[kictanet] [Skunkworks] When the Internet consumer market bites back...

[James Muendo]

Personally, I will call it voting with your feet.

My 2cents.

On 23 March 2010 07:48, Amarjit Labhuram <
dj_labu_ft_freakonaleash at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

> If anybody is interested in the article its available at this link:
>
> http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Company%20Industry/AccessKenya%20records%2031%20pc%20drop%20in%20profit%20/-/539550/884740/-/item/0/-/fvqmyo/-/index.html
>
> Aki, I am totally with you. We as consumers do have some control to what
> decisions are made in the boardrooms of these corporate companies. The
> future decisions of AK and similar firms towards price wars is inevitable
> and the old strategy of "double the bandwidth for the same price" shall not
> go on for too long if the ISP wants to survive our market. That is my
> opinion and just that!!
>
> Have a great day!
>
> Warm regards,
> Amarjit Singh Labhuram.
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> On Tue, Mar 23, 2010 at 7:31 AM, aki <aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> Sorry for the cross-posting and am adding my opinion.
>>
>> There is a story in Business Daily today titled " AccessKenya records 31
>> p.c. drop in profit " . No matter what way you look at the article, the
>> consumer has spoken.
>>
>> I believe we are now going to see a turning point for kenya's internet
>> pricing.  Competition for higher bandwidths at affordable rates is now
>> starting to kick off. The original idea that was used by ISPs whereby after
>> Seacom and Teams landed was to double bandwidth at existing prices was not a
>> good idea and thus must have lead to depressed sales or no new sales. Lack
>> of sales puts a severe financial stress on ISP companies, especially those
>> who took up both under-sea fiber connectivity.
>>
>> In my opinion, I think the market has bitten back! Data Telcos and ISPs
>> are now going to have to go head to head on competition for newer customers.
>> I personally welcome back the competition.  :-)
>>
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