and the practice by ISPs the world over. In the US, Europe you get a 2mb, 5mb service etc.
Prices of bandwidth in the US are say anywhere between $10-30 range per mb. Yet they sell the
services for less, like $20. The internet is shared, there is no dedicated internet.

R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michuki Mwangi" <michuki.mwangi@gmail.com>
To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke>
Cc: "skunkworks" <skunkworks@my.co.ke>
Sent: Monday, June 15, 2009 8:43:27 AM GMT +03:00 Iraq
Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] USD 600 per MB on KDN's Fiber Network ??$%^^&*&*

Hi Martin,

Martin Muraguri wrote:
> Just saw this ad in the Daily Nation..
> Well from what my maths teacher said ..like 20 years ago
> if *USD 600 = 1000kb*
> then
> *256kb = USD 153.6 = KSH 10752*
>

This is what you would pay for a non-contended link. Some ISPs my offer
that service but in normal practice that every 1MB is sold to an average
ratio of 1:5 or higher.

In such a case then you can divide the 600 by a value between 5 - 10 and
see what it will cost on a contended circuit which is what most end
users will buy. Some demanding Corporates will request for the
non-contended links. Therefore;

600/5 = USD 120 = 9,360/pm
600/10 = USD 60 = 4,680/pm

PS: I dont speak for KDN but speculating based on current ISP practice.

Regards,

Mich.


> Is this not too expensive ... How and when is the price of Internet
> connections going to come down?
>
> The last thing i want is a Super Fast connection i cant afford!!
>
> Maina Muraguri.
>
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