[kictanet] Faith in local web hosting

[Eric Osiakwan]

Dear Mr. Washington,

You have stated the obvious which is the challenge but let me try to  
share some light on how to solve the problem.

It is really a chicken an egg situation, the localhosting business  
would develop based on demand but like you said demand is relative to  
cost.

However in the interest of developing our countries and continent if  
we all commit to having country code top level domain (in this  
case .ke) and host them locally, the demand would trigger supply.

On the other hand if the local entrepreneurs can invest in  
infrastructure and based on market study provide competitive rates  
(with the generic TLDs) then again the supply could trigger the demand.

Having said that, i have noticed something under the sun, which is  
that for some reason African just dont like using what other Africans  
produce so in some ways the former strategy would work better if we  
deal with the attitudinal change.

Eric here


On 26 Nov 2007, at 08:35, Odhiambo Washington wrote:

> On Nov 26, 2007 8:03 AM, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> I have raised this issue before when I did a search and found out  
>> that the
>> CCK web site was hosted overseas and thus how can we expect them  
>> to monitor
>> the service quality levels of the ISP's.
>>
>> On Sunday I visited the Kibaki web site, I experienced unstable audio
>> streaming so I decided to find out where the site was hosted, yes  
>> you guest
>> it overseas.  The other 2 presidential candidates web sites are no  
>> better
>> they are not locally hosted.  Is this a reflection of who the  
>> targets of
>> this web sites are?
>>
>> The Kibaki site is developed by one 3Mice, if I remember right,  
>> which has
>> some association with newly appointed ICT Board Managing Director  
>> Kokubo.
>>
>> Regards
>>  Robert Yawe
>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> KEnya
>
> It's not the faith the people have in local hosting, but rather the
> cost factor. Last time I looked at this web hosting biz, one company
> was charging KES 1,000+VAT per month, which was what was though to be
> competitive. Another one entered into the fray with hype about reduced
> costing charges, but I am not sure how much business they managed to
> pick. All the same, their charges did not compare with what is charged
> internationally (I mean in Europe and the US).
> Websites is not something that has caught up with many Kenyans,
> otherwise the volumes would help sustain such businesses locally.
> I believe the lack of volumes is one of the factors that makes
> entities like 3Mice to host overseas. Top-notch Kenyan techies have
> been hosting their Blog with blogspot (overseas). Bandwidth costs is
> another. In Europe and the US, individuals can afford to connect
> 10MBps in their kitchens while in Kenya, that kind of bandwidth can
> only be purchased by ISPs.
> One last question though: Do you know any reliable webhosting company
> that hosts it's websites locally, and has reliable and efficient
> access to those websites? If there is one, they are not marketing
> themselves enough.
>
>
>
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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