[kictanet] ISP Advertising Standards: Open Letter to CCK

[Muchiri Nyaggah]

I long ago resigned myself to my fate. That I will always have 1/16th of
the advertised speeds and be forced to spend on multiple connections to the
Internet.


Kind regards,

Muchiri Nyaggah | PRINCIPAL PARTNER
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On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:53 AM, Grace Mutung'u (Bomu)
<nmutungu at gmail.com>wrote:

> Meanwhile, Brazil is looking at an Internet Bill of Rights!
>
> http://www.deepdishwavesofchange.org/blog/2012/09/world%E2%80%99s-first-bill-internet-rights
>
> 2012/9/13 Mark Mwangi <mwangy at gmail.com>:
> > I remember a similar issue in the UK and the consumer federation took it
> up
> > and forced the broadband providers to define the FUP and the expected
> speeds
> > during their campaigns. Can COFECK take this up?
> >
> > On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:30 PM, John Gitau <jgitau at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> and thats why we kept the ITU out of the internet business, too many
> rules
> >> and control. We might let them in through the new itr's but talk of QOS
> on
> >> the internet just doesnt add up so far unless we change the current
> >> commercial settlement models. But this sort of deviates from what the
> >> original post was about so I'll leave it at that for now.
> >>
> >>
> >> On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 11:34 AM, Victor Kapiyo <vkapiyo at gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> I think there are well established definitions and standards e.g. those
> >>> developed by the ITU on QoS.
> >>>
> >>
> >>
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> >
> >
> >
> >
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> >
> > Mark Mwangi
> >
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> >
> >
> >
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> > sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
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> >
> > KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> > online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and
> bandwidth,
> > share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> > not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>
>
>
> --
> Grace L.N. Mutung'u (Bomu)
> Kenya
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> for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development.
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> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
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