Comments on: The Shocking True Truth… http://stilgherrian.com/toto/the-shocking-true-truth/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:24:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Stilgherrian http://stilgherrian.com/toto/the-shocking-true-truth/#comment-24758 Stilgherrian Mon, 22 Jun 2009 21:50:10 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=4639#comment-24758 <strong>@yewenyi:</strong> Fibre runs down the east coast of Africa, around the south coast and then up the east. However the spur inland to Johannesburg is over land, which is more expensive to lay than an underwater spur to Dar es Salaam. So the international costs would be presumably be a little more, yes. Also, there's be extreme competition for the London - New York link, bringing prices down. Here's an example, <a href="http://www.vodacom.co.tz/docs/docredir.asp?docid=3444">Vodacom Tanzania's mobile broadband rates</a>. In Australia we can get 5GB/month of mobile data for AUD 39 ($39, for those not used to international currency notation). In Tanzania that's TZS 200,000, which at the current exchange rate is about AUD 210. Note that the plans go all the way down to offering as little as 10MB/month for TZS 2000, or AUD 2.10. @yewenyi: Fibre runs down the east coast of Africa, around the south coast and then up the east. However the spur inland to Johannesburg is over land, which is more expensive to lay than an underwater spur to Dar es Salaam. So the international costs would be presumably be a little more, yes. Also, there’s be extreme competition for the London – New York link, bringing prices down.

Here’s an example, Vodacom Tanzania’s mobile broadband rates. In Australia we can get 5GB/month of mobile data for AUD 39 ($39, for those not used to international currency notation). In Tanzania that’s TZS 200,000, which at the current exchange rate is about AUD 210.

Note that the plans go all the way down to offering as little as 10MB/month for TZS 2000, or AUD 2.10.

]]> By: yewenyi http://stilgherrian.com/toto/the-shocking-true-truth/#comment-24741 yewenyi Mon, 22 Jun 2009 13:21:10 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/?p=4639#comment-24741 today I was reading that the median price for an E1 (2 MB/s) circuit from London to Johannesburg is $13,000 USD and that the median price for 1 GB/s circuit from London to New York is $14,000. I would expect that anything to Tanzania will be more expensive still. So not only do they have a low income, but the cost of their internet bandwidth is very high. today I was reading that the median price for an E1 (2 MB/s) circuit from London to Johannesburg is $13,000 USD and that the median price for 1 GB/s circuit from London to New York is $14,000. I would expect that anything to Tanzania will be more expensive still. So not only do they have a low income, but the cost of their internet bandwidth is very high.

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