On Nov 26, 2007 12:29 PM, Reinier Battenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Also interesting is the expected effect on princing:
Well it depends on who is crunching the numbers. Kenyan gov't says the cost will be 500 USD per MN/s per month. UUNet KE says don't count on that. > > "The cable, according to Dr Ham Mukasa Mulira, Uganda's Minister for > ICT, will boost broadband connectivity in sub-Saharan Africa and > reduce international connectivity costs by two-thirds." He got his numbers from someone else I think. > > That is about 60% more ambitious than SEACOM. > > 2 cables would indeed be wonderfull, some free market economics is barely > needed here. > > (@ McTim, arent the MTNs/UTLs etc not laying inter-national fiber at the > moment? Just to the border. IIRC, it's all done to KE, but not to Rwanda. Wouldnt that be in preparation of the sea-cables? yes Come to think of > it, wouldnt a sea-cable connection not come to kampala through nairobi? yes (and > to rwanda, through kampala?) MTN has fiber most of the way to Kigali, but not the whole way. -- Cheers, McTim $ whois -h whois.afrinic.net mctim _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list LUG@linux.or.ug http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
