Hi teacher Karis,

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 @Mercy Ndegwa 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.

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.

Best regards

On Sat, Sep 19, 2020 at 8:01 AM Kelvin Kariuki via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

Happy Saturday!

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.

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:

a) Have you ever experienced or used the FB High Altitude Connectivity Infrastructure?

b) Have you ever experienced or used the FB FreeBasic Product which allows users to connect to FB without incurring data costs?

c) Do you think these two initiatives bring regulatory concerns that touch on completion, customer lock-in and others?

Looking forward to your input! Have a relaxing weekend!

Regards,

Tr. Karis

Walu
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