<div dir="ltr"><div>Hi teacher Karis,</div><div><br></div><div>What I have seen locally is the partnership between FaceBook and Surf, they have Hotspots in Ongata Rongai in Kajiado county and Kisumu City, Kondele, Manyatta areas and the main bus Stop. I would like to know from <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:shikondegwa@fb.com" tabindex="-1">@Mercy Ndegwa</a> the impact of this partnership in the local community and the kind of uptake of the products and services if any being consumed by the Communities served through the partnership. <br></div><div>I would also like to know if there is any local deployment of the High Altitude connectivity infrastructure project since i have learnt about the project during this discussion.</div><div><br></div><div>Best regards<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 8:01 AM Kelvin Kariuki via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke">kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Happy Saturday!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">It’s a Wrap! We are so
grateful to everyone that has contributed to these conversations so far. Today
we end with the “Connectivity” topic and any other concern you might like to
raise that might not have perfectly fitted in any of the topics we’ve
discussed. </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">FB is involved in
infrastructure projects that go beyond digital content and potentially
competes with traditional Telco providers licensed to provide telco
infrastructure. Share your comments, experiences, and challenges with regard to
Facebook Services along the following themes:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">a) Have you ever
experienced or used the FB High Altitude Connectivity Infrastructure?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">b) Have you ever experienced
or used the FB FreeBasic Product which allows users to connect to FB without
incurring data costs?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">c) Do you think
these two initiatives bring regulatory concerns that touch on completion,
customer lock-in and others?</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0cm 0cm 0.0001pt;line-height:150%;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Looking forward to
your input! Have a relaxing weekend!</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Regards,</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Tr. Karis</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:150%;margin:0cm 0cm 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:150%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Walu</span></p></div>
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