[kictanet] Free PC and cheap Internet for SMEs/Home Users
Lucy Kimani
lkimani at comnews.co.ke
Tue Apr 24 21:57:29 EAT 2007
Janet:
Great seeing you in this forum too, and yes the two events are definately
on my radar.
Reachout is already on my list, and anywhere that KDN has a presence is a
possiblity, but please share the addresses for all the centers via private
email and I will request for a survey.
Lucy
> Hello Dear Lucy and All,
>
> We meet in another setting (where you're being given the same royal
> treatment you deserve everywhere), and am thrilled to hear abt this
> invaluable endeavor. Bravo!!!!
>
> I am wondering abt your presence in W Kenya now? Am thinking abt Mumias,
> Kisumu, and Mbita (KAIPPG, Reachout, Lake Fellowship, Deaf Impact
> Ministry, and others).
>
> Also, are you attending the e-learning conference in May, and/or the
> telecentre meeting in June? Both would be great places for a "plug"
> (advertising being connecting by other means), and I'd like to do some
> networking re linking you up with folks I know who will be there.
>
> Thanks again so much (esp for being the "non-retiring" kind!), and "Kudos
> to Kimani" (for uniting us "al", haha!), Janet (Feldman,
> kaippg at earthlink.net)
>
> -----Original Message-----
>>From: Lucy Kimani <lkimani at comnews.co.ke>
>>Sent: Apr 23, 2007 1:45 PM
>>To: Janet Feldman <kaippg at earthlink.net>
>>Subject: [kictanet] Free PC and cheap Internet for SMEs/Home Users
>>
>>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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