Thank you , for the response.. Regards, Harry _____ From: Michael Joseph [mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 11:48 PM To: harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was resolved around 3 Regards Michael Joseph CEO Safaricom Sent from my iPhone On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry@comtelsys.co.ke> wrote: Evans, I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool supplied, or the network is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really difficult questions to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from Safaricom, online...? However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to the market and we can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come. Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to poll/collect internal data On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the same. For instance, how many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content downloaded/uploaded Local content, or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc, etc. The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass market, and you will have your volumes go up. Just a thought.. Harry -----Original Message----- From: <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [ <mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke> mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Evans Ikua Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM To: <mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke> harry@comtelsys.co.ke Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning for affordable bandwidth. Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable. Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and enough cashflow to "recoup your investment" -- Evans Ikua Linux Professional Association of Kenya Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831 Eagle House, 2nd Floor Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House <http://www.lpakenya.org> www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity,
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as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards bringing Broadband access prices down. It is laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating, and from all of them, we expect more.
With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is increasing, and especially the fact that there is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service providers to re-look at their overall strategy in reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes. Ultimately, pricing will be a key factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve savvy Technobile Kenyans..
Harry
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