SAT3 price watch

[rpm]

"We hear that SAT3 capacity from a West African country to Portugal is available at USD4,500 per mbps per month (non-restorable) and restorable for an extra USD400 per month. These prices are obtainable from developed country consortium members. Whilst the worst of the consortium members are selling the same capacity for somewhere north of USD20,000." Balancingact-Africa

 

[doobiwan]

Okay, so who's who?

 

[shane101]

Hi RPM

Do you have a link to the original article? Would like to read it.
Thanks!

Ooops, found it

 

[rpm]

Hi Shane

You must have discovered by now that it was only a short statement...therefore no link

Regards,

RPM

 

[Sneeky]

Whilst the worst of the consortium members are selling the same capacity for somewhere north of USD20,000." Balancingact-Africa

*plays Jaws music*

 

[Clipse]

"We hear that SAT3 capacity from a West African country to Portugal is available at USD4,500 per mbps per month (non-restorable) and restorable for an extra USD400 per month. These prices are obtainable from developed country consortium members. Whilst the worst of the consortium members are selling the same capacity for somewhere north of USD20,000." Balancingact-Africa

Still a ripoff, 1mbit/s for USD4500.. no thanks.. wtf :/

 

[TMoose]

Still a ripoff, 1mbit/s for USD4500.. no thanks.. wtf :/

Yeah, but keep 2 things in mind:

1. That's probably not for large quantities, but per mbps
2. It's 1:1 contention

If you sell those lines at 50:1 contention it works out at about R585 p/m, and if you buy a lot of bandwidth you can probably get it even cheaper. Also, if they can theoretically give you a 1Mbit connection for under R600, they should be able to give us 512 ones for under R300.