[kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity

[Evans Ikua]

I would like to look at this from a different perspective. I have had  
problems all day because the connectivity from Safaricom was  
congested, maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are yearning  
for affordable bandwidth.

Is this really cheap? That's debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it  
comes to 4,000/= per month. That is not affordable.

Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable bandwidth, you will  
have a larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger volumes, and  
enough cashflow to "recoup your investment"

-- 
Evans Ikua
Linux Professional Association of Kenya
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Quoting Harry Delano <harry at comtelsys.co.ke>:

>
> Listers,
>
> The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited internet connectivity, -
> as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB pricing
> model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we work towards
> bringing  Broadband access prices down. It is
> laudable and other service providers should consider this worth emulating,
> and from all of them, we expect more.
>
> With reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is
> increasing, and especially the fact that there
> is a huge potential for growth in this market, should motivate service
> providers to re-look at their overall strategy in
> reaching out to the "untapped" mass market and increase their sales volumes.
> Ultimately, pricing will be a key
> factor here as well as investing in the best technology available to serve
> savvy Technobile Kenyans..
>
> Harry
>