Also, "a steady increase in the number of international CDNs deploying nodes into South Africa" would explain increased 'local' traffic..

On Mon, Aug 12, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
Very interesting link McTim. I've nooded with keen interest the
statement that users have taken up "Uncapped broadband services". And
that is what we should be fighting for in Kenya. Affordable uncapped
prices. For those in the know, which service provider has the cheapest
"uncapped service" without the "fair use service/terms and conditions
apply" clause?

On 12/08/2013, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
> FYI:
>
> http://mybroadband.co.za/news/internet/83897-ispa-internet-exchanges-8gbps-and-counting.html
>
>
>
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2013 at 6:10 AM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
>> You hit the nail on the head!
>>
>>
>> Ali Hussein
>> CEO | 3mice interactive media Ltd
>> Principal | Telemedia Africa Ltd
>>
>> +254 713 601113/ 0770 906375
>>
>> "The future belongs to him who knows how to wait." - Russian Proverb
>>
>> Sent from my iPad
>>
>> On Aug 11, 2013, at 12:30 PM, lordmwesh <lordmwesh@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Thank you Ali. I know you are very passionate about net neutrality and
>> classical Internet Governance. Of course the operators and regulator
>> should do the right thing.
>>
>> But besides all the discussion on real unlimited internet, why don't
>> we have affordable unlimited internet? What is the background? Most of
>> the time, we compare the cost with the West and the East. Why are they
>> able to provide cheap unlimited internet? CONTENT! This is where we
>> should focus our energy. If we prevent Internet traffic from getting
>> outside our boarders, we will have hit the jackpot. Most of the time
>> when we download data, mirrors will be either in the East or West,
>> never within. The moment we will have our own hosted Dropbox, Gmail,
>> Online gaming, social networks, e.t.c, we shall see real broadband at
>> the speed of light for a fraction of what we get now, and this will
>> save operators the huge amounts they pay for international traffic.
>>
>>
>> Sent from my Nokia phone
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Ali Hussein
>> Sent:  10/08/2013 3.49.06 pm
>> To: Kivuva
>> Cc: Davis Onsakia; isoc@orion.my.co.ke
>> Subject:  Re: [ISOC_KE] Network neutrality and the case of Kenya's
>> Internet service providers
>>
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>
>
> --
> Cheers,
>
> McTim
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> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>


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