High speed internet is prohibitively expensive. I’ve been looking in to it and the only ADSL available to the general public is Telkom Kenya ADSL. Their prices, as you can see from the link, are jaw dropping.
The price of a 512kbps connection is GBP208.00 per month. A similar service in the UK costs about GBP25.00 per month (I’ve used zen internet as a comparison as they have no data cap and no 12 month contract, just as Telkom offer. Otherwise, I could find even cheaper examples).
The digital divide can only accelerate if this is the price of high speed data connection in the “developing” world! Its encouraging to note the costs are falling though!
I think Hannah and I will be investigating ISDN connections. They’re expensive (but not extortionate) but may not be available locally!
A Happy New Year to you all. Nice photos . will send some of us , if I can work out how to do it
Love Jemmy and Rebecca
try Africa Online’s infinet service - its pretty cool! wireless broadband - the speeds are not fantastic …. but you get speeds of about 80-120kbps. There are a couple of packages going at 8,000 and 4000 a month. So far I have been happy with it.
KDN have also launched ADSL. Try it out. Although the network is not as extensive, but service is quite good since they incorporate fiber as well.