[kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet connectivity

Sat Jan 30 23:47:55 EAT 2010

There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It  
was resolved around 3

Regards
Michael Joseph
CEO Safaricom

Sent from my iPhone

On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <harry at comtelsys.co.ke> wrote:

>
> 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
>
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> [mailto:kictanet-bounces+harry=comtelsys.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke]  
> On
> Behalf Of Evans Ikua
> 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
> Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell: +254-722 955 831
> Eagle House, 2nd Floor
> Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner House
> www.lpakenya.org
>
>
> 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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