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

[Eric M.K Osiakwan]

It depends on your locus and regime under God's universe, right?

Eric here


On 31 Oct 2009, at 03:46, Brian Munyao Longwe wrote:

> TTCL drops pricing to 1MB for $2415/month? and that is low? Read  
> on.....
>
> First East African country to lower internet rates? hmmmm.....
> Tanzania First to Lower Internet Rates
>
> 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.
>
> "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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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).
>
> For small and medium businesses like cyber cafes, the price has been  
> slashed by 50 per cent.
>
> According to Mr Said, customers who were buying 5GB for $200  
> (Tsh200,000) will now buy 10GB for the same amount of money, and  
> that all Internet subscribers in this category would continue to get  
> high speed of up to 4Mbps through their TTCL fixed lines.
>
> According to the new tariff, non-commercial ordinary clients will  
> enjoy a new package with unlimited use for a monthly price of  
> Tsh45,000 ($ 43) with a speed of up to 256Kbps.
>
> "It is an ideal service mostly for the common man because it is  
> affordable and guarantees continuous usage," explained Said.
>
> (Source: The East African)
>
>
>
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