On 14/06/2011, warigia bowman <
warigia@aucegypt.edu> wrote:
> I vote for bushnetworking
>
>
> On Tue, Jun 14, 2011 at 1:00 PM, McTim <
dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On 6/14/11, Crystal Watley Kigoni <
crystal@voicesofafrica.org> wrote:
>> > @walu I have been shouting about this for years.
>> >
>> > But rather than expecting the big companies to do it, why don't we
>> > create
>> > the policy environment for community owned micro- ISPs? Create a mesh
>> > network that can actually bring increased income to the people who use
>> it?
>> > As I always have said, Nairobi is not ALL of Kenya and we are leaving
>> > our
>> > villages behind.
>>
>> Spot on madame!
>>
>> Either we have a USF and accompanying regs, or we let people do
>> bush-networking on a small scale, using the Village
>> Telco/OpenBTS/AfriMesh/whatever they choose.
>>
>>
>> --
>> Cheers,
>>
>> McTim
>> "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A
>> route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> kictanet mailing list
>>
kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke
>>
http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
>>
>> Unsubscribe or change your options at
>>
http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/warigia%40gmail.com
>>
>> The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform
>> for
>> people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and
>> regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT
>> sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and
>> development.
>>
>> KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors
>> online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth,
>> share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do
>> not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.
>>
>