[kictanet] FW: [www.eThinkTankTz.org] ICT BACKBONE: A solution in search of a problem or is it just a white elephant?

[Alex Gakuru]

It would appear I spoke too soon on you and 3G;)


--- On Tue, 6/17/08, aki <aki275 at googlemail.com> wrote:

> From: aki <aki275 at googlemail.com>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] FW: [www.eThinkTankTz.org] ICT BACKBONE: A solution in search of a problem or is it just a white elephant?
> To: alex.gakuru at yahoo.com
> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> Date: Tuesday, June 17, 2008, 11:09 PM
> Quite an interesting article. I'd like to add a comment:
> ( corrections are
> welcome )
> 
> I'd written in an earlier post : Wireless technologies,
> except 3G, to become
> obsolete when we get our Int'l FON. I believe wireless
> technologies could be
> the future bottlenecks and may create problems if not
> addressed early
> enough. If there are delays in planning ahead for the
> uptake and
> distribution of FON international capacity, we may end up
> with terabits of
> capacity sitting idle and never reaching the end user.
> 
> I think our case will more likely be that there will be
> ample demand but the
> lack of correct platforms to deliver to end users.Fiber and
> copper are
> definately the way forward. The triple play services
> already seem like a
> non-starter on wireless. Hopefully the operators will be
> planning ahead to
> cater for such.
> 
> With Rgds,
> 
> Aki.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 17, 2008 at 3:20 PM, Harry Hare
> <harry at africanedevelopment.org>
> wrote:
> 
> >  Dear Colleagues,
> >
> >
> >
> > As we await our own FON, there could be some lessons
> from this experience.
> > One year after the commissioning of the government
> funded terrestrial fibre
> > optic network in Tanzania, the network has remained
> relatively idle. Some
> > basic business fundamentals could have been ignored or
> assumed. Read on.
> >
> >
> >
> > Harry
> >
> >
> >
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