RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

["Mark Tinka" <mtinka at africaonline.co.ug>]

Very true. Space segment from the satellite service providers is what puts
the price at a high.

That's why the introduction of DVB services will most likely, lower the
entry and recurring costs for maintaining satellite transponder space. With
the ability to spread your bandwidth over several PoPs downlinking from off
the same satellite, at no extra charge, may be more scalable and manageable,
over time; but won't solve the whole problem.

Already, Multichoice provides DTH [Direct-To-Home] services on downlink-only
satellite systems, albeit more expensive than your average cable company in
the UK and US, fairly reasonable under the circumstances. I guess between
$30 to $60 a month. This is DVB technology, that could drive the prices even
lower.

Regards,

Mark Tinka - CCNA
Network Engineer
Africa Online Uganda
5th Floor, Commercial Plaza
7 Kampala Rd,
Tel:   +256-41-258143
Fax:   +256-41-258144
E-mail: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug
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-----Original Message-----
From: owner-afnog at afnog.org [mailto:owner-afnog at afnog.org] On Behalf Of Bill
Woodcock
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:00 AM
To: Brian Longwe
Cc: Mark Tinka; antonio at nambu.uem.mz; 'John Tully'; afnog at afnog.org
Subject: RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange


      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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