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Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Source; : SPIDER

Dr. F.F. Tusubira, ag CEO of UbuntuNet Alliance for Research and Education Networking in Africa, visited Sweden at the end of September. On the 17th of September some members of the SPIDER network had the opportunity to listen to his presentation about the current development of infrastructure in East Africa and the new opportunities that the national data infrastructure and connectivity to the international submarine ESSAy cable would bring. Currently, a 1 mb connection costs up to several thousand dollars per month as most connectivity is provided through satellite with little competition. It is believed that the new developments will bring down the cost substantially within the next few years and bring access opportunities to many more people

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