[kictanet] Ethiopia and Tunisia reaping the fruit of a rejuvenated copper plant

[Mark Mwangi]

>From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to
begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network
but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in
how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?


On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in
> Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to
> basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be
> the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of
> thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive
> "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let
> us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/
> FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
>
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Regards,

Mark Mwangi

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