Lack of Public Internet hot spots in Nairobi
Hi Listers, Just wondering aloud, are there hotspots in nairobi where the public can surf for free without having to seek permission/passwords. this happens in other large cities where broadband seems to be a human right. What is hindering such roll out in Kenya or is it 'the peculiar browsing habits' of Kenyans that is making ISPs shy away from such an offer. I appreciate your thoughts. -- James Ratemo Tech reporter
Other cities have well developed last mile networks including fiber and copper, which are able to carry lots of traffic. Here we have poor last mile infrastructure, with heavy usage being offloaded on networks which are not designed for last mile, such as 3G networks, hence Safaricom doing away with unlimited Internet. In short, if you did the same here, the usage will be quite high. There's no free Internet, someone is paying for it. Unless you convince the city council to build such a network here ...
You raise an interesting subject, broadband as a human right, we are yet to get there, thats the future. On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Other cities have well developed last mile networks including fiber and copper, which are able to carry lots of traffic.
Here we have poor last mile infrastructure, with heavy usage being offloaded on networks which are not designed for last mile, such as 3G networks, hence Safaricom doing away with unlimited Internet.
In short, if you did the same here, the usage will be quite high. There's no free Internet, someone is paying for it. Unless you convince the city council to build such a network here ...
_______________________________________________ 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/otieno.barrack%40gmail....
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.
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
We are still STRUGGLING to provide always on running water, which is a FUNDAMENTAL human necessity. Broadband would be far fetched. Probably we use technology to monitor water pipelines and minimize wastage On 2 May 2012 13:04, Barrack Otieno <otieno.barrack@gmail.com> wrote:
You raise an interesting subject, broadband as a human right, we are yet to get there, thats the future.
On Wed, May 2, 2012 at 11:46 AM, Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> wrote:
Other cities have well developed last mile networks including fiber and copper, which are able to carry lots of traffic.
Here we have poor last mile infrastructure, with heavy usage being offloaded on networks which are not designed for last mile, such as 3G networks, hence Safaricom doing away with unlimited Internet.
In short, if you did the same here, the usage will be quite high. There's no free Internet, someone is paying for it. Unless you convince the city council to build such a network here ...
_______________________________________________ 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/otieno.barrack%40gmail....
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.
-- Barrack O. Otieno +254721325277 +254-20-2498789 Skype: barrack.otieno http://www.otienobarrack.me.ke/
_______________________________________________ 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/kivuva%40transworldafri...
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.
-- ______________________ Mwendwa Kivuva For Business Development Transworld Computer Channels Cel: 0722402248 twitter.com/lordmwesh www.transworldAfrica.com | Fluent in computing kenya.or.ke | The Kenya we know
We are still STRUGGLING to provide always on running water, which is a FUNDAMENTAL human necessity.
Not "we". While we have advanced in some area , others are still lagging behind, and will have to catch up. Our water system has largely remained
On 2 May 2012 13:43, Kivuva <Kivuva@transworldafrica.com> wrote: the same for more than 20 years, hence why we are struggling.
This is one of the things the universal service fund in the KICA 1998 was intended to handle. Sent from my BlackBerry® -----Original Message----- From: Dennis Kioko <dmbuvi@gmail.com> Sender: kictanet-bounces+ngethe.kariuki2007=yahoo.co.uk@lists.kictanet.or.ke Date: Wed, 2 May 2012 11:46:06 To: <ngethe.kariuki2007@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions<kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Subject: Re: [kictanet] Lack of Public Internet hot spots in Nairobi _______________________________________________ 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/ngethe.kariuki2007%40ya... 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.
participants (5)
-
Barrack Otieno -
Dennis Kioko -
james ratemo -
Kivuva -
ngethe.kariuki2007＠yahoo.co.uk