<html><head><style type="text/css"><!-- DIV {margin:0px;} --></style></head><body><div style="font-family:'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Hi,</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">I agree with you up to a point, but the building that I took a photo of has been occupied for less than 1 year and in addition is less than 200 meters from the offices of a listed ICT firm whose name I shall not devulge at this juncture.</div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div
style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">This is an indication that this are post marine cable landing installations, which makes your argument null and void. </div><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; "><br></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">My take is that the fibre currently in the ground is yet to be </font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">lit which explains why there are so many new wireless links being installed on the roof tops. Those organisations that have laid metro fibres did not factor in the cost of the active components and of those who factors them in did not factor in the cost of a operating centre a situation explained by the bandwidth fluctuations and latencies on the active
fibres.</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">So, my question remains open; where if the fibre?</font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif"><br></font></div><div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif">Regards<br></font><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3"> </font></div><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Robert Yawe</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">KAY System Technologies Ltd</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Phoenix House, 6th Floor</font><br><font
class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200</font><br><font class="Apple-style-span" face="'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif" size="3">Kenya</font><br><br><div style="color: black; font-family: 'times new roman', 'new york', times, serif; font-size: 12pt; ">Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<div><br></div><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><br><div style="font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><font size="2" face="Tahoma"><hr size="1"><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">From:</span></b> simiyu mse <kensimiyu@gmail.com><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thu, 7
April, 2011 17:50:15<br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Where is the fibre<br></font><br>Fibre really is there. More and more buildings are sporting building solutions from the given providers. The 90% figure you have, is coz most optimal sites for base stations are used by multiple providers to optimise coverage.<div>
<br></div><div>The antenae you see are either pre-fibre or supporting clients on buildings not yet on the fibre rings. E.g. take a look at this ring topology laid by access kenya: <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.accesskenya.com/fibrenet.html">http://www.accesskenya.com/fibrenet.html</a> you can see that much as fibre has been laid, there is alot more in its shed, and this is covered by wireless last-mile solutions. And stories for cut fibres, well, as you can see the ring covers for it.</div>
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