On Wednesday 06 April 2005 10:02, Hari Kurup wrote: > Henry, should I really dig up stats on satellite TV and mobile phone > penetration in Uganda and compare with UK figures?
That would not be fair (the comparison, I mean :). wrt what Henry said earlier, you're probably right about the recent mobile phone explosion in Africa, but mobile phone services have grown because of their reach and availability in areas (probably cheaper) landlines have failed to reach. Whether it has to do with availability of electricity in those areas or not, some connectivity is better than none at all, even though it may be more expensive than land-based calls (but then again, there's SMS). Needless to say, some telcos are very expensive, others provide very poor quality services (remember the days of UP&TC), you'd be lucky if your application for a line installation is seen by anyone within 6 months, billing, bureaucracy, e.t.c. Things change with (healthy) competition. Mobile phones are like young men dating older women, more advanced problems, but generally, no hang-ups :). Satellite Tv, well, let's face it, national television doesn't make for any good home-coming. Mark. > > Kurup > > On Apr 6, 2005, at 10:22 AM, Henry wrote: > > Didn't the Mobile phone explosion in Africa tell you anything ? > > Modern technology doesn't have to wait for obsolete infrastructure to > > catch > > up > > Just the other day I was watching satellite TV in a remote town that > > only > > gets power 4hours a day! > > > > Hmk > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > > Behalf Of > > Hari Kurup > > Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 4:40 PM > > To: Linux Users Group Uganda > > Subject: Re: [LUG] GMAIl now at 2GB > > > > On Apr 5, 2005, at 3:28 PM, 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 > > > > For us we are yet to conquer power blackouts right in Kampala and you > > are talking of bridging the digital divide? > > > > K. > > > >> Hmk > > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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/
