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

Wed Nov 18 12:42:50 EAT 2015

Liz

Thanks for making the connection between Net Neutrality and Universal
Access. It's important that we address these issues.

Ali Hussein
Tel: +254 713 601113
On Nov 18, 2015 12:31 PM, "Liz Orembo" <lizorembo at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> Perhaps its time we start asking how far the government has gone in
> deploying NOFBI and its last mile connectivity. Universal access fund?
>
> We will continue facing these kind of net neutrality issues and other
> related problems because much of our internet access policies rely on
> mobile networks.
> On Nov 18, 2015 9:39 AM, "Ali Hussein via kictanet" <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Mildred
>>
>> Zero-Rating means it's only free when accessing say Facebook. :-) Sorry,
>> not as free as you think. And the business model is one based on
>> advertising. It's instructive that Facebook for example uses ARPU as a key
>> metric to track performance.
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
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>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>
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>> On 18 Nov 2015, at 9:10 AM, Mildred Achoch via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>> I agree with Mr. Ali Hussein that there is never a free ride. Those big
>> boys and girls of the Internet have seen an opportunity to profit from the
>> lack of reliable and affordable Internet in rural areas. I don't know how
>> they will profit but I am sure they have done their research. These people
>> don't think short-term. They stand to gain in the long run.
>>
>> On the other hand, FREE Internet in rural areas?! Wow! Speaking as
>> someone whose work involves a lot of heavy Internet use, and who has no
>> office to access it through, this is very good news! I can even consider
>> moving to these rural areas once the deal is up and running. I am sure
>> there are many more people like me. Maybe this will promote urban-rural
>> migration, thereby contributing to the development of rural areas?
>>
>> Regards,
>> Mildred Achoch.
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>> On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 8:52 AM, James Kagwe via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> 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.
>>>>
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>> *Principal*
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>> +254 0713 601113 / 0770906375
>>>>
>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>
>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>>
>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>>>
>>>> Blog: www.alyhussein.com
>>>>
>>>> "Discovery consists in seeing what everyone else has seen and thinking
>>>> what no one else has thought".  ~ Albert Szent-Györgyi
>>>>
>>>> Sent from my iPad
>>>>
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