I think Roy misunderstood what Douglas was talking about and is thinking 20USD is the last mans price.
Roy is this what came to mind, I could be wrong On 2009/10/28 3:46 PM, "Peter C. Ndikuwera" <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe you CIT boys get great salaries, but the average techie spending 1.5 > million a month for 1MB downlink? I think not. > > "Happiness makes up in height what it lacks in length" > -- Robert Frost > > > 2009/10/28 roy mukasa <[email protected]> >> 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. >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> >> >> -- >> Roy Mukasa >> MUK FCIT >> +256774291110 >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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