As regards, to EAC definition of broadband, I think its only Uganda that has it defined it to be 256Kb per connection in 2009, doubling each year...this is according to Dr. Turahi's presentation during the EA-IGF 2009. http://www.eaigf.or.ke/images/EAIGF/2009/Access_to_broadband_Uganda.pdf <http://www.eaigf.or.ke/images/EAIGF/2009/Access_to_broadband_Uganda.pdf>Kind Regards, On Thu, Dec 10, 2009 at 6:09 AM, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com>wrote:
On Wed, Dec 9, 2009 at 12:30 PM, Victor Maina <vmaina@gmail.com> wrote:
Good afternoon,
I personally believe its great we are finally getting good speeds and reduction (finally) of INTERNET prices in Nairobi (and hopefully the rest of Kenya & the wider EAC market). However, I would like to pose a question to the members of this list. Almost every ISP in the land is marketing their service as "broadband" hence my question. What are the benchmark performance metrics that qualify a service as broadband? Food for thought. -- Best regards, Victor Maina.
Also asked "What is Broadband?" four+ years ago at <http://www.isoc.or.ke/> referring to 'What You Should Know About Internet Broadband Access' by Enrique De Argaez, Editor, Internetworldstats.com. But then again, with lots of advertisement billions, it is my experience that steakholders can "re-define" broadband among unsuspecting publics :(
regards,
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