[kictanet] Kenya Has Faster Internet Than Australia? “Complete Rubbish” Says Australia Prime Minister

Mon Oct 9 16:07:22 EAT 2017

True that.

Again. The report wasn't about Penetration but about speeds..So maybe the
report needs to substitute Kenya with Nairobi? :-)

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On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:59 PM, Ngigi Waithaka <ngigi at at.co.ke> wrote:

> Ali,
>
> 100 KMs from Nairobi, upcountry, in a relatively built up area, the speeds
> are horrendous....
>
> Was benchmarking this (www.kionjo.com) over the weekend and on both
> Safaricom & Airtel the load times for home page was 1-2 mins which is about
> 5KB/s considering an initial download is abt 300KBs
>
> Those Akamai figures I am not sure where they got them from but its
> definately not anything close across the country...
>
> Rgds
>
> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:37 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> True that Barrack.
>>
>> The point though was not penetration rate but speed. This is something
>> (penetration rate) that needs addressing soonest.
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>
>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>
>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
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>>
>>
>> 13th Floor , Delta Towers, Oracle Wing,
>>
>> Chiromo Road, Westlands,
>>
>> Nairobi, Kenya.
>>
>> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely
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>> organizations that I work with.
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:27 PM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Ali,
>>>
>>> This is not surprising , be that as it may, i hope we can get such
>>> glorification of our connectivity from our Counties since the quality of
>>> connectivity in most places beyond Nairobi is wanting.
>>>
>>> Best Regards
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Ali Hussein via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Listers
>>>>
>>>> Interesting arguments going on around this subject. Apparently the
>>>> Australian Prime is miffed by the suggestion that we can have faster
>>>> Internet connections than Australia.. Surely that's not possible!!!??? :-)
>>>>
>>>> When *Bloomberg*
>>>> <https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-10-03/digital-doom-threatens-australia-where-internet-speeds-lag-kenya> highlighted
>>>> that Kenya’s internet was ranked faster than Australia’s in the latest
>>>> Akamai’s State of Internet report, the Australian Prime Minister did not
>>>> take it lightly. To understand the backstory, Australia invested $38
>>>> Billion in a National Broadband Network (NBN) infrastructure that was meant
>>>> to “spearhead a digital revolution.” The situation on the ground is that
>>>> the project has been mismanaged by the government leading to costs overrun
>>>> and construction delays.
>>>>
>>>> Read on:-
>>>>
>>>> Surely Kenya can't have faster connectivity than Australia!!
>>>> <http://www.techweez.com/2017/10/09/australia-v-kenya-broadband-speeds/>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> *Ali Hussein*
>>>>
>>>> *Principal*
>>>>
>>>> *Hussein & Associates*
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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>>>>
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>>>>
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