RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

[Bill Woodcock <woody at pch.net>]

      On Wed, 14 May 2003, Brian Longwe wrote:
    > my latest figures show 1MB of IP in the US/UK going for between $40-$90
    > depending on the amount you're buying.

Correct.  It's relatively easy to get prices of $85/megabit/second/month
for quanta of 10mbits.  On gigabit circuits, depending upon
directionality, $18-$35 are possible, and $40-$60 are common.

    > As Antonio has indicated, ith's the space segment (and in some cases
    > backhaul) that cots $$$$$ - and our friends are milking us for every cent.

Yup.

                                -Bill



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