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<p>For the record, I've had a Telkom South Africa ADSL line in
Pretoria for 16+ years. The speed is 1.2Mbps - because of the
distance from the exchange. The cost (you have to pay for the line
+ voice) for the line is R229.77, for the ADSL signal, R166.45 and
for the actual Internet data (uncapped @2Mbps) R233.91 - or a sub
total of R630.13, then add VAT - and its R724.65.<br>
<br>
I now have Rain 5G - at at cost of R699.00 (VAT included). This is
30Mbps down, 7 Mbps up and is "uncapped".<br>
<br>
I can get my existing number ported to a VoIP provider for R50 a
month - and voice calls will be about half the price of Telkom SA.</p>
<p>That's more or less a 30 fold speed increase for about the same
price. No brainer.<br>
Plus now everyone in the house has enough bandwidth - so there is
no fighting or blaming others!<br>
<br>
My "ping" time to Teraco, Joburg (Peering point and where I have
equipment) has improved from a best of 35ms to 10ms.<br>
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<p>The results of running a 5G service are great! There is no fibre
in my immediate area as of yet - so I simply love this. I just
don't know yet if the base stations have batteries so they can
survive Load Shedding - which is back to bite us in South Africa.</p>
<p>Talking of <span lang="EN-US">Huawei, </span>I have no idea if
my service is being spied upon - but all my e-mail, ssh access and
majority of my web traffic is encrypted. I'd prefer to see more
competition. Huawei may have my SSID, Wifi password and an admin
password which is only used for that device. I've noticed that if
an SSH session is idle for 5 or so minutes - its disconnected.
That has never happened before - so there is some intelligent
control going on. No native IPv6 yet.<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2020/07/15 16:41, Adam Lane via
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lang="EN-US">Hi Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D"
lang="EN-US">Yes I agree there needs to be a better
communications effort. I believe the CA has this remit,
though the operators also undertake engagement, especially
at sites, as part of the regulatory approvals, but more can
be done.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">Regards<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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lang="EN-US">Adam<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"
lang="EN-US"> Kathy Mwai [<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="mailto:kathymwai@gmail.com">mailto:kathymwai@gmail.com</a>]
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, July 15, 2020 4:39 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
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<b>Cc:</b> Adam Lane <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:adam.lane@huawei.com"><adam.lane@huawei.com></a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [kictanet] Something that We Cannot See
Is Holding 5G Back in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">You do make a case for
5G in Africa, and Kenya specifically. It was only
yesterday however that Britain decided to strip Huawei out
of its 5G network implementation. While I am not
indicating this is the trend that Kenya should follow, the
point I want to make is that I do not think we are going
to accept 5G infrastructure in our residential areas
particularly without questioning it. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Yes, they may just
be conspiracy theories about the radiation dangers of
5G, but if I could use my neighbourhood as an example,
the residents here have decided to contend with poor
network connection than have the telecommunications
company install a mast. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">It is not an easy
decision because the emerging technologies do require 5G
strength to work optimally. I wonder if there are groups
working to educate people on how to mitigate the
radiation effects of 5G. There are some I know online
and it would help everyone to get themselves educated on
it so that when the inevitable time of 5G rollout comes,
then you can protect yourself - to an extent!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kathy<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">On Wed, 15 Jul 2020
at 15:47, Adam Lane via kictanet <<a
href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>>
wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p><span lang="EN-US"><a
href="https://blog.huawei.com/2020/07/14/something-that-we-cannot-see-is-holding-5g-back-in-africa/"
target="_blank" moz-do-not-send="true">https://blog.huawei.com/2020/07/14/something-that-we-cannot-see-is-holding-5g-back-in-africa/</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Something that We Cannot See Is
Holding 5G Back in Africa<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">There is an intangible resource
that most people do not know exists and cannot be
seen or touched. That resource is holding Africa
back from rolling out high-speed 5G mobile services.
