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<FONT size=2 face=Tahoma><B>From:</B> Michael Joseph
[mailto:MJoseph@Safaricom.co.ke] <BR><B>Sent:</B> Saturday, January 30, 2010
11:48 PM<BR><B>To:</B> harry@comtelsys.co.ke<BR><B>Cc:</B> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions<BR><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited internet
connectivity<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>There was a Teams cable problem today which caused the congestion. It was
resolved around 3<BR><BR>Regards
<DIV>Michael Joseph</DIV>
<DIV>CEO Safaricom</DIV>
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<DIV>Sent from my iPhone</DIV></DIV>
<DIV><BR>On 30 Jan 2010, at 20:56, "Harry Delano" <<A
href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</A>>
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<P><FONT size=2>Evans,<BR><BR>I'm not so sure here, whether the congestion is
on the Bandwidth pool<BR>supplied, or the network<BR>is overwhelmed by the
numerous connections due to increased demand - really<BR>difficult
questions<BR>to answer, hopefully we will get some explanation on this. Anyone
from<BR>Safaricom, online...?<BR><BR>However, for a start it is a good thing
to see such a positive response to<BR>the market and we<BR>can only hope that
this is a trend that will continue in the days to come.<BR><BR>Again,I believe
this would be the ideal time for a service provider to<BR>poll/collect
internal data<BR>On the increased usage patterns,and carry out an extensive
analysis on the<BR>same. For instance, how<BR>many of the increased
connections are new users..? Is the content<BR>downloaded/uploaded Local
content,<BR>or external content in nature..? What times is usage at it's
heaviest - etc,<BR>etc.<BR><BR>The upshot of this, from anyone's guess is -
make it cheaper for the mass<BR>market, and you will<BR>have your volumes go
up.<BR><BR>Just a thought..<BR><BR>Harry<BR><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>-----Original
Message-----<BR>From: <A
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On<BR>Behalf Of Evans Ikua<BR>Sent: Saturday, January 30, 2010 7:34 PM<BR>To:
<A href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke"><A
href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</A></A><BR>Cc:
KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Weekly unlimited
internet connectivity<BR><BR>I would like to look at this from a different
perspective. I have had<BR>problems all day because the connectivity from
Safaricom was congested,<BR>maybe a peculiarity as it shows that Kenyans are
yearning for affordable<BR>bandwidth.<BR><BR>Is this really cheap? That's
debatable. If you buy that for 4 weeks it comes<BR>to 4,000/= per month. That
is not affordable.<BR><BR>Now, it means that if you give Kenyans affordable
bandwidth, you will have a<BR>larger pool to tap from. Which will mean bigger
volumes, and enough cashflow<BR>to "recoup your investment"<BR><BR>--<BR>Evans
Ikua<BR>Linux Professional Association of Kenya<BR>Tel: +254-20-2250381, Cell:
+254-722 955 831<BR>Eagle House, 2nd Floor<BR>Kimathi Street, Opp. Corner
House<BR><A href="http://www.lpakenya.org"><A
href="http://www.lpakenya.org">www.lpakenya.org</A></A><BR><BR><BR>Quoting
Harry Delano <<A
href="mailto:harry@comtelsys.co.ke">harry@comtelsys.co.ke</A>>:<BR><BR>><BR>>
Listers,<BR>><BR>> The decision by Safaricom to offer weekly unlimited
internet connectivity,<BR>-<BR>> as an alternative to Ksh 1,000 Per 300MB
pricing<BR>> model should be hailed as a step in the right direction,as we
work towards<BR>> bringing Broadband access prices down. It
is<BR>> laudable and other service providers should consider this worth
emulating,<BR>> and from all of them, we expect more.<BR>><BR>> With
reseach ( an earlier post from Alice Best), showing that usage is<BR>>
increasing, and especially the fact that there<BR>> is a huge potential for
growth in this market, should motivate service<BR>> providers to re-look at
their overall strategy in<BR>> reaching out to the "untapped" mass market
and increase their sales<BR>volumes.<BR>> Ultimately, pricing will be a
key<BR>> factor here as well as investing in the best technology available
to serve<BR>> savvy Technobile Kenyans..<BR>><BR>>
Harry<BR>><BR><BR><BR><BR><BR>_______________________________________________<BR>kictanet
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