[kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh?

[S.Murigi Muraya]

To think that Nyerere spoke of Kenya as being man eat man ... Looks like 
they are following in our footsteps now.

Question: Is it viable to offer monthly throughput @ USD 2.00 to the 
masses, yet? Not to justify mobile networks (rarely use them due to the 
factors you just explained below), 1GB at USD 2.00  is a way to package 
it for the masses who earn 2-5 USD per day - without taking you telcos 
and ISP's out of business.

With the Safaricom offer, users in low density areas, are hitting speeds 
(throughputs) of up to 1Mbs while in more densely populated areas 
experience much less. So while some can download up to 5GB per day, 
others can only download 500Mb for the same KES 200. Safaricom has been 
wise not to to be too specific in their offer - just calling it 
unlimited downloads for KES 200 per day.

That said, look forward to hearing you speak at the Skunkworks meeting 
on Thursday, Nov 3, 2009. Come with your marketers with pricing 
information about FTTB, routers ....

SMM

kai wulff wrote:
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> 326700 Megabyte (319 Gigabyte) in a month (30.25 days)
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> *Von:* kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke 
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke] *Im 
> Auftrag von *Brian Munyao Longwe
> *Gesendet:* Saturday, October 31, 2009 10:47
> *An:* kai.wulff at kdn.co.ke
> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
> *Betreff:* [kictanet] Tanzania first to lower internet rates? huh?
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> TTCL drops pricing to 1MB for $2415/month? and that is low? Read on.....
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> First East African country to lower internet rates? hmmmm.....
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>     Tanzania First to Lower Internet Rates
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> Tanzania Telecommunication Company Ltd customers will from this month 
> enjoy a 50 per cent cut in Internet charges, making Tanzania the first 
> East African country to lower Internet charges. TTCL chief executive 
> officer Said Amour Said, told The EastAfrican that the lowering of 
> charges follows the firm's connecting to the Seacom submarine fibre 
> optic cable.
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> "TTCL has reduced its Internet prices effective from October 1, in 
> order to pass on this cost saving benefit to the end users, and the 
> high customer expectations of reduced costs on Internet services have 
> finally been met," he said.
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> The new prices will see high volume Internet users including banks, 
> large businesses and corporations, government agencies and other 
> institutions enjoying a substantial Internet bandwidth cost reduction 
> as customers will get the same capacity of bandwidth at a third the 
> current prices.
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> Under the new structure, a client who buys 1Mbps of Internet capacity 
> for Tsh9.2 million ($7,000) will now buy the same capacity for just 
> Tsh3.14 million ($2,415).
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> For small and medium businesses like cyber cafes, the price has been 
> slashed by 50 per cent.
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> According to Mr Said, customers who were buying 5GB for $200 
> (Tsh200,000) will now buy 10GB for the same amount of money, and that 
> all Internet subscribers in this category would continue to get high 
> speed of up to 4Mbps through their TTCL fixed lines.
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> According to the new tariff, non-commercial ordinary clients will 
> enjoy a new package with unlimited use for a monthly price of 
> Tsh45,000 ($ 43) with a speed of up to 256Kbps.
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> "It is an ideal service mostly for the common man because it is 
> affordable and guarantees continuous usage," explained Said.
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> (Source: The East African)
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