On Tuesday 05 April 2005 14:28, Henry wrote: > But weve had quite enuff of crawl band haven't we > Me I have. > Our friends in the UK a hitting broadband milestones ( 5 million users!) > http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/4408219.stm > > When are you giving us a taste of that kurup
I don't think it's that simple - first, in the *developed* world, they are accessing local bandwidth, where www.yahoo.co.uk or www.downloads.com is probably running over some fibre/copper cable that runs along side your house, or thereabout. Africa is at a disadvantage because a good chunk of the information we require is not on any local backbone (ISP, telco, e.t.c.). The only way to get this is via smaller, expensive international circuits. The 5 million+ users you are talking about might be accessing 80% local traffic, or using that much local services, e.g., online gaming, what with Ethernet-enabled PlayStation's et al. There's no money in connectivity, if you think about it. Developed countries (and developed networks, for that matter) probably net anywhere from $3 to $7 per broadband subscriber, per month (and we are talking DSL/cable circuits between 256Kbps to 2Mbps, or more, depending). The money is in the services, value-adds, you can provide over that connectivity, e.g., converged video, voice, gaming, security, messaging, Tv over IP, e.t.c. With that model, there's no reason why providers can't expect millions of broadband subscribers if you can get a 512Kbps DSL link for under $25/month (and that's on the higher side, looking at premium provider such as AOL). Tetunatukayo'eyo :-\. Mark. > > Hmk > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Hari Kurup > Sent: Monday, April 04, 2005 11:13 AM > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > Subject: Re: [LUG] GMAIl now at 2GB > > And Kiggs knows it as well as I do that he is dead scared of the two > words... invoice and receipt, even when the bandwidth is still measured > in kb/s :-) > > tut tut tut. > > K. > > On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:48 AM, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > Kurup is really worried when I mention either of the words upload or > > download. :-) > > If he gave me bandwidth measured in TeraBits/s then we would not even > > be having this conversation :-) > > > > Kiggs > > > > On 4 Apr 2005, at 10:37, Hari Kurup wrote: > >> On Apr 4, 2005, at 10:23 AM, Mark Tinka wrote: > >>> On Monday 04 April 2005 07:33, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > >>>> Gmail has increased their storage to 2 GB. > >>>> > >>>> I need to upload a few service packs just to use that "warehouse"of > >>>> storage more efficiently :-) > >>> > >>> Considering the amount of bandwidth you might use to push 100's of > >>> megs to the > >>> Google storage, it might be cheaper/quicker to buy a 40GB HDD from > >>> the > >>> nearest corner store :). YMMV. > >> > >> Hummm.... I think Kiggs meant to post his ingenious idea on fools day > >> > >> :-) > >> > >> Kurup > >> > >>> Mark. > >>> > >>>> Kiggs > >>>> > >>>> **************** ***************************** > >>>> Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > >>>> KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > >>>> Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > >>>> P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > >>>> Tel: +256 77 972255 > >>>> +256 71 221141 > >>>> Fax: +256 31 262122 > >>>> ***************************************************************** > >>>> > >>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>> LUG mailing list > >>>> [email protected] > >>>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >>> > >>> _______________________________________________ > >>> LUG mailing list > >>> [email protected] > >>> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >>> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> LUG mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > >> %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > **************** ***************************** > > Kiggundu Mukasa # Computer Network Consultancy### > > KYM-NET LTD. # Intranets & Internet Solutions# > > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > > Tel: +256 77 972255 > > +256 71 221141 > > Fax: +256 31 262122 > > ***************************************************************** > > > > _______________________________________________ > > LUG mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > _______________________________________________ > LUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/
