No question they have a right to restrict whoever they want. Problem is that NYT slandered Africa in that article. A few paragraphs after the one I posted in my previous mail, the CEO of another video sharing site better qualifies (than the NYT slanderers) who really leeches their bandwidth.
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“It’s a problem every Internet company has,” said Michelangelo Volpi, chief executive of Joost, a video site with half its audience outside the United States.
“Whenever you have a lot of user-generated material, your bandwidth gets utilized in Asia, the Middle East, Latin America, where bandwidth is expensive and ad rates are ridiculously low,” Mr. Volpi said. If Web companies “really want to make money, they would shut off all those countries.”
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How much of Africa is connected to the internet in the first place? Most of us here know expensive bandwidth keeps 95% of the continent offline. ISP's do not make enough money from the few internet subscribers they exploit to provide Quality Connectivity / Service. With poor QoS who attempts video streaming / downloading in Africa? Probably 1% or less of all internet subscribers.
On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 10:43 PM, Simon Mbuthia <simon.mbuthia@gmail.com> wrote:
Well,
I think there's a point in saying that Africa doesn't generate enough revenue for the site. So I think it's quite logical for them to deny us service [though sad]. But putting myself in their shoes, I guess I'd do the same.
Best,
Me.
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On Thu, Apr 30, 2009 at 12:17 PM, Murigi Muraya <mmskunkworks@gmail.com> wrote:
It's a first for Africa. We usually get mentioned last in anything. eg. EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Africa)
When it comes to leeching bandwidth, we are mentioned first! Wow!
The link your provided states:
Last year, Veoh, a video-sharing site operated from San Diego, decided to block its service from users in Africa, Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, citing the dim prospects of making money and the high cost of delivering video there.
“I believe in free, open communications,” Dmitry Shapiro, the company’s chief executive, said. “But these people are so hungry for this content. They sit and they watch and watch and watch. The problem is they are eating up bandwidth, and it’s very difficult to derive revenue from it.”
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Joe Murithi Njeru <joe.njeru@gmail.com> wrote:
Hello Skunkers,
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/27/technology/start-ups/27global.html
What do you think of the above?
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