Re: [LUG] EASSY to reduce costs????

[Ronny]

My interest ; "The problem with EASSy is not technology; it is about ownership, finance and competition. EASSy is a “cartel” that aspires to be the OPEC of East African telecommunications. The members of this cartel have agreed not to compete with each other, and they are not going to allow competitors to join the cartel either. And, since they can’t raise enough money amongst themselves to build EASSy, they are going to ask African citizenry to pick up some of the costs. Understand that when such projects get a loan from the World Bank and other “donors” they are using credit created by the next generation of African citizens and taxpayers. This time, Africa should just say No." follow in your free time as Daniel  referenced http://www.ralden.com/C1/EASSy/default.aspx Well I think with this, Mother Africa  still has a  longway to go  :-) ----------------Can't miss Global fund scenario ******************************************************************* PGP Fingerprint: 6695 794A B84E D922 88FB 73CC 6CBD 8036 B3CD 7304 We can't become what we need to be by remaining what we are ******************************************************************* Daniel Stern wrote: 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" <lug@linux.or.ug> Cc: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <lug@linux.or.ug>; <[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 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. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------

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