[governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking

[Nyangkwe Agien Aaron]

Hi,

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.

Aaron


On 6/3/08, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> wrote:
>
>  Hi
>
>
>
> I kind of know what bandwidth (and consumer grade access like dialup /
> adsl) costs in Africa.
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> 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.
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> *From:* Gao Mosweu [mailto:puna_gb at yahoo.com]
> *Sent:* Tuesday, June 03, 2008 12:41 PM
> *To:* governance at lists.cpsr.org; 'Yehuda Katz'
> *Subject:* RE: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking
>
>
>
> Hello!
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
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>
>
> Does that help Suresh?
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> --- On *Tue, 6/3/08, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>* wrote:
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> From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net>
> Subject: RE: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking
> To: governance at lists.cpsr.org, "'Yehuda Katz'" <yehudakatz at mailinator.com>
> Date: Tuesday, June 3, 2008, 2:57 AM
>
> India, and I pay something like $30 a month for a 8 GB per month 2 Mbit ADSL
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>
> You want to ask our colleagues from Africa what they pay, and for what kind of
>
> connectivity?
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>       srs
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>
> > -----Original Message-----
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> > From: Yehuda Katz [mailto:yehudakatz at mailinator.com]
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> > Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 5:18 AM
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> > To: governance at lists.cpsr.org
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> > Subject: Re: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking
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> >
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> > Realy? I had no idea that it is the norm in the world already.
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> >
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> > I just pay a flat rate, like most of the USA
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> >
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> > Where are you at? and how much do you pay?
>
> > for domestic service.
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Aaron Agien Nyangkwe
Journalist/Outcome Mapper
Special Assistant To The President
Coach of ASAFE Camaroes Street Football Team.
ASAFE
P.O.Box 5213
Douala-Cameroon
Tel. 237 3337 50 22
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