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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Hi<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I kind of know what bandwidth (and consumer grade access like
dialup / adsl) costs in Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> Gao Mosweu
[mailto:puna_gb@yahoo.com] <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:41 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> governance@lists.cpsr.org; 'Yehuda Katz'<br>
<b>Subject:</b> RE: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";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.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Does
that help Suresh?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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--- On <b>Tue, 6/3/08, Suresh Ramasubramanian <i><suresh@hserus.net></i></b>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>From: Suresh Ramasubramanian
<suresh@hserus.net><br>
Subject: RE: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking<br>
To: governance@lists.cpsr.org, "'Yehuda Katz'"
<yehudakatz@mailinator.com><br>
Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 2:57 AM<o:p></o:p></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<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>You want to ask our colleagues from Africa what they pay, and for what kind of<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>connectivity?<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'> srs<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> -----Original Message-----<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> From: Yehuda Katz [mailto:yehudakatz@mailinator.com]<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:18 AM<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> To: governance@lists.cpsr.org<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> Subject: Re: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:
black'>> Realy? I had no idea that it is the norm in the world already.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:
black'>> I just pay a flat rate, like most of the USA<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> <o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span style='color:
black'>> Where are you at? and how much do you pay?<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
style='color:black'>> for domestic service.<o:p></o:p></span></pre><pre><span
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