Order of the Butterfly
Posts: 245 from 2012/10/14
From: DFW, TX, USA
Quote:ASiegel wrote:
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In_Correct wrote:
Africa can be an alternative. Few computers exist as Internet currently is cost prohibitive. ($1,000.00 USD per month)
Citation?
Africans predominantly experience the internet via smartphones and even feature phones, not computers, which is in fact somewhat similar to the usage patterns of younger people in Northern America.
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By the time MorphOS has new hardware architecture(s) and software it could be around the same time that new market appears.
The market in Africa already exists and it has been served by established players like Hewlett Packard, Microsoft, etc. for years.
The entire continent is a bit more developed than you appear to believe it is.
I had assumed that nationwide deployment of Internet is only about 12 African nations, and was also curious about Satellite.
These are probably not residential options:
http://www.groundcontrol.com/Africa_Satellite_Internet.htm
Unlimited: $1,125 in monthly service fees, not including installation.
http://www.satsig.net/ivsat-africa.htm
Ku-Band: Unlimited and Quota
Price from 250 &euro up to 4 000 &euro/month
C-Band: Unlimited
Price from 650 USD up to 12 000 USD/month
http://ts2.space/en/Satellite-Broadband-in-Africa
These plans vary. Some may cost more because perhaps they are remote areas.
Lower cost: 492kbps $40,00/ month
Higher cost: YahClick 1 Mbps $99 /month
YahClick 5 Mbps $699,00/ month
YahClick 7 Mbps $799,00/ month
YahClick 10 Mbps $899,00/ month
...
On the other hand, mobile device rate plans (If I interpreted it Correctly) they can cost $10.00 USD or less per month. (?!)
http://www.mtnonline.com/data-plan
http://www.mtnonline.com/products-services/internet-services/blackberry
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