[kictanet] Resiliency of our Internet Infrastructure during the COVID -19 Season

Sun Mar 29 20:09:32 EAT 2020

 @Senator,
Am sure the vendors on this list may already have hit you with so many emails ;-)
But what I can say is that there are many remote-working, collaborative solutions and some of the common ones include Zoom, WebEx, Teams, Skype4Business, etc. 
The list is endless. 
HOWEVER, you probably need to ensure that whichever solution you select can be integrated into the overall VPN (virtual private network) framework for Senate or Parliament as a whole. 
So that brings up the discussion of which VPN solution to get (IF parliament doesn't already have one at the moment).
It may also be useful to cross-check with parliament ICT division for such details.
Otherwise its great to see your ICT committee is proactive and thinking ahead  in terms of how to stay active and productive - despite the current circumstances.
walu.

    On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 07:24:38 PM GMT+3, Abshiro Halake via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:  

 Dear Listers, 
I trust you are all well and keeping safe.  The senate is resuming its sessions next week on Tuesday and I am not certain what if any, the Parliamentary Service Commission has put in place for our physical attendance. We will of course attend and do what we have to do but.....
As ICT Comitee leadership, I am grappling with a few questions which I will throw at you for brainstorm and perhaps solutions. 
I have been asking myself aloud if it is/not possible to have legislative sessions that meet remotely?
What secure commercial software and teleconferencing  tools can we use for our legislative and oversight work.? 
If we worked on and made the necessary amendments to our standing orders to allow for a remote Senate,  would anyone of your companies be willing to help run a pilot of this for us?  What goes into such a plot? costs and other?  
Your ideas, are most welcome. 
Kind regards, 
Senator Abshiro. 
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 14:22 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Interesting feedback teacher Karis and Ali,
I also got some feedback from local ISP's that are trying to ensure they provide quality services. While at that @ Teacher Karis, you raised the issue of training, could this issue be attributed to network misconfiguration or simply inadequate bandwidth?, i hope our friends from Safaricom will weigh in as well to share the challenges they are facing in the spirit of right of reply.
Regards

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:28 AM Kelvin Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

This is very true Barrack, I have been teaching a live online class on a Huawei Certification in the past weekusing Zoom and some of my students, who are on different parts of the country, have really had issues keeping up because of poor internet connections and regular disconnections. Thank God Zoom has a feature to record the classes but for sure this is something that we need to look into. 
PS: All my students are using Safaricom as Huawei Kenya offered them with credit cards to buy internet bundles in order to be able to learn online. The trainingI'm doing is Huawei Certified ICT Associate (Routing & Switching)
On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 11:14 AM Ali Hussein via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Barrack
You got that right. Both Safaricom and Zuku have been intermittent over the past few days. Let's not even start with Kenya Power...
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On Fri, Mar 27, 2020 at 1:07 PM Barrack Otieno via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Listers,
It seems the quality of our Infrastructure is taking a hit as more people are working from home. Talking to friends from different corners of the countries across different Networks, there seems to be a challenge. I hope the Communications Authority is paying attention. The Internet and Infrastructure service providers should not just focus on free Internet and double speeds, quality of the connection is critical.
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