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However, with client ADSL circuits open 24 hours at over 256kbps each, Bandwidth soon become a problem.
Bandwidth in Ghana, where is the Broadband?
Cost of bandwidth is the “Achilles heel” of Broadband in Ghana for the private operator.

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In 2003, and indeed today, 2mbps bandwidth to a tier 1 backbone in the USA cost well over $18k/month. Ghana Telecom in negotiations with Ghana Internet Service Providers Association (GISPA) reduced SAT-3 Bandwidth over 30%, however, there appears to be limited technical capability to deliver capacity.

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However, SAT-3 is owned by a consortium and Ghana Telecom is reported to have invested over $20 million dollars. As a result, while the price for a 45mbps, transatlantic to the UK and to Sesimbra, Portugal is about $10k/month the price via SAT-3 to Accra is 154k/month. This high cost of landing bandwidth to Accra is justified by Ghana Telecom as necessary to ensure return on its investment in SAT-3. The Ghanaian challenge the question at this forum therefore is:
Does the $20 million investment of Ghana Telecom in SAT-3, justify the high cost of Bandwidth and by so doing disenfranchise all Ghanaians ??

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From a national perspective, the cost of terrestrial transmission out of Accra aggravates the situation further. Having landed bandwidth into Accra at over $170,000/month, a 2mbps link to the second largest city, Kumasi, cost a further $5k/month, the third largest city, Takoradi a further $5k/month.

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However, InternetGhana operates a single service rate, countrywide, a major challenge for any private operator who depends on third party terrestrial networks to reach cities remote from the SAT-3 landing station in Accra, the capital. At InternetGhana, we have transcended the matter of the technical and financial barriers to broadband deployment in Ghana. However, the biggest and the most severe challenge to InternetGhana is the competitive barrier to our continuing ability to deploy broadband in Ghana. MORE