[kictanet] [Skunkworks] Kenya IGF 2011 Discussions Day 6 Broadband

[Francis Hook]

if we begin to cite types of technology (EDGE) then perhaps we also need to
define whether its mobile BB or Fixed (wired or wireless) BB.    I'd say for
 nationally *relevant* broadband, a greater chunk should be fixed (for
education institutions, healthcare, govt, etc).   Of course there will be
pockets where Mobile BB will be relevant....but having said that, devices
for fixed BB are more pervasive/accessible.

On a side note - while we have operators offering 3G, I'd be wary of calling
that mobile BB if you can only get the service within major cities....and
step down to EDGE outside the cities :-) Not quite mobile is it?


On 9 July 2011 22:04, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> I would suggest that we set Broadband as 1 Mbps, 256 Kbps is Edge, and a
> low limit would not help the country in attaining much in this age of video
> streaming and other data hungry applications
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