I also think most of the bloggers and other frequent internet users who were expecting miracles are depressed. I don’t have the official figures with the psychiatrists in Nairobi by the time of going to press but will surely let you know once i have gathered, confirmed and compiled the figures.

the media has also benefited through the splashing news headlines on ‘landing’,'going live’ of the fiber optics. Even the holloi polloi who in their lifetime may never know the correct spelling of fiber optics are earning a livelihood through digging thos trenches.
Peace

It does not happen overnight. the more informed the citizens are the better. look at mathira, they have an new MP every election for the last 3/4 elections.
Reason is that pple are informed here and if you do not perform, they vote you out.

How are going to talk about town planing in place where people build on cliffs.

You see people in Nairobi never think about the future- They just wait until there is a congestion and dis organization and building start falling crisis then they ministers address it by throwing some well calculated words at the issue.

I don’t know man- The only way Nairobi can develop is if they use the Metropolitan legislation provided by M.Kilonzo.

I wonder If anything works there anymore. When I left the Municipal was obsolete and the only the Harambee Ave. Used to be clean. Is it still the same way ?

Anonymous:
I’m curious about what online businesses you are running in Kenya.Also, this idea of reselling your connection. That is very interesting and I’m sure the internet service providers will try and crack down on this practice.Kenyans ane their “corruption”
How exactly do you ensure that you get paid once you wire up people’s houses?

Hey Anonymous, now why would you want to think everything done is illegal? First off, I never signed any contract that forbid me from sharing my bill with anyone. Secondly, there is nothing illegal about sharing one connection on multiple computers, that’s the whole gist in a cybercafes. In any case, when Telkom started the service, they were charging 5604 for the same connection I have. They had a 64/256 link for cybercafes, but inefficiencies on their side never provided that link in its entirety. One would pay for a 64/256 link for 16k but only get 32/128 service. That drove cybercafes to scale down. When Telkom figured this out, they brought in another twist. Pay 5604 and get 90 hours(peak time usage) or 180 hours (off peak usage) or pay 9188 and get unlimited use. That way they ensured they got more revenue even if someone used the connection for commercial purposes. Moreover, Telkom’s aware that even home users share the connection on multiple computers and have no qualms about that as long as they get paid for the service. So next time before you go yapping about corruption, get your facts right.

How do I get paid, we work on a system of trust, you stay for long without paying, a network cable is yanked out from the switch, or your domain account gets disabled or you simply get fire walled. I have only 4 other users on the network, so it’s easier to manage and the bandwidth is not choked. Moreover, I don’t make any profits, we share out the costs exactly as they come in, taking care of bandwidth, electricity and probably some 200/= for administration. The arrangement is just to have Internet access at home and in the easiest and cheapest way possible. Making money out of each other is not in our interest. We call this “pooling resources”

As for my online work, no I do not run bot nets and I do not crack SW for Russians or sell 1 dollar hosting for porn sites. Like I said, I develop Software and most of this is web based, figure out the rest.

Rickey: I am a software developer and use the connection for my work and also looking for other business online. I use it for research too. I also resell my connection to me neighbors, yeah I run some LAN and have wired it to their houses, so they help offset the bill. However, the number of users is limited due to the little bandwidth, but with more bandwidth, I can get more people, and the price tag would go down, now ain’t that cheaper Internet?

I’m curious about what online businesses you are running in Kenya.

Also, this idea of reselling your connection. That is very interesting and I’m sure the internet service providers will try and crack down on this practice. Kenyans ane their “corruption”
How exactly do you ensure that you get paid once you wire up people’s houses?

Junior:
Everyone’s been talking about that article on the property prices in Nairobi. That looks like a classic bubble.

Is Nairobi looking congested with all the construction of these apartments and sub-divisions?

The one thing you notice about Nairobi, especially if you’ve lived in the west, is it’s complete disorganization. There’s no sense of city planning or order and if they let that continue, that place will look like a congested urban slum in another 10 years.