Telkom, Kenya, ADSL, lol

[etothex]

I was doing some research into how much Telkom charges other countries for their connections. I went to the Telkom Kenya website because it was one of the first ones on the google list.

Well, the good news for Kenyans is this: They can get 2048/512 ADSL. The bad news is they have to pay: 1,548 US Dollars per month!!!! How can anyone in the world afford this? Please tell me. Telkom you must be the dumbest company in the world.

According to their tariffs page, http://www.telkom.co.ke/ADSL Tariffs.htm, they have also been through a similar 'price reduction' as evidenced by the 'lower' prices before 30 January 2005. (War Is Peace, Freedom Is Slavery, Ignorance Is Strength, etc)

How in the world have Telkom come to this. They have royally screwed every person in Africa? Unless of course I am mistaken about this because this would place Kenya's broadband at the highest in the Universe.

The thought just occured to me that they could have another broadband service provider to go through and, therefore, not make Kenya the most expensive place in the world. Do they have more than one Telecommunications company?

 

[Spindrift]

Hi,

Has Telkom South Africa already acquired part of Telkom Kenya? I tried to search the MyADSL forum but only this article came up - http://www.mybroadband.co.za/nephp/?m=show&id=197. It was dated 21 march 2005.

Spinz

 

[RichardP]

here are the Rates for MWEB nigeria on a Fixed wireless system

Equipment and Install
120,000 Nigerian Naira = R6,034.07

Monthly ..
14,000 Nigerian Naira = R703.975

and thats for a 32k uplink and 128k down

Normal dialup is R80 (48 000 Naira per year) per month

 

[donaldza]

Keep in mind that Kenya and Nigeria do not having landing points for an international cable there, as far as I know the link the have still slave's off the SAT3 cable on the west coast of Africa, thats why the EASSy cable on east africa is being installed, to bring costs down for those countries.

In South Africa we have 2 separate landing points but we still get ripped a new one every month.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Who can afford these services..

mostly donor agencies operating abroad. I would imagine alot of the subscribers are US and Euro based donor agencies requiring connectivity for their field offices abroad. So much of the donor funds end up paying for this kind of exorbitant serivce while the clients (on the ground recipients) get less as a result. Typical

 

[RoosTa]

Eh Rikkus says: Africa is 3rd world and thats why prices must be high.

 

[mancombseepgood]

Ah see...

so we can stay third world while telecoms companies make their biggest profit. Makes sense when you realise how much interest government have in the telecoms industry and how little interest they have in the public.