If we don’t solve managing this resource better,
then we won’t get 5G in Africa and we’ll be left
behind.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Spectrum is of critical importance
in Africa. Not necessarily because Africans need
high-speed mobile phone services, nor because they
are likely to have tens of thousands packed into
stadiums or highly dense areas (especially this
year). And it’s not because self-driving cars will
be populating the continent’s roads any time soon.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">It is of critical importance
because so few homes and businesses have fiber in
Africa.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">However, through Fixed Wireless
Access (FWA/WTTx) solutions, 5G can provide
fiber-like services without requiring the expense or
time needed to install fiber. Upgrading existing
base stations and deploying a CPE (Customer Premises
Equipment) like a mobile router or dongle inside or
outside an office or home instantly yields the
fiber-like speeds that are critical for e-commerce
and online learning. And now more than ever, it is
clear how important both are.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Spectrum 101<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Most people may think of spectrum
as a range of colors in a rainbow, or a range on
which political opinions belong.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">But it also refers to the range of
wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation. Even
though these are generally invisible to the human
eye, spectrum matters for communications, whether it
is radio, Wi-Fi, mobile phones, or satellite
broadcasts — all use electromagnetic waves to travel
and reach a user.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">The Role of Governments<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">The use of these intangible
wavelengths are regulated by governments to prevent
multiple users using the same frequencies of
spectrum, as this would cause interference and
nothing would reach the user. At a global level, the
UN oversees a process for all countries to agree on
the kind of users for different frequencies (such as
for Wi-Fi, mobile phones, or meteorological use). At
the national level, the government decides which
specific organisations or companies can use that
spectrum.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">National governments often charge
a fee to commercial companies for using this — one
purpose is to recoup the costs for managing,
monitoring, and enforcing the regulation of
spectrum. Another is to generate revenue for the
government. And a third (and arguably the most
important) is to weed out those who may not be
serious about using the spectrum. In other words,
they want companies that have the resources to
invest in the infrastructure to use it. So the
thinking goes that if serious players can afford the
spectrum, they can also afford to pay for the
infrastructure.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Regulators want to support
existing actors with solid track records to deliver
infrastructure, but they don’t want to restrict new
entrants to the market or innovation. So, they face
striking a balance — to allow new companies to come
in even if they do not have much in the way of
resources yet, but are serious and could still make
good use of the infrastructure in the future. There
is also pressure from the treasury to generate as
much money as possible. This may come from the
richest companies, but could in turn affect these
companies’ finances, so they cannot subsequently
invest in building networks.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">For high-speeds, it is necessary
to have large amounts of spectrum in a big block.
But right now, few companies in Africa have that,
which means no company can provide it. Lots of
companies each have small amounts of spectrum, so
none can provide a high-speed network to lots of
people. It is critical that this changes — and
urgently. Companies, whether big or small, existing
or new, must be given access to that spectrum. And
there must be enough to go around, providing it is
only given to companies that are really serious
about using it and are seriously able to make the
necessary investments.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">During COVID-19, South Africa has
temporarily made spectrum available to its
operators. This has resulted in two new operators
launching 5G (one launched last year with the
spectrum it already had). With the affordability of
Internet data creating such a critical challenge in
Africa, the prices local operators are charging for
5G are telling:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> - Comparing 5G with 4G, one
operator will give you 10 times more data for only 4
times the price, or 40 times more data for only 6
times the price.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"> -.Another provides unlimited
data and charges by speed instead, just like a
traditional fiber service, even though they are
using mobile.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Countries like Nigeria, Ghana and
Kenya have strong technology sectors, innovative
local companies, a significant presence from
international companies, and a strong focus on
creating jobs involving technology. They need to
move faster with 5G to ensure future development.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p><span lang="EN-US">Future businesses in the
technology industry and the profits, social impact,
and jobs that come with that, rely on having
high-speed Internet for consumers through FWA.
Millions of Africans could use that connectivity to
get trained online, get jobs online, earn money
online, and create tech businesses. And now is the
time to make that happen. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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