[kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity

[Harry Delano]

Evans,

I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is on the Bandwidth pool
supplied, or the network
is overwhelmed by the numerous connections due to increased demand - really
difficult questions 
to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone from
Safaricom, online...?

However, for a start it is a good thing to see such a positive response to
the market and we 
can only hope that this is a trend that will continue in the days to come.

Again,I believe this would be the ideal time for a service provider to
poll/collect internal data 
On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive analysis on the
same. For instance, how
many of the increased connections are new users..? Is the content
downloaded/uploaded Local content, 
or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's heaviest - etc,
etc.

The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is - make it cheaper for the mass
market, and you will 
have your volumes go up.

Just a thought..

Harry





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Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM
To: harry at comtelsys.co.ke
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity

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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Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House
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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
>




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