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Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that
From: Mark Tinka <mark.tinka () seacom mu>
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 13:41:55 +0200
On 24/Jan/20 16:55, Aaron Gould wrote:
Thanks Jared, When I reminisce with my boss he reminds me that this telco/ISP here initially started with a 56kbps internet uplink , lol
In Uganda, the Internet first showed up in 1995. Those days, 2 ISP's had 64Kbps each, via satellite, for all their customers. A year or so later, they merged, and as 1+1 goes, they now had 128Kbps, for the entire country. It wasn't until about 2002 that ISP's in the region began purchasing at least 1Mbps of (downlink satellite) bandwidth. Back then, you normally bought half of your downlink bandwidth for the uplink, and average pricing was anywhere between US$7,000 - US$13,000 for the priviledge, depending on which satellite provider + ISP combo on "the other side" you managed to hustle up. Mark.
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- Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that Jared Mauch (Feb 12)
- Re: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that Seth Mattinen (Feb 12)
- RE: akamai yesterday - what in the world was that Aaron Gould (Feb 13)