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

Mon Oct 9 16:27:33 EAT 2017

Yep, Nairobi si Kenya :-)

On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 4:07 PM, Ali Hussein <ali at hussein.me.ke> wrote:

> 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:
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>> 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:
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>>> True that Barrack.
>>>
>>> The point though was not penetration rate but speed. This is something
>>> (penetration rate) that needs addressing soonest.
>>>
>>> *Ali Hussein*
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>>> Nairobi, Kenya.
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>>> 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*
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