On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 3:19 PM, Niles Collins <[email protected]> wrote:
> I completely agree with Mark. Building infrastructure is expensive and the
> incumbent telcos are not going to build it if they then have to share the
> lines with other companies.

Of course they will, it's how they will make their ROI.  So SEACOM
builds to Mombasa (or Jinja if you believew their map), then
KDN/KT-Orange build from Eldoret to Busia, MTN and UTL have already
built to Busia, and they all want to charge the smaller ISPs for a
ride on that glass.

With this thinking it could take decades for
> fiber to make it up the coast from South Africa and then inland toward
> Uganda. Now would be a great time for budding ISPs to get in and take a
> large piece of the pie!

It's actually coming DOWN from the ME, then on to SA.  None of the
budding ISPs can afford to duplicate what is already built/build on
both sides of the border.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
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