[kictanet] shaping history - the revolution of the fibre

Wed Jul 1 21:21:08 EAT 2009

There is much hype on the availability of internet even at home. This
revolution, we really need to have it protected from the politicians
hijacking, claiming it as their project.
Talking about electricity, I view that in order to make the fibre optic
cable, there is a need to make the project a multi-sectoral approach. By
this I mean, different ministries (Communications, Energy,
Industrialization, Trade etc), private sector ( corporates, Banks etc)
Telcos( Safaricom, Zain, Orange and Yu) etc, should be on the forefront to
make the cable have an impact to the majority of the people. I haven ot
heard, or seen any of the directly beneficiaries of the fibre optic cables
informing there end-consumers on what id expected of them from this
revolution.   (I stand to be corrected on this)

Aggressive information to the masses is important so that we don't get
caught with our pants down, before the SEACOM and EASSY Cables land!

My thoughts!

Regards,

2009/7/1 Stephen Mwangi <smwngi at gmail.com>

> It a great step in the right direction. however can we ensure that it
> doesn't end up like the railway system. We know its there but how many of us
> actually use it today?  Now that we have it can we work on the electricity?
> Push to get power in our homes, offices etc 24/7/365.
>
> On Tue, Jun 30, 2009 at 8:05 AM, Mwololo Tim <timwololo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Michael for this clarification. We need these facts to avoid the
>> usual politics. tim
>>
>> On 6/29/09, Michael Joseph <MJoseph at safaricom.co.ke> wrote:
>>
>>>  I think the President was witness to the official arrival of the final
>>> stretch of the Teams cable. I don’t think anyone said that he commissioned
>>> the cable as obviously it needs to tested and go through a period of
>>> stabilization and powering. This will take some time. I do not have the most
>>> accurate figure yet but it’s about 8 to 10 weeks before handing over to
>>> Teams for acceptance testing.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Michael
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> *CEO*
>>>
>>> *Safaricom Limited*
>>>
>>>
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>>>
>>> *From:* kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke[mailto:
>>> kictanet-bounces+mjoseph <kictanet-bounces%2Bmjoseph>=safaricom.co.ke@
>>> lists.kictanet.or.ke] *On Behalf Of *Walubengo J
>>> *Sent:* Saturday, June 27, 2009 10:01 AM
>>> *To:* Michael Joseph
>>> *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
>>> *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] shaping history - the revolution of the fibre
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> good qtn MM.
>>>
>>> In some forums, they are saying the President was duped again - and
>>> officially opened another "blank".  We need to know when or if this new pipe
>>> is now pumping packets/data.
>>>
>>> And I dont think such data falls under the (in?) famous " Official
>>> secrecy Act"...
>>>
>>> walu.
>>>
>>> --- On *Fri, 6/26/09, Muriuki Mureithi <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke>
>>> * wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>> From: Muriuki Mureithi <mureithi at summitstrategies.co.ke>
>>> Subject: [kictanet] shaping history - the revolution of the fibre
>>> To: jwalu at yahoo.com
>>> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>>> Date: Friday, June 26, 2009, 4:40 PM
>>>
>>> Hi
>>> history was made on  12th June when the fibre landed - and it threatens
>>> to open up the region like the railway did in 1900's... Special congrats to
>>> Dr Bitange Ndemo and all those who contributed to this revolution . the ict
>>> terrain will never be the same again -EVER
>>>
>>> the next step is the light and the byte. when will the first byte land
>>> here on the fibre?
>>>
>>> cheers
>>> Muriuki Mureithi
>>>
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