[kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance

Fri Jan 11 15:50:08 EAT 2013

Gideon, There is no part of the city that has been left behind. There is
digital signal in all major cities, and we are enjoying the service :)

Unless you have been left behind.

On 11 January 2013 15:32, Gideon <gideonrop at gmail.com> wrote:

> Much as there have been oppositions to the switch over it will be
> encouraging to see that sections of the city have the systems actually tested
> in order to prepare for any challenges as is normal with any new tech-
> switch.
>
> If other countries are already sampling the technology then its time we
> hit the ground running too, there are always repercussions of being left
> behind when the bell rings.
>
> Gideon Rop,
> DotConnectAfrica
>
> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:57 PM, <kictanet-request at lists.kictanet.or.ke>wrote:
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>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 11:53:34 +0000
>> From: Grace Githaiga <ggithaiga at hotmail.com>
>> To: "henry at article19.org" <henry at article19.org>
>> Cc: "kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke" <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
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>> Thanks Henry.
>> I thought the simulcast period is over? Cant quite remember but there was
>> a plan that had been released and CCK may have been following it
>> considering the switch off was meant to happen last year.
>> RgdsGG
>>
>> From: henry at article19.org
>> Date: Fri, 11 Jan 2013 10:26:16 +0000
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
>> CC: kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>> To: ggithaiga at hotmail.com
>>
>> Dear All,
>>
>> Find some quick and raw thoughts after the decision of the Court today on
>> the phased digital switchover.
>>
>> ARTICLE 19 believes in the promise of digital switchover but also clearly
>> understands that we must develop proper measures to mitigate any results of
>> the transition that may undermine  diversity, openness and access.
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> HENRY O. MAINA
>> DIRECTOR
>> ARTICLE 19 KENYA/EASTERN AFRICA
>> P O BOX 2653,00100
>> NAIROBI
>> TEL:+254 (20) 3862230/2
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>> EMAIL: henry at article19.org
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>> ________________________________________
>> From: kictanet [kictanet-bounces+henry=article19.org at lists.kictanet.or.ke]
>> on behalf of Stephen Mutoro [smutoro at yahoo.com]
>> Sent: 19 December 2012 09:20 PM
>> To: Henry Maina
>> Cc: Kictanet Mail list
>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
>>
>> Thanks for thinking for consumers in a more broad and realistic spectrum
>> (including rural proletariats) beyond the minority but noisy middle to
>> higher income Nairobi CBD/Upper Hill techies  who are obsessed about 4+G
>> when millions of others can't access 2-G. There is nothing like "mass
>> ignorance" or "mass intelligence" on a matter of human/consumer rights as
>> ably articulated within Consumer Protection Act, 2012 (which took effect on
>> December 13).
>>
>> Stephen Mutoro
>> www.cofek.co.ke
>>
>> On Dec 12, 2012, at 11:47 AM, Kivuva <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Digital broadcast is great, no doubt about that, and the benefits are
>> > boundless. But let us not be elitist in the way we conduct the
>> > exercise.
>> >
>> > You can free the airwaves, and create thousands of digital channels
>> > and jobs, but if I in Kibera and Mathare, I cannot afford to buy a
>> > setbox in the next year, I will be forced to use by TVbox as a stool.
>> >
>> > Let those with money migrate, and let the poor enjoy the poor quality
>> > analog signal in peace until set boxes are dirt cheap.
>> >
>> > On the other hand, to reach a consensus, give us cheap subsidized
>> > digital set boxes, say at 500bob, marked GoK, and give us adequate
>> > time to buy them.
>> >
>> > Remember, 2000bob is my dinner for a month.
>> >
>> > You switched off my phone, which I bought with hard earned cash, then
>> > you switch of my TV! Next you will switch of my radio, then ...
>> >
>> > On 12/12/2012, bitange at jambo.co.ke <bitange at jambo.co.ke> wrote:
>> >> Listers,
>> >> Consumer Federation of Kenya (COFEK) has gone to court to stop the
>> planned
>> >> Digital Switchover in Nairobi at the end of this month.  This is most
>> >> unfortunate considering the fact that the current analogue broadcast
>> has
>> >> been the most discriminating.  Majority of Kenyans have not seen the
>> level
>> >> of communication that Digital offers (this is what the constitution
>> >> demands).  In the new platform we have seen more vernacular channels
>> >> delivering news in a language that people understand and relate to.  It
>> >> therefore surprises me when an organization such as COFEK moves to
>> court
>> >> to protect an elitist broadcast platform.
>> >>
>> >> Further every one new channel creates more than thirty new jobs.  There
>> >> are more than one hundred and fifty new applications awaiting
>> clearance to
>> >> start digital broadcast.  Twenty of these are already on air.  If we
>> get
