[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Safaricom to introduce unlimitedinternet service

Mon Oct 26 12:30:26 EAT 2009

Walu, 
I have been receiving such direct marketing mails from Safaricom. One thing i noted with concern; are such products developed/informed based market research, i doubt if ordinary Kenyans would have made such proposals. In my view, this is like pushing products/services down the customers throat. Even with those "wonder speed", COST is stil a fundamental factor especially for the SMEs under which majority of Kenyans fall. One fact is the operator is ignoring the public expectations - speed without cost is just but a fallacy. Thank you for making the GDP comparison which the operators and regulators always ignore, both should aprreciate internet and information are basic needs if we have to achieve the 2030 dream and as such those in the sector should not just be focussing on being declared the highest tax payers. Could someone from Safaricom let us know whom they were targeting with such offers?

Have a blessed week

Akich Kwach    

  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Walubengo J 
  To: kwach at archway-productions.com 
  Cc: Kenya ICT Policy - kictanet 
  Sent: Monday, October 26, 2009 9:10 AM
  Subject: Re: [kictanet] [Skunkworks] Safaricom to introduce unlimitedinternet service

        very interesting analysis... at 200ksh unlimited internet gives you 6,000Ksh per month as some of you noted - almost 100USD per month. Almost like in the US -BUT the US GDP per capita is about 50times higher than .KE.  So we must adopt some weighting to get the equivalent pricing in kenya.

        Put in another way, Kenyans should work towards 50x less the US monthly rates (of 100USD) for broadband internet i.e. 2USD per month for unlimited  broadband internet. It wont happen tomorrow, maybe 2030?  But am glad the operators are tweaking all possible combinations as the 1st step in seeing how to move in that direction...

        walu.
        --- On Sun, 10/25/09, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru at gmail.com> wrote:

          From: Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru at gmail.com>
          Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Safaricom to introduce unlimited internet service
          To: "Skunkworks Forum" <skunkworks at lists.my.co.ke>
          Date: Sunday, October 25, 2009, 12:55 PM

          Thats Kbps not KBps...
          ./bernard

          On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:50 AM, Bernard Mwagiru <bmwagiru at gmail.com> wrote:

            My peak is approx 260KBps. Average 140 KBps...
            However,
            I don't doubt the capacities provided by the submarine fiber cables...Thats no longer a constraint now....My biggest worry is at the radio interface. The biggest bottleneck in any GSM/UMTS network is at the BTS/Node B level...You can have STM-1 capacities on the transmission but the bandwidth in the wireless medium diminishes exponentially as the number of users per cell increases. Also voice is always given a priority so again this should add to the congestion(remember the free calls ?)

            Also, there's no info on how long this promo is(or whether it is a promo)...

            ./bernard

            On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 11:35 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

              10 gigs at what rate Bernard? I think they now have extra bandwidth on
              Teams, hence the unlimited product.

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