[Kictanet] 'Cheaper to fly than use ADSL'

[Alex Gakuru]

Thanks but this has given me another idea.We still
have the problem of
comparing service providers tariffs across Africa,
would it OK to benchmark
it against US$ airfares, fares being "commercially"
sensitive to respective
markets consumers ability to afford travel?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dorcas Muthoni" <dmuthoni at kenet.or.ke>
To: "Alex Gakuru" <way_forward_tech at yahoo.com>
Cc: "Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet"
<kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>;
<jkrukaria at telkom.co.ke>; <Hkinoti at telkom.co.ke>;
<Tasenaji at telkom.co.ke>
Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 1:00 PM
Subject: Re: [Kictanet] 'Cheaper to fly than use ADSL'


> Hi All,
>
> The article was refering to how expensive Internet
access is from Telkom
> SA. As had been indicated, follow this link for
>
more:http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn20051114
062722287C918494&set_id=1
>
> By visiting that link, you will actually have a feel
of their speeds,
>
> Muthoni
>
>
>
> Alex Gakuru wrote:
>
> >My understanding from James Njuguna's posting was
the
> >reference was Telkom
> >SA?
> >Dorcas elaborate your thread!
> >----- Original Message ----- 
> >From: "John Walubengo" <jwalubengo at kcct.ac.ke>
> >To: <dmuthoni at kenet.or.ke>;
<kictanet at kictanet.or.ke>
> >Cc: <jkrukaria at telkom.co.ke>;
<Hkinoti at telkom.co.ke>;
> ><Tasenaji at telkom.co.ke>
> >Sent: Monday, November 14, 2005 5:09 AM
> >Subject: Re: [Kictanet] 'Cheaper to fly than use
ADSL'
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>Aiih!
> >>
> >>Is this true or money has been poured to tarnish
an
> >>
> >>
> >otherwise good name of
> >TKL?
> >
> >
> >>any comment from Rukaria? Eng. Kinoti? Eng.
Senaji?
> >>
> >>walu.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>>>>Dorcas Muthoni <dmuthoni at kenet.or.ke> 11/14/05
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >10:52am >>>
> >
> >
> >>'Cheaper to fly than use ADSL'
> >>
> >>If you don't eat or stay over, you could fly to
Hong
> >>
> >>
> >Kong and download
> >
> >
> >>100 gigabytes of data from the Internet, fly back
to
> >>
> >>
> >South Africa and
> >
> >
> >>pay less than if you were to download that amount
of
> >>
> >>
> >information using
> >
> >
> >>Telkom's ADSL service.
> >>
> >>Even taking into account the duration of the
return
> >>
> >>
> >flight, you could be
> >
> >
> >>back in South Africa days before you could
complete
> >>
> >>
> >the download here.
> >
> >
> >>This is according to Durban software developer
> >>
> >>
> >Stuart Gunter, who has
> >
> >
> >>posted on an Internet forum the findings of an
> >>
> >>
> >investigation that show
> >
> >
> >>just how internationally uncompetitive Telkom's
ADSL
> >>
> >>
> >service is compared
> >
> >
> >>to the rest of the world.
> >>
> >>For the rest of the story visit:
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?newslett=1&click_id=79&art_id=vn200511140627
22287C918494&set_id=1
> >
> >
> >>
> >>
> >>
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