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

[Dennis Kioko]

I am talking about the last mile approach that will see the connectivity
spread to rural areas through Open Access LTE network

On 11 July 2011 10:15, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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