<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">Robert, Listers<br><div><span>I would agree with Robert that 40 mbps in 5 years is a rather low target for urban areas and we should achieve higher speeds in the next 2 to 3 years. 5 years in ICT is a very very long time!<br></span></div><div><br></div><div>John Kariuki.<br></div> <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"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> ngethe.kariuki2007@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> Thursday, 19 September 2013, 15:12<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> [kictanet] National Broadband Strategy<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br><div id="yiv0276483680"><div><div style="color:#000;background-color:#fff;font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt;">Hi,<br><br>I recently went through the National Broad Band Strategy documents where it was indicated that we intend to achieve a connectivity speed of 40 mbps in urban areas in the next 5 years.<br><br>This might seem like quite an achievement but starting today some of the Internet users in<font size="3"><span>Chattanooga, Tennessee</span></font> in the USA will be experiencing <span style="font-weight:bold;">1 Gbps </span>speeds to their homes, it seems either we are aiming very low or the strategy is a cut and paste from an era long gone which is a clear indication of what happens
when you sit in a dark room and write a strategy but with no organised group to turn to for assistance what was the other
choice?<br><br>http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-switch/wp/2013/09/17/how-chattanooga-beat-google-fiber-by-half-a-decade/#!<br><div><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</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>About Chattanooga: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chattanooga,_Tennessee</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> </div><div>Robert
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