnks :tongue:
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July 9th, 2007 at 10:37 pm
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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July 9th, 2007 at 10:49 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 9:48 am
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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July 10th, 2007 at 11:14 am
lol thnks for the numbers
its really :unsure: when u realise the cost!
transformers :sideways:
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July 10th, 2007 at 1:09 pm
testing 1 2 3
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July 10th, 2007 at 2:41 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 6:18 pm
@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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July 10th, 2007 at 6:45 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 7:00 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
LOL, sorry eddy, but am aware of it, since very long….
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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July 10th, 2007 at 7:47 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 8:10 pm
Heya! :w00t:
A lot of them here to take our money and not delivering the quality.
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
: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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July 10th, 2007 at 8:26 pm
lol, wow, comment added…
there is a temporaly problem wiz comment adding, sorry to all \ :ermm:
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July 10th, 2007 at 8:52 pm
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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July 10th, 2007 at 11:16 pm
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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July 11th, 2007 at 12:16 am
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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July 11th, 2007 at 12:28 am
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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July 11th, 2007 at 7:03 am
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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July 11th, 2007 at 9:36 am
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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July 11th, 2007 at 5:40 pm
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
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July 11th, 2007 at 8:01 pm
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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July 11th, 2007 at 9:17 pm
@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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July 11th, 2007 at 9:58 pm
@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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July 12th, 2007 at 1:01 am
@ 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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July 12th, 2007 at 1:14 am
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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July 12th, 2007 at 10:34 am
@ yashvin
1 got 2 settings on my phone: 1 ‘EMTELWAP’ & 1 ‘WEB’. to choisir lakel to oule servi.
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July 12th, 2007 at 11:19 am
@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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July 12th, 2007 at 11:51 am
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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July 12th, 2007 at 12:07 pm
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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July 12th, 2007 at 2:55 pm
@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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July 12th, 2007 at 4:27 pm
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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July 12th, 2007 at 6:39 pm
hey hi everyone.am back after a long time of absence.and am glad to see new posts in your blog yashvin.keep it up.
i have tried nomad, MT dialup, wanado adsl and myt.
have not yet tried MTML.
about nomad i dont need to say anything.
about myt.the service was ok but since 2 weeks it is becoming a hell for me.speed drops below 50 kbps between 18.00 and 22.00.
from 22.00 to 00.45 it is around 120 kbps.
the remaining time period.the speed is at least normal.above 200 kbps
perhaps it is because of my endless number of complains to them! ! !
adsl>>i have never experience any type of problem with that.
am still waiting for mtius to have a realy fast internet connection as am a high online gamer.
my friends abroad play using T1.and almost all my friends abroad have +10 mbps internet connection
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July 13th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Well guys, I have MTML connection at home. In the beginning the connection was great, but with time it started to suck. However, compared to dial-up of telecom, its still much better.
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July 14th, 2007 at 10:59 pm
i am getting 40-50 kps on MYT i think i will switch to Wanado adsl
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July 16th, 2007 at 8:00 pm
Just got this on BBC:
Global broadband prices revealed
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6900697.stm
A boradband report by OECD on 30 of the world most developed countries..
http://www.oecd.org/sti/ict/broadband
“In Japan net users have 100Mbps lines…”
“Japan leads the OECD in fibre connections directly to the home with 7.9 million fibre-to-the-home subscribers in December 2006. Fibre subscribers alone in Japan outnumber total broadband subscribers in 23 of the 30 OECD countries.”
“The least expensive monthly subscription for always-on broadband was in Sweden, where $10.79 (Rs. 345) bought a 256kbps connection. The country with the most expensive entry point for broadband access was Mexico, where it cost $52.36 (Rs. 1675)for 1mbps.”
Just too bad they didn’t do a global survey… otherwise Mauritius would have been at the top spot for most expensive.
