[kictanet] National Broadband Strategy

[John Kariuki]

Robert, Listers

I would agree with Robert that 40 mbps in 5 years is a rather low target for urban areas and we should  achieve higher speeds in the next 2 to 3 years. 5 years in ICT is a very very long time!


John Kariuki.


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 From: robert yawe <robertyawe at yahoo.co.uk>
To: ngethe.kariuki2007 at yahoo.co.uk 
Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> 
Sent: Thursday, 19 September 2013, 15:12
Subject: [kictanet] National Broadband Strategy
 


Hi,

I recently went through the National Broad Band Strategy documents where it was indicated that we intend to achieve a connectivity speed of 40 mbps in urban areas in the next 5 years.

This might seem like quite an achievement but starting today some of the Internet users inChattanooga, Tennessee in the USA will be experiencing 1 Gbps speeds to their homes, it seems either we are aiming very low or the strategy is a cut and paste from an era long gone which is a clear indication of what happens when you sit in a dark room and write a strategy but with no organised group to turn to for assistance what was the other choice?

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/17/how-chattanooga-beat-google-fiber-by-half-a-decade/#!


Regards

About Chattanooga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee

 
Robert Yawe
KAY System Technologies Ltd
Phoenix House, 6th Floor
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200
Kenya


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