<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:verdana,helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:10pt">Brilliant!!<br><br><div> </div>Florence Etta <br><br><div style="font-family: verdana,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt;"><br><div style="font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">----- Original Message ----<br>From: Joan Walumbe <jwalumbe@globalnetcorps.org><br>To: feanywhere@yahoo.co.uk<br>Sent: Monday, 23 April, 2007 4:16:18 PM<br>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Fwd: [ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet forSMEs and Home Users<br><br>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Thanks Alex for the info,</font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">This is actually a great idea. Would you have
a contact number or email address for Alunite? </font></div>
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<div><font face="Arial" size="2">Joan Walumbe</font></div>
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<a rel="nofollow" title="alex.gakuru@yahoo.com" target="_blank" href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com">Alex
Gakuru</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>To:</b> <a rel="nofollow" title="kictanet@kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" href="mailto:kictanet@kictanet.or.ke">Kictanet</a> </div>
<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Sent:</b> Monday, April 23, 2007 8:57
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<div style="font-family: arial; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"><b>Subject:</b> [kictanet] Fwd:
[ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet forSMEs and Home Users</div>
<div><br></div><br><br><b><i>Alex Gakuru <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a>></i></b> wrote:
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Mon, 23 Apr 2007 08:51:01 +0300<br>From: "Alex Gakuru" <<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:gakuru@gmail.com">gakuru@gmail.com</a>><br>To: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="mailto:ke-internetusers@bdix.net">ke-internetusers@bdix.net</a><br>Subject:
[ke-internetusers] Free PC and cheap Internet for SMEs and
Home<br>Users<br><br>[This brightens a new dawn for Kenya's connectivity. I
have often<br>argued that lesser city traffic jams and higher national
productivity<br>can be achieved by taking internet outside the city centre,
Nairobi<br>currently having 80% of Kenya's internet. Many are bound to
choose<br>working from home to save on expensive city office rent overheads
and<br>"outsourcing" will definitely benefit considering the time
differences<br>become less of a problem, security is also a
consideration.<br><br>Forecasting on this possibility at a stakeholders
workshop on 22 March<br>2007, I warned that it would only take "one clever
ISP" to realise<br>this enormous small business and home user waiting market
away from<br>the current "corporates-only" internet (used between 8am to 5
pm and<br>half-days on Saturdays which drops at lunch-time. (see the first
graph<br><span>at <a target="_blank" href="http://www.isoc.or.ke/connectivity.html">http://www.isoc.or.ke/connectivity.html</a> - website
under</span><br>development)]<br>-----------------------<br>[Business
Daily]<br><br>ISP targets home users with free PC's<br>Written by Okkutah
Mark<br>Monday, 23 April 2007 [NAIROBI]<br><br>While most Internet Service
Providers (ISPs) target corporate users,<br>one new entrant into the online
market is banking on capturing<br>residential, small and home business users
with a unique offer: a free<br>computer.<br><br>The company, Alunite, says
most Kenyans would love to be connected to<br>a high-speed DSL Internet
connection from home, but the lack of<br>affordable personal computers, and
high bandwidth costs have kept most<br>out of the loop.<br><br>Lucy Kimani,
the ISPs executive director said Alunite was partnering<br>with Kenya Data
Networks (KDN) and Keysde, a local company involved in<br>computer assembly
in which Keysde will provide PCs, under a guarantee<br>that the ISP settles
the bill within 90 days.<br><br>KDN will provide the DSL linkage to it's
Metro optical fibre.<br><br>"As an ISP we are linking the home subscribers
to the KDN's link which<br>will provide them with a high-speed connection,"
said Ms Kimani. "We<br>also realised that a majority of people don't own
computers, and<br>that's why we looked how we could solve this
problem."<br><br>The deal does come with a catch though. In exchange for a
free<br>computer, subscribers must sign a one-year agreement to subscribe
to<br>Alunite's Internet sevices, which cost 5,945 per month.<br><br>The
computer—an Intel Pentium 1.2 Ghz PC—retails for Sh10,300 in local
shops.<br><br>But Ms Kimani said it was more than just a freebie.<br><br>"We
eliminate the hassle of dealing with a separate connectivity<br>provider and
provide attentive customer service," she said. "Our<br>company coordinates
all aspects of the installation of the service<br>including site
inspection."<br><br>
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