[kictanet] ISPs slap Ndemo

[robert yawe]

If only we could create local content and then have CCK force the ISPs to 
provide unlimited access for the local loop thus allowing me to run a streaming 
server with 10 times faster response than Utube, allow the media houses to offer 
video on demand.

I totally reject the model where I am provided with a bandwidth constraint 
whether I am going to Yahoo or to a local site.  Content begins at home, the 
content we are all chasing, e.g. facebook, is local content to a surfer in the 
US look at the social sites in China where the need for accessing foreign sites 
is only for less than 10% who unfortunately make all the noise.  The same 
applies here I am asking that we make a clear distinction between local and 
international traffic.

In the days of Karisi Communications (1996), which was the pre-courser to 
AfricaOnline, they offered unlimited local email and charged an additional fee 
for international email.  This model was brilliant as we proceeded to form 
vibrant forums.

Unfortunately the company for taken over by short sighted individuals who kept 
dreaming of American content for all thus getting us to this point we are at 
today.

The writing is on the wall, create local content or perish.

Regards


Soweto uprising
Black students in Soweto protested against the Afrikaans Medium Decree of 1974 
which forced all black schools to use Afrikaans and English in a 50-50 mix as 
languages of instruction. The Regional Director of Bantu Education (Northern 
Transvaal Region), J.G. Erasmus, told Circuit Inspectors and Principals of 
Schools that from January 1, 1975, Afrikaans had to be used for mathematics, 
arithmetic, and social studies from standard five (7th grade), according to the 
Afrikaans Medium Decree; English would be the medium of instruction for general 
science and practical subjects (homecraft, needlework, woodwork, metalwork, art, 
agricultural science). Indigenous languages would be used for religion 
instruction, music, and physical culture
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696




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From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Thu, 23 September, 2010 14:14:17
Subject: Re: [kictanet] ISPs slap Ndemo


Yes WHOLESALE prices are down by 80% but RETAIL prices remain relatively high.  
Are the ISP/Telco eating up the difference by way of SUPER-PROFITS?

Not sure. There are multiple and intermediary variables that play between the 
Wholesale Level and the Retail Level that includes, but not limited to Cost of 
Local loops, Usage/Volume Levels,  Local Content, Regulatory& Competition 
Environments, Charging Models, etc.

The challenge is to get a way in which to measure and establish which of the 
above variables will have the biggest, positive and sustainable impact on Retail 
Internet pricing.  Worse still, a "wrong" distortion of any of the above maybe 
counterproductive to the others in the long run. It requires a delicate balance 
of the whole ecosystem.

But perhaps I could be wrong..


walu.

--- On Thu, 9/23/10, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:


>From: McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com>
>Subject: Re: [kictanet] ISPs slap Ndemo
>To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>Date: Thursday, September 23, 2010, 2:28 PM
>
>
>Hi,
>
>On Thu, Sep 23, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Edwin Onchari <eonchari at lynxbits.com> wrote:
>> Yes Dennis,
>>
>>
>>
>> Take the case of the US for instance. 1 Mb (dedicated) is going for less
>> than $50…
>
>Wholesale cost there is ~$2.50 for 1 Mb/sec
>
>>in Kenya, it’s anything between $500-$800.
>
>Wholesale price in Kenya?  Around 50 USD per Mb/sec  (in  Mombasa) is
>what I heard recently from an industry player.  That is probably for a
>volume purchase of course.
>
>
>-- 
>Cheers,
>
>McTim
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