Also, when we publicly asked at the event why Infocom was charging us $700/meg when they buy from Seacom at $150, the Seacom representative didn't get up and say "Because KDN and Infocom have costs to cover from getting it to here from Mombasa," they gave a fluff answer that was a clear dodge. No comment from Infocom, either.
They did state that they only sell to resellers. You can't just walk up to Seacom and buy an STM-1 for yourself if you're not an ISP. So, yeah. The price for fiber in Uganda is $150/meg assuming you're only buying an STM-1 which is the minimum they'll sell. Mike Barnard wrote .. > Kyle, i dont quite think so. > > Seacom landed the cable in Mombasa. Is seacom laying a cable to Uganda, or > does Uganda need to find transit from someone in Kenya all the way to the > border. For example, MTN may want a slice of seacom. Do they lay their own > fibre to Mombasa? do they connect to Telkom Kenya's fibre at the border that > is connected to seacom at Mombasa? > > Which ever way they choose, the pricing will be 50-150USD/Mbps/Month at the > source, Seacom, Mombasa. When it lands in Uganda, It most definately will > not be 50-150USD/Mbps/Month. MTN has spent money to get it to Kampala, there > will be a mark up of course. > > If however, Seacom layed a cable from Mombasa to Dar, Kampala, Kigali... > then you would be able, as Kyle, to purchase an Mbps at 50-150USD... > > does that make sense? > > > -- > Mike > > Of course, you might discount this possibility, but remember that one in > a million chances happen 99% of the time. > ------------------------------------------------------------
_______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
