"For Africans the Internet will never really be neutral". On net Neutrality in Africa
Alice Thanks for sharing. This issue of Net Neutrality continues to consistently rear its 'ugly' or 'beautiful' head depending on whatever side of the fence you sit. I have asked this before (and will probably continue to) of the official government position regarding this issue. I understand that some of these issues are of little interest to a lot of us but I want to raise a flag that the more we ignore some of these 'boring' issues the day they hit us smack in the face will be when we wish we could have done more. We need a lot more engagement and discourse on this. As a member of ISOC - Kenya Chapter, I will continue to engage on this issue. Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad
On May 9, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Alice Munyua via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
http://manypossibilities.net/2014/05/net-neutrality-in-africa/
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Alice
Thanks for sharing. This issue of Net Neutrality continues to consistently rear its 'ugly' or 'beautiful' head depending on whatever side of the fence you sit. I have asked this before (and will probably continue to) of the official government position regarding this issue.
I understand that some of these issues are of little interest to a lot of us but I want to raise a flag that the more we ignore some of these 'boring' issues the day they hit us smack in the face will be when we wish we could have done more.
We need a lot more engagement and discourse on this.
As a member of ISOC - Kenya Chapter, I will continue to engage on this issue.
Ali Hussein
+254 770 906375 / 0713 601113
Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com
"I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein
Sent from my iPad
On May 9, 2014, at 1:35 PM, Alice Munyua via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
http://manypossibilities.net/2014/05/net-neutrality-in-africa/
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Alice
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The dangerous position the US has taken may mean we might be forced to accept and move on. When we join the bandwagon, it might be too late. As things stand, it seems pro NetNeutrality advocates like Civil Society are loosing. I see a lot of positive NetNeutrality violations in Kenya like the zero rated services among some ISPs (FB and Wikipedia being one of them), and also the Google cache at KIXP. Internet users have experienced the ugly side often in our landscape, among then trotting and unreliable fake "unlimited Internet". NetNeutrality might be a good debate for the Kenyan IGF. Probably then, we might find out the government position. Regards On 09/05/2014, Alice Munyua via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
http://manypossibilities.net/2014/05/net-neutrality-in-africa/
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Good points Kivuva. Clearly its not a black and white scenario.. Ali Hussein +254 770 906375 / 0713 601113 Twitter: @AliHKassim Skype: abu-jomo LinkedIn: http://ke.linkedin.com/in/alihkassim Blog: www.alyhussein.com "I fear the day technology will surpass human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots". ~ Albert Einstein Sent from my iPad
On May 9, 2014, at 7:23 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
The dangerous position the US has taken may mean we might be forced to accept and move on. When we join the bandwagon, it might be too late. As things stand, it seems pro NetNeutrality advocates like Civil Society are loosing. I see a lot of positive NetNeutrality violations in Kenya like the zero rated services among some ISPs (FB and Wikipedia being one of them), and also the Google cache at KIXP. Internet users have experienced the ugly side often in our landscape, among then trotting and unreliable fake "unlimited Internet".
NetNeutrality might be a good debate for the Kenyan IGF. Probably then, we might find out the government position.
Regards
On 09/05/2014, Alice Munyua via kictanet <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> wrote:
http://manypossibilities.net/2014/05/net-neutrality-in-africa/
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