<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Hi,</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>This is where we are going wrong, the digital migration has nothing to do with digital TV sets its about how the signal will be transmitted, please try and see the bigger picture here.<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif;
background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>When we moved from analogue internet connectivity where you needed a modem to the digital transmission where you needed a DTU/ADSL/Dongle why didn't you please with the government to stop the importation of Pentium processor based computers or 14" monitors or AT keyboards so that users could transition? If you remember the ISPs never even gave us a transition period and some never even implemented analogue connectivity. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>This is the same case with the digital TV migration, you do not need a digital TV to benefit from the new method of
transmission all that you are changing is the equivalent of your analogue modem with a digital receiver and nothing more, also remember that this transition is a world wide project and it would be foolhardy to try and stop the oncoming train. <br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span><br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>As Kenyans, we have proven time and time again that we are resilient and innovative, we turned off "fake" phones and on the following day they where getting reactivated thanks to the power of google, turn off the analogue signal tomorrow and we shall have 500/- decoders available for sale along the streets of Nairobi, keep postponing the switchoff and there will
be no meaning uptake of the digital devices, have you registered for election yet?<br></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>All this noise from the entrenched media houses that we are propagating has nothing to do with if Kenyans with black and white TVs can afford to buy the decoder but more on trying to delay the shift of broadcasting power to a more open platform, so before you come to the defense of Linus and his ilk </span><span><span>find out whose agenda you are promoting</span>, instead of coming forward and responding to the discussion going on here of which I am sure they are listening, they send mercenaries .</span></div><div
style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Dr. Ndemo, I again say kudos and tell you keep the course and do what is right for the Nation and avoid being distracted by those with selfish agendas, deliver on this and Konza has a better chance of seeing the light of day.</span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><br><span></span></div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-size: 16px; font-family: times new roman,new york,times,serif; background-color: transparent; font-style: normal;"><span>Regards<br></span></div><div> </div><div>Robert Yawe<br>KAY
System Technologies Ltd<br>Phoenix House, 6th Floor<br>P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200<br>Kenya<br><br></div><div>Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696<br> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <hr size="1"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> meshack emakunat <memakunat@yahoo.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> Meshack <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Wednesday, 5 December 2012, 16:48<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Digital migration and mass ignorance<br> </font> </div> <br><div id="yiv193661984"><table border="0" cellpadding="0"
cellspacing="0"><tbody><tr><td style="font:inherit;" valign="top"><div>Dear list<br>
I read this thread and all i see is the "the cart before the horse". I believe Mr gitahi was referring to affordability rather compatibility and adaptability. @Robert, don't you think Kenyans should be given enough time to migrate rather than have a paradigm shift in tech use. I think that we should ban the importation of analog TV as somebody suggested earlier then will have a gradual change till 2015</div>
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