Wanadoo ADSL 1mbps is Rs. 6888 ($215)
Another point is that most countries are moving to fibre-optics… while we still haven’t heard of ADLS2+ :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry: :angry:
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July 16th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Put in this perspective, the $215 charge for a home 1 mbps Internet connection is staggering!
Optical fibre cable and ADSL2+ are two divergent technologies; therefore, the former does not necessarily require the latter to have been implemented.
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July 16th, 2007 at 9:08 pm
@Eddy Young
U’ve misunderstood me… :happy:
I know Optic fibres & ADSL2+ are two different technologies…
What i meant to say was that if Mauritius(or MT) couldn’t afford to put optic fibres, the least they could do was to implement ADSL2+(which doesn’t require much investment).
ADSL2+ has a theoretical speed of 24 Mbit/s. However its great disadvantage is that the speed degrades quite significantly with distance.
This shouldn’t be a problem for Mauritius since we are a small island & there are quite a lot of relay stations…
That’s why i prefer ADSL2+ over fibre optic as a short-term, low-cost solution.
However, if Mauritius really wants to advance as a cyber-island, fibre optic is best…
:cheerful:
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July 16th, 2007 at 9:41 pm
(Yashvin, dude, this page design is bandwidth-killer. Seriously.)
I believe MT just upgraded, or is in the process of upgrading, its entire copper-wire network. At least, when I was in Mauritius in December 2004, my phone line was upgraded.
I don’t think there is an evil plot at MT HQ to bar Mauritians from hi-speed Internet access. But, rather, the decision-makers are prioritising other avenues. For example, the call-centre industry is booming, and to sustain the growth, MT needs to deviate its resources in that direction.
MT is part of several international consortiums that are connecting east African countries to Europe via alternative sub-marine cables. Unfortunately, a consortium is a massive organisation with complex priorities. If MT could go it alone, I am sure they would.
What Mauritius really needs is for the local ISPs to form their own consortium and invest in a sub-marine cable. Whether they can align their goals to achieve this is another story…
BTW, has anyone found more information about SEACOM?
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July 17th, 2007 at 10:30 am
lol MT can’t go alone on undersea cables coz it requires huge investment.
#EASSY(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eassy)
http://fibreforafrica.net/main.shtml?conds0category……..=‘About%20EASSy’&als[select]=4018619&als[MYALIAS6]=About%20EASSy
MT is part of the EASSY consortium that will link SA to Kenya along with Madagascar, Seychelles & Mauritius…
However due to conflicts between the different countries & companies in the consortium… this project is already 1 year behind schedule.
I don’t think Eassy will come to Mauritius before 2009…
# SEACOM - (South Africa, Madagascar, Mozambique, Tanzania, Kenya, India and Europe) planned for 2009
Seacom is another sub-marine cable in which MT is for the time being, not involved.(I’ve looked for it everywhere, but Mauritius is not included… i may be wrong though)
More info:
http://www.businessday.co.za/articles/technology.aspx?ID=BD4A503649
http://www.nctimes.com/articles/2007/06/02/business/news/38_35_036_1_07.txt
http://www.signonsandiego.com/uniontrib/20070602/news_1n2africa.html
#Reliance
http://www.afrol.com/articles/22759
This is the only cable that i think will indeed connect Mauritius in the future. Cable will be owned only by Reliance Communications (India).
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July 23rd, 2007 at 11:15 pm
MyT is back to normal after Telecom checked my line
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July 24th, 2007 at 10:19 am
does anybody know when MTML will launch adsl?? i mean apart from the usual ” 2 weeks ” classic answer!
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July 24th, 2007 at 5:07 pm
ICTA is shitttt!
I went to the the ICTA last time .. Hell man! :devil: . I’m still waiting for a response from these damn people.
Listen to that. :dizzy: The told me that they are still trying to contact the MTML guys for an enqiery. MAIS TOUS SA LETEMP LA FOUTOU!!!
