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<div>With us here at ASAFE in Cameroon, we are paying 90 000 FCFA (135 Euros) per month for 250 kilo octets of connection. You can rest assured that connection is piece meal here. Irrespective of that, the ISP doesn't skip the day of presenting their bill and strict instructions to respect maturity clause or seing your line disconnected.</div>
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<div><span class="gmail_quote">On 6/3/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">Suresh Ramasubramanian</b> <<a href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net">suresh@hserus.net</a>> wrote:</span>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">I kind of know what bandwidth (and consumer grade access like dialup / adsl) costs in Africa.</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 11pt; COLOR: #1f497d">I simply wanted some African colleagues to cite examples, for Mr.Katz's information.. he is kind of upset that Comcast is thinking of providing metered bandwidth (250 gigabytes transfer a month) after offering an unlimited data plan.</span></p>
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<p><b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">From:</span></b><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt"> Gao Mosweu [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:puna_gb@yahoo.com" target="_blank">puna_gb@yahoo.com</a>] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:41 PM
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">In Botswana (Africa), we pay about 600 Pula (about $100) per month for ADSL at a speed of 512 kbps... and there are a few pre-requisites like that you need to have a voice line before you can connect a data line. And the $100 includes a subscription fee for the voice line as well.</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">That said, only a few people can afford it. And Dial up connection is excruciatingly slow, and probably more costly since you end up spending more time trying to connect. This essentially means if you really want to be connected you have to go for ADSL.</span></p>
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<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">Does that help Suresh?</span></p>
<p><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black"><br><br>--- On <b>Tue, 6/3/08, Suresh Ramasubramanian <i><<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>></i></b> wrote:</span></p>
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<p style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 12pt"><span style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black">From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:suresh@hserus.net" target="_blank">suresh@hserus.net</a>><br>
Subject: RE: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking<br>To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a>, "'Yehuda Katz'" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:yehudakatz@mailinator.com" target="_blank">yehudakatz@mailinator.com</a>><br>
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 2:57 AM</span></p><pre><span style="COLOR: black">India, and I pay something like $30 a month for a 8 GB per month 2 Mbit ADSL</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black"> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">You want to ask our colleagues from Africa what they pay, and for what kind of</span></pre>
<pre><span style="COLOR: black">connectivity?</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black"> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black"> srs</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black"> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> -----Original Message-----</span></pre>
<pre><span style="COLOR: black">> From: Yehuda Katz [mailto:<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:yehudakatz@mailinator.com" target="_blank">yehudakatz@mailinator.com</a>]</span></pre><pre>
<span style="COLOR: black">> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:18 AM</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:governance@lists.cpsr.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.cpsr.org</a></span></pre>
<pre><span style="COLOR: black">> Subject: Re: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> Realy? I had no idea that it is the norm in the world already.</span></pre>
<pre><span style="COLOR: black">> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> I just pay a flat rate, like most of the USA</span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> </span></pre><pre><span style="COLOR: black">> Where are you at? and how much do you pay?</span></pre>
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