Neville Omondi, VoicesofAfrica alumnus in Nairobi, Kenya
Kenya is now set for faster and cheaper internet thanks to the coming of the first fibre optic cable last week and another one, which is expected in a few days. The cable, which is the first of its kind in East Africa, arrived at the Kenyan coastal town of Malindi from the United Arab Emirates town of Fujairah. It will reduce the cost of internet by 80 percent by replacing the expensive satellite connection on which Kenyan has been depending.
In cyber cafes, downloads are often limited mostly to not more than 6Mb because of the available bandwidth. This is about to be an old story, with the coming of the cable
