COLLABORATIVE EFFORT: KE Communication Service Providers' Stats/Score Cards
Greetings, What began as a routine consultancy for a client with the subsequent objective being "Recommendation of the most suited Communications Service Provider (CSP) for their organization's connectivity needs." It occured to me (after a relatively extensive online search) that there exists no centralized "local" online location with comprehensive information on Kenyan CSPs. In a nutshell, a voluntary and collaborative effort by local internet as well as connectivity infrastructure users, hence the broad "CSP" reference; to actively log/submit a wide array of info on their respective CSP experience online. The said info would for instance range from: uptime/downtime statistics to 'bandwidth:cost' ratio as well as any other pertinent data. This info, would ultimately prove invaluable in ranking the respective CSPs according to their perfomance, service delivery and efficiency as opposed to being determined by their success in branding and PR management. In essence a platform that would ultimately puts them on the spot and keeps them honest. My only issue is, how to maintain data integrity with regard to user submitted info. Call me pessimistic but i highly doubt an anonymous CSP Employee for example would submit entirely accurate statistics especially in the event they might lower its rank and status. Any thoughts? -- Sent from my mobile device Kind Regards, *Njung'e N. Lloyd Cell: +254 723 739 733*
Well if it was a member subscription service that can have a specific moderator per user group who approves content just like normal fora out there. Good idea though. Oliver On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Lloyd Njunge <njungelloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
What began as a routine consultancy for a client with the subsequent objective being "Recommendation of the most suited Communications Service Provider (CSP) for their organization's connectivity needs."
It occured to me (after a relatively extensive online search) that there exists no centralized "local" online location with comprehensive information on Kenyan CSPs.
In a nutshell, a voluntary and collaborative effort by local internet as well as connectivity infrastructure users, hence the broad "CSP" reference; to actively log/submit a wide array of info on their respective CSP experience online.
The said info would for instance range from: uptime/downtime statistics to 'bandwidth:cost' ratio as well as any other pertinent data.
This info, would ultimately prove invaluable in ranking the respective CSPs according to their perfomance, service delivery and efficiency as opposed to being determined by their success in branding and PR management.
In essence a platform that would ultimately puts them on the spot and keeps them honest.
My only issue is, how to maintain data integrity with regard to user submitted info. Call me pessimistic but i highly doubt an anonymous CSP Employee for example would submit entirely accurate statistics especially in the event they might lower its rank and status.
Any thoughts?
-- Sent from my mobile device
Kind Regards,
*Njung'e N. Lloyd Cell: +254 723 739 733* _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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I know there was / a large player who were interested in supporting a similar project some time go.. Not sure how that went though.... On Tue, May 22, 2012 at 8:27 AM, Oliver Ndegwa <olie.ndegwa@gmail.com>wrote:
Well if it was a member subscription service that can have a specific moderator per user group who approves content just like normal fora out there. Good idea though.
Oliver
On Sun, May 20, 2012 at 2:02 AM, Lloyd Njunge <njungelloyd@gmail.com> wrote:
Greetings,
What began as a routine consultancy for a client with the subsequent objective being "Recommendation of the most suited Communications Service Provider (CSP) for their organization's connectivity needs."
It occured to me (after a relatively extensive online search) that there exists no centralized "local" online location with comprehensive information on Kenyan CSPs.
In a nutshell, a voluntary and collaborative effort by local internet as well as connectivity infrastructure users, hence the broad "CSP" reference; to actively log/submit a wide array of info on their respective CSP experience online.
The said info would for instance range from: uptime/downtime statistics to 'bandwidth:cost' ratio as well as any other pertinent data.
This info, would ultimately prove invaluable in ranking the respective CSPs according to their perfomance, service delivery and efficiency as opposed to being determined by their success in branding and PR management.
In essence a platform that would ultimately puts them on the spot and keeps them honest.
My only issue is, how to maintain data integrity with regard to user submitted info. Call me pessimistic but i highly doubt an anonymous CSP Employee for example would submit entirely accurate statistics especially in the event they might lower its rank and status.
Any thoughts?
-- Sent from my mobile device
Kind Regards,
*Njung'e N. Lloyd Cell: +254 723 739 733* _______________________________________________ Skunkworks mailing list Skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke ------------ List info, subscribe/unsubscribe http://lists.my.co.ke/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/skunkworks ------------
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-- Josiah Mugambi
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