@Michuki, did you see the reason posted on another thread as to why the data is hosted abroad? On Fri, Jul 8, 2011 at 4:13 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki.mwangi@gmail.com>wrote:
On 7/8/11 2:51 PM, Gichingiri Kuria wrote:
Most of the comments posted on the initiative are negative, especially on matters that we cannot change. How about we look at the postitives and how we can use this information to our advantage, read profit. There's a large button "Developers Click Here" that is made for us.
I will remain negative on the hosting until someone fixes it!. Sue me if you want but am fighting for the local Mwananchi who is paying alot to access important GoK data hosted abroad!.
Here's the real picture - develop apps that most common Wanjiku will never use because its costs alot to access that content. You will and i repeat you will only make profits when your traffic volume is beyond the elite folks who read this threads.
That means the only day folks will afford to have internet because there will be a package that charges Kshs. 100 for unlimited local/per Month and 500 bob for International traffic on a 3G/4G service. Thats the day the apps will bring you revenue.
As it stands right now, it costs Safaricom at least $300 per Mbps/Month to connect you to London. The day that price will come down to $5 per Mbps/month (where 90% of the traffic will be local). Then you can bet your apps will make you profits.
The economics are simple 1Gbps from Safaricom DC to a local Peering or Datacenter vs 1Gbps from Safaricom DC to London. If Safaricom have their own infrastructure then you can calculate their link costs per month for local vs Int.
So let me be negative today. You might (key word being might) thank me later.
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