[kictanet] Laying fiber alongside Roads / Buildings under construction should be compulsory - in Africa!

[Philip Adar]

We did NOFBI in Kenya (with the Government spending a couple of Billions of
KES), but I am not sure if it is still working.


On Fri, Dec 6, 2013 at 3:03 PM, Andrew Benson Greene <
b.giftedfoundation at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello Bob,
> We in Sierra Leone have recently began to experience this as our country
> embarks massive fibre optics to help upgrade the ICT infrastructure and
> bring effective communication to the people. There is a little price being
> paid at the moment. The roads are being dug to help keep the fibre cables
> underground often causing inconvenience. The pleasant part is knowing that
> there is a high potential for infrastructural boom in the area of ICT and
> knowing fully well that access to ICT facilities will no longer be
> restricted and tenuous.
> Thanks,
> Andrew
>
>
> On Friday, December 6, 2013, Bob Omondi wrote:
>
>> Dear Listers,
>>
>> This is a subject that really troubles me.
>>
>> Today, Africa is the destination for mega infrastructure projects
>> especially in Roads and Building Construction. "Real Estate Boom" in now a
>> common term in our continent and even bigger in Kenya.
>>
>> But I still don't understand why we would spend a fortune to put up
>> magnificent roads and buildings (of course sewer lines. water pipes and
>> basic drainage along the roads are usually sorted out) and forget to lay
>> fiber cables - the cheapest of the ingredients! In my opinion, this is a
>> mistake that can be stopped!
>>
>> What needs to be done to change this?
>>
>> Regards
>> Bob.
>>
>>
>
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Regards

Philip Adar
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