Kinda their own fault for selling their TEAMS stake before it landed, and then 
acting all surprised when they do the same as Seacom! Got to be honest I don't 
see Eassy making much of a difference, they all have investments to pay off. I 
think demand will be the biggest driver.

I am still enjoying the speed increase, I keep forgetting and getting that wow 
feeling all over again. Wonder how long that'll last?

Simon Vass
Technical Manager
E-Tech Uganda Ltd
http://www.etech.ug
Tel: +256 (0) 312260620 or (0) 312260621
Email: [email protected]



----- Original Message -----
From: "McTim" <[email protected]>
To: "Linux Users Group Uganda" <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, 26 October, 2009 20:22:02 GMT +03:00 Iraq
Subject: Re: [LUG] FYI: Updated Broadband Internet Pricing from UTL

On Mon, Oct 26, 2009 at 8:02 PM, James Byaruhanga
<[email protected]> wrote:
>
> UTL probably buys Seacom capacity at $300 per Mbps as opposed to satellite
> which they were buying over $2000.

really?  Would think their bulk buying power would have given them sub that!

 However these prices are very good if
> they are offering satellite back up. (This is an after thought :-))
>

Well those contracts are long term and hard to break, as you know, so
they'd be paying for it anyway.

> When Teams lands hopefully on a diverse route, we  will get good pricing

TEAMS has landed, it's EASSy that's promising drastic price cuts (yes
they are still around, and was fiber is in Maputo last month (I saw
the pix).

In NBO I'm buying 128kbps (daytime) for ~80 USD, (at nite I get 1MB
plus.)  Kenyans still not happy the ICT Ministry is making noises
about regulating prices, tho I am not sure that will actually happen.

-- 
Cheers,

McTim
"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
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