[kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes

[robert yawe]

Hi Edith,

The Jamii FTTH project is yet to be rolled out but on the same vein we need to 
appreciate that FTTH is no longer the model of choice for delivery of 
connectivity to the home due to the high cost of the termination equipment and 
the process of repairing damaged fibre.

It costs about 25,000/- to terminate a pair of fibre and since your equipment in 
the home will most likely not have a fibre port you will require to convert the 
light pulses to electrical signals that can be delivered to your computers or 
set top boxes ethernet card.  The cheap fibre to Ethernet transceivers cost on 
average 15,000/-.  

Fibres high bandwidth capabilities and long runs are ideal for back-haul and 
trunk applications, the last mile is still best served over copper due to the 
ease of installation and maintenance.  The bandwidth capabilities of fibre optic 
cable will be underutilised in the home, DSL still remains the ideal last mile 
solution even where triple play is to be delivered.  

As we develop more gated communities the safety of copper will be increased 
therefore reducing the efforts of the providers to getting the fibre to the 
gate.  Also note that with fibre trying to implement voice services such as 
intercom within a development will proof very expensive is you will need to used 
SIP phones.  With DSL the same cable delivering data will be able to also 
delivery voice cost effectively.


AccessKenya and the elk have been having an uphill task selling WiMax equipment 
for 45,000/- and finally opted to supply the equipment for free.  In Runda where 
fibre has been widely buried the level of uptake is still very low mainly due to 
the installation cost and resistance from home owners to have their gardens dug 
up to lay the cable.

As has been realised in the data centre copper still offers a better solution to 
high-speed connectivity which explains why many switch manufacturers have opted 
to slow development of higher speeds on their fibre switches and instead are 
concentrating on increasing performance over copper.

 Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696




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From: Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke>
To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Sent: Mon, 21 March, 2011 15:03:30
Subject: [kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes

 
Listers,
 
It was refershing to watch "Who Owns Kenya" on Citizen TV on Sunday and learn 
that Jamii Telecom is rolling out fibre to the home as a major project.
 
Does anyone know if these services are already being provided by Jamii or is 
this just a plan?
 
Edith
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Edith  Ofwona Adera 
Senior Program Specialist 
ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program
International  Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le 
développement international
Regional Office for Eastern  and Southern Africa
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