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Prime Minister, Gaston Browne accused Telecoms Companies, Flow and Digicel of \u201craping\u201d the people of Antigua & Barbuda.<\/p>

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According to the Prime Minister, it takes about 20 million US dollars of investment to harness subsea cable for broadband services between islands of Antigua and Barbuda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said with profits of about 8 million US dollars annually the telecom companies can get a payback within three years.<\/p>

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\u201cWhat we found out in the case of Digicel and Flow, they are presently selling to APUA that broadband service at a mark up and this is wholesale you know\u2026 a mark up of about 600%\u201d, he revealed; calling it exploitative.<\/p>

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\u201cThat is just rape. Raping the people of Antigua & Barbuda\u201d, the Prime Minister said on Pointe FM.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAPUA on the other hand is selling that same service that they\u2019re buying from Flow and Digicel to their customers for $75 half the price that Flow and Digicel selling to their customers, he added.<\/p>

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The Prime Minister said Flow and Digicel probably has a profit margin of about $1000% on their retail prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the model is exploitative and his administration will not sit back and allow it to continue.<\/p>

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He said the government is investing 30 million dollars to acquire subsea cables for APUA.<\/p>

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