[kictanet] Hurricane at the eye of a storm (Yes ? No )

Wed Mar 14 10:06:10 EAT 2018

If there's even a grain of truth in this story we should be a worried lot.
Very.

More than half this country has no access to connectivity (CA statistics
not withstanding) and yet we are playing politics on inexpensive
connectivity that has the potential to exponentially uplift people's lives
not to mention Government Revenues.

I wonder how we can get to the bottom of this?

Regards

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On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> @Barry
>
> It is not the Intruduction of the levy that is the problem, it is why such
> levy is introduced that I have a problem with. If players can lobby for a
> levy to be introduced to make a competitor less effective then whats to
> stop them from leaving it at just that?
>
> Regards,
>
> Collins Areba,
> Kilifi, Kenya.
> Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788*
> Twitter: @arebacollins.
> Skype: arebacollins
>
> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Collins Areba <arebacollins at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> EADC is (ideally) a carrier neutral DC.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Collins Areba,
>> Kilifi, Kenya.
>> Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788*
>> Twitter: @arebacollins.
>> Skype: arebacollins
>>
>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> EADC = Liquid Telecom/Econet
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:41 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> This is interesting
>>>> But again i don't see how introducing a levy will stop Hurricane
>>>> Electric from selling there capacity at any cost they want, its there
>>>> capacity any way
>>>> It has become a free market so you buy were you can
>>>>
>>>> My two cent
>>>>
>>>> regards
>>>> Barry
>>>>
>>>> On 14 Mar 2018, at 09:20, Collins Areba via kictanet <
>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Morning Listers,
>>>>
>>>> Treat this as rumours as my source wont agree to be named or linked
>>>> with this information. For information's sake though, please indulge me.
>>>>
>>>> Hurricane Electric (http://he.com) , or HE is a global carrier. (more
>>>> like a carrier of carriers). HE is a breath of fresh air when it comes to
>>>> connectivity. They do not price the product as if it is made of vibranium.
>>>> HE also runs a lean shop, as a result, their prices are in the order of
>>>> thousands of percentage points lower than you would get from anyone
>>>> locally.
>>>>
>>>> In fact, they price internet lower than anyone prices a local loop from
>>>> Nairobi to Kilifi. (Pity we cant get HE anywhere other than EADC, and
>>>> operators are moving in their droves from the usual suspects.  Which is
>>>> somewhat the problem and gist of this post, because the usual suspects are
>>>> not happy.
>>>>
>>>> Hence my question.
>>>> Might anyone in this list (particularly from CA) be privy to attempts
>>>> to introduce another levy for anyone interested in getting services from an
>>>> operator in EADC?
>>>>
>>>> It just feels like when we just saw the ray of light on this issue,
>>>> cartel like "forces"  close in.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Collins Areba,
>>>> Kilifi, Kenya.
>>>> Tel: +*254 707 750 788 */ *0731750788*
>>>> Twitter: @arebacollins.
>>>> Skype: arebacollins
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