Furthermore, they are supposed to work up to 16:30 but, when i went there the Chairman left at 15:30 followed by the staff.. Shit mannnnn! En plus, mamzel (secretaire) la pe maquiller pendant l’heur travail.:angry: Pissar selement sa mo ti pe gaigne crizzzzzzz!!!!. :angry:
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July 24th, 2007 at 10:04 pm
MyT back to slow speed
I don’t know what Mauritius telecom is doing
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July 27th, 2007 at 5:10 pm
i’ve been having really slow speeds on MyT this week, comparable to dial up….. i kno i’m well beyond the 1gb limit, but still, i was told thatthe drop in speed would not be very drastic… it would be above 128kbps.
i’ve phoned MyT and the kind customer care llady told me that was because of the limit. i thinhk i’ll be shifting to wanadoo 512kbps…..
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July 27th, 2007 at 10:43 pm
hey! anybody using wap on cellplus?? Please sendd your settings….
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July 29th, 2007 at 6:30 pm
http://www.servihoo.com/Advertising/homepage/orangebs/
maybe i will address my problems with them as the Livebox has a big Orange on it
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July 30th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
lol..ICTA! ! !.lol.. :devil: :devil: :devil: better not to say anythg else..since some days myT’s speed been in a mess
less than 70 kbps! ! !
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July 30th, 2007 at 10:16 pm
hey the garantie usage stuff is not good..one myT customer care told me that even if am in the garantie usage they dont garantie us a good speed
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August 20th, 2007 at 8:09 pm
hey do you know what connection speed all over the MT tower get????? unbelievable 10MB/s. but all over mauritius max. connection speed is only 1 MB/s at a price of 6000 ruppies. may crever sa telecom
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December 10th, 2007 at 10:00 pm
Hey for the MYT users, have you ever tried to tweak the livebox? It always fun, but the problem is you’ll have to do it without removing the ICs, instead desolder the VCC or alternate. I ended up updating firmware automatically, getting access blocked due to a specified parameter in the compilation of the IC, anyone has an idea? Model of livebox : SAGEM FAST 3202.
I was installing my linux portal: GENT00, problem is while using portage or stage3 / stage 1 the connection available is 11 sometimes even low as 9, u know how pain is it? Early in morning : 26.9 MAX, start of month 29.0 freeze 2 sec later 20.
I was just wondering have you ever tried searching for a wireless network at the towers which are red and white for mobiles, BACKTRAX linux wud do it? but i dont have a laptop, even thinking :DEVIL: how about as am gud in electro, if i cant get access, i’ll just point a EMP generator with a MARX generator supported by LONDON SATELLITE DISH z big ones[Jokin, i kno law. Instead i could do ethical hacking wat say?
Wat wud be 4 now tell me how is it the wireless network? distance?
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February 29th, 2008 at 11:47 pm
Hi!
First of all, I’m glad to find a good mauritian IT blog and talking really about good stuffs
I am about to change ISP, and I live at Pointe aux Sables, I’m still undecided between myT 512 and adsl 512. Most reviews are about MyT and I wanted to get more about ADSL.
I would appreciate anyone advice
Thanks
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March 1st, 2008 at 8:54 am
Hi Frantz.
As u realised, more and more people are going for myT instead of ADSL for a few reasons.
First of all MyT being more recent and ‘technologically advanced’, also, the digital tv which comes along myT. People are attracted by myT because of the high local speed.
As for ADSL, i would advise you to take it only if you wish to have a steady internet connection because there is no ‘garantie d’usage’ which controls ur download speed after a certain limit.
Many ppl with ADSL are much satisfied compared to myT, because myT depends on regions and the distance from the nearest telephone exchange station.
well, hope i was of some help,
your visits are most welcomed here,
bye!
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March 4th, 2008 at 2:26 pm
Thanks for the advice
I have found an interesting article which I think I must share here. It is about FFTH, heard about it? “FIBRE TO THE HOME”
It is a technology involving direct optical fibre connection to your home. And do you know what it means?
