Here at last: internet cable duct in all highways
The community has always clamoured for the roads authorities to build network ducts along the major highways. This would prevent the cable cut problems we have experienced time and again disrupting Internet services in the country. It seems the Connected Kenya summit has come up with a recommendation for KeNHA to build ducts across all roads. It would be interesting to see KURA and KERRA follow through with KeNHA's promise. Lets cross our fingers and hope this will be implemented because it is very timely. http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/Cable-ICT-Damage-Roads-Construction-Infr... Warm Regards -- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
Many private citizens are concerned about the (online) inaccessibility (responsiveness) of some of these national and local authorities making it difficult to report black spots (including manholes) in our roads. Note the "expatriate" comments in the link you provided... "Liquid Telcom CEO Ben Roberts said the industry does not have full information of planned projects, making it hard to provide road construction authorities with the planned designs of telecommunication infrastructure for the routes." Interestingly, KeNHA has already invested in decent technologies to disseminate this information. The problem arising is the usual one of procurement and need for more integrity. A common mistake being made in our region (even by private sector IT departments) is expecting firms making the bulk of their income from ERPs or from (building and securing) Network Infrastructure to posses (the web and database development) skills required to build decent Extranets. Regards Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com
wrote:
The community has always clamoured for the roads authorities to build network ducts along the major highways. This would prevent the cable cut problems we have experienced time and again disrupting Internet services in the country. It seems the Connected Kenya summit has come up with a recommendation for KeNHA to build ducts across all roads. It would be interesting to see KURA and KERRA follow through with KeNHA's promise. Lets cross our fingers and hope this will be implemented because it is very timely.
http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/Cable-ICT-Damage-Roads-Construction-Infr...
Warm Regards
-- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
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Surprisingly, in Kampala, pavements and roads appear well done after laying of cables - there are no sunken bits and jutting pavements as is common in Nairobi. Manholes are also well done with the cover bearing the name of the firm to whom the cable belongs to. Perhaps, back in Nairobi, it's a simple problem of supervisorship and lack of consequences for irresponsibility. On 21 Apr 2014 11:55, "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Many private citizens are concerned about the (online) inaccessibility (responsiveness) of some of these national and local authorities making it difficult to report black spots (including manholes) in our roads.
Note the "expatriate" comments in the link you provided...
"Liquid Telcom CEO Ben Roberts said the industry does not have full information of planned projects, making it hard to provide road construction authorities with the planned designs of telecommunication infrastructure for the routes."
Interestingly, KeNHA has already invested in decent technologies to disseminate this information. The problem arising is the usual one of procurement and need for more integrity. A common mistake being made in our region (even by private sector IT departments) is expecting firms making the bulk of their income from ERPs or from (building and securing) Network Infrastructure to posses (the web and database development) skills required to build decent Extranets.
Regards
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva < Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
The community has always clamoured for the roads authorities to build network ducts along the major highways. This would prevent the cable cut problems we have experienced time and again disrupting Internet services in the country. It seems the Connected Kenya summit has come up with a recommendation for KeNHA to build ducts across all roads. It would be interesting to see KURA and KERRA follow through with KeNHA's promise. Lets cross our fingers and hope this will be implemented because it is very timely.
http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/Cable-ICT-Damage-Roads-Construction-Infr...
Warm Regards
-- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
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A locality in India is trying to address the (manhole maintenance and repair) issue... by April 30, 2014 :) http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/City/Patna/Replace-damaged-manhole-covers... Regards Murigi / Stanley Muraya *"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32* On Mon, Apr 21, 2014 at 12:24 PM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Surprisingly, in Kampala, pavements and roads appear well done after laying of cables - there are no sunken bits and jutting pavements as is common in Nairobi.
Manholes are also well done with the cover bearing the name of the firm to whom the cable belongs to.
Perhaps, back in Nairobi, it's a simple problem of supervisorship and lack of consequences for irresponsibility. On 21 Apr 2014 11:55, "S.M. Muraya" <murigi.muraya@gmail.com> wrote:
Many private citizens are concerned about the (online) inaccessibility (responsiveness) of some of these national and local authorities making it difficult to report black spots (including manholes) in our roads.
Note the "expatriate" comments in the link you provided...
"Liquid Telcom CEO Ben Roberts said the industry does not have full information of planned projects, making it hard to provide road construction authorities with the planned designs of telecommunication infrastructure for the routes."
Interestingly, KeNHA has already invested in decent technologies to disseminate this information. The problem arising is the usual one of procurement and need for more integrity. A common mistake being made in our region (even by private sector IT departments) is expecting firms making the bulk of their income from ERPs or from (building and securing) Network Infrastructure to posses (the web and database development) skills required to build decent Extranets.
Regards
Murigi / Stanley Muraya
*"Better a patient person than a warrior, one with self-control than one who takes a city." Prov 16:32*
On Sun, Apr 20, 2014 at 8:37 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva < Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote:
The community has always clamoured for the roads authorities to build network ducts along the major highways. This would prevent the cable cut problems we have experienced time and again disrupting Internet services in the country. It seems the Connected Kenya summit has come up with a recommendation for KeNHA to build ducts across all roads. It would be interesting to see KURA and KERRA follow through with KeNHA's promise. Lets cross our fingers and hope this will be implemented because it is very timely.
http://mobile.nation.co.ke/business/Cable-ICT-Damage-Roads-Construction-Infr...
Warm Regards
-- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva, Nairobi, Kenya twitter.com/lordmwesh
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Dennis Kioko -
Mwendwa Kivuva -
S.M. Muraya