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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>You are right ...</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Sorry, missed a 0,-</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kai</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=nnesbitt@kencall.com
href="mailto:nnesbitt@kencall.com">nicholasnesbitt</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke
href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai wulff</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Cc:</B> <A
title=kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">'KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions'</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, November 02, 2009 4:29
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Tanzania first to
lower internet rates? huh?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Kai
<DIV>Quick question... In this example, if you can get 638GB on a 1Mbps pipe
for USD$600, then should 10GB not cost you a little under USD $10 rather than
"less than USD $1.."..?
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>
<DIV>To address the general questions asked by the press and all and sundry, I
think the challenge in understanding pricing frequently arises because the
press and public don't quite understand the following basics:</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>1. 8 bits = 1 Byte; one cannot use the terms bit and Byte
interchangeably </DIV>
<DIV>2. Mbps is the common term used in reference to speed or throughput
(megabits per sec), not MBps (mega Bytes per second); 1Mbps = 0.125 MBps or a
125K file will download in 1 second.</DIV>
<DIV>3. MB is a unit of storage/size... and 1 GB = 1,000 MB</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>And with regard to the TZ example, the prices in TZ are $2,415 for a pipe
that allows you to download 1 Mb of data per second, (not 1MBps, as the
author in this email insinuated). In Kenya that same 1 Mbps pipe costs
$600 from KDN. So the headline that TZ was the "first to reduce its
prices" was not accurate.</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>In addition, downloading 1 GB of content in TZ costs $200, whereas in
Kenya it is less than $10! Big difference, as Kai points out!
</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Interestingly, at these Kenya wholesale prices, to download 1MB of data
in Kenya would cost $ USD 0.0009 or 7 Kenya cents... therefore, if we pay 1
KES for 1MB of downloaded data, as recently advertised in the papers, there is
a lot of margin for the providers...93%</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>So, I hope it's also clear that companies typically charge a standing
amount for a certain "size/speed" of pipe (256Kbps, 512Kbps, 1 Mbps, etc) and
"may" charge an additional fee for the amount of actual data/throughput (GB)
that you downloaded on the pipe. You can download content on any size
pipe, it just takes longer on the slower speed pipes..</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>It would really get interesting in Kenya if we were to pay a certain
amount for the speed of the pipe, but the amount of data that we download is
not metered, i.e. download as much as you like off the internet for free...
unlimited access as it is in many parts of the developed world..
Download video, browse the internet, make phone calls, play games all
for free (unless your paying an online service provider to buy a video or play
a game,etc), but the monthly pricing to the ISP is based on the speed of the
pipe and not on what you download on the pipe... Now that will be
progress...<BR>
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<DIV>Nik</DIV>
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<DIV>On Oct 31, 2009, at 11:01 AM, kai wulff wrote:</DIV><BR
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<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">And I
get complaints about the charges in Kenya …<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">There
is another confusion ..<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">Some
people confuse packages (like 1GBYTE) with throughput like 1Mbps
…<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">If
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<DIV
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Megabyte in a minute<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV
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Megabyte in an hour<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV
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Megabyte in a day<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV
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Megabyte (319 Gigabyte) in a month (30.25 days)<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">Since
you can send the same amount you could have a volume of 638 Gigabyte with a
1Mbps pipe …<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: blue; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana, sans-serif">So if
you take 1Mbps at 600 USD you will arrive for a package of 10Gigabyte at
less than 1 USD …..<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV>
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class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><B>Im Auftrag von<SPAN
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Longwe<BR><B>Gesendet:</B><SPAN
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10:47<BR><B>An:</B><SPAN class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN><A
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Discussions<BR><B>Betreff:</B><SPAN
class=Apple-converted-space> </SPAN>[kictanet] Tanzania first to lower
internet rates? huh?<O:P></O:P></SPAN></DIV></DIV>
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drops pricing to 1MB for $2415/month? and that is low? Read
on.....<BR><BR>First East African country to lower internet rates?
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<H2
style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 18pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Tanzania
First to Lower Internet Rates<O:P></O:P></H2>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Tanzania
Telecommunication Company Ltd customers will from this month enjoy a 50 per
cent cut in Internet charges, making Tanzania the first East African country
to lower Internet charges. TTCL chief executive officer Said Amour Said,
told The EastAfrican that the lowering of charges follows the firm's
connecting to the Seacom submarine fibre optic cable.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">"TTCL
has reduced its Internet prices effective from October 1, in order to pass
on this cost saving benefit to the end users, and the high customer
expectations of reduced costs on Internet services have finally been met,"
he said.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">The
new prices will see high volume Internet users including banks, large
businesses and corporations, government agencies and other institutions
enjoying a substantial Internet bandwidth cost reduction as customers will
get the same capacity of bandwidth at a third the current
prices.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">Under
the new structure, a client who buys 1Mbps of Internet capacity for Tsh9.2
million ($7,000) will now buy the same capacity for just Tsh3.14 million
($2,415).<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">For
small and medium businesses like cyber cafes, the price has been slashed by
50 per cent.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">According
to Mr Said, customers who were buying 5GB for $200 (Tsh200,000) will now buy
10GB for the same amount of money, and that all Internet subscribers in this
category would continue to get high speed of up to 4Mbps through their TTCL
fixed lines.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">According
to the new tariff, non-commercial ordinary clients will enjoy a new package
with unlimited use for a monthly price of Tsh45,000 ($ 43) with a speed of
up to 256Kbps.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">"It
is an ideal service mostly for the common man because it is affordable and
guarantees continuous usage," explained Said.<O:P></O:P></P>
<P
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 0in; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0in; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman', serif">(Source:
The East African)<O:P></O:P></P>
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