Hey @ Wes, that is the biggest bull....! I've ever heard of and I do apologise for the language. Either she has no clue or was just messing around with you. And then one wonders how eg Computer Society ( I think ) label Service Providers as SPs of the year. If this is the new trend, then it is a very dangerious one. Until 2 years ago, 10Mbit local was about 1000USD so am sure prices have gone down. If below is a true trend in the market, then for content we will have no choice but to start buying bandwidth from KIXP or even take our servers there when the time comes....... Maybe I'm becoming too critical once more, so "leave" terms self-enforced. :-) On Mon, Oct 12, 2009 at 7:39 PM, wesley kirinya <kiriinya2000@yahoo.com>wrote:
Hey ppl,
I need a clarification on what a local loop is. I was at AK some days back and the lady dealing with this told me that a local loop doesnt really mean internet that's restricted to Kenya, but a connection between e.g. branches of a company/organization. Therefore if I wanted to buy bandwidth to host local content, which would be restricted to Kenyan traffic, then I would buy at the same rate as international bandwidth.
If that's the case then I think this hurts the budding local content industry.
So the point: Define local loop?
o_O?