Note the difference, they bought the Insurance company and kept rates favourable....not hiked them for the chairman and team to rake in cash...

Anyway.... guys, think of ways we can pressure for bandwidth costs to go down....maybe we can buy part of the government share in the fibre(s)

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:59 PM, Joe Murithi Njeru <joe.njeru@gmail.com> wrote:
He he ,

Good one Gregory.. I didn't see that angle.. :-)

I'm looking at the Matatu Owners Association MOA where they bought an
insurance company to ensure their members get adequate and inexpensive
insurance....


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From: Gregory Okoth <gregory.okoth@gmail.com>
To: joe.njeru@gmail.com, Skunkworks Mailing List
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Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] LOWER BANDWIDTH COSTS
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 18:44:27 +0300

@Murithi,

If there were such associations and maybe Mobile Phone Users
Association, we cold gang up and buy Safcom too!! I would be glad to be
the Chairman of such.....and buy shares too!!  But wait, I wouldn't then
want safcom to reduce their tariffs in these price wars...because it
wouldn't make good profits, biz sense to allow me make substantial
dividends out of my shares!! Its a crazy world! :-D :-)

On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Joe Murithi Njeru <joe.njeru@gmail.com>
wrote:
       Bernard,

       I wonder if there is an Internet Users Association of Kenya? If
       it was
       there it could engage with Govt and ISP's to lower the costs
       through
       collective bargaining power and advocacy.

       If it was big enough (members) it could buy an ISP! I'm sure
       they are
       some that are struggling..




       -----Original Message-----
       From: bernard kioko <bernsoft@gmail.com>
       Reply-to: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
       To: Skunkworks Mailing List <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
       Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] LOWER BANDWIDTH COSTS
       Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:57:54 +0300

       Maybe we should talk to one who will agree to lower costs then
       we all
       move our business to them...

       Perhaps we should ask the Government to control data prices :-)

       Wash, there has to be a way.

       On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:48 PM, Odhiambo Washington
       <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:


              On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:46 PM, bernard kioko
              <bernsoft@gmail.com> wrote:
                      Seriously,

                      Shouldn't we be paying cheaper for bandwidth?
       Isnt there
                      anything we can do to change this? If bandwidth
       costs
                      dont go lower, how do we compete with India?

              Bernard,

              Unless we carry placards with "HAKI YETU!! HAKI YETU!!",
       this is
              a pipe dream in KE. I recently saw some discussion in
       another
              forum where they said why the costs are not getting down.
       I
              think it's on KICTANet.




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