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 www.lpakenya.org Quoting Harry Delano <harry@comtelsys.co.ke>:
Listers,
The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity, - 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