If only we could create local content and then have CCK force the ISPs to provide unlimited access for the local loop thus allowing me to run a streaming server with 10 times faster response than Utube, allow the media houses to offer video on demand. I totally reject the model where I am provided with a bandwidth constraint whether I am going to Yahoo or to a local site. Content begins at home, the content we are all chasing, e.g. facebook, is local content to a surfer in the US look at the social sites in China where the need for accessing foreign sites is only for less than 10% who unfortunately make all the noise. The same applies here I am asking that we make a clear distinction between local and international traffic. In the days of Karisi Communications (1996), which was the pre-courser to AfricaOnline, they offered unlimited local email and charged an additional fee for international email. This model was brilliant as we proceeded to form vibrant forums. Unfortunately the company for taken over by short sighted individuals who kept dreaming of American content for all thus getting us to this point we are at today. The writing is on the wall, create local content or perish. Regards Soweto uprising Black students in Soweto protested against the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974 which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in a 50-50 mix as languages of instruction. The Regional Director of Bantu Education (Northern Transvaal Region), J.G. Erasmus, told Circuit Inspectors and Principals of Schools that from January 1, 1975, Afrikaans had to be used for mathematics, arithmetic, and social studies from standard five (7th grade), according to the Afrikaans Medium Decree; English would be the medium of instruction for general science and practical subjects (homecraft, needlework, woodwork, metalwork, art, agricultural science). Indigenous languages would be used for religion instruction, music, and physical culture Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thu, 23 September, 2010 14:14:17 Subject: Re: [kictanet] ISPs slap Ndemo Yes WHOLESALE prices are down by 80% but RETAIL prices remain relatively high. Are the ISP/Telco eating up the difference by way of SUPER-PROFITS? Not sure. There are multiple and intermediary variables that play between the Wholesale Level and the Retail Level that includes, but not limited to Cost of Local loops, Usage/Volume Levels, Local Content, Regulatory& Competition Environments, Charging Models, etc. The challenge is to get a way in which to measure and establish which of the above variables will have the biggest, positive and sustainable impact on Retail Internet pricing. Worse still, a "wrong" distortion of any of the above maybe counterproductive to the others in the long run. It requires a delicate balance of the whole ecosystem. But perhaps I could be wrong.. walu. --- On Thu, 9/23/10, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [kictanet] ISPs slap Ndemo To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 2:28 PM
Hi,
On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Edwin Onchari <eonchari@lynxbits.com> wrote:
Yes Dennis,
Take the case of the US for instance. 1 Mb (dedicated) is going for less than $50…
Wholesale cost there is ~$2.50 for 1 Mb/sec
in Kenya, it’s anything between $500-$800.
Wholesale price in Kenya? Around 50 USD per Mb/sec (in Mombasa) is what I heard recently from an industry player. That is probably for a volume purchase of course.
-- Cheers,
McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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