[kictanet] Kenya rattles Africa WICT group with proposal on Internet, IXPs

[Sammy Buruchara]

Dr. Ndemo,

Congrats for doing the right thing in the face of opposition. Some of the
opposition do not understand where the Internet has come from since the
beginning when Telcos(read ITU) held us by the neck with exorbitant
charges  in Internet fees(64kbs half-circuit for US$8,500 pm) our their
networks yet they did little to provide the same. We forget so fast how
much it cost us to get to where we are today.


Sammy

On 12/13/12 3:35 PM, "Harry Hare" <harry at africanedevelopment.org> wrote:

>McTim, totally in support. Dr Ndemo, you did the right thing.
>
>Cheers
>Harry
>
>
>On Dec 13, 2012, at 2:58 PM, McTim <dogwallah at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Becky,
>> 
>> On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 4:20 AM, Rebecca Wanjiku
>> <rebeccawanjiku at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> http://www.wanjiku.co.ke/2012/12/kenya-rattles-africa-group-at-wict/
>> 
>> 
>> Thanks for giving us a sense of the drama.
>> 
>> The African Common Position, was, IMHO, against African interests
>> (against the interests of the mwananchi at least).
>> 
>> Bwana Ndemo was correct to stand up and do the right thing.
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> 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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