ADSL in Zimbabwe

[koffiejunkie]

Hi guys,

http://www.zol.co.zw/index.php?link=corp lists some ADSL packages.
7,026,500 ZWD for a 512k connection with a 2.4GB cap. And they quite clearly state they only bill for international traffic. Sounds alright?

So I check the exchange rate. According to www.xe.com/ucc:
1.00 ZAR = 34.9948 ZWD

Is this 34 ZWD and some change? That makes R200,786.97 per month??

Can this be?

 

[JayM]

Official and black market exchange rate are completely different. It's several thousand times weaker on the black market, so divide your rand price by a few thousand and it will make more sense.

 

[koffiejunkie]

I know about the black market (In fact I had a hard time finding a legal way to buy currency last time I was there - even the guys in the bank offer you money off the books....). But how does that kind of price work out compared to what, say, middle-class folk earn?

 

[jb007za]

Gosh, I'm just amazed their even have ADSL in Zimbabwe. I thought a dial-up connection would be an extreme luxury!

 

[The_Unbeliever]

I pity the guys over there in Zim...


...all of a sudden it puts things into perspective...


Telkom's probably going to use Zim as excuse that they're still the cheapest of the bunch...

 

[NaZKuL]

There slogan can be:

"ZOL for everyone!!!"

or

"cheap ZOL" LOLLLL....