With such rates you can have 1MB link speeds in your house. wow!! On 27/10/2009, Douglas Onyango <[email protected]> wrote: >>According to the WIOCC guys (who own some 35% of EASSy), they are > mandated to bring costs down, it's the reason that EASSy was first > mooted. When they come to market, the only way they are going to get > market share (besides their owners, who are big telcos anyway) is to > differentiate on price. >> > >>TEAMS is crippled by exorbitant crossconnect fees in Fujairah...unless > you pay those fees (20 USD per MB per month IIRC), its a cable to > nowhere. >> > Seacom is now only selling to people who are able to sign long contracts > with them, EASSy on the other hand is selling as low as 2mb and 1month of > contractual obligation. I believe with this the telco's can afford to be > nice with their pricing > > The East African Backhaul that EASSY has planned out (thx to WIOCC > shareholders like utl) is going to make for a very resilient fibre system > around the East African and other Areas of the continent. This means if it > fails around this regional which occur most frequent, the telco's have the > kind of resilience they need out of the box. > > What i am trying to say is that if EASSY delivers as promised, the prices > are bound to drop drastically > > Regards, > Douglas Onyango +256(0712)981329 > > If you are not part of the solution, you are part of the Problem. > > > > >
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