I've also heard that price being bandied about. Was quite disappointed. On 24/07/2009, Rob Gipman <[email protected]> wrote: > I believe the price is real and also that a markup of 30/40/50/60/70/80% > is normal here and not so in the rest of the world where the mark is > more like 5/10/20% and you pay for the extra services like TV Voip, > video etc....there. Also I'm certain that the high markup is not going > into building the infrastructure as a Wimax base station goes for only > $12.000 and fiber for what I remember $6 per meter including digging w/o > bribing. > > On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 19:00 +0300, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: >> >> >> Interesting article on Slashdot about our Fiber internet connection >> >> http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1313257&cid=28805025 >> >> >> By the way wireless last mile providers have a problem in that they >> can only provide 2MB/s max (last mile wireless speed) >> >> >> But I am not happy if the Seacom prices in the article above are true >> >> >> And from my Tanzania client's info, Tz pricing means they are getting >> a much better deal than we are! >> >> >> Kiggs >> >> >> >> >> -- Acta Virum Probant -- >> >> -- Deo Volente -- >> >> >> >> ---- >> Kiggundu Mukasa >> Serval Ltd. >> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street >> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda >> Tel: +256 772 972255 >> +256 414 571779 >> Fax: +256 312 262122 >> http://serval.ug/ >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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. > --------------------------------------- > >
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