Re: Africa spends US$400 million on internal traffic

[Brian Longwe <brian at pch.net>]

Kenya Tariffs:

Africa - COMESA US$ 1.20
Rest of Africa, Europe, North America, India
Austrialia & UAE US$ 1.46
Rest of World US$ 1.82

Longwe

On Thu, 15 May 2003, Brian Candler wrote:

> On Thu, May 15, 2003 at 09:33:38AM +0000, ALAIN PATRICK AINA wrote:
> > FYI
> >
> > One minute call  from TOGO  to :
> >
> > Nigeria: 300 F CFA ( 0.5$)
> >
> > France: 700 F CFA (1.2$)
> >
> > UK:       500 F CFA (0.8$)
> >
> > Source: TOGO TELECOM's Directory 2003
>
> That's interesting. From that, I'd say the call to Nigeria may be routed by
> land.
>
> When I lived in Belize, a call to the U.S. cost the equivalent of US$1.60
> per minute, and so was a direct-dialled call to any other country in Central
> America. But an *operator* connected call to neighbouring Mexico or
> Guatemala was cheaper than the direct-dial call! I think they hadn't worked
> out how to to build a routing plan in the switch.
>
> The silly thing was, a call from the U.S. to Belize was less than a third of
> the cost of a call from Belize to the U.S. A market for "callback" services
> sprung up, which were immediately outlawed by the government. Providing or
> marketing such a service was made a *criminal* offence so I heard; that is,
> people were threatened with being put in prison.
>
> But it shows that the $1.60 profiteering rate can't be blamed on the
> satellite providers... it was the government-sponsored private monopoly
> which was making all the money. BTL made a larger profit per head of
> population that British Telecom in the UK.
>
> Regards,
>
> Brian.
>


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