<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">If there's even a grain of truth in this story we should be a worried lot. Very.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">More than half this country has no access to connectivity (CA statistics not withstanding) and yet we are playing politics on inexpensive connectivity that has the potential to exponentially uplift people's lives not to mention Government Revenues.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">I wonder how we can get to the bottom of this?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif">Regards</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif"><br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><b><font face="georgia, serif" size="2">Ali
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:58 AM, Collins Areba via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</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">@Barry <div><br></div><div>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"><span class=""><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Regards, <br><br></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div>Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div>Tel: +<b><font color="#38761d">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b><font color="#ff0000">0731750788</font></b><br>Twitter: @arebacollins.<br></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div><div class="h5"><div class="gmail_quote">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:45 AM, Collins Areba <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:arebacollins@gmail.com" target="_blank">arebacollins@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">EADC is (ideally) a carrier neutral DC. </div><div class="gmail_extra"><span><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256m_-4268632865470384559gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Regards, <br><br></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div>Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div>Tel: +<b><font color="#38761d">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b><font color="#ff0000">0731750788</font></b><br>Twitter: @arebacollins.<br></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
<br></span><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256h5">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 9:44 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe via kictanet <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>></span> wrote:<br></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256h5"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div>EADC = Liquid Telecom/Econet<br></div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256m_-4268632865470384559h5"><div dir="ltr">On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 8:41 AM Barry Macharia via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:<br></div></div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256m_-4268632865470384559h5"><div style="word-wrap:break-word;line-break:after-white-space">This is interesting <div>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>It has become a free market so you buy were you can </div><div><br></div><div>My two cent </div><div><br></div><div>regards </div><div>Barry </div><div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 14 Mar 2018, at 09:20, Collins Areba via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a><wbr>> wrote:</div><br class="m_6747217838375852256m_-4268632865470384559m_383366125893971090m_7794829910689908960Apple-interchange-newline"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Morning Listers, </div><div><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>Hurricane Electric (<a href="http://he.com/" target="_blank">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><br></div><div>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><br></div><div>Hence my question. </div><div>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><br></div><div>It just feels like when we just saw the ray of light on this issue, cartel like "forces" close in. </div><div><br></div><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_6747217838375852256m_-4268632865470384559m_383366125893971090m_7794829910689908960gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div><div>Regards, <br><br></div>Collins Areba, </div></div></div><div>Kilifi, Kenya.</div><div>Tel: +<b><font color="#38761d">254 707 750 788 </font></b>/ <b><font color="#ff0000">0731750788</font></b><br>Twitter: @arebacollins.<br></div></div>Skype: arebacollins<br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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