funny enough, countries with a 'local' language have an advantage here. They keep their Internet traffic + the money that they generate, local.
He ho for luganda & Rukiga websites! (as was /.ted a few months back, google is *not* the biggest in a lot of non-english speaking countries, eg Norway and China. In NL, ebay couldnt beat the number 1 auction site, and had to revert to buying them. ) So, should Uganda push for the use of more Swahili, in order to protect its online economy? On Monday 03 March 2008 17:41:36 Ernest wrote: > Mark Tinka wrote thus on 2/28/08 8:41 PM: > > On Friday 29 February 2008, Sanga M. Collins wrote: > > > >> In the states you pay a flat fee per month for bandwidth. > >> So I pay $50 for 7Mbits from comcast > > > > I have a friend in Tokyo paying US$20 for 100Mbps to his > > house. > > That model is usually based on local, and *not* international traffic. > > eb > > _______________________________________________ > 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. > --------------------------------------- > > -- rgds, Reinier Battenberg Director Mountbatten Ltd. +256 782 801 749 www.mountbatten.net _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
