<div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, 28 May 2021 at 09:29, Vitalis Olunga 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">My suggestion is that the CNSP License should be countrywide and should not be limited to a sub-county. This will make it more attractive to sponsors if any. If provided countywide, this could cater for delivery of internet services to schools, health centres, recreation centers, small businesses, etc. in the underserved areas in a county rather than being restricted to a subcounty. Also a county should open to more than one CNSP if there is demand or if the area is unerserved with one CNSP. Additionally the CNSP should be supported by USF.<div><br></div></div></blockquote><div>Thanks Vitalis,</div><div><br></div><div>I see you have used countrywide, and countywide interchangeably. Did you mean a CN should be limited within a county?</div><div><br></div><div> <br></div><div>Thanks for adding your support for CNs to get access to USF.</div><div><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"><div></div><div>Regards</div><div><br></div><div>Vitalis</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 8:55 AM Liz Orembo via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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">Thanks for starting this discussions <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="gmail-m_7712572186672126622gmail-m_1739176037780110201gmail-m_3570689266381782638plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:mwendwa.kivuva@afrinic.net" target="_blank">@Mwendwa Kivuva</a> <div><br></div><div>I like Twahir's point that community networks should not be solely for non profit. There can be other tiers for profit to encourage innovation at small scale around Internet Service Delivery.</div><div><br></div><div>The main purpose of CN is to provide network where there's poor connectivity, but there are many areas in Kenya where there's good connectivity but people just dont see a way of benefitting from the internet. This is where some little business competition comes in and local content.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 28, 2021 at 6:20 AM Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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="auto"><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, May 28, 2021, 12:34 AM Twahir Hussein Kassim via kictanet <<a href="mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke" target="_blank">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="auto">Another example of a CN just across the border is Bosco Uganda, it covers almost the whole of Northern Uganda<div dir="auto"><a href="https://boscouganda.com/connectivity/" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://boscouganda.com/connectivity/</a><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Coverage map - <a href="https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1kufmf0mqiOEb5mJiuPt2X-joSSO6PEul&hl=en&ll=3.0014236517916895%2C32.17317130000001&z=7" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.google.com/maps/d/u/0/viewer?mid=1kufmf0mqiOEb5mJiuPt2X-joSSO6PEul&hl=en&ll=3.0014236517916895%2C32.17317130000001&z=7</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Kenya has always led in matters innovation, let not this framework be a limiting factor rather let it widen our horizons.</div></div></blockquote></div></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Thank you Twahir. You are advocating that the license should allow a <span style="font-family:sans-serif">community network</span> to operate beyond a sub-county? What is your proposal on either geographic area or population a single license can cover?</div></div>
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