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10.0pt;font-family:Arial;color:navy'>Where is this price coming from? 1M duplex
1 : 1 starts from 245 000 KSH<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal><b><font size=2 face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:Tahoma;font-weight:bold'>From:</span></font></b><font size=2
face=Tahoma><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Tahoma'>
kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@kictanet.or.ke
[mailto:kictanet-bounces+kai.wulff=kdn.co.ke@kictanet.or.ke] <b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>On Behalf Of </span></b>Alex Gakuru<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Sent:</span></b> Monday, April 09, 2007 11:58<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>To:</span></b> kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke<br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] CCK: Internet
Tariffs Affordability</span></font><o:p></o:p></p>

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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt'>"Although the
average price of 1 Mbps leased line bandwidth of Ksh 364,317 to the customers
appears to be lower than the Ksh 403,032 that ISPs pay to the IBGO’s,
data shows that for every 1 Mb/s purchased from the IBGO, the ISPs connect
about 6 customers using 1 Mb/s links. That is, there is a ratio of at least 1
to 6 between bandwidth purchased and bandwidth sold."
<http://www.cck.go.ke/internet_tariffs_affordability/><br>
<br>
At these figures, rural internet cannot "make a business case"
therefore there exists a serious need to re-think rural connectivity.<br>
<br>
Alex<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>

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