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[alice at apc.org]

Badru, i could pay a dollar for that if you had some resonance on the
other side of the coin where the private sector due to a lot of the
factors we know cannot do this ALONE?

Eric here


On 24 Jan 2007, at 19:16, Badru Ntege wrote:

> I think we all know "who shot EASSY". it was politics and egos
> which have never been good bed fellows. The guilty parties that
> pulled the trigger are kenya and South Africa though the jury is
> still out on this. Then along the way came some other characters
> who used the impasse to get some free publicity (we all know who
> they are ). when time to pay up came they all disappeared and guess
> who is suffering.
>
> If government's and Nepad want to be in please consult the
> community, lay the law and rules of engagement and stay away. then
> next should be those who have the pockets to come in and build the
> fiber.
>
> I mean at the end of the day business rules will kick in and
> eventually the price will come down. If government wants to
> intervene to bring costs down then give the businesses an incentive
> to offer good pricing, maybe tax waivers etc.
>
> Lets forget the nice world in the clouds where everyone has access
> and buys at the same price etc. Some things need to be given time
> to develop naturaly.
>
> Many things and services in all our walks of life are built by
> private entities some are closed clubs and others are open. that is
> a business decision.
>
> Forget open access and all that baloony, all those consultants who
> were singing all this nice to the ears stuff are back sitting
> behind there 10mB links costing them a few dollars while we are
> sitting on our 16k 32k links moaning EASSY.
>
> Bottom line allow the operators to build the cable
> Set operating criteria and acceptable pricing levels
> Government concentrates on facilitating internal networks to Rural
> communities
> Encourage the production of local content
> Put in measures that will create demand and thus market forces to
> bring the prices down.
>
> my 2 cents
>
>
> gathuri njorohio wrote:
>> Hi All
>> The EASSY cable implementation seems to be stalling due to
>> disagreement on financing and the way to operate and manage it.
>> The Eastern african countries will continue being overcharged for
>> their international traffic when they pass through satellite due
>> to lack of this cheap way of carrying traffic through the
>> submarine cable.
>> We are aware of the regional economic bodies that are mandated to
>> promote trade between the countries and I suggest that they should
>> also invest in ICT .COMESA and SADC are the bodies catering for
>> trade in south and eastern Africa.Why can't they take the
>> opportunity to invest in this cable so that it can benefit the
>> countries they are serving.
>> A company can be formed answerable to these two bodies for the
>> installation , maintenance and operation of this cable.
>> The western africa and central africa can do the same for the
>> western cable link.
>> The existing cables can continue to give redundancy for the new
>> cables.
>> The e commission of the NEPAD could facilitate these intiatives as
>> a neutral body for the development of Africa.
>> Eng. Njorohio
>> */alice at apc.org/* wrote:
>>
>>     (Apologies for Cross positing)
>>
>>
>>
>>     Attn: Telco Operators, Regulators, Academia, Media, Civil
>> Society,
>>     Consumers
>>
>>     The Last Frontier: The East African Coast remains the last region
>>     in the
>>     world that is yet to connect to the cheaper and more reliable
>> Global
>>     Submarine Optical Fiber Network. EASSy, TEAMS and others promise
>>     to change
>>     that by providing this crucial link.
>>
>>     EASSy, TEAMS, etc,: What is the best model for providing the
>> Fiber
>>     Optic
>>     Submarine Cable to East Africans?
>>
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>> 3rd
>>     2007 and
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