[kictanet] KENYA POWER'S HUGE APPETITE FOR DEBT IS A RECIPE FOR DISASTER

Thu Jan 12 08:00:07 EAT 2017

+1 Wangari!

Technically, the 'last mile' does pose some challenges - Broadband
over Power Line (BPL) has a lot of issues [1], but AT&T claim to have
a new system [2] in development which may provide a solution.
Otherwise, FTTH is always a possibility, but would be, I think, the
more expensive option.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Broadband_over_power_lines
[2] http://fortune.com/2016/09/20/att-internet-over-powerlines/

Cheers,
Tony

On 12/01/2017, WANGARI KABIRU via kictanet
<kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> Blessed Wednesday!
> This may inspire halleluya moments as it may lead to bodies such as "Kenya
> Rural Internet Board" and " Internet Mashinani" to diffuse the net into the
> rural and slum areas with public accountability in quality, fair price,
> accessibility and governance.
> With major government services now delivered via digitised mode, access to
> the internet and related ICTs should be made available freely or on subsidy
> as other public services such as education and healthcare.
> The internet to the rural areas and slums beyond the big city hype requires
> patient capital. Capital more patient than reliance on private enterprise
> whose investors have their rightful commercial interests. Sole reliance
> propagates the digital divide which may also be mitigated by the civil
> society investment into community networks.
> Be blessed.
> Regards/Wangari---
> Pray God Bless. 2013Wangari circa - "Being of the Light, We are Restored
> Through Faith in Mind, Body and Spirit; We Manifest The Kingdom of God on
> Earth".
>
>
>
>
>  On Wednesday, 11 January 2017, 16:24, Peter Mwanyika via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
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> div.yiv2613703735WordSection1 {}#yiv2613703735 Kenya Power through its
> subsidiary Kenya Power International already has an MOU with Safaricom for
> the management of the fibre optic cable.
> http://www.nation.co.ke/business/corporates/Safaricom-to-manage-Kenya-Power-fibre-optic-/1954162-3147204-lufqi2z/index.html
> Apr 5, 2016 ... Kenya Power aims to connect 12000 homes in Nairobi to the
> Internet through its fibre-optic network in a 12-month pilot stage.
> Peter Mwanyika |Chief ICT Officer – Security & Architecture Planning
> Kenya Electricity Generating Company Ltd.
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> Behalf Of Ali Hussein via kictanet
> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2017 4:07 PM
> To: Peter Mwanyika <pmwanyika at kengen.co.ke>
> Cc: Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke>
> Subject: Re: [kictanet] KENYA POWER'S HUGE APPETITE FOR DEBT IS A RECIPE FOR
> DISASTER    To add on to this conversation it would be great to hear how
> this will compliment the Broadband Strategy. And whether KPLC is really the
> right entity to execute this fibre strategy seeing as how they are
> performing in execution of their core mandate - Power Distribution.  Ali
> Hussein Principal Hussein & Associates +254 0713 601113     Twitter:
> @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>
>
>  "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 11 Jan 2017, at 11:18 AM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> It looks like the taxpayer is building a parallel National Grid Fibre as is
> on the MoU "memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and
> the Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to
> finance and build a national grid fibre"    It's only important the several
> government agencies inform the public how this new fibre is complementing
> NOFBI, how NOFBI has run out of capacity, shortcomings of NOFBI, etc. Are
> the different government agencies working together, or are they in
> competition?    The more cables we have, the more capacity we have, but the
> pain is, the end user will still have to pay the capital expense in
> deploying them.     Answers from ICT Authority would assure the community.
>  ______________________
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>     On 11 January 2017 at 11:24, Timothy- Coach- Oriedo via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> From a product perspective, this project appears to be motivated by a
> vertical integration move by Kenya Power. Backward to be able to better
> utilise the power grid infrastructure vide riding the fibre on the existing
> power grid, Forward to be able to bundle solutions (power & data) to the
> already existing customers. Due to the economies of scale and already
> existing infrastructure (distribution, subscription, customer service) this
> is a welcome move which if well managed will lead to reduced product
> costs(both power & data), higher penetration and efficiencies through
> reduced redundancies and customer service. For this benefits to be achieved,
> the process needs to be creatively implemented devoid of regulatory and
> political interference.     Cheers    Tim
>
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>    On Wed, Jan 11, 2017 at 9:50 AM, Tony White via kictanet
> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
> AFAIK, Kenya Power already has fibre backbone, used for their own
> network for management and control - and extra capacity (dark fibres)
> are already leased to other service providers.
>
> I think this project is much more than this - ie. FTTH.  I certainly
> hope so.  Whether the end-user is charged directly by Kenya Power (who
> would then become an ISP!) or some third party, sijui.
>
> Cheers,
> Tony
>
>
> On 11/01/2017, Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
> wrote:
>> Hi Ali,
>>
>> I read in the news some times back that this was a new business line
>> of Kenya Power to take advantage of the grid  to provide a fibre
>> backbone. It appears the extra space on the link will be sold to
>> TELCO's and Bandwidth Service Providers. Looking at the way the
>> undersea cables were deployed, my opinion is the more the merrier, it
>> will create competition whose end result will be affordability due to
>> price differentiation.
>>
>> My thoughts
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> On 1/11/17, Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
>> wrote:
>>> Listers
>>>
>>> My attention has been drawn to this article in today's nation. I will
>>> not
>>> dwell on the financial side of this story at the risk of boring people
>>> on
>>> this list. My attention was rather drawn to a part of the story which
>>> has
>>> interesting implications on the National Broadband Strategy which was
>>> launched a few years ago with much fanfare during Hon. Matiangi's
>>> tenure.
>>>
>>> To quote the article:-
>>>
>>> *The question is pertinent because I just recently came across a copy of
>>> a
>>> memorandum of understanding between the Chinese company ZTE and the
>>> Ministry of Energy and Petroleum which the parties have signed to
>>> finance
>>> and build a national grid fibre access on Kenya Power’s transmission and
>>> distribution network.*
>>>
>>>
>>> Kenya Power's fibre ambitions
>>> <http://www.nation.co.ke/oped/Opinion/Kenya-Power-s-huge-appetite-for-debt-is-a-recipe-for-disaster/440808-3512708-format-xhtml-8c48rrz/index.html>
>>>
>>> I'm curious.
>>>
>>> 1. Does this new network compliment the NOFBI?
>>> 2. What is the business plan for this new network?
>>> 3. Does anyone have any details on this project?
>>> 4. Is the MOICT coordinating this with the Energy Ministry?
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>
>>> *Principal*
>>>
>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>>
>>
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