[kictanet] Universal Access?

[Solomon Mburu Kamau]

I was in Machakos the other day and Vihiga some two months ago, and I
can tell the internet in these areasbehaves as though you need to
stand on some point; moving a step or shaking a bit, means you're off
the grid.
When I hear Safaricom, and soon Airtel talking about 3G countrywide, I
wonder whether Nairobi and Mombasa are what they consider Kenya.
Maybe as Crystal has suggested creating micro-ISPs would work alright.


On 14/06/2011, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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:)
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Odhiambo WASHINGTON,
> Nairobi,KE
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