Holadiho! I was just abooool to read my email via the phone’s internal wap browser (Nokia 6230i). Right here in Embu, Kenya. Now that’s cool.
Next task will be to find a decent internet café. In the meantime I am dreaming of free WLAN networks/hotspots all over the country.
Speaking of Productivity issues: I spent about 5 hrs last Sunday morning moving from one inet café to the next just to download my emails and trying to blog some stuff. At around 4 pm, I was so pissed that my blogdesk uploading tool didn’t work (due to inet connection issues) and that I had actually wasted the best part of the day on such a dumb task. Am I stupid? I guess so…and all of that while still in NAIROBI!
So….Nairobi or Embu, going online works as long as you stick to your mobile phone. As soon as you dial Safaricom’s #951, the trouble starts as you’re charged per minute while nothing happens. Being online doesn’t imply that one can be productive (~ downloading informations). THAT’s a real pain. Who wants to pay for a service that doesn’t work the way it is supposed to be?
Don’t know about Embu, but I can suggest two cybercafes in NBO that might be good for you. Nothing great, as Internet access in Kenya is pretty sad, but let me know. I can post the info here.
Sorry! I know what you are going through! When I came to the states it was like I was in heaven….
Try Celtel, they charge for what you download and its super quick.