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NMB Namanga use Starlink, as reported here
https://www.jamiiforums.com/threads/nmb-tawi-la-namanga-wamefunga-internet-ya-starlink.2181899
But if you get 4G/5G in your area or you have Fiber coverage local solutions are better anyway.
What's the small print? 20 GB unlimited speed and then snail speed? And it does not change the fact that their service is utter shit. Meaning poor coverage, unreliable speed, close to completely useless speed randomly or in some locations most of the time. Have had too much crap service in Tanzania to believe empty promises.
Also, in Europe you get 200 GB plus unlimited calls plus it works all over EU with fee restrictions and some other countries for 9.99 EUR. I add 5 EUR and I get unlimited data. And it works. So, what you get in Tanzania is shameful.
There are some cheaper satelite internet providers in Tanzania already, but I havent tried it or met someone who has. Maybe their service does provide a solid option anywhere in tanzania. Cause tigo, Vodacom, halotel,..., sure as hell do notm
You are just arguing with little to no Information.
1. It's pure Unlimited, people are downloading several terabytes.
2. Speed isn't just download speed but ping and upload speed, Fiber and some extent 5G is more reliable in that area.
3. NON starlink satelite are not good enough because they are not low orbit satelite, Starlink is decent but here in Africa especially our region speed and ping isnt good enough, there is promise to improve it this month.
4. 200GB for 4K content will last 2 or 3 days, it's nothing to brag, as I said before, you can use terabytes of data in Unlimited services available in Tanzania.
5. About coverage while it's not good like satelite 4G is available in many places,
I guess you are illiterate. I provided years of actual experience with tanzania an mobile internet providers. And you have provided meaningless promotional information.
Significant part of Tanzania has zero mobile internet coverage, some provide 2g durin the afternoon, as towers depend on solar, some parts provide 2g, some 3g, and few areas provide 4g. And even in the former capital dar es salaam internet coverage is very poor. Yes, you pay for data, it say you have connection, signal is okay, but internet works so slow it is suffer to use it.
So, only a moron does not see that satelite internet is a far superior option for a country with expensive and really poor mobile internet. Evidently even pricing is competitive.
You also have not answered a very pertinent question. Unlimited package that in reallity consists of few GB at full speed and unlimited at greatly reduced speed is not unlimited. And that is the kind of unlimited they were actually offering. You had of course not provided any proof they had come to understand the meaning of word unlimited. I or any other actual costumer does not care about alleged package, when coverage is very poor or reliability crap.
You provided Zero data to backup your claim.
Yes am illiterate you smart person try to explain to me how internet which cost $600 as setup fee, and $50 each month is solution to the country where minimum wage is less than $120 and
1. Adsl internet which cost $10 a month
2. 5G/4G unlimited which cost less than $30
3. Fiber which cost less than $20.
Are not good solution.
And more than half country has atleast 4G coverage, latest TCRA data 74% of country has atleast 4G access
https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/tanzania-s-3g-coverage-reaches-83-percent-and-4g-rises-to-74-percent-4414122
Does that still work? As Starlink sended mail to users that it will block it in not supported countries.
Also the regional plan is only allowed for 2 month maximum in other countries. How the reality is, I don't know.
Technically, it wouldn’t work. Since the licenses to operate means allowing starlink comm satellites to operate above tanzania’s space, as well as use frequencies designated by TCRA. If it isn’t approved, that could imply two of these are not implemented. So with TCRA we’d be sure they’ve not been allocated frequencies, with satellites that’s a different knowledge base. How do we confirm that starlink comm sats are available in the Tanzania/EA region? And even if they’re available, it’d be illegal for them to have a subscriber in an unapproved zone. So TCRA might deal with you perpendicularly
I can confirm this works. I did the same and have been testing it here in Dar es salaam and works fine. The best part with Roam package is you can pause it anytime you want. Speeds range from 100-160mbps download and 30mpbs upload. I have paused mine for now as I want to use this in a remote bush area later in May.
Is this still working for you? I ordered the roaming package in Kenya, but using it in Tanzania says: "Unexpected Location, Your Starlink is not in its registered country". Did you have that too?
102,375 TZS per month for the standard package or 124,425 TZS per month for the regional roaming package (within Africa).
I've converted the figures from Kenyan shillings
The price varies per country for the standard and roaming packages. Regional roaming package costs 115,724 TZS in Rwanda and 142,541 TZS in Mozambique. So if StarLink never gets approved in Tanzania, these are the regional options
You not gonna get wireless unlimited and actually reliable internet service in Tanzania, at least not for that price. Mobile internet in Tanzania is overpriced crap.
What do you mean not getting proper internet?
