<div dir="ltr">Dear Dr. Ndemo and Walu,<div><br></div><div style>Having participated in driving the reduction of prices of broadband connectivity in Tanzania (core/transport Backhaul) by over 99% compared to 2009 prices; it is now time to agree on what we mean "Broadband". Further, I suggest we seriously agree on what it means to connect xxxxxx to ICTs, to help/guide all researchers in reporting about meeting the WSIS targets by 2015. Please recall...the first six targets are about connecting xxxx to ICTs. Here they are:</div>
<div style><span style="font-family:'Arial Narrow';font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:80%;text-align:left"><br></span></div><div style="text-align:-webkit-auto;text-indent:0px"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;text-align:left">1.</span><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(0,0,0);letter-spacing:0pt;line-height:80%;text-align:left">To connect villages with ICTs and
establish community access points.</span><br></font></div><div style>
<div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">2.<span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">To connect universities, colleges,
secondary schools and primary schools </span></font></div><div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">with ICTs.</span></font></div>
<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">3.To
connect scientific and research centers with ICTs</span> </font></div><div style><font face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:80%;text-align:left">4.</span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);line-height:80%;text-align:left;font-weight:bold">To connect public libraries, cultural centers, museums, post offices
and archives with ICTs.</span><br></font></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">5.<span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">To connect health centers and hospitals
with ICTs.</span></font></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif">6.<span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">To connect all local and central
government departments and establish </span></font></div><div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="letter-spacing:0pt;font-weight:bold;vertical-align:baseline">websites and</span></font><span style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:80%"> email addresses.</span></div>
<div class="" style="line-height:80%;margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;direction:ltr;word-break:normal"><span style="font-weight:bold;letter-spacing:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif;line-height:80%"><br>
</span></div><div class="" style="margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;word-break:normal"><span style="line-height:80%;letter-spacing:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">Dr. Ndemo, comming up with a harmonised definition certainly will help data </span></div>
<div class="" style="margin:4.8pt 0in 0pt 0.56in;text-align:left;word-break:normal"><span style="line-height:80%;letter-spacing:0pt;color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif">collectors to give our region a fair </span><font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><span style="line-height:10px">reporting. I request your thoughts on this.</span></font></div>
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<font color="#000000" face="arial, helvetica, sans-serif" style><span style="line-height:10px">Regards</span></font></div>
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<div><strong>Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD</strong></div>
<div><strong>Consulting Engineer in ICTs</strong></div>
<div><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-size:x-small">P. O. Box 32736</strong></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff" size="1"><strong>Dar es Salaam</strong></font></div>
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<div><font color="#3333ff" size="1"><strong>Tel: +255-784-786429</strong></font></div>
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<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 12:37 PM, Hassan Wekesa <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hwekesa@gmail.com" target="_blank">hwekesa@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div dir="ltr">Walu,<div>The same argument also applies to the measure economists use to gauge growing economies in Africa. When they say country A has the fastest growing economy, you wonder what parameters have been used. You cannot compare a country that has just gained stability after maybe civil unrest and a country that has been stable in terms of economic stability. </div>
<div>It is apparent that the latter will have a higher GDP than the former and thus cannot be used as a benchmark for comparison. Having said that, I guess the same analogy can be used in comparing the cost of verifying where the cost of broadband is cheaper.</div>
<div>Hassan</div><div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Sat, Oct 19, 2013 at 9:30 AM, Zaipuna Yonah <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:zaipuna.yonah@gmail.com" target="_blank">zaipuna.yonah@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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<p></p><div dir="ltr">Dr. Ndemo,<div><br></div><div>I salute you! Thanks for the additional insights.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><div><div class="h5"><div><br clear="all">
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<div><strong>Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD</strong></div>
<div><strong>Consulting Engineer in ICTs</strong></div>
<div><strong style="color:rgb(51,51,255);font-size:x-small">P. O. Box 32736</strong></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff" size="1"><strong>Dar es Salaam</strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff" size="1"><strong>Tanzania</strong></font></div>
<div><font color="#3333ff" size="1"><strong>Tel: <a href="tel:%2B255-784-786429" value="+255784786429" target="_blank">+255-784-786429</a></strong></font></div>
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<br><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">On Fri, Oct 18, 2013 at 6:58 PM, Bitange Ndemo <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bitange@jambo.co.ke" target="_blank">bitange@jambo.co.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Eng. Dr. Yonah,<br>
The average is one of the measures of central tendency. It is not used<br>
