Dear Walu,

It is almost a week since SEACOM went live and there does not seem to be that much excitement or response despite the many discussions that have been dedicated to broadband on this list.

Your question at the end of your email is still valid. Or is it possible our varied service providers were not prepared, irrespective of what they say in public? It seems, however, one service provider was ready: Safaricom. Their service has been on fiber since Saturday and anyone who is on their data services has been enjoying the high speeds that have been talked about for years.

Does anyone know of any others?

Tom Maliti
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From: kictanet-bounces+tmaliti=ap.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+tmaliti=ap.org@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Walubengo J
Sent: 23 July 2009 17:18
To: Maliti, Tom
Cc: skunk; ke-users; KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions
Subject: [kictanet] Seacom goes live?

http://twitter.com/SeacomLive/

Jst reading from Twitter that Seacom has gone live. Not sure if its only in .TZ though. Any impact in .KE? Ama we are still waiting for our very own TEAMS?

Tunajivunia?

walu.


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