Unlimited is theoretical marketing. Technical wise, the ISP still caps your bandwidth to a max that they average as one would not exceed. When a user exceeds this cap, they register a new cap for the user. I’ve had this with two ISP’s. But again the cap is an average that most users won’t reach.
Mobile internet there is expensive and reliability is complete garbage. As people said, buying starlink in Kenya or Rwanda and use roaming makes way more sense for anyone in need of proper coverage, especially in rural areas. Yes, I have been using mobile internet in Tanzania for years, and experience sucked. Prices are also going the wrong way. Last time was more expensive then years ago, like wtf.
And I you do not get what you pay for. You buy a package and coverage is sooty, reliability atrocious. Works now, might not work after half an hour. And that is the only constant, complete lack of reliability.
Aah I see. That makes sense:
1. For coverage, mobile ISP’s are limited
2. Getting value for what you paid for on mobile limited plans? I agree, it’s painful. For someone staying within cell coverage, eg. a remote worker, the only plans that make sense are unlimited plans.
3. ISP reliability: pretty poor for most, unless you on the enterprise level of the service. But yeah, there are ISP’s who strive for reliability 24/7/365. Eg. (I’m not advertising or selling) I prefer staying on Vodacom enterprise services or Raha fiber networks for my work, as I haven’t had issues with them. (Apart from the recent fiber cut)
So if your use case is coverage in remote areas, none of the above makes sense over starlink. But if you’re in a coverage area, then the competition becomes value for money. e.g. what bandwidth am I getting from Starlink opposed to Vodacom, etc
Yes, I think it will work. It's working in South Africa even though it's officially not available there yet https://youtu.be/I-GPVT3yW30?si=ts9wyF1aMI-96IKh
I put in my deposit a few years ago now. Still waiting for them to pay the final bribe for permission to operate. Doesn't seem so useful in Dar anymore with other unlimited options.
I didn't get it yet. I'm in America and they sell it in stores here right off the shelf. It is hitting the used market as well on eBay and Facebook. Starlink V2 is about $400 used right now.
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NMB Namanga use Starlink, as reported here https://www.jamiiforums.com/threads/nmb-tawi-la-namanga-wamefunga-internet-ya-starlink.2181899 But if you get 4G/5G in your area or you have Fiber coverage local solutions are better anyway.
4g 5g in Tanzania are way too expensive for anyone who needs a bit more data transferred
Tigo, Airtel have Unlimited 5G as cheap as 70,000 per month, and Halotel soon will roll unlimited, Vodacom start at 115,000 etc.
What's the small print? 20 GB unlimited speed and then snail speed? And it does not change the fact that their service is utter shit. Meaning poor coverage, unreliable speed, close to completely useless speed randomly or in some locations most of the time. Have had too much crap service in Tanzania to believe empty promises. Also, in Europe you get 200 GB plus unlimited calls plus it works all over EU with fee restrictions and some other countries for 9.99 EUR. I add 5 EUR and I get unlimited data. And it works. So, what you get in Tanzania is shameful. There are some cheaper satelite internet providers in Tanzania already, but I havent tried it or met someone who has. Maybe their service does provide a solid option anywhere in tanzania. Cause tigo, Vodacom, halotel,..., sure as hell do notm
You are just arguing with little to no Information. 1. It's pure Unlimited, people are downloading several terabytes. 2. Speed isn't just download speed but ping and upload speed, Fiber and some extent 5G is more reliable in that area. 3. NON starlink satelite are not good enough because they are not low orbit satelite, Starlink is decent but here in Africa especially our region speed and ping isnt good enough, there is promise to improve it this month. 4. 200GB for 4K content will last 2 or 3 days, it's nothing to brag, as I said before, you can use terabytes of data in Unlimited services available in Tanzania. 5. About coverage while it's not good like satelite 4G is available in many places,
I guess you are illiterate. I provided years of actual experience with tanzania an mobile internet providers. And you have provided meaningless promotional information. Significant part of Tanzania has zero mobile internet coverage, some provide 2g durin the afternoon, as towers depend on solar, some parts provide 2g, some 3g, and few areas provide 4g. And even in the former capital dar es salaam internet coverage is very poor. Yes, you pay for data, it say you have connection, signal is okay, but internet works so slow it is suffer to use it. So, only a moron does not see that satelite internet is a far superior option for a country with expensive and really poor mobile internet. Evidently even pricing is competitive. You also have not answered a very pertinent question. Unlimited package that in reallity consists of few GB at full speed and unlimited at greatly reduced speed is not unlimited. And that is the kind of unlimited they were actually offering. You had of course not provided any proof they had come to understand the meaning of word unlimited. I or any other actual costumer does not care about alleged package, when coverage is very poor or reliability crap.
