@Kula Raha - pls see the topic entitled 'Seacom' up there....anyway,its unlikely that all ISPs and all major data carriers have interconnected - SEACOM claims it has 5 ISPs connected yet will not say their names. The ISPs are unlikely to offer this capacity until they have tested it themselves....so maybe till end August. I see on another post a lot of rave abt SCOM 3G services - but like I always suspect,there are scom people hawking 3G here and touting the network...

The problem with equality is that we desire that it be with those that have more than us rather that those that have less

Kularaha,dont forget Keringet water is more expensive than petrol!!!


The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is overestimated.

Let me agree with Kularaha. ISPs have not been keen to move. I read malice in this way - they may have had long contracts with previous bandwidth suppliers and want to make up this loss before giving us increased bandwidth at same costs - not reductions on current bills!

With time though,we'll benefit. But first,they must utilise these satellite 'stock' to the fullest before moving.... does this make sense - just my thots


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I think ISPs waiting to reduce pricing/increase speed will soon become extinct.

There will always be a forward thinking start-up with none of the baggage they carry,ready to do business at the right price! Imagine having a small ISP (limited to a region/neighborhood) with the cheapest rates and fastest speeds...consumers will drop the big slow hippos so fast!

Just watch,we may be seeing the start of the end of traditional heavyweights such as Access,UUnet,Wananchi etc....

I dont think Safcom will lead the way due to congestion issues...


Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming

Guys be patient. Our company was paying 200k/month for very poor service/low speeds with a certain ISP. KDN gave us an offer that was matching with Safcom's OneCom....basically i now download my stuff at around 700kbps daytime and 1.3Mbps at night for half the cost we were paying before. They promised to review this low price to even lower later this year when fibre is fully operational and even put it on paper.

Me thinks,talk to Sales people at KDN,Safcom and Access Kenya........they are busy laying fibre and netting high worth clients on a one-to-one level rather than doing TV/Newspaper adverts that net 100,000 'small fish' who will give you a lot of customer care headache for the price of one corporate.

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