[kictanet] Universal Access?

[Odhiambo Washington]

On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 10:26, Walubengo J <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Am somewhere 15km from Embu, some Masinga Dam resort (the provincial hq of
> Eastern Province).  And there is no internet to talk about here!  The ping
> test to google.com gives a return trip of 60,000ms compared to in Nairobi
> of 300ms. In layman terms access to the Net, 15km from Embu is 200times
> slower than in Nairobi.
>
> This is a classic example of the internal digital divide between the urban
> and the rural environments.  At a policy level, the Universal Access Policy
> and regualtions were supposed to address this imbalance. How far did this
> (not) go?
>
> Am ofcourse on Safcom Modem, the others Airtel, Yu produce the same
> unreliability. And dont ask me about Telkom Orange...because their internet
> doesnt  seem to feature in these parts of the world ;-)
>
> walu.
> send from my transmission "tree" after 1hr of trying.
>


Universal Access Policy is a boardroom gimmick. Period.

All providers "think" that total coverage of Nairobi and it's environs (most
of them are not yet covered) equates to UAP. No one is able to push them
providers towards this UAP.

Dr. Ndemo - you are free to crucify me on that:)


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