If we were to forget competition and be true patriots, we would ask ourselves how much it costs the users for the lost business, think of a crucial call that cannot go through because of a cable cut, think of hotlines et al?

Users can however help us identify the culprits, always see who is first to knock your doors when you have a downtime as a result of cable cut? Does it tell you anything, how did they know, if you listen carefully to the sales pitch, you will be promised a more stable service and at that time you will definitely sign up because of frustration with your otherwise helpless provider whose service is “unreliable”.

By the way cable vandalism happens even in the most developed world “vandals slash silicon valley fiber optic ” sabotage happens in Kenya.

 

Be part of mulika “mwizi” if we are to get rid of this retrogressive behavior that is a big threat to the growth of the ICT industry and the economy at large.

 

Evans

 

 

Sabotage and Vandalism look very similar .. Unless we ask the people doing it we would not know the motives.

 

The fault on Monday was caused by contractors of another operator who was not following procedures and who thought that by virtue of working for a partly state owned company he will be allowed to do what he wants (happens very often, treatment of Operators is still not equal).

 

Today was clearly a fault caused by someone who ON PURPOSE cut the cable.

 

Did the person want to steal a cable and stopped when seeing it was not metal or was he there to sabotage the network – I would not know.

 

Kai

 

 

 

In the last few weeks there has been an outcry over increasing in disruption of networks with some of the affected firms pointing to industrial sabotage.

Safaricom was the first this week to claim “acts of sabotage” on the disruption of its network. The Orange the next day arrested some cable vandals and attributed it to suspected sabotage.

This Friday (today) Seacom fibre cable went offline for about four hours, they said this was due to cuts on KDN fibre around Voi.

Is this 'sabotage' real or imagined?

Jevans

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

                                                                                              

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