[kictanet] 4G status

[S.M. Muraya]

Adam,

You are a great asset when you offer criticism with accompanying solutions.

If we cannot handle the truth, then we can only remain mediocre )=:

Suggest you read the "Clash of Civilizations" (1996) by the late Samuel
Huntington.

The intelligent bigot that he was (is in heaven?), accurately noted the
role of faith/beliefs in molding cultures.

It helped me understand why the West has very little chance (in the near
future) of countering Asia/China in Africa.

It mentioned Africa very little, in passing, clearly reflecting Western
ignorance/indifference to Dark Skinned Africans.

He believed, if not checked, Terrorism + African refugee/hoards would
compromise the prosperity of the EU/West.

Of course, time is proving, liberal values are destroying the West, not
desperate HIV infected African refugees

http://www.forbes.com/sites/joelkotkin/2012/05/30/whats-really-behind-europes-decline-its-the-birth-rates-stupid/

http://www.forbes.com/sites/markadomanis/2013/11/21/large-parts-of-the-european-union-have-demographic-indicators-worse-than-russias/

You can take this to the bank, decent Africans with strong family values,
are building ethical businesses over generations, not decades :)

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, Jan 20, 2014 at 1:51 PM, Adam Nelson <adam at varud.com> wrote:

> @James, thanks for the info.
>
> @Mark, LTE is not just about higher bandwidth, it's also about lower
> latency and lower per-MB costs in the future.
>
> @ICT Researcher, your point is well taken and it's the type of thing that
> I think about whenever I write to this list.  It's the same reason that
> you'll notice no Europeans or Americans ever respond to notes complaining
> about the state of ICT in Kenya (even though the list has many of them) -
> they're afraid they'll be accused of racism.  I personally think that there
> is no fundamental reason that the Kenyan ICT sector can't compete with
> those of other countries so I try to just say it like I see it.  The lack
> of 4G being on the roadmap is bad for the country's ICT future, the lack of
> ability to hire foreign workers is bad for the entire corporate sector,
> etc...  and if people don't complain, nothing will change.  And if you
> reduce the number of people allowed to complain to only those who were born
> here - then even less will happen.
>
>
> --
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>
>
> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:26 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Adam,
>>
>> Because of the limited spectrum, CCK had sought a joint approach, a
>> consortium of sorts similar to TEAMS to rollout LTE. But some of the
>> players are apprehensive about this and want to go it alone. Ericsson had
>> also offered to build it with no payment upfront but I don't know what came
>> of that.
>>
>> I tend to suspect that the fiber rollout by Safaricom is meant to
>> anticipate its rollout of an LTE network backhauled by this cable it is
>> rolling out across the country. But that's just my guess.
>>
>> James
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 at 12:09 PM, ICT Researcher <
>> ict.researcher at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Adam,
>>>
>>> Sorry if come out so blunt...
>>>
>>> But I find the tone of some communications striking as "Master to slave"
>>> directives..
>>>
>>> Not embrasing at all. I just had to say
>>> it and won't respond to any fire I may cause here:-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ------------------------------
>>> On Mon, Jan 20, 2014 11:45 AM MSK Adam Nelson wrote:
>>>
>>> >What's the status with 4G these days in Kenya?  Is it totally stalled?
>>> >
>>> >I just found out that Uganda offers 4G from at least one carrier with 2
>>> or
>>> >more on the way shortly.
>>> >
>>> >Since I can't seem to convince many people on this list to be
>>> >Internationalists, maybe I can at least appeal to raw national
>>> competition
>>> >to spur movement by the Kenyan authorities/telecoms to catch up to
>>> Uganda?
>>> >
>>> >Cheers,
>>> >Adam
>>> >--
>>> >Kili - Cloud for Africa: kili.io
>>> >Musings: twitter.com/varud <https://twitter.com/varud>
>>> >More Musings: varud.com
>>> >About Adam: www.linkedin.com/in/adamcnelson
>>>
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