<div dir="ltr">Thanks for starting this discussions <a class="gmail_plusreply" id="plusReplyChip-0" href="mailto:mwendwa.kivuva@afrinic.net" tabindex="-1">@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">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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