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

Sun Mar 29 20:42:26 EAT 2020

Thanks Noah. As you can imagine, government budgets DONOT have much
flexibility, ( even with a pandemic I suspect), let's say as it stands,
short of budget is the default. Thanks for the pointers I will share all
these inputs with the ICT team to explore what is possible especially after
Tuesday's sitting.

Cheers.

On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 20:33 Noah via kictanet <kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke>
wrote:

> If short of budget and cant afford expensive vendor solutions.
>
> Please consider open source tools for video conferencing like;
>
> - JITSI video conferencing tools.
>
> - OBS Project live video and voice streaming tool. Needs a streaming
> server and you are good to go.
>
> - Apps like Signal or Telegram for individual voice and video could come
> in handy.
>
> 1 and 2 will need your ICT team to setup and once its done, decent
> bandwidth connectivity should be enough to remotely run meetings.
>
> Embrace the power of free open source software.
>
> Noah
>
> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 20:09 Walubengo J via kictanet, <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> @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 week
>> using 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 training
>> I'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...
>>
>> Regards
>>
>> *Ali Hussein*
>>
>>
>> Tel: +254 713 601113
>>
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>>
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>>
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>>
>>
>>
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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.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> --
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>>
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