[kictanet] Universal Access?

[Francis Hook]

No - it was 2009 - pls see -
http://www.cck.go.ke/links/tenders/2009/downloads/CCK-RFP-06-2009-2010.pdf



On 15/06/2011, warigia bowman <warigia at aucegypt.edu> wrote:
> I think the study was in 2004
>
> On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Francis Hook
> <francis.hook at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Abt 2 years ago CCK tendered  for a Universal Access study and I
>> believe it covered some of the issues like having a GIS driven system
>> to assess all sorts of infrastructure (elec, post offices, GSM, fixed
>> networks, fibre etc).   Also to define what parameters (and which
>> organ) would be used to disurse the funds.
>>
>> Did this study take off? Anyone on the list from CCK who can enlighten us?
>>
>>
>> On 14/06/2011, warigia bowman <warigia at aucegypt.edu> wrote:
>> > I vote for bushnetworking
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >> On 6/14/11, Crystal Watley Kigoni <crystal at voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
>> >> > @walu I have been shouting about this for years.
>> >> >
>> >> > But rather than expecting the big companies to do it, why don't we
>> >> > create
>> >> > the policy environment for community owned micro- ISPs? Create a mesh
>> >> > network that can actually bring increased income to the people who
>> >> > use
>> >> it?
>> >> > As I always have said, Nairobi is not ALL of Kenya and we are leaving
>> >> > our
>> >> > villages behind.
>> >>
>> >> Spot on madame!
>> >>
>> >> Either we have a USF and accompanying regs, or we let people do
>> >> bush-networking on a small scale, using the Village
>> >> Telco/OpenBTS/AfriMesh/whatever they choose.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Cheers,
>> >>
>> >> McTim
>> >> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> >> route indicates how we get there."  Jon Postel
>> >>
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