[kictanet] "For Africans the Internet will never really be neutral". On net Neutrality in Africa

[Ali Hussein]

Good points Kivuva.

Clearly its not a black and white scenario..

Ali Hussein

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> On May 9, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> 
> The dangerous position the US has taken may mean we might be forced to
> accept and move on. When we join the bandwagon, it might be too late.
> As things stand, it seems pro NetNeutrality advocates like Civil
> Society are loosing. I see a lot of positive NetNeutrality violations
> in Kenya like the zero rated services among some ISPs (FB and
> Wikipedia being one of them), and also the Google cache at KIXP.
> Internet users have experienced the ugly side often in our landscape,
> among then trotting and unreliable fake "unlimited Internet".
> 
> NetNeutrality might be a good debate for the Kenyan IGF. Probably
> then, we might find out the government position.
> 
> Regards
> 
>> On 09/05/2014, Alice Munyua via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>> 
>> http://manypossibilities.net/2014/05/net-neutrality-in-africa/
>> 
>> 
>> Best
>> 
>> Alice
>> 
>> 
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