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

[Francis Hook]

Dennis, the national BB infrastructure is largely in place - NOFBI as well
as other players like KDN and KPLC.   I guess "backhauling" it from the
routes it passes through to rural areas is the next step (and of course
propagating the last mile after that).

On 11 July 2011 09:29, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> 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?
>>
>>
>> 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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