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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>Mwaura, thanks for this excellent and helpful analysis.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>The problem with Orange is they simply won’t extend the 3G to “diasporia” areas like Syokimau onwards. The same goes for Airtel.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>So the sizeable population there is stuck with Safaricom. There’s a glimmer of hope through Liquid Telkom which has started making some inroads with residential installations at Kshs. 3, 000 unlimited. I however do have details on how this is capped or speeds but it is a start.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'>John Masiwe</span></b><b><span style='font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> kictanet [mailto:kictanet-bounces+jmasiwe=bluegate.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Mwaura Njoroge via kictanet<br><b>Sent:</b> Thursday, March 05, 2015 1:23 PM<br><b>To:</b> John Masiwe<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Safaricom halves its internet bundles pricing<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Its a vicious cycle data that's not about to end anytime soon, given social media's recently discovered influence. We all know what led to Safaricom's change of rates.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Airtel's Unliminet is silent on Bundles higher than 6GB. Unliminet seems to favour low data users. Last i checked, it offered 20GB for 8,000/=. I'm not going to dwell much on them.</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Orange are the only ones who seem to have nailed it. With their Mobile WiFi modem. A 3G palm size, battery powered, modem that shares internet via WiFi. You can connect upto 5 devices. Speeds upto 7Mbps. The gadget goes for 5,000 & comes with free 20GB. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Orange: For ksh 3,000 a month one gets 20GB & reduced speeds thereafter. Safaricom is offering 10GB & 10GB free at night for 3,000/=. One gets 10GB weekly for 990/=. If i choose a weekly plan, i only need to add an extra 1K to get a total of 40GB in a month of 4 weeks. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Orange's pricing structure seems to give the best fit between cost & data. With more data, more tasks can be done. </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Regards,</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Mwaura Njoroge</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>Photographer</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>0723650688</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'>htttp://mwauranjoroge.co.ke</span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p style='margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt'><span style='font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'> </span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><br>Sent from my iPhone<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><br>On Mar 5, 2015, at 12:21 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p></div><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Listers<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Safaricom has basically halved the price of its internet bundles.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><a href="http://safaricom.com/bundles/">http://safaricom.com/bundles/</a><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Predatory Pricing or meeting a market demand? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Who benefits and who looses? <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>These are the questions that we must ask. <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>From where I'm sitting I can tell you one thing for sure - I'm not complaining about these new prices. I'm even willing to forgive them for capping my bundles to one month... Although it does raise pertinent issues on Net Neutrality.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Let's look at it this way:-<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>I used to buy 1k worth of bundles which got me 1.5GB plus a 750MB bonus exclusively for night use (between 10.00pm - 10.00am) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Now for the same 1k I get:-<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>2GB plus 2GB bonus for night use.<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Predatory pricing or consumer based pricing? The answer depends on whether you are a consumer or Competitor. :)<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>One thing is for sure. These prices can come down further. (We Kenyans are never satisfied, right?) :) <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal>Weekly Internet Bundle <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>(Please Select One)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>4MB + 4MB (Ksh 5)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>10MB + 10 MB (Ksh 10)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>30MB + 30 MB (Ksh 25)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo1'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>65MB + 65 MB (Ksh 50)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><br clear=all><br clear=all>[BUY BUNDLE]<br>Monthly Internet Bundle: <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>(Please Select One)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>100MB + 100MB (Ksh.100)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>300MB + 300MB (Ksh.250)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>650MB + 650MB (Ksh.500)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>2GB + 2GB (Ksh 1000)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>5GB + 5GB (Ksh 2000)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>10GB +10GB (Ksh 3000)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>25GB + 25GB (Ksh 5750)</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:0in;text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2'><![if !supportLists]><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:Symbol'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>·<span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></span></span><![endif]>( ) <span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>50GB + 50GB (Ksh 6750)</span><o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='border:none windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in'>[BUY 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The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein<o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><br><br><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from my iPad<o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div></blockquote><blockquote style='margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt'><div><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><br><a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet</a><br><br>Unsubscribe or change your options at <a href="https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwaura.kenn%40gmail.com">https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/mwaura.kenn%40gmail.com</a><br><br>The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. 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