[kictanet] The broadband mess in Kenya - it wasnt me.

[Walubengo J]

Yawe, plse note that the story was by some KAHENYA KAMUNYU (whoever that is) and not by me. I was simply forwarding the message and that is why I had put a disclaimer which I repeat below.

"Disclaimer: views expressed here belong purely to the author and are not necessary endorsed by me ;-)"

-walu.
--- On Wed, 1/27/10, robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk> wrote:

From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] The broadband mess in Kenya - and I’m so angry
To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 4:37 PM

Walu,

I disagree with you, as Dr. Ndemo has said before policy follows implementation how can you have police what does not exist.

3G, 4G or 10G has no value if we have not exhausted the 1G & 2G, technology for technologies sake unfortunately is not the solution to our problems.  I hate having to watch my bandwidth traffic meter when downloading mail from my local ISP because someone is trying to recover a 3G license fee by charging me by the meg.

We cried about highspeed internet now that the cables have landed we are looking for new scapegoats.  I wish I can get fixed rate service for local connectivity which is what I need to be able to provide my clients with cost effective WAN solutions.  It is scary when it is cheaper to connect from Nairobi to New York than from Nairobi to Mombasa.

So, lets stop creating new
 scapegoats and concentrate our energies on issues that have a direct impact on us locally.

It is shocking that your so called GPRS, 2G & 3G operators are unable to provide a reliable and dependable VPN within their network, or cry my believed country.

Robert Yawe

KAY System Technologies Ltd

Phoenix House, 6th Floor

P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200

Kenya



Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696

--- On Wed, 27/1/10, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

From: Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com>
Subject: [kictanet] The broadband mess in Kenya - and I’m so angry
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 8:21

Kenya is in dire need of investment in technology. That is why I am
angry that the factors hindering growth are actually "policy" related
to this sector, and not due to lack of innovators or investors. There
are many innovators and investors willing to take the challenge of
helping Kenya come out of the dark ages of narrowband and into the
grace of broadband. 

The problem rises from the differences
between the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and other 3G
service providers. There seems to be a great cloud of varying
information which hardly gets to the man on the street. The unclear
issues include the following:
Stroy continues @http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/634/850014/-/view/asBlogPost/-/pjyirj/-/index.html

walu.
Disclaimer: views expressed here belong purely to the author and are not necessary endorsed by me ;-)





      
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