Congrats on this development and thank you for sharing the information. If trunk costs will come down and after almost 2 years of undersea fiber presence with reducing costs on STM capacities, are we finally going to see a huge drops in per mbit pricing for end users settle around 100usd for uncontended internet from the current 500-600usd? Indeed we are in interesting times then if we are able to achieve this. Rgds. :-) On Mon, Jul 25, 2011 at 5:51 PM, Fiona Asonga <tespok@tespok.co.ke> wrote:
Hallo Listers,
Other the last couple of days there has been growing interest in the status of the government build National Optical Fiber Backbone Infrastructure. Since last week PS Dr. Ndemo and his team at the MOIC have been engaging operators in discussions to find the best way to maximize value on the government built NOFBI infrastructure. In summary the outcome of the meetings has been that; 1. NOFBI is accessible to all interested licensed operators who shall provide the last mile solutions to their customers. 2. A management committee comprising of various operators and government has been put in place to finalize on suitable pricing and ensure as many people as possible have access to the backbone infrastructure and ensure that it is eventually self-sustainable. 3. The management committee shall share quarterly reports on the progress
It is the hope of all those involved that the use of this shared platform will be a contributing factor to the reduced costs of internet access.
Kind regards,