Dear Alex, What about if we can produce 95% or more of our content in Kenya? In Europe the ratio between internal and external bandwidth is 250 000 : 1 ! I strongly believe rural connectivity can be achieved, as for us, we charge the same LL charges irrespective where you are! Kai _____ From: kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Alex Gakuru Sent: Monday, April 09, 2007 11:58 To: kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke Subject: [kictanet] CCK: Internet Tariffs Affordability "Although the average price of 1 Mbps leased line bandwidth of Ksh 364,317 to the customers appears to be lower than the Ksh 403,032 that ISPs pay to the IBGO's, data shows that for every 1 Mb/s purchased from the IBGO, the ISPs connect about 6 customers using 1 Mb/s links. That is, there is a ratio of at least 1 to 6 between bandwidth purchased and bandwidth sold." <http://www.cck.go.ke/internet_tariffs_affordability/> At these figures, rural internet cannot "make a business case" therefore there exists a serious need to re-think rural connectivity. Alex _____ Sucker-punch spam with award-winning protection. Try the free Yahoo! Mail Beta.