1 Gbps connection!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is said that a company called “UCL” want to launch it in 2008 but still needs the goverment support
Here the link:
http://www.telegeography.com/cu/article.php?article_id=19248&email=html
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March 4th, 2008 at 2:43 pm
Is there any satellite internet connection available in Mauritius?
ADSL 512 is better, due to more strict application of “garantie usage” and 3gb is too low, can use it all in about 2days.
Big downloader go for adsl.
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March 4th, 2008 at 6:21 pm
to croire sa project fibre optic la pou gagne feu vert?mwa mo dire twa non..
coz pa blier..govt ena share dan MT..
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March 4th, 2008 at 7:38 pm
to rajiv:
satellite internet? got to ask the secret services, but personally, am not aware of that, not yet…
to tushal:
fibre optic, zotte pu prend 5 ans pu analyzer et lerla pu implementer, et pu ramasse meme prob r nomad, zotte pu essaye dresser for 5ans et lerla zotte pu vini zotte pu dire this time ine met SLIM AND TRIM r fibre optic, and there is better experience LOL !
to frank:
thnks for the link
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March 4th, 2008 at 7:50 pm
FTTH…. pffff….
Never heard anything from UCL since then…
But as for MT, as soon as they heard plans for the FTTH, they also announced that… “yeah, we are also working on that.”
& yeah, FTTH doesn’t mean 1Gbps… but rather 1Mbps…
(http://themediaguru.blogspot.com/2008/01/why-internet-in-mauritius-is-doomed.html)
My advice for the 512k connection:
- My.T 512k - if u are a small user, checking mails now & then, & u don’t mind paying for 512k & getting 128k, go & get My.T
- 512k ADSL - this is supposed to be for heavy users (or rather downloaders), but the best u can get is around 300k. If u’ve got money, go for 512K.
The only satellite link in Mauritius is MT’s 1Gbps connection… which is supposed to be a backup for SAFE. But i think they still use it for dial-up!
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March 5th, 2008 at 12:53 pm
What do you think of Power line communication (PLC)
Here the link of commercial deployment of plc:
http://goal.co.za/gts_technology/plc.php
What do you think of HomePlug for lan?
http://www.homeplug.org/home
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April 20th, 2008 at 12:32 pm
waman, MTML with AZU broadband. Tested speeds 256-800 kbps and max tehoretical speed is 2.2 Mbps. There are 3 packages which are below rs 1100 and one which wrecks your neck, kozer li dir rs 2999+ vat for the unlimited package. Mauritius the cyberisland!!??
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April 20th, 2008 at 3:31 pm
what do you think of paying less and getting more is it possible. isay yes fgod blee M.T for that,only few people knows
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April 20th, 2008 at 9:12 pm
@oreo: I didn’t understand your comment at all. What were you trying to communicate?
Eddy.
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April 24th, 2008 at 11:33 pm
Now MT & Orange!! The big deal for mass downloaders is the fair Usage!! tht sucks!! (n) koz if in a period of 6 months u cannot download more that 30 GB or else u will get ony 1/2 speed u usually get for another 6 months!! Rite now all ISP suck!! I hope that one day, we can get another ISP tht offers us a better service!!
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April 25th, 2008 at 8:20 am
nomad aussi in vine dans baize avec so login sa. pas capave download meme aster sans li logoff chaque 10 mins
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April 25th, 2008 at 8:42 am
blah..wai..mo ti pe think ki pou write lor la pou mo blog..NO ADSL UNLIMITED NOW..par mois mo faire 50GB! ! ! b 6 mois sa faire 300GB! ! ! !10 times plis! ! !arrrrrrrrrrrrrr
Fair usage policy surely suxxxx..
mauritius jamais pa pou vin cyber island..la meme la.li pe vin cyber callcenter island..mo pa trouve progress koter internet..ban lezot pays pe avancer pe ale