[kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes - Case Study MMU?

Tue Mar 22 15:40:14 EAT 2011

@Barack,

I thnk Edith is searching for the best DSL suppliers i.e. ISP perspective (of which she wont get because all players are focusing on  mobile data internet(aka 2G/3G/LTE) for retail or consumer internet services.  DSL presupposes existence of extensive copper infrastructure of which TKL has since abandoned and joined the 3g markets.

But yes, MMU courtesy of their historical links with the former govt monopoly KPT&C has industry talent on how to plan, deploy, splice and maintain telco fiber networks.

walu.

--- On Tue, 3/22/11, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com> wrote:

From: Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
Subject: Re: [kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes - Case Study MMU?
To: jwalu at yahoo.com
Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
Date: Tuesday, March 22, 2011, 11:12 AM

Thanks Bob for that insightfull write up i totally agree with your sentiments, i have noticed this is the strategy being deployed by Zuku, albeit the noise we have made as clients i would like to commend them for making an effort to deliver triple play services through the Fibre, i was a bit apprehensive about the termination as well considering the buildings where we are located were already 'cabled' and the management seemed adamant to allow the guys to overhaul the system in place, however they used Coaxial Cable for the last mile, i beleive this is the case in many other areas. I wonder whether it might be usefull for Edith to check with Multimedia University, i think they have a Campus Fibre network and some of the best engineers in town, Walu, any insights?

Best Regards

On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Edith Adera <eadera at idrc.or.ke> wrote:

Thanks Robert for this useful information. You posit that "DSL still remains the ideal last mile solution even where triple play is to be delivered".

With the recent bad experiences of listers, which is the best DSL provider in Kenya? 

I'm still searching!

Edith
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From: robert yawe [robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk]

Sent: 22 March 2011 08:21

To: Edith Adera

Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes

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

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

Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera

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www.idrc.ca
 | www.crdi.ca

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