Thanks Bob for that insightfull write up i totally agree with your sentiments, i have noticed this is the strategy being deployed by Zuku, albeit the noise we have made as clients i would like to commend them for making an effort to deliver triple play services through the Fibre, i was a bit apprehensive about the termination as well considering the buildings where we are located were already 'cabled' and the management seemed adamant to allow the guys to overhaul the system in place, however they used Coaxial Cable for the last mile, i beleive this is the case in many other areas. I wonder whether it might be usefull for Edith to check with Multimedia University, i think they have a Campus Fibre network and some of the best engineers in town, Walu, any insights?<br>
<br>Best Regards<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 22, 2011 at 10:46 AM, Edith Adera <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000"><font face="Trebuchet MS">Thanks Robert for this useful information. You posit that "DSL still remains the ideal last mile solution even where triple play is to be delivered".</font></font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Trebuchet MS">With the recent bad experiences of listers, which is the best DSL provider in Kenya? </font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="Trebuchet MS">I'm still searching!</font></div><div class="im">
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<font face="Tahoma" size="2"><b>From:</b> robert yawe [<a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a>]<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 March 2011 08:21<br>
<b>To:</b> Edith Adera<div class="im"><br>
<b>Cc:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<br>
</div><b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes<br>
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Hi Edith,</div>
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The Jamii FTTH project is yet to be rolled out but on the same vein we need to appreciate that FTTH is no longer the model of choice for delivery of connectivity to the home due to the high cost of the termination equipment and the process of repairing damaged
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It costs about 25,000/- to terminate a pair of fibre and since your equipment in the home will most likely not have a fibre port you will require to convert the light pulses to electrical signals that can be delivered to your computers or set top boxes ethernet
card. The cheap fibre to Ethernet transceivers cost on average 15,000/-. </div>
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<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Fibres high bandwidth capabilities and long runs are ideal for </font></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">back-haul</font></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> and
trunk applications, the last mile is still best served over copper due to the ease of installation and maintenance. The bandwidth capabilities of fibre optic cable will be underutilised in the home, DSL still remains the ideal last mile solution even where
triple play is to be delivered. </font></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><font face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">As we develop more gated communities the safety of copper will be increased therefore
reducing the efforts of the providers to getting the fibre to the gate. Also note that with fibre trying to implement voice services such as intercom within a development will proof very expensive is you will need to used SIP phones. With DSL the same cable
delivering data will be able to also delivery voice cost effectively.</font></span><span style="font-size: medium; font-family: 'Times New Roman';"><br>
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AccessKenya and the elk have been having an uphill task selling WiMax equipment for 45,000/- and finally opted to supply the equipment for free. In Runda where fibre has been widely buried the level of uptake is still very low mainly due to the installation
cost and resistance from home owners to have their gardens dug up to lay the cable.</div>
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As has been realised in the data centre copper still offers a better solution to high-speed connectivity which explains why many switch manufacturers have opted to slow development of higher speeds on their fibre switches and instead are concentrating on increasing
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<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> Edith Adera <<a href="mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke" target="_blank">eadera@idrc.or.ke</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> <a href="mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk" target="_blank">robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk</a><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Mon, 21 March, 2011 15:03:30<br>
<b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] Refreshing - Fibre to Homes<br>
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<div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Tahoma" size="2">Listers,</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">It was refershing to watch "Who Owns Kenya" on Citizen TV on Sunday and learn that Jamii Telecom is rolling out fibre to the home as a major project.</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Does anyone know if these services are already being provided by Jamii or is this just a plan?</font></div>
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<div dir="ltr"><font face="tahoma" size="2">Edith</font></div>
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