[kictanet] Universal Access?

[warigia bowman]

Thanks francis.

On Thu, Jun 16, 2011 at 9:33 AM, Francis Hook <francis.hook at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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> >> Francis Hook
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> >>
> >
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> Francis Hook
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