[kictanet] Kenya IGF 2010 Mailing List Discussions Day 2 of 8 Theme : Infrastructure Issues - Impact of the Fibre Optic Cable IGF Mailing List Discussions

[Barrack Otieno]

Listers , there is very loud silence with regard to Infrastructure issues i
suppose we have adopted a wait and see approach, i can hear murmus across
various lists within the country as well as regionally that seacom is down
http://www.seacomblog.com/team-seacom/2010/07/seacom-service-down-seacom-actively-seeking-solutions,
probably we are getting used to this scenario, however is this right?

On Tue, Jul 6, 2010 at 9:56 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>wrote:

> Dear Listers,
>
> Apologies for starting the thread late and thanks to all those who
> responded actively on the first day, the thread is still open. Today we look
> at Infrastructure issues, a quick glance through last years report brings to
> mind the Pomp that greeted the TEAMS and SEACOM initiative, one year down
> the line, it would only be good to review the milestones we have made this
> far, going through an earlier discussion on this list, i noted an
> interesting article posted by listers that mentioned the fact that the
> undersea cable has led to a boom in Spam coming from the this region, the
> study was conducted by Symantec, i know this is just a tip of the ICEBERG
> and would like to look at the issue from a Social perspective as well as an
> economic perspective, are there real (tangible benefits) that the cables
> have brought or is it euphoria, do we have indicators that show how the
> country has benefited?, what do the various consituencies have to say?
> Consumer advocates, Youth Representatives, the Private Sector?..the
> discussion is open
>
> --
> Barrack O. Otieno
> +41767892272
> Skype: barrack.otieno
>



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