[governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking

[Abi]

Hi

With regards to the cost of access in Africa, APC recently published
findings of a study on connectivity and access in 4 countries in
sub-Saharan Africa (which also have access to the SAT3 cable).

The study shows how international bandwidth capacity has increased in
all the countries studied and what impact this is having on the cost
of international bandwidth (both on SAT3 and satellite), internet
access to consumers, and also cost of international calls.

A briefing paper and the case country reports are available for
download at http://www.apc.org/en/node/6142/


Abi


> Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 14:06:33 +0200
> From: "Nyangkwe Agien Aaron" <nyangkweagien at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: RE: [governance] Cost of access - the meters ticking
>
> 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
>
>
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