On Tue, Apr 15, 2008 at 12:31 PM, ashok _ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In Kenya the World Bank is funding a "bandwidth subsidy"
>
>  
> <http://www.bdafrica.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5796&Itemid=5847>
>
>  (the article mistakenly says 114 million shillings, its actually $114
>  million ....so essentially the world
>   bank is supporting BPOs in Kenya by partially paying for
>  international bandwidth...until an undersea
>  cable brings cheaper bandwidth in 2010....)

What is the latest news on landing fiber at Mombasa? IIRC, there were
2 or 3 parallel proposals including one for FLAG telcom to run fiber
across the Indian ocean to East Africa.

Thaths
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