Wire, Those sharing concerns expressed about regulatory policy on the management of EASSy with regard to appropriate pricing (for services) for the recovery of infrastructure investment, may like to read of an alternative model put forward by Richard Bell in which a Public-sector Private-Sector Partnership would lead to the creation of a 'regulated utility'. http://listserv2.cfi.co.ug/pipermail/afnog/2005-August/001231.html
Roland Alden has written some thought provoking articles on the subject. http://www.ralden.com/C1/EASSy/default.aspx Daniel ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]> Cc: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 02, 2006 6:52 PM Subject: [LUG] EASSY to reduce costs???? > Ronny, > > you said > > >> > > Very True we just need to get rid of the satellite prices and there will > > be cheap ,fast and furious internet for all.And I hope that one day Ug > > will link to the coastal fibre so Telcos/ISP's can give it up cheaply > > though I still wonder why the line rentals don't drop!! > > I would like to inform you and others not to raise your hopes prematurely. > The Internet bandwidth prices might not experience the kind of downward > trend you highly anticipate. Good case studies are Nigeria and Ghana > where fibre ports have not helped them much. Infact in Ghana the ISP > association had to go to court against the Telco while in Nigeria, VSAT > has still proved far and I mean it far cheaper than the fibre costs. > > Please remember that the EASSY project has mainly 2 investors from Uganda > i.e. MTN and UTL. There is a danger that they could pull a monopolistic > stunt to manage the rates at a certain minimum so as to recoup their > investment (which is also a valid argument in its own right). > > I would love to say more however time is against me. So, just sit tight > and hope for the best. > > Wire > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > 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. > --------------------------------------- > _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] 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. ---------------------------------------
