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 _______________________________________________ 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. ---------------------------------------
