[kictanet] Internet Prices in Kenya ..... 1MB for USD60

Thu Dec 17 12:42:18 EAT 2009

why pay 10Mbps for 10K and 20K as well for the same?

is any of these shared ? is this between: Consumer<====>Provider
0<=====>Provider N<====>Internet?

capacity inflation?

On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:

> another one ... from zuku
>
> http://zuku.co.ke/biz/
>
> 10Mbps for 10k
> 15Mbps for 15k
> 10Mbps for 20k
>
> with such prices and their* Cisco *ASA5505 vpn solution ... working from
> home is becoming a reality
>
>
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Walu.
>>
>> My point ... the market has various options. from 1MB for 5K to 1MB for
>> 75K
>>
>> Unless someone is willing to say that Zuku is lying to Kenyans then we can
>> say that 1MB in Kenya is now at USD60 ... which is good. That Zuku
>> connection good {price, quality, reliability} ..... at least that has been
>> my experience when I used it ....
>>
>> Like ANY ISP, they may have technical issues and downtime but that is not
>> unique to Zuku
>>
>> Am told the other cable lands next year ... I am not praying that 1MB will
>> be available for 2K
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>>
>>  On Thu, Dec 3, 2009 at 2:23 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  Liko,
>>>
>>> this Zuku thing sounds too good to be true.  Its all that we have been
>>> waiting for.  "Unlimited", "Affordable", "Broadband" internet to the
>>> consumer/retail level.
>>>
>>> I will definately try it out and hope it does deliver.  One thing
>>> consumers have to be careful about is when cheap translates into some
>>> substandard service whereby operators "over-content" users by
>>> oversubscribing the link...
>>>
>>> i.e provide 1MB at the downstream/user/retail level but congest the same
>>> link with +10 or more other users at the upstream/wholesale/ISP level
>>> towards the Internet Backbone.
>>>
>>> But definately this is an offer worth trying out and i do hope it is
>>> sustainable.
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --- On *Wed, 12/2/09, Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>* wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Agosta Liko <agostal at gmail.com>
>>> Subject: [kictanet] Internet Prices in Kenya ..... 1MB for USD60
>>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> Date: Wednesday, December 2, 2009, 10:13 PM
>>>
>>>
>>> Hi Guys ...
>>>
>>> About - http://www.zuku.co.ke/broadband/
>>>
>>> 1MB in Kenya for approx USD60
>>>
>>> So we have gone a step better than the 100-200MB that has been a bone of
>>> contention on this forum ?
>>>
>>> Can we close this bandwidth discussion now ?
>>>
>>>
>>> Agosta Liko, Founder
>>> www.verviant.com
>>>
>>>
>>>
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