I don't want to be a pessimist here but: I'm not to sure about those big cost reductions. To much is still in the hand of global players and the current sat providers plus African governments that require a cut to play. Voice will also get a priority over data on the same links.
Does anyone have any info on the online prices for west Africa (not meaning Nigeria)? I hear Ivory coast is paying about the same price after they got onto the fiber running to sa. Gip -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Victor van Reijswoud Sent: Wednesday, April 08, 2009 6:30 AM To: Linux Users Group Uganda Subject: [LUG] Digital Planet Just a nice episode of Digital Planet (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p002mbt8 ) with: - Africa broadband 2009 is going to be a massive year for connectivity for Africa. There are a whole slew of big projects underway to link the continent up to high speed broadband this year and next. The Kenyan Finance Minister Uhuru Kenyatta speaks to us, predicting big reductions in the costs of getting online. - Tim Berners-Lee You wouldn't be reading this if it weren't for Tim Berners-Lee and his colleagues inventing the world wide web in 1989. To many every day web users, its genesis was actually in quite an unlikely place - a huge research lab near Geneva in Switzerland. Digital Planet's Tracey Logan has been there to relive that period with those who were right in the middle of it all. _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. --------------------------------------- _______________________________________________ LUG mailing list [email protected] http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug %LUG is generously hosted by INFOCOM http://www.infocom.co.ug/ The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including attachments if any). The List's Host is not responsible for them in any way. ---------------------------------------
