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

[Dennis Kioko]

There is also the proposed national Broadband network , LTE. I guess should
be operational by end of 2012
On 11 July 2011 08:53, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:

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