[kictanet] Free PC and cheap Internet for SMEs/Home Users

Lucy Kimani lkimani at comnews.co.ke
Mon Apr 23 21:45:31 EAT 2007


Alex, Joan, Florence and Njorohio, and all our well wishers:

On behalf of Alunite, let me thank you very much for the kudos.

Njorohio, if you already have a standalone PC and just need connection
call us, and we will review your requirements, and come up with an offer
you can not resist.

Alunite is extremely serious about being the ISP for the "People by the
People"

There will be something for everybody in the Alunite DSL "Kiondo"


Lucy Kimani
on behalf of
Alunite Communications, Ltd.

> 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
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Joan Walumbe <jwalumbe at globalnetcorps.org>
> To: feanywhere at yahoo.co.uk
> Sent: Monday, 23 April, 2007 4:16:18 PM
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet
> forSMEs and Home Users
>
>         Thanks Alex for the info,
>
>  This is actually a great idea. Would you have  a contact number or email
> address for Alunite?
>
>  Joan Walumbe
>     ----- Original Message -----
>    From:    Alex    Gakuru
>    To: Kictanet
>    Sent: Monday, April 23, 2007 8:57  AM
>    Subject: [kictanet] Fwd:    [ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap
> Internet forSMEs and Home Users
>
>
>
>
> 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)]
> -----------------------
> [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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