Bamako - Post Report Question and Answers
Is high-speed home Internet access available? How long does it typically take to install it after arrival?
Not really reliably high-speed. There are three main companies: Orange, Afribone and Malitel. They each have different options and pricing. You can get it installed pretty quickly, though paperwork can take a few days.
I use Orange and while they're a pain in terms of customer service (they shut my service off once for a few months until I could convince them I really had pre-paid for a year), it's generally reliably OK. I can stream (usually), Skype, and surf when I want. However, I believe it's generally considered #3 of 3. - Apr 2017
I have internet service at home through Afribone. They have a very expensive monthly service for high-speed internet (so you can stream/Skype) but it's around US$250/month. I have the cheaper version and it is S L O W. Forget Skype or streaming. We have vonage and it works fine about 60% of the time. It's faster to stream through the data plan on your cell phone. If you want to download music or a movie, expect it to take some time. - Aug 2014
Not very fast. You can skype about 50% of the time. Not sure of cost. - Jul 2011
There is no high-speed, but internet service is not bad. There's Orange and Afribone. You need to check their special offers to decide. - Jul 2011
Decent service ("high-speed" 384 kbps, although it hardly ever reaches that speed) is available through Orange for about 30,000 CFA/month (around 60 USD).It's good enough to download music through iTunes and for video chat on Skype. - Oct 2010
the fastest the interent has gone for me is 356k. Which isn't horrible, it's not fast but not slow. Can't really stream youtube. Hulu does not work in Mali. It cost roughly 60 dollars a month. It's best to pay a year up front and get free installation which is approximatelhy 100 dollars - May 2010
There are 2 providers of "high-speed" but neither is very fast. Orange offers 384kbps but you'll still have trouble with Vonage and/or Skype. Afribone offers 500kbps for much less than Orange, but for some strange reason Vonage/Skype works much worse with it. I think there is more latency in their signal. Expect to pay between 50-70 USD/month. - Sep 2009
Yes. - Apr 2009
Yes-about US$60 a month. Pretty good except when downloading movies and YouTube stuff. Otherwise, it's fine for Skype and email. - Feb 2009
We had decent Internet, but not high speed. We could usually use Skype. Downloading an hour-long TV show took about 9 hours. We paid around US$60 a month. - Feb 2009
Internet access is available and pretty good but expensive. - Jan 2009
