[kictanet] Here at last: internet cable duct in all highways

[S.M. Muraya]

A locality in India is trying to address the (manhole maintenance and
repair) issue... by April 30, 2014 :)

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Patna/Replace-damaged-manhole-covers-by-April-30-PMC-chief/articleshow/33978096.cms

Regards

Murigi / Stanley Muraya

*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
who takes a city." Prov 16:32*


On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi at gmail.com> wrote:

> Surprisingly, in Kampala, pavements and roads appear well done after
> laying of cables - there are no sunken bits and jutting pavements as is
> common in Nairobi.
>
> Manholes are also well done with the cover bearing the name of the firm to
> whom the cable belongs to.
>
> Perhaps, back in Nairobi, it's a simple problem of supervisorship and lack
> of consequences for irresponsibility.
> On 21 Apr 2014 11:55, "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Many private citizens are concerned about the (online) inaccessibility
>> (responsiveness) of some of these national and local authorities making it
>> difficult to report black spots (including manholes) in our roads.
>>
>>
>> Note the "expatriate" comments in the link you provided...
>>
>> "Liquid Telcom CEO Ben Roberts said the industry does not have full
>> information of planned projects, making it hard to provide road
>> construction authorities with the planned designs of telecommunication
>> infrastructure for the routes."
>>
>>
>> Interestingly, KeNHA has already invested in decent technologies to
>> disseminate this information. The problem arising is the usual one of
>> procurement and need for more integrity. A common mistake being made in our
>> region (even by private sector IT departments) is expecting firms making
>> the bulk of their income from ERPs or from (building and securing) Network
>> Infrastructure to posses (the web and database development) skills required
>> to build decent Extranets.
>>
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> Murigi / Stanley Muraya
>>
>> *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one
>> who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <
>> Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>
>>> The community has always clamoured for the roads authorities to build
>>> network ducts along the major highways. This would prevent the cable
>>> cut problems we have experienced time and again disrupting Internet
>>> services in the country. It seems the Connected Kenya summit has come
>>> up with a recommendation for KeNHA to build ducts across all roads. It
>>> would be interesting to see KURA and KERRA follow through with KeNHA's
>>> promise. Lets cross our fingers and hope this will be implemented
>>> because it is very timely.
>>>
>>>
>>> http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/Cable-ICT-Damage-Roads-Construction-Infrastructure/-/1950106/2286804/-/format/xhtml/-/a21y3e/-/index.html
>>>
>>> Warm Regards
>>>
>>> --
>>> ______________________
>>> Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya
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