Ethiopia and Tunisia reaping the fruit of a rejuvenated copper plant
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1> Best regards, Brian
From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
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300,000 connections at the time the copper was taken over 5 yrs ago is not something to sneer at. Besdies that, remember that all the current fhigh speed broadband services, Zuku, Faiba etc are using copper for the "last mile" -- Sent from my TRON Lightcycle -- On Apr 10, 2013 8:09 AM, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
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Brian +1 The greatest tragedy of Telkom Kenya is that they truly have not leveraged on their legacy systems. Regards *Ali Hussein* *CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd* *Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd * Tel: +254713601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim<http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Blog: www.alyhussein.com On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
300,000 connections at the time the copper was taken over 5 yrs ago is not something to sneer at. Besdies that, remember that all the current fhigh speed broadband services, Zuku, Faiba etc are using copper for the "last mile"
-- Sent from my TRON Lightcycle -- On Apr 10, 2013 8:09 AM, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
Best regards,
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We can't keep blaming Telkom Kenya when members of the Senate and the House are busy cutting up copper cables all over the country and exporting the same. I believe the company has this year embarked on a strategy to replace copper last mile with fiber, which I'm sure the said members above will not consider as an input to their lucrative scrap metal businesses. The issue has been funds, Telkom Kenya requested funds from GoK and FT to replace the last mile, and only got the same recently. On 10 April 2013 10:28, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Brian
+1
The greatest tragedy of Telkom Kenya is that they truly have not leveraged on their legacy systems.
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
300,000 connections at the time the copper was taken over 5 yrs ago is not something to sneer at. Besdies that, remember that all the current fhigh speed broadband services, Zuku, Faiba etc are using copper for the "last mile"
-- Sent from my TRON Lightcycle -- On Apr 10, 2013 8:09 AM, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
Best regards,
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Sorry Dennis but I beg to differ. Given that government is a major shareholder in TKL it would be relatively easy for management to ensure that cable vandalism becomes a thing of the past by ensuring that both sides of the equation (demand and supply) are squarely shut down. How did the railway manage to deal with the problem of rail vandalism which requires less effort than cable vandalism. As for Telkom projects - I think French companies (contractors and vendors) have made more money out of TKL projects than can be mentioned with a straight face. A modern technique of siphoning out money from developing countries? *le sigh* Brian On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:26 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
We can't keep blaming Telkom Kenya when members of the Senate and the House are busy cutting up copper cables all over the country and exporting the same.
I believe the company has this year embarked on a strategy to replace copper last mile with fiber, which I'm sure the said members above will not consider as an input to their lucrative scrap metal businesses. The issue has been funds, Telkom Kenya requested funds from GoK and FT to replace the last mile, and only got the same recently.
On 10 April 2013 10:28, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
Brian
+1
The greatest tragedy of Telkom Kenya is that they truly have not leveraged on their legacy systems.
Regards
*Ali Hussein*
*CEO, 3mice interactive media ltd*
*Partner, Telemedia Africa Ltd *
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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 9:36 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
300,000 connections at the time the copper was taken over 5 yrs ago is not something to sneer at. Besdies that, remember that all the current fhigh speed broadband services, Zuku, Faiba etc are using copper for the "last mile"
-- Sent from my TRON Lightcycle -- On Apr 10, 2013 8:09 AM, "Mark Mwangi" <mwangy@gmail.com> wrote:
From What I gather the copper network of Telecom was not that extensive to begin with. Granted there was no other player with such an extended network but is it worthwhile to keep talking about copper whilst it is limited in how much bandwith it can offer? Why not future proof?
On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com
wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
Best regards,
Brian
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I have said this before and i fully agree with you Brian.... On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 7:05 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe@gmail.com>wrote:
Ethiopia and Tunisia deliver high speed data over wireline while here in Kenya we have allowed France Telecom who have management of Telkom Kenya to basically neglect and "throw away" our copper plant - and yet it could be the basis for providing affordable high speed access to hundreds of thousands. The new government *must* review this counterproductive "strategic investment" from France. Preferably show them the door and let us rebuild our national carrier. Full story here http://ictafrica.info/ FullNews.php?id=8231<http://www.facebook.com/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fictafrica.info%2FFullNews.php%3Fid%3D8231&h=6AQG9pG3RAQFMErU7Uu3mvEUPpn6e6H9D64HDcC36A89x5Q&s=1>
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