[kictanet] Coming Soon: Free Internet to Rural Areas (There is never a free ride)

[James Kagwe]

Looking at it from the other side of the fence, the truth is that Internet
service providers in Kenya including the Telcos have maintained the price
of internet quite high even for the middle class living in urban areas.
Most of us can only enjoy reliable internet in the office only. This is
even after Kenya connected to at least 4 undersea cables.

Given the prevailing circumstances there's no hope for reliable and
affordable Internet to the rurals in the near future. This is with the
benefits of Internet as demonstrated by research not withstanding. I don't
see anything wrong with what they're doing. In any case we in Nairobi and
other urban areas will continue paying the unreasonable costs as we have
been doing in the past.

James
On Nov 18, 2015 8:16 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Listers
>
> I'm really concerned about the continued silence of the Regulator
> regarding Zero-Rating of certain services bundled by telcos in this country
> in partnership with the big boys and girls of the Internet. Are we not
> clear how this continued silence and tacit approval of this practice that
> had basically been outlawed in their home countries is going to impact our
> nascent Internet economy?
>
>
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/Free-Internet-to-rural-areas/-/996/2960730/-/10o59uez/-/index.html
>
> We deserve some action from the Communication Authority.
>
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