RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange

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

That's true, however, if you look at how far you can spread that 1Mbps, DVB
becomes a better solution to spread your services, CBD-wise or country-wide.

For instance, of you get a client 100m from your NOC, and another 100km from
your NOC, both these clients could have a DVB downlink with an ISDN or frame
relay uplink to your NOC. Your upstream service provider simply slots their
circuits into your present configuration with them, and he sees all 3 DVBs
[yours + your clients'] as one transmission, all sharing the same 1Mbps. The
upstream provider continues to charge you his $5,000 for the 1Mbps, and you
can choose what to charge your new DVB clients.

I think that's one way to keep prices down, as well as offer excellent
service quality.

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
Web:     www.africaonline.co.ug
 

-----Original Message-----
From: antonio at nambu.uem.mz [mailto:antonio at nambu.uem.mz] 
Sent: Wednesday, May 14, 2003 11:24 AM
To: mtinka at africaonline.co.ug
Cc: antonio at nambu.uem.mz; 'John Tully'; afnog at afnog.org
Subject: RE: Tanzanian ISPs move closer to establishing an Internet exchange


Many ISP's are already using DVB for their downlink but it's still 
expensive. I think with DVB the prices are now about US$5000.00 
for 1Mbps per month.

Cheers,



On 14 May 2003 at 11:17, Mark Tinka wrote:

> 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
> Web:     www.africaonline.co.ug
>  
> 
> -----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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