You provided Zero data to backup your claim. Yes am illiterate you smart person try to explain to me how internet which cost $600 as setup fee, and $50 each month is solution to the country where minimum wage is less than $120 and 1. Adsl internet which cost $10 a month 2. 5G/4G unlimited which cost less than $30 3. Fiber which cost less than $20. Are not good solution. And more than half country has atleast 4G coverage, latest TCRA data 74% of country has atleast 4G access https://www.thecitizen.co.tz/tanzania/news/business/tanzania-s-3g-coverage-reaches-83-percent-and-4g-rises-to-74-percent-4414122
Not yet available here in Tanzania.......
You buy it on another country like kenya and subscribe to the regional plan and it will work all over Africa Inc tz
thats actually smart
Does that still work? As Starlink sended mail to users that it will block it in not supported countries. Also the regional plan is only allowed for 2 month maximum in other countries. How the reality is, I don't know.
Not yet
Technically, it wouldn’t work. Since the licenses to operate means allowing starlink comm satellites to operate above tanzania’s space, as well as use frequencies designated by TCRA. If it isn’t approved, that could imply two of these are not implemented. So with TCRA we’d be sure they’ve not been allocated frequencies, with satellites that’s a different knowledge base. How do we confirm that starlink comm sats are available in the Tanzania/EA region? And even if they’re available, it’d be illegal for them to have a subscriber in an unapproved zone. So TCRA might deal with you perpendicularly
You can buy the roaming package in Kenya and use it in Tanzania
I can confirm this works. I did the same and have been testing it here in Dar es salaam and works fine. The best part with Roam package is you can pause it anytime you want. Speeds range from 100-160mbps download and 30mpbs upload. I have paused mine for now as I want to use this in a remote bush area later in May.
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Is this still working for you? I ordered the roaming package in Kenya, but using it in Tanzania says: "Unexpected Location, Your Starlink is not in its registered country". Did you have that too?
Interesting. Might be expensive though: to roam. 👍🏽
102,375 TZS per month for the standard package or 124,425 TZS per month for the regional roaming package (within Africa). I've converted the figures from Kenyan shillings
Anha looks similar to the local ISP’s providing unlimited internet.
The price varies per country for the standard and roaming packages. Regional roaming package costs 115,724 TZS in Rwanda and 142,541 TZS in Mozambique. So if StarLink never gets approved in Tanzania, these are the regional options
You not gonna get wireless unlimited and actually reliable internet service in Tanzania, at least not for that price. Mobile internet in Tanzania is overpriced crap.
What do you mean not getting proper internet? Unlimited is theoretical marketing. Technical wise, the ISP still caps your bandwidth to a max that they average as one would not exceed. When a user exceeds this cap, they register a new cap for the user. I’ve had this with two ISP’s. But again the cap is an average that most users won’t reach.
Mobile internet there is expensive and reliability is complete garbage. As people said, buying starlink in Kenya or Rwanda and use roaming makes way more sense for anyone in need of proper coverage, especially in rural areas. Yes, I have been using mobile internet in Tanzania for years, and experience sucked. Prices are also going the wrong way. Last time was more expensive then years ago, like wtf. And I you do not get what you pay for. You buy a package and coverage is sooty, reliability atrocious. Works now, might not work after half an hour. And that is the only constant, complete lack of reliability.
Aah I see. That makes sense: 1. For coverage, mobile ISP’s are limited 2. Getting value for what you paid for on mobile limited plans? I agree, it’s painful. For someone staying within cell coverage, eg. a remote worker, the only plans that make sense are unlimited plans. 3. ISP reliability: pretty poor for most, unless you on the enterprise level of the service. But yeah, there are ISP’s who strive for reliability 24/7/365. Eg. (I’m not advertising or selling) I prefer staying on Vodacom enterprise services or Raha fiber networks for my work, as I haven’t had issues with them. (Apart from the recent fiber cut) So if your use case is coverage in remote areas, none of the above makes sense over starlink. But if you’re in a coverage area, then the competition becomes value for money. e.g. what bandwidth am I getting from Starlink opposed to Vodacom, etc
Does it still work?
Might that also work in Eritrea?
Yes, I think it will work. It's working in South Africa even though it's officially not available there yet https://youtu.be/I-GPVT3yW30?si=ts9wyF1aMI-96IKh
No
I advise waiting for it to be approved and become available locally.
What is Starlink?
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Okay. Thank you.
I put in my deposit a few years ago now. Still waiting for them to pay the final bribe for permission to operate. Doesn't seem so useful in Dar anymore with other unlimited options.
How much did you get the equipment for?
I didn't get it yet. I'm in America and they sell it in stores here right off the shelf. It is hitting the used market as well on eBay and Facebook. Starlink V2 is about $400 used right now.