Yawe, plse note that the story was by some KAHENYA KAMUNYU (whoever that is) and not by me. I was simply forwarding the message and that is why I had put a disclaimer which I repeat below. "Disclaimer: views expressed here belong purely to the author and are not necessary endorsed by me ;-)" -walu. --- On Wed, 1/27/10, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: From: robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Subject: Re: [kictanet] The broadband mess in Kenya - and I’m so angry To: "Walubengo J" <jwalu@yahoo.com> Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, January 27, 2010, 4:37 PM Walu, I disagree with you, as Dr. Ndemo has said before policy follows implementation how can you have police what does not exist. 3G, 4G or 10G has no value if we have not exhausted the 1G & 2G, technology for technologies sake unfortunately is not the solution to our problems. I hate having to watch my bandwidth traffic meter when downloading mail from my local ISP because someone is trying to recover a 3G license fee by charging me by the meg. We cried about highspeed internet now that the cables have landed we are looking for new scapegoats. I wish I can get fixed rate service for local connectivity which is what I need to be able to provide my clients with cost effective WAN solutions. It is scary when it is cheaper to connect from Nairobi to New York than from Nairobi to Mombasa. So, lets stop creating new scapegoats and concentrate our energies on issues that have a direct impact on us locally. It is shocking that your so called GPRS, 2G & 3G operators are unable to provide a reliable and dependable VPN within their network, or cry my believed country. Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 --- On Wed, 27/1/10, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote: From: Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> Subject: [kictanet] The broadband mess in Kenya - and I’m so angry To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: "KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions" <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Date: Wednesday, 27 January, 2010, 8:21 Kenya is in dire need of investment in technology. That is why I am angry that the factors hindering growth are actually "policy" related to this sector, and not due to lack of innovators or investors. There are many innovators and investors willing to take the challenge of helping Kenya come out of the dark ages of narrowband and into the grace of broadband. The problem rises from the differences between the Communication Commission of Kenya (CCK) and other 3G service providers. There seems to be a great cloud of varying information which hardly gets to the man on the street. The unclear issues include the following: Stroy continues @http://www.nation.co.ke/blogs/-/634/850014/-/view/asBlogPost/-/pjyirj/-/inde... walu. Disclaimer: views expressed here belong purely to the author and are not necessary endorsed by me ;-) -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/robertyawe%40yahoo.co.u...