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

Mon Mar 30 11:48:45 EAT 2020

Thanks GG. Zoom is a mine field.

I would advise folks to stay off zoom for any 'serious' discourse ( its
ideally for social interactions).

There are a ton of options depending on industry (Skype for Business will
be obsolete very soon) TEAMS is one suggestion in terms of ease and setting
up.

Eric
E Njoroge Mwangi
Technology| FINTECH | Big Data

Cell +44 7539372742
Skype: Erick.mwangi

On Mon, Mar 30, 2020 at 7:17 AM Kathy Mwai via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> Hon Abshiro,
>
> Even the G20 has gone virtual. Here they were discussing their countries
> contributions to the fund researching on a vaccine. Just 2 days before the
> UK Prime Minister was taken ill.
>
> Kathy
>
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2020, 00:48 Abshiro Halake via kictanet <
> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Kaka, Noah, Barrack,
>>
>> I will look out for the  Gire bill and see what in our context is the
>> equivalent. I may need your help with providing the appropriate content. We
>> don't have much time so time is of the essence.
>>
>> Barrack thanks for the recommendation/suggestion of use of Zoom. I am a
>> fun but Grace' insights yesterday opened my eyes to the fact that it may
>> not be very secure. That said, what is, these days. Will add it to the list
>> of apps to consider for sure.
>>
>> Thanks you all once again.
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Abshiro.
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020, 21:31 Barrack Otieno via kictanet <
>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>
>>> Kaka,
>>>
>>> You raise very interesting points. I actually think the East African
>>> Community should also take up the matter. For Citizens to properly embrace
>>> the Internet in the Region, Trust is key. Quality of service, reliability
>>> and security of the Networks is a key consideration. We need more
>>> investment in connectivity within the EAC Countries and within the region.
>>> We also need affordable smart devices. What is the use of connectivity if
>>> citizens cannot afford devices that will enable them to make good use of
>>> the links. If it means zero rating so be it.
>>>
>>> Mheshimiwa Abshiro we need the equivalent of the High Perfomance
>>> Computing Act aka the Gore bill to move our country forwad in ICT issues.
>>>
>>> Regards
>>>
>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 8:14 pm Noah via kictanet, <
>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I totally agree with you @Walu and I believe we are on the same page
>>>> but my only caution was for us not to focus so much on vendor sythax (which
>>>> can be crammed to aid implementation) but rather principles.
>>>>
>>>> Back to the main topic, Internet infrastructure across East Africa more
>>>> than just Kenya needs robust upgrades and improving.
>>>>
>>>> Bloody Covid19 is already a game changer and I believe we are all
>>>> taking lessons from it especially within our space with the ICT
>>>> infrastructure which politicians used to think was some luxury for a few
>>>> elites proving to be a necessity in such a time.
>>>>
>>>> *ICT could emerge stronger post COVID-19*
>>>>
>>>> Some foresee an increase in demand for cloud computing platforms with
>>>> enterprise applications proving to be inaccessible during lockdowns and
>>>> #karantini.
>>>>
>>>> Increasing usage of remote and collaboration tools. This requires
>>>> bandwidth like serious bandwidth.
>>>>
>>>> Increase in traffic to video streaming sites and social media platforms
>>>> (Isolation is tough hey, humans are not wild beasts or gods, they must
>>>> continue socializing)
>>>>
>>>> Increased usage of apps from grocery delivery apps to essential goods
>>>> apps.
>>>>
>>>> Most importantly the future of education in the face of another future
>>>> pendamic [1] with online education becoming defacto especially when schools
>>>> in future could possibly be closed beyond just one moon.
>>>>
>>>> #ICT infrastructure is #critical infrastructure.
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> Noah
>>>>
>>>> [1] Hellooooo....., there was the Spanish Flu, then the Influenza, then
>>>> the SARS, then the Swine Flu, the Ebola and you guessed it right COVID-19.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 19:52 Walubengo J, <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> True, BUT assume I am Safaricom with maybe 70% of my infrastructure on
