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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="4">So far we have these recommended:-</font></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="4">Safaricom WiMAx</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="4">Any information on speed and costs?</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="4">I wish such information was available at a one-stop-shop for consumers with analytical tools to cutomize to ones needs!</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="Tahoma" size="4"><o:p>Broadband for homes seems elusive!</o:p></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt"><font face="tahoma" size="4"><o:p>Edith</o:p></font></p>
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gerhard May [gerhard.may@gmail.com]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 February 2011 15:16<br>
<b>To:</b> Edith Adera<br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home<br>
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<div>i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution.</div>
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On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox.</div>
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Robert Yawe<br>
KAY System Technologies Ltd<br>
Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>
P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>
Kenya<br>
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<div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">From:</span></b> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>><br>
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<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Sent:</span></b> Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05<br>
<b><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Internet to the Home<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I
have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?</span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-GB">Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections)</span></p>
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