[kictanet] Fwd: [ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet forSMEs and Home Users

Mon Apr 23 18:10:32 EAT 2007

Hi All
 This is great and will assist the SMES
 However I think the SMEs and even homeworkers can afford the PC but the hindrance has been the cost of the Bandwidth.
 Can the company consider as an alternative the charge for the link only.
 This may persuade those firms with standalone computers to subscribe to the service.
  Cheers

 Njorohio

Florence Etta <feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Brilliant!!

Florence Etta  

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From: Joan Walumbe <jwalumbe at globalnetcorps.org>
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        Thanks Alex for the info,

 This is actually a great idea. Would you have  a contact number or email address for Alunite? 

 Joan Walumbe
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Alex Gakuru <gakuru at gmail.com> wrote:   Date:      Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:51:01 +0300
From: "Alex Gakuru" <gakuru at gmail.com>
To: ke-internetusers at bdix.net
Subject:      [ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet for SMEs and      Home
Users

[This brightens a new dawn for Kenya's connectivity. I      have often
argued that lesser city traffic jams and higher national      productivity
can be achieved by taking internet outside the city centre,      Nairobi
currently having 80% of Kenya's internet. Many are bound to      choose
working from home to save on expensive city office rent overheads      and
"outsourcing" will definitely benefit considering the time      differences
become less of a problem, security is also a      consideration.

Forecasting on this possibility at a stakeholders      workshop on 22 March
2007, I warned that it would only take "one clever      ISP" to realise
this enormous small business and home user waiting market      away from
the current "corporates-only" internet (used between 8am to 5      pm and
half-days on Saturdays which drops at lunch-time. (see the first      graph
at http://www.isoc.or.ke/connectivity.html - website      under
development)]
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[Business      Daily]

ISP targets home users with free PC's
Written by Okkutah      Mark
Monday, 23 April 2007 [NAIROBI]

While most Internet Service      Providers (ISPs) target corporate users,
one new entrant into the online      market is banking on capturing
residential, small and home business users      with a unique offer: a free
computer.

The company, Alunite, says      most Kenyans would love to be connected to
a high-speed DSL Internet      connection from home, but the lack of
affordable personal computers, and      high bandwidth costs have kept most
out of the loop.

Lucy Kimani,      the ISPs executive director said Alunite was partnering
with Kenya Data      Networks (KDN) and Keysde, a local company involved in
computer assembly      in which Keysde will provide PCs, under a guarantee
that the ISP settles      the bill within 90 days.

KDN will provide the DSL linkage to it's      Metro optical fibre.

"As an ISP we are linking the home subscribers      to the KDN's link which
will provide them with a high-speed connection,"      said Ms Kimani. "We
also realised that a majority of people don't own      computers, and
that's why we looked how we could solve this      problem."

The deal does come with a catch though. In exchange for a      free
computer, subscribers must sign a one-year agreement to subscribe      to
Alunite's Internet sevices, which cost 5,945 per month.

The      computer—an Intel Pentium 1.2 Ghz PC—retails for Sh10,300 in local      shops.

But Ms Kimani said it was more than just a freebie.

"We      eliminate the hassle of dealing with a separate connectivity
provider and      provide attentive customer service," she said. "Our
company coordinates      all aspects of the installation of the service
including site      inspection."

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