>>>>> Huawei and want to hire a Telco Engineer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I prolly would get a candidate who has the Telco degree (the
>>>>> principles) and the Huawei Certification as the added advantage.
>>>>>
>>>>> The other way around it would be that I hire then send the candidate
>>>>> back to finishing school for some hands on training.
>>>>>
>>>>> Universities providing both principles and skills will have an
>>>>> advantage.
>>>>>
>>>>> On a light note, Imagine teaching Blockchain Technologies using only Satoshi's
>>>>> Paper (the principles) <https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf> and not
>>>>> having access to say IBM Blockchain platforms
>>>>> <https://www.ibm.com/blockchain/what-is-blockchain> to provide
>>>>> students with some  Lab exposure. The ones with Lab exposure will often
>>>>> stand out.
>>>>>
>>>>> Having said that, there are those who 'cram' and pass
>>>>> vendor-certificate exams without really learning the principles. That is
>>>>> also a major risk to employers.
>>>>>
>>>>> walu.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 07:37:26 PM GMT+3, Noah <noah at neo.co.tz>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> @Walu
>>>>>
>>>>> I agree that a cocktail of standard principles and *mutlivendor*
>>>>> sythax should be the approach that can go on to see us provide better
>>>>> skills transfer.
>>>>>
>>>>> I only caution us from repeating the old and outdated approach of only
>>>>> focusing training on one vendor since this only goes to help promote the
>>>>> vendors products in our markets rather provide true knowledge.
>>>>>
>>>>> Employers should careless about Cisco or Juniper or Huawei but rather
>>>>> seek knowledgeable candidates who understand technology rather than people
>>>>> who have  crammed how to implement a specific vendor sythax.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Noah
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 19:26 Walubengo J, <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> @Noah,
>>>>>
>>>>> Maybe we can do both.  Teach the principles as well as offer exposure
>>>>> to one or several of the vendor technologies (whichever that maybe).  I
>>>>> always find such an approach much more enriching and complimentary in my
>>>>> classes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Teaching 'principles' without offering some practical vendor sessions
>>>>> is like teaching Wordprocessing - without using MS-Word/OpenOffice/etc
>>>>> because you are trying too hard to be vendor-agnostic ;-)
>>>>>
>>>>> In short, I do appreciate the need to teach principles but also
>>>>> appreciate the need to use vendor specific examples/labs to drive the point
>>>>> home.
>>>>>
>>>>> walu.
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sunday, March 29, 2020, 07:03:16 PM GMT+3, Noah via kictanet <
>>>>> kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> The intermittent ip networks and grid-power aside.
>>>>>
>>>>> Am curious to know why in this day and time and day, we are still
>>>>> focusing on vendor specific trainings.
>>>>>
>>>>> During earlier 2000's we focused so much on the Cisco's, then somehow
>>>>> the Junipers and today we are seeing the Huawei syntax.
>>>>>
>>>>> Shouldn't we be focusing in todays Africa on teaching standard
>>>>> protocols even at a fundamental level and cocktail of vendors sythax rather
>>>>> than continually pushing some specific vendors technology which indirectly
>>>>> markets their kit as defacto to those we keep imbibing the skills too.
>>>>>
>>>>> Just my thoughts....
>>>>>
>>>>> Noah
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Sun, 29 Mar 2020, 11:28 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
>>>>>
>>>>> Twitter: @AliHKassim
>>>>>
>>>>> Skype: abu-jomo
>>>>>
>>>>> LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim
>>>>> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are
>>>>> purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the
>>>>> organizations that I work with.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 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
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Barrack O. Otieno
>>>>> +254721325277
>>>>> +254733206359
>>>>> Skype: barrack.otieno
>>>>> PGP ID: 0x2611D86A
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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>>>>> Best Regards,
>>>>>
>>>>> Kelvin Kariuki
>>>>> Assistant Lecturer
>>>>> Multimedia University of Kenya
>>>>> Faculty of Computing and Information Technology
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