Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the "bamba" type connections) Edith
Hi Edith, I am on Zuku at home. It works for me. I have come across a few people quite happy with Zuku on fibre in the Kileleshwa area. Access@Home I hear is also pretty good. I have heard operators mention a few times how expensive it is to plug customers onto fibre. I would be interested in hearing what other challenges they are facing and how many of those are simply lack of creative thinking as opposed to an unfriendly operating environment (regulator, legislative or otherwise). Kind regards, *Muchiri* Nyaggah Director @muchiri +254 722 506400 Semacraft.com On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?
Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections)
Edith
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Hi, Fibre to the home will not be cost effective until the providers can resolve the revenue model for the hyped TriblePlay offerings. Installing fibre to the home today is similar to lobbying the government to run a dual carriage road to every house. Fibre cable is not expensive the cost is in the termination equipment which makes roll out expensive both to the provider and consumer, a basic multimode to UTP transceiver costs upwards of Kes.15,000/- and termination of the fibre utilising pre-spliced splitters is about 5,000/- per node yet a DSL modem will cost less than 5,000/- and terminating the copper about 1,500/-. What you need is fibre to the estate and then implement standard copper to the house using DSL technology to the client which requires cheaper equipment. The providers have concentrated their efforts in the so called affluent neighborhoods, wait until Dr. Mwangi goes into data provision, the misguided assumption is that such residents have the required disposable income to pay the high rates. I say misguided because a few years ago we setup a wireless internet solution in Runda hoping to get at least a 20% penetration, we only got 15 subscribers. I have tried to convince the providers to stop the outdated model of renting ports on equipment and instead provide a node and allow resellers to deal with the retail end of the business, I spent 3 months trying to explain such a reseller model to KDN but to you avail, a prophet is never/rarely recognized in his home town/village. I even went as far as posting the proposal on this forum for any other provider to take and run with but again to no avail. The data providers need to hire someone from the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) industry to develop their distribution model, only then will we be able to optimally utilise the fibre infrastructure, can you imagine KBL trying to run bars. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Muchiri Nyaggah <muchiri@semacraft.com> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:37:35 Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Hi Edith, I am on Zuku at home. It works for me. I have come across a few people quite happy with Zuku on fibre in the Kileleshwa area. Access@Home I hear is also pretty good. I have heard operators mention a few times how expensive it is to plug customers onto fibre. I would be interested in hearing what other challenges they are facing and how many of those are simply lack of creative thinking as opposed to an unfriendly operating environment (regulator, legislative or otherwise). Kind regards, Muchiri Nyaggah Director @muchiri +254 722 506400 Semacraft.com On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote: Listers,
Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?
Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections) Edith _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet
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Access@home works perfectly for me.... On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 3:21 PM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:
Listers,
Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?
Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections)
Edith
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Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 Subject: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections) Edith
i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution. Gerhard May On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox.
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 Subject: [kictanet] Internet to the Home
Listers,
Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?
Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections)
Edith
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So far we have these recommended:- Zuku@home Access@home<mailto:Access@home> Safaricom WiMAx Any information on speed and costs? I wish such information was available at a one-stop-shop for consumers with analytical tools to cutomize to ones needs! Broadband for homes seems elusive! Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke<mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke> | www.idrc.ca<http://www.idrc.ca/> | www.crdi.ca<http://www.crdi.ca/> ________________________________ From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gerhard May [gerhard.may@gmail.com] Sent: 14 February 2011 15:16 To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution. Gerhard May On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>> wrote: Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke<mailto:eadera@idrc.or.ke>> To: <mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk<mailto:robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke>> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 Subject: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections) Edith _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke<mailto:kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: <mailto:gerhard.may@gmail.com> gerhard.may@gmail.com<mailto:gerhard.may@gmail.com> Unsubscribe or change your options at <http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com> http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com
Zuku is KSh.1,500 for 256Kbps. Equipment rental is an additional KSh500 and initial setup is KSh3,000. Other packages and combinations (broadband +cable TV) are on zuku.co.ke Kind regards, *Muchiri* Nyaggah Director @muchiri +254 722 506400 Semacraft.com On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote:
So far we have these recommended:-
Zuku@home
Access@home
Safaricom WiMAx
Any information on speed and costs?
I wish such information was available at a one-stop-shop for consumers with analytical tools to cutomize to ones needs!
Broadband for homes seems elusive!
Edith
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ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program
International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international
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------------------------------ *From:* kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke[kictanet-bounces+eadera= idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gerhard May [ gerhard.may@gmail.com] *Sent:* 14 February 2011 15:16 *To:* Edith Adera
*Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions *Subject:* Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home
i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution.
Gerhard May
On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote:
Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox.
Regards
Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya
Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696
------------------------------ *From:* Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> *To:* <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk>robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk *Cc:* KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> *Sent:* Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 *Subject:* [kictanet] Internet to the Home
Listers,
Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world?
Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the “bamba” type connections)
Edith
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Best Solution Ive found is the Mobicom 3G modem @ 6k. Orange dongle gets you 4GB at 2k which seems to be more than enough for a couple of people for a month. Of course u can buy other unlimited bundles etc. as required. This solution is portable, u can configure the modem to any network, Safaricom, Airtel etc. Mandheer Singh Sehmi Customer Relations & Business Development Computech Limited Kenya|Tanzania|Uganda|Rwanda|Southern Sudan| 2nd Floor - Block A - Haven Court | Waiyaki Way | Nairobi P.O Box 59789 | Nairobi 00200 | Kenya Tel: +254 20 4443291-3 | 254 20 3544739/49 Mobile: +254 725 290 601 Email: mandhis@computechlimited.com BB ID: 20EC2373 Skype: mandhisehmi <http://www.computechlimited.com/> Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: Description: cid:image001.jpg@01CADB23.B402C860 From: kictanet-bounces+mandhis=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+mandhis=gmail.com@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Muchiri Nyaggah Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 07:57 To: mandhis@gmail.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Zuku is KSh.1,500 for 256Kbps. Equipment rental is an additional KSh500 and initial setup is KSh3,000. Other packages and combinations (broadband +cable TV) are on zuku.co.ke Kind regards, Muchiri Nyaggah Director @muchiri +254 722 506400 Semacraft.com On Tue, Feb 15, 2011 at 12:35 AM, Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> wrote: So far we have these recommended:- Zuku@home <mailto:Access@home> Access@home Safaricom WiMAx Any information on speed and costs? I wish such information was available at a one-stop-shop for consumers with analytical tools to cutomize to ones needs! Broadband for homes seems elusive! Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke | <http://www.idrc.ca/> www.idrc.ca | <http://www.crdi.ca/> www.crdi.ca _____ From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gerhard May [gerhard.may@gmail.com] Sent: 14 February 2011 15:16 To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution. Gerhard May On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 _____ From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 Subject: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the bamba type connections) Edith _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: gerhard.may@gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: muchiri@semacraft.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/muchiri%40semacraft.com
Hi Edith, Below is some information we can share with you on Safaricom High-Speed Broadband Internet for your home. We are currently offering 2 packages below based on bandwidth: Capacity (Uplink/Downlink) Monthly Price (inclusive of VAT) Deposit (Refundable, paid once) Initial Payment Value Added Service 1Mbps 5,999/= 3,000/= 8,999/= Free Domain & Web Hosting 2Mbps 6,999/= 3,500/= 10,499/= Free Domain & Web Hosting * This is based on WiMax technology. * Internet access will be unlimited. * The connection will be on a shared platform (Ratio of 1:8). · Bandwidth selection is based on the applications you intend to run on the computer (video streaming and high downloads require a higher bandwidth than basic browsing/email). · Deposit (50% of the monthly prepayment) - refundable. Existing Safaricom Post Paid clients (6 months or more) are exempted from paying the deposit. · Free equipment- CPE (Outdoor Unit) as well as free installation upon subscription. · For connection to more than one computer, you will require a router (Cisco Linksys router is available @ 6,500/=) If you wish to sign up immediately, feel free to let us know so we can send someone from our sales team within 24 hrs to fill the application forms and schedule installation at your convenience. You will need to have the following ready prior to the visit: * A copy of your national ID/Passport * A copy of your KRA PIN certificate * Payment: monthly prepayment + deposit. Payment can be in cash or cheque addressed to Safaricom Ltd. Regards, Linda From: kictanet-bounces+lmuka=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [mailto:kictanet-bounces+lmuka=safaricom.co.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Edith Adera Sent: Tuesday, February 15, 2011 12:35 AM To: Linda Muka Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home So far we have these recommended:- Zuku@home Access@home <mailto:Access@home> Safaricom WiMAx Any information on speed and costs? I wish such information was available at a one-stop-shop for consumers with analytical tools to cutomize to ones needs! Broadband for homes seems elusive! Edith ________________ Edith Ofwona Adera Senior Program Specialist ICT4D Program and Climate Change & Water Program International Development Research Centre | Centre de recherches pour le développement international Regional Office for Eastern and Southern Africa Tel: +254202713160 | Fax/Téléc: +254202711063 | Skype: edithadera eadera@idrc.or.ke | www.idrc.ca <http://www.idrc.ca/> | www.crdi.ca <http://www.crdi.ca/> Error! Filename not specified. ________________________________ From: kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke [kictanet-bounces+eadera=idrc.or.ke@lists.kictanet.or.ke] On Behalf Of Gerhard May [gerhard.may@gmail.com] Sent: 14 February 2011 15:16 To: Edith Adera Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet to the Home i have fibre to my home in Runda fr Icon Teledesic. The service availability is less then 20% in the last 8 weeks and speed got very slow. Predominantly less than 100kb/s. Need to look for an alternative solution. Gerhard May On Feb 14, 2011, at 9:01, robert yawe <robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk> wrote: Safaricom WiMax works beautifully for my home link, now considering taking them up in the office to replace the unreliable Orange DeadBox. Regards Robert Yawe KAY System Technologies Ltd Phoenix House, 6th Floor P O Box 55806 Nairobi, 00200 Kenya Tel: +254722511225, +254202010696 ________________________________ From: Edith Adera <eadera@idrc.or.ke> To: robertyawe@yahoo.co.uk Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Fri, 11 February, 2011 15:21:05 Subject: [kictanet] Internet to the Home Listers, Just wanted to share an observation that despite the hype that fibre had arrived on the Kenyan coast, it seems to be taking long for Broadband to arrive in residential homes! I see cable installation everywhere, but I have not come across a provider aggressively advertising to Kenyans for broadband to the homes. Am I living in my own world? Anyone has an idea of a reliable provider with clean bandwidth to homes (not the "bamba" type connections) Edith _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet This message was sent to: gerhard.may@gmail.com Unsubscribe or change your options at http://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/gerhard.may%40gmail.com ##################################################################################### NOTE: All emails sent from Safaricom Limited are subject to Safaricoms Email Terms & Conditions. Please click here to read the policy. #####################################################################################
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Edith Adera -
Eng. Wainaina Mungai -
Gerhard May -
Linda Muka -
Mandhi Sehmi -
Muchiri Nyaggah -
robert yawe