without looking at other measures in order to give you a clear picture.<br>
You always should know the range and the standard deviation. We usually<br>
use the average or the mean to get you the rough estimate. In a<br>
population the mean is closer to the truth but in a sample collected<br>
randomly, it can vary but not too much. There is always a problem with<br>
data gathering where some people may not understand the ethics behind<br>
authentic data. There are numerous occasions when people lie with<br>
statistics.<br>
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In essence we should not blindly dismiss any numbers unless we have looked<br>
at the methodology which is always not given although it is a requirement<br>
in such data.<br>
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> Thanks Walu! Very helpful indeed. But it reminded me of a book I once read<br>
> called: "The Enemy called Average" by John Mason! It is always misleading<br>
> when you report by numerical rankings instead of group rankings<br>
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> In my early years of learning signal processing, I learnt that the<br>
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> the DC value from the noisy signal (data). It throws out ALL THE NOISE if<br>
> indeed you have a very very large (infinity) data sample. Else the average<br>
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> Regards<br>
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> __________________________________<br>
</div></div>> *Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD*<br>
> *Consulting Engineer in ICTs*<br>
> *P. O. Box 32736*<br>
> *Dar es Salaam*<br>
> *Tanzania*<br>
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>> Far from it...this is not "dollarization" of our economies.<br>
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>> ITU defines affordability as a function of average incomes. Consider the<br>
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>> 50Euros in Country A happens to be 50% of the average income while 50%<br>
>> Euros in Country B is only 25% of the average incomes. Would you like to<br>
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>> not sure if its clearer or worse :-)<br>
>> walu.<br>
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>> On Wed, 10/16/13, Zaipuna Yonah <<a href="mailto:zaipuna.yonah@gmail.com" target="_blank">zaipuna.yonah@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
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>> Subject: Re: [kictanet] [eThinkTankTz] Uganda has the cheapest Broadband<br>
>> Internet in E-Africa.<br>
>> To: "Walubengo J" <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
>> Cc: "Brian Munyao Longwe" <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com" target="_blank">blongwe@gmail.com</a>>, "I-Network Uganda" <<br>
>> <a href="mailto:i-network@dgroups.org" target="_blank">i-network@dgroups.org</a>>, "eThinkers" <<a href="mailto:ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com</a>>,<br>
>> "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
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>> <a href="http://clknet.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/PB1-Dollarization-of-the-Tanzanian-Economy.pdf/" target="_blank">http://clknet.or.tz/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/PB1-Dollarization-of-the-Tanzanian-Economy.pdf/</a><br>
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>> Regards<br>
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>> __________________________________<br>
>> Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD<br>
>> Consulting Engineer in ICTs<br>
>> P. O. Box<br>
>> 32736<br>
>> Dar es<br>
>> Salaam<br>
>> Tanzania<br>
>> Tel:<br>
>> <a href="tel:%2B255-784-786429" value="+255784786429" target="_blank">+255-784-786429</a><br>
>> Fax:<br>
>> <a href="tel:%2B255--732-920133" value="+255732920133" target="_blank">+255--732-920133</a><br>
>> Email: <a href="mailto:engzaipuna@ieee.org" target="_blank">engzaipuna@ieee.org</a><br>
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>> It is About Engineering People's Lives! & Advancing<br>
>> Technology for<br>
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>> On Wed, Oct 16, 2013<br>
>> at 9:36 AM, Walubengo J <<a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a>><br>
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>> Research ICT Africa report- whic shows that actually .TZ has<br>
>> the most affordable internet services. From the quick<br>
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>> On Tue, 10/15/13, Brian Munyao Longwe <<a href="mailto:blongwe@gmail.com" target="_blank">blongwe@gmail.com</a>><br>
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>> To: <a href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target="_blank">jwalu@yahoo.com</a><br>
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>> Cc: "I-Network Uganda" <<a href="mailto:i-network@dgroups.org" target="_blank">i-network@dgroups.org</a>>,<br>
>> "eThinkers" <<a href="mailto:ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com" target="_blank">ethinktanktz@yahoogroups.com</a>>,<br>
>> "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>><br>
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>> Regards<br>
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>> __________________________________<br>
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>> Eng. Dr. Zaipuna O. Yonah, PhD<br>
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>> Consulting Engineer in ICTs<br>
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>> P. O. Box<br>
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>> Dar es<br>
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>> Salaam<br>
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>> Tanzania<br>
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>> Tel: <a href="tel:%2B255-784-786429" value="+255784786429" target="_blank">+255-784-786429</a><br>
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>> Fax: <a href="tel:%2B255--732-920133" value="+255732920133" target="_blank">+255--732-920133</a><br>
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>> Email: <a href="mailto:engzaipuna@ieee.org" target="_blank">engzaipuna@ieee.org</a><br>
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>> It is About Engineering People's<br>
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>> Technology for<br>
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