I believe the price is real and also that a markup of 30/40/50/60/70/80% is normal here and not so in the rest of the world where the mark is more like 5/10/20% and you pay for the extra services like TV Voip, video etc....there. Also I'm certain that the high markup is not going into building the infrastructure as a Wimax base station goes for only $12.000 and fiber for what I remember $6 per meter including digging w/o bribing.
On Fri, 2009-07-24 at 19:00 +0300, Kiggundu Mukasa wrote: > > > Interesting article on Slashdot about our Fiber internet connection > > http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1313257&cid=28805025 > > > By the way wireless last mile providers have a problem in that they > can only provide 2MB/s max (last mile wireless speed) > > > But I am not happy if the Seacom prices in the article above are true > > > And from my Tanzania client's info, Tz pricing means they are getting > a much better deal than we are! > > > Kiggs > > > > > -- Acta Virum Probant -- > > -- Deo Volente -- > > > > ---- > Kiggundu Mukasa > Serval Ltd. > Plot 80 Kanjokya Street > P.O. Box 24284 Kampala, Uganda > Tel: +256 772 972255 > +256 414 571779 > Fax: +256 312 262122 > http://serval.ug/ > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > 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. ---------------------------------------
