[kictanet] Access Gaps: What would it take? A proposal

Tue May 29 07:12:09 EAT 2018

Barrack

I concur..My point however should not be lost..There are business models
out there (like what Brother Collins is doing) that just need an enabling
environment and not necessarily permission from Government.

I say let's get on with it.. Government will catch up..If there was good
will we wouldn't be discussing this issue right now right? #JustSaying.

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On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 6:59 AM, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hi Ali,
>
> ImHO we are discussing a public interest issue that might need a boost
> possibly from the Universal Service fund. Most of the ISPs that peer at
> KIXP are commercial entities that do so for commercial reasons not
> necessarily from a public interest perspective. During the ICT week, CA
> actually confirmed that the statistics we receive are normally population
> centric as opposed to being based on landmass. As infrastructure starts
> opening up the country such as the SGR, the International Airport in Isiolo
> , the Dual Carriage way to Mombasa, and rural electrification, people will
> start moving back to this areas that lack coverage and were hitherto
> considered unprofitable. I am yet to fully understand the long term
> business case of this projects funded by the Universal Service Fund and
> would like colleagues likes Adam to weigh in on the subject but it is my
> humble opinion that Community owned networks might be the way to go. Maybe
> Collins can share how they are surviving in Mashinani. I know the Telcos
> will claim that their network coverage extends to 90 % of Kenyans but we
> now know that this 90 % is in Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu, we need to
> change the narrative. Ensure the unconnected are connected and that the
> costs of the connections are low by all means.
>
> Regards
>
> On Tue, 29 May 2018 06:44 Ali Hussein via kictanet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Collins
>>
>> Just curious. Is there a regulatory bottleneck that would need to be
>> unlocked? Reason I'm asking is why do we need to wait for the govt to
>> mandate anyone? Can't KIXP get on with it? Do we really need 'permission'
>> for this?
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>> *Principal*
>>
>> *AHK & Associates*
>>
>>
>>
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>>
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>> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 8:17 PM, Collins Areba via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> @Ali & Others.
>>>
>>> What does it take to push and actualize this? My suggestion would
>>> actually follow a very simple approach:
>>>
>>> a) GOK, through CA mandates KIXP and other exchanges to provide
>>> countrywide service with presence at each of the 47 County headquarters as
>>> initial POPs.
>>>
>>> b) Tier 1’s bid to operate and maintain redundant dark fibers to serve
>>> these IXPs, so that those IXP’s have multiple backhauls via multiple
>>> vendors.
>>>
>>> c) IXP's run an open access platform, offering standardized “Port
>>> charges” for 1G, 10G, 100G….. at each of these pops.
>>>
>>> d) Tier 2 and ASP’s then pick this traffic from any of these points.
>>>
>>> Immediate benefits:
>>>
>>> a) IP transit in Kilifi @400 bob a meg. :-) Instead of current IP
>>> transit at EADC at 400 plus local loop at KES 5000. *Packets cost
>>> eleven times more from Nairobi to Kilifi than they cost from Nairobi to
>>> Guangzhou. That cartel needs to die for affordable access to be realised.*
>>>
>>> b) Tier 3’s will have room to actually grow and become Tier 2 and Tier
>>> 1.
>>>
>>> c) Players will be forced to innovate to remain relevant, resulting in
>>> better Value for money.
>>>
>>> d) Fibers will be utilised way more efficiently. Fewer fibers also means
>>> less downtime. e.g a single fiber
>>>
>>> On 28 May 2018, 4:14 PM +0300, I.kasyoki--- via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>, wrote:
>>>
>>> Eagerly following on this as well.
>>>
>>> This will definitely be a game changer in regards to service penetration
>>> to marginalised areas.
>>>
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>>>
>>> *Ian Kasyoki* /
>>> I.Kasyoki at syokinet.co.ke / 0726815478
>>>
>>> *Syokinet Solutions*
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> ---- On Mon, 28 May 2018 11:52:57 +0300 *kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>> <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>* wrote ----
>>>
>>> I Second Collins on this approach.
>>> Considering NOFBI is state funded (unless am wrong) so it's the Kenyan
>>> taxes funding it and that KIXP via Tespok be given the mandate to offer
>>> ports at fixed rates accessible anywhere the NOFBI fiber terminates.
>>>
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>>> Regards,
>>> Job Muriuki,
>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Mon, May 28, 2018 at 11:42 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi all,
>>> I have a rather interesting suggestion to the powers, power brokers and
>>> brokers that be. This is with regard to flattening the access environment
>>> countrywide. If you are at CA: Indulge me for a moment.
>>>
>>> 1) KIXP has proven over time that it is possible, from a technical
>>> standpoint to significantly drive traffic locally and in an organized
>>> manner. This works well where there is an XP, in the current scheme of
>>> things: Nairobi, and if TKL doesnt pull the plug, Msa.
>>>
>>> 2) If KIXP were operated like a distributed network, with switches in
>>> Kilifi, Mombasa, Garsen, Garissa, Thika, and all major towns in the
>>> country, so that providers would visit the nearest exchange point and get a
>>> port, loop charges would all but disappear.
>>>
>>> 3) All thats needed is for GOK to give KIXP a dark fiber pair into all
>>> major towns, and in exchange, for KIXP to offer 1G, 10G, 100G, etc at
>>> subsidized rates in any of these towns, and for NOFBI hosts to be “strongly
>>> asked” not to strong arm entrants by levying crazy cross connect or other
>>> barriers to entry.
>>>
>>> Maoni?
>>>
>>>
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