Here's my not-so-ideal gift to you, Kenya, and Africa... 1. Since the large wireless mobicos/telcos have this new-found per MB charging fantasy / fixation, your wireless time-based model is a ++plus 2. CPEs Costs (e.g. modems) are negligible these days with the "no-taxes" policy) The "bad news": 3. Forget rural for a minute... Start right at Nairobi and other cities, their environs then expand outwards. I am willing to consider your satellite 128/512 service at 7,500 bob pm since I still pay shillings 6,000/= for a turned crappy slow connection speed (attached image). So what's the harm in adding 1,500 for a guaranteed 512+ :-) 4. Never too eager to support "donor-sustained" types of internet diffusion initiatives. Change your "rural connectivity evangelism" angle:-( whereas noble... a) start by solving the problem where its hurting the most.. urban and peri-urban areas b) you will save on large part of the additional 300K - an initial roll out impediment 5. What "bigger" problem will you be solving? Despite 2 undersea cables' passing under our feet (soils) Uganda is enjoying better average connectivity than we are ( see Kenya trails from www.speedtest.net ) 6.) Once affordable connectivity is offered, trust all - urban and rural - people to be intelligent enough to setup their own services / outlets that incentivise them sufficiently... regards, a. On Mon, Dec 28, 2009 at 1:22 PM, Crystal Watley Kigoni <crystal@voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
