Sidney Interesting question. It's like asking what we call a Tesla in Kenya! 😅 There should be only one Global Metric for such. If we don't meet it then it shouldn't be called it. Regards *Ali Hussein* Fintech | Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim LinkedIn: Ali's Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM Sidney Ochieng via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

What is the Kenyan metric for broadband?

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 06:14, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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Greetings @josephat,

I think we should always define our Metrics according to the investments we make. Alternatively a globally agreed definition would suffice.

Best Regards

Best Regards

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, 6:02 pm Josphat Karanja via KICTANet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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New developments. Impact on our national Broadband Policy?

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-officially-raises-minimum-broadband-metric-fr...

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:-) Regards *Ali Hussein* Fintech | Digital Transformation Tel: +254 713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim LinkedIn: Ali's Profile <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> <http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim> Any information of a personal nature expressed in this email are purely mine and do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the organizations that I work with. On Wed, Mar 20, 2024 at 3:10 PM Sidney Ochieng <sidney.ochieng@gmail.com> wrote:

Good point Ali, I agree. However... I went and did a bit of searching. According to the regulator from their statistics report <https://ca.go.ke/sites/default/files/2024-03/Sector%20Statistics%20Report%20Q2%202023-2024.pdf> :

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Broadband refers to connectivity that delivers interactive, secure, quality and affordable services at a minimum speed of 2Mbps (The National Broadband Strategy 2018-2023)

Looking at that strategy doc <https://www.ict.go.ke/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/National-Broadband-Strategy-2023-FINAL.pdf> page 14:

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1.2 Definition of Broadband NBS 2017 defined broadband as (Connectivity that is always-on and that delivers a minimum of 5mbps to homes and businesses for high-speed access to voice, data, video and applications for development). A review of this definition and benchmarking of definitions of broadband necessitated a comprehensive definition of broadband for Kenya to include quality, affordability, security and the overarching aspirations of Kenya as captured in Vision 2030.

In this regard, and for purposes of this strategy, broadband for Kenya is

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defined as: “Connectivity that delivers interactive, secure, quality and affordable services at a minimum speed of 2Mbps to every user in Kenya”.

No wonder operators call their offerings "broadband".

On Wed, 20 Mar 2024 at 14:55, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:

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Sidney

Interesting question. It's like asking what we call a Tesla in Kenya! 😅

There should be only one Global Metric for such. If we don't meet it then it shouldn't be called it.

Regards

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On Tue, Mar 19, 2024 at 11:05 PM Sidney Ochieng via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

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What is the Kenyan metric for broadband?

On Sun, 17 Mar 2024 at 06:14, Barrack Otieno via KICTANet < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

...

Greetings @josephat,

I think we should always define our Metrics according to the investments we make. Alternatively a globally agreed definition would suffice.

Best Regards

Best Regards

On Sat, 16 Mar 2024, 6:02 pm Josphat Karanja via KICTANet, < kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:

...

New developments. Impact on our national Broadband Policy?

https://www.pcmag.com/news/fcc-officially-raises-minimum-broadband-metric-fr...

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