>> >> two hundred new broadcasters, we shall have achieved our quest for
>> having
>> >> a pluralistic and diversified broadcast environment.  In whose
>> interest is
>> >> COFEK advancing the agenda of maintaining monopolistic practices in
>> Kenyan
>> >> Media? Does COFEK really understands the seriousness of unemployment in
>> >> Kenya?
>> >>
>> >> The cost of not migrating is far too great than biting the bullet now
>> and
>> >> enable frequency spectrum to be used in more productive and inclusive
>> >> manner.  The benefits of mobile operators moving from 2G to 3G are
>> >> glaring.  We need to scale up to 4G and create a robust last mile that
>> >> will reduce the rural urban digital divide; that will create an
>> enabling
>> >> playing field when we start delivering new local content to schools
>> >> country-wide.
>> >>
>> >> Most of the world has migrated and they fully understand why we need to
>> >> free up spectrum. EAC member states agreed on the December 31st
>> deadline
>> >> and Tanzania for example has committed itself to this agreed deadline
>> >> despite not having a completed the national roll-out of the digital
>> >> signal. In Kenya we have adopted a phased plan starting from Nairobi.
>> >> Technology changes every six months and Kenya must remain at the
>> >> technological edge in order to remain the true hub of Africa.  We seem
>> to
>> >> be exercising freedom without any responsibility.
>> >>
>> >> Ndemo.
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>> Hi,
>> >>>
>> >>> This is where we are going wrong, the digital migration has nothing
>> to do
>> >>> with digital TV sets its about how the signal will be transmitted,
>> please
>> >>> try and see the bigger picture here.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> When we moved from analogue internet connectivity where you needed a
>> >>> modem
>> >>> to the digital transmission where you needed a DTU/ADSL/Dongle why
>> didn't
>> >>> you please with the government to stop the importation of Pentium
>> >>> processor based computers or 14" monitors or AT keyboards so that
>> users
>> >>> could transition?  If you remember the ISPs never even gave us a
>> >>> transition period and some never even implemented analogue
>> connectivity.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> This is the same case with the digital TV migration, you do not need a
>> >>> digital TV to benefit from the new method of transmission all that you
>> >>> are
>> >>> changing is the equivalent of your analogue modem with a digital
>> receiver
>> >>> and nothing more, also remember that this transition is a world wide
>> >>> project and it would be foolhardy to try and stop the oncoming train.
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> As Kenyans, we have proven time and time again that we are resilient
>> and
>> >>> innovative, we turned off "fake" phones and on the following day they
>> >>> where getting reactivated thanks to the power of google, turn off the
>> >>> analogue signal tomorrow and we shall have 500/- decoders available
>> for
>> >>> sale along the streets of Nairobi, keep postponing the switchoff and
>> >>> there
>> >>> will be no meaning uptake of the digital devices, have you registered
>> for
>> >>> election yet?
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> All this noise from the entrenched media houses that we are
>> propagating
>> >>> has nothing to do with if Kenyans with black and white TVs can afford
>> to
>> >>> buy the decoder but more on trying to delay the shift of broadcasting
>> >>> power to a more open platform, so before you come to the defense of
>> Linus
>> >>> and his ilk find out whose agenda you are promoting, instead of coming
>> >>> forward and responding to the discussion going on here of which I am
>> sure
>> >>> they are listening, they send mercenaries .
>> >>>
>> >>> Dr. Ndemo, I again say kudos and tell you keep the course and do what
>> is
>> >>> right for the Nation and avoid being distracted by those with selfish
>> >>> agendas, deliver on this and Konza has a better chance of seeing the
>> >>> light
>> >>> of day.
>> >>>
>> >>> Regards
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Robert Yawe
>> >>> KAY System Technologies Ltd
>> >>> Phoenix House, 6th Floor
>> >>> P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
>> >>> Kenya
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> ________________________________
>> >>> From: meshack emakunat <memakunat at yahoo.com>
>> >>> To: robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk
>> >>> Cc: Meshack <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> >>> Sent: Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 16:48
>> >>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance
>> >>>
>> >>>
>> >>> Dear list
>> >>> I read this thread and all i see is the "the cart before the horse". I
>> >>> believe Mr gitahi was referring to affordability rather compatibility
>> and
>> >>> adaptability. @Robert, don't you think Kenyans should be given enough
>> >>> time
>> >>> to migrate rather than have a paradigm shift in tech use. I think
>> that we
>> >>> should ban the importation of analog TV as somebody suggested earlier
>> >>> then
>> >>> will have a gradual change till 2015
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