[kictanet] Licensing and Shared Spectrum Framework for Community Networks for Kenya online discussion

[Twahir Hussein Kassim]

If B4RN is government subsidised, then makes a good case for the Kenyan
Government to subsidise CNs... after all we borrow a lot of legal
structures from the Queen's land 😄

On Sat, May 29, 2021, 10:19 AM Benson Muite via kictanet <
kictanet at lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

> On 5/29/21 8:17 AM, Twahir Hussein Kassim wrote:
> >
> > @Benson Muite not really surprising,
> > it is the reality. That's not the only CN in the Global North, perhaps
> > England's B4RN <https://b4rn.org.uk/> would shame the biggest telcos
> > across the globe.
> >
> >
>
> Guifi.net <https://guifi.net/en> and Freifunk
> <https://www.freifunk.net/> are also interesting examples.  Guifi.net
> seems to include larger institutions such as universities so can have
> experienced technical personnel running the network. Volunteers can help
> for last mile connectivity in established communities typically with a
> high population density. It seems that B4RN is government subsidized
> since costs in sparsely populated areas may be relatively high.
>
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