[kictanet] Wireless, a high or low density solution

[robert yawe]

Hi,

We have an infrastructure already existing beneath the city that was put up 
using tax payers funds which would mean it was not sold to Orange, see attached 
image.

This ducting which still exists and what is required is for it to be handed over 
to CCK to manage thus allowing a new entrant to lay fibre in the fasted way 
possible without needing to dig up half the city.

It is not for the consumers to pay the ISPs for making uneconomical decisions 
when laying their fibre cable,  if this was done we can role out a fibre optic 
metro network, including areas like Buru Buru, Eastleigh and South C/B within 3 
months.  

Peculiar Kenyans, we know the problem, we know the solution but we refuse to 
implement.

So Liko, join me in the fight to wrestle this infrastructure that the tax payer 
paid for from the East Africa Post & Telecommunications/Kenya Posts and 
Telecommunications/Telkom Kenya.  It was done in the US with MaBell 
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_System) which was split up.

If Dr. Ndemo is truthful about not handing over NoFbi to Orange, then lets make 
sure that he cuts out the existing underground ducting from its control.  Most 
of the copper in those ducts is redundant as Telkom installed an SDH fibre ring 
to interconnect its exchanges.

The writing is on the wall, any policy fellows out there who can guide us on how 
to effect to takeover?

Regards

Regards
 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696




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From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com>
To: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
Cc: Dennis Kioko Mbuvi <dmbuvi+kictanet at gmail.com>; KICTAnet ICT Policy 
Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Fri, 24 September, 2010 10:36:52
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Wireless, a high or low density solution

I think the situation is compounded by lack of a Neutral infrastructure 
provider. ISPs are afraid to utilize infrastructure from KDN, Telkom and Jamii 
as all this operate their own ISPs. As for KDN leaving the retail market, am 
wondering how they expect us to beileve them when they have a 
sister company downstairs. 

So, will this be the situation until some Indian from Bharti or Reliance arrives 
and rolls out city wide infrastructure. 

Google has also announce plans to roll out wireless infrastructure for lease. 
Shall we be waiting for outsiders to come wipe our behinds, then fall over to 
foreign vs Kenyan to protect ourselves.  


      
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