2009/8/12 Odhiambo ワシントン odhiambo@gmail.com
Here is what KDN told me they are charging on Seacom (minimum subscription is 512Kbps):
512/512Kbps --> US$ 300 per month 1/1Mbps --> US$ 600 per month 2/2Mbps --> US$ 1200 per month
From US$ 1,189 per month for 256/256Kbps on SAT, I believe you can calculate the reduction yourself.
@Wash, Im glad you brought this up. The whole problem with rates comparison is that the FAKE shared services have been exposed, some may find this topic disturbing so my apology in advance . To better understand what is going on, I'll try to explain : KDN ( and am sure Safaricom Onecom too ) are offering what is called DEDICATED Bandwidth. This dedicated bandwidth is one that no one else shares end to end. It also means that this bandwidth is guaranteed from the internet backbone via a 1Mbit circuit. *Dedicated Bandwidth Costs* : Via satellite cost is about 7000-3500USD/Month while via Seacom 600USD/month. Now we move onto the FAKE shared services and by how much the prices should really drop. I mean those who created shared services and labelled them as corporate or business packages etc. Lets take a Service provider who uses the same mechanisms , as used in sharing satellite bandwidth, over to Seacom costs: *Shared 1Mbit/s Service* at a contention of 2:1 = 600USD/2 = 300USD/Month. There are some who have much higher contention ratios. *When you calculate the shared 1Mbit/s service ( labelled as Corporate/Business ) cost now = 300USD/Month, then rates should have dropped. Infact those who have been working at the 3:1 or 4:1 contention ratios should have dropped rates of the 1Mbit/Sec service ( costs only ) = 150USD/Month. * ** *So the price reduction is there, big time. * But the problem is this : The SPs want to keep the same rates and increase the capacity to you by a factor of 3 or 4. Why? I'll leave it there else the threads become spammy.... :-) -- Sign on my car is " L " plates : c#.net