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Fibre optic....i love you!
KulaRaha
#11 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2009 12:14:00 PM
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There will surely be a price war,regardless of what the ISPs are saying. I had one call me today with double the bandwith at current prices as long as I sign up for 6 months or a year.

In 2 months time,bandwith will be like mandazis.


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Business opportunities are like buses,there's always another one coming
mwenza
#12 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2009 12:32:00 PM
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@Fundaah

The launch wil b on Friday 12th June 2009


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Silk
#13 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2009 12:40:00 PM
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Data service providers are positioning themselves well before the fibre optic goes live. They wanna have bagged as many clients as possible. But surely some current providers are headed for ICU. Alot of current technology in use is about to become obsolete,or is it redundant!!Was just wondering whether it is currently feasible to invest in a 4k worth safcom Bambanet or hang on for a real deal. Love technology.

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#14 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2009 6:05:00 PM
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Forgive my ignorance - what happens about the last mile? The fibre passes underground outside my house,how will it get INTO my house? And what happens with the current terminal equipment - is it compatible with fibre or will all those being roped in now have to buy equipment again?
Richie
#15 Posted : Friday, June 05, 2009 7:57:00 PM
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Whenever i see contractors doing this works its' AK',kwani Access Kenya ndio wanafanya hii peke yao.

I guess this will be the next EB

Richie
chi20
#16 Posted : Saturday, June 06, 2009 9:18:00 AM
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the ship that was contracted to lay the fibre optics docks at the port of mombasa next week on tues,9th. prezo will preside over the launch later in the week,on friday.

this means the cables from overseas will be officially connected to the kenyan network,undertaken by both the kdn and ak. and therefore,the system should be up and running come friday.

on another thread,(to pay,or not to pay),i raised the issue that safcom should invest heavily on this,its their main prospective source of large streams of revenue. but GG shot the idea down.


chi20
Djinn
#17 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 9:44:00 AM
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GG - last mile should remain as is,except now the bandwidth will be much more and they can allocate more to users - whether wimax,CDMA,FTTH,etc....its really an issue of having international fibre connectivity (and local terrestrial connectivity) from the existing Satellite connectivity which is slower and costs operators more - esp in Africa where low tariffs are important to develop markets. So last mile will remain the same but the opportunities abound in households,education sector for all manner of reasons (e-learning,broadcasting,research,streaming media,etc) - which is why AK,Jamii and KDN are digging up all sidewalks,esp in highly populated and up market areas - they will connect these metro links to either KDN's or TKL's national NW which in turn are going to connect to TEAMS (or SEACOM). Uganda/Rwanda will also connect to TKL/KDN and therefore to SEACOM/TEAMS.



What we can expect in the next 2-4 weeks are major tariff reductions and a hitherto unprecedented beauty contest....

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wazamali
#18 Posted : Monday, June 08, 2009 2:49:00 PM
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@ Birdman

Not too fast...hope KDN will keep afloat after the looming price wars .

Wireless will still do for the last mile (into the house)

But I think a lot of sabotage will also ensure services are not so efficient

Lets wait


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