<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">The fear of other operators is HE has brought down the cost of IP transit drastically <div class="">meaning thats the new cost of bandwidth per Mb </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">regards </div><div class="">barry Macharia <br class=""><div><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Mar 2018, at 16:11, Ali Hussein <<a href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" class="">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">All</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">It seems inconceivable to that a global player like HE wouldn't know the regulatory environment in the markets they play. To me this story seems unlikely as HE is big enough to probably swallow all the players in the market without belching... :-)</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Here's a link to some information on them:-</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/private/snapshot.asp?privcapId=1499575" class="">Hurricane Electric</a></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br class=""></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div style="margin: 0in 0in 0pt;" class=""><b class=""><font face="georgia, serif" size="2" class="">Ali
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<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Barry Macharia via kictanet <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">If this is the case then further investigation needs to be carried out to establish the truth. Any player in particular( name and shame ) trying to influence the introduction of the said levy <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">barry macharia <div class=""><div class="h5"><br class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Mar 2018, at 09:58, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr class="">> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7266416358486128296Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class="">@Barry <div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It is not the Intruduction of the levy that is the problem, it is why such levy is introduced that I have a problem with. If players can lobby for a levy to be introduced to make a competitor less effective then whats to stop them from leaving it at just that? </div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Regards, <br class=""><br class=""></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div class="">Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div class="">Tel: +<b class=""><font color="#38761d" class="">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">0731750788</font></b><br class="">Twitter: @arebacollins.<br class=""></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Collins Areba <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank" class="">arebacollins@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br class=""><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr" class="">EADC is (ideally) a carrier neutral DC. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><span class=""><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296m_-4268632865470384559gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Regards, <br class=""><br class=""></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div class="">Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div class="">Tel: +<b class=""><font color="#38761d" class="">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">0731750788</font></b><br class="">Twitter: @arebacollins.<br class=""></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br class=""></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296h5">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <span dir="ltr" class=""><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr class="">></span> wrote:<br class=""></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296h5"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div>EADC = Liquid Telecom/Econet<br class=""></div><br class=""><br class=""><div class="gmail_quote"><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296m_-4268632865470384559h5"><div dir="ltr" class="">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:41 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr class="">> wrote:<br class=""></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296m_-4268632865470384559h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space" class="">This is interesting <div class="">But again i don't see how introducing a levy will stop Hurricane Electric from selling there capacity at any cost they want, its there capacity any way </div><div class="">It has become a free market so you buy were you can </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My two cent </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">regards </div><div class="">Barry </div><div class=""><div class=""><br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 14 Mar 2018, at 09:20, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank" class="">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr class="">> wrote:</div><br class="m_-7266416358486128296m_-4268632865470384559m_383366125893971090m_7794829910689908960Apple-interchange-newline"><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class="">Morning Listers, </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Treat this as rumours as my source wont agree to be named or linked with this information. For information's sake though, please indulge me. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hurricane Electric (<a href="http://he.com/" target="_blank" class="">http://he.com</a>) , or HE is a global carrier. (more like a carrier of carriers). HE is a breath of fresh air when it comes to connectivity. They do not price the product as if it is made of vibranium. HE also runs a lean shop, as a result, their prices are in the order of thousands of percentage points lower than you would get from anyone locally. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">In fact, they price internet lower than anyone prices a local loop from Nairobi to Kilifi. (Pity we cant get HE anywhere other than EADC, and operators are moving in their droves from the usual suspects.  Which is somewhat the problem and gist of this post, because the usual suspects are not happy. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Hence my question. </div><div class="">Might anyone in this list (particularly from CA) be privy to attempts to introduce another levy for anyone interested in getting services from an operator in EADC? </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">It just feels like when we just saw the ray of light on this issue, cartel like "forces"  close in. </div><div class=""><br class=""></div><br clear="all" class=""><div class=""><div class="m_-7266416358486128296m_-4268632865470384559m_383366125893971090m_7794829910689908960gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div dir="ltr" class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class=""><div class="">Regards, <br class=""><br class=""></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div class="">Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div class="">Tel: +<b class=""><font color="#38761d" class="">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b class=""><font color="#ff0000" class="">0731750788</font></b><br class="">Twitter: @arebacollins.<br class=""></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br class=""></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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