[122987] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: ISP in Johannesburg in Southdafrika
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Patrick W. Gilmore)
Thu Feb 25 21:45:06 2010
From: "Patrick W. Gilmore" <patrick@ianai.net>
In-Reply-To: <2F49F7EA-B97A-43BC-B501-5C8604598156@senie.com>
Date: Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:44:50 -0500
To: NANOG list <nanog@nanog.org>
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On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:39 PM, Daniel Senie wrote:
> Better than western Massachusetts, where there's just no connectivity =
at all. Even dialup fails to function over crappy lines. I'd take =
monopoly pricing over no connectivity, I guess.
Oh, plz, if you were willing to pay $2K/Mbps, they'd trench fiber to =
your house. Still think monopoly pricing is better?
Of course, that was 2008. I hear prices have dropped to the Amazingly =
Low Sum of just $350/Mbps in 2010 - in certain places, if you're lucky, =
and sign a long term contract. I bet there are 10 people reading this =
post who will run you a DS3 or better if you sign up for $350/Mbps.
--=20
TTFN,
patrick
> On Feb 25, 2010, at 9:08 PM, Randy Bush wrote:
>=20
>>> Internet connectivity here in 'deepest darkest Africa' is actually =
quite
>>> advanced ;-)
>>=20
>> and the most expensive you can imagine. welcome to a telkom =
monopoly.
>>=20
>> randy
>=20
>=20
