· 3 min
Why five cables on one pole costs everyone
Every ISP running its own drop down the same street pays for the same wayleave, the same closures and the same repairs. The customer pays for all of it.
Insights
Notes from building and running networks in Kenya: what poles, closures, tickets and payments cost, and what changes when they are shared or managed properly.
· 3 min
What open access means for a 500-customer ISP
A small ISP does not have the capital to build every street it wants to sell on. Open access lets it grow by signing customers instead of laying cable.
· 3 min
The price of an unmanaged splice closure
A closure nobody recorded is cheap on the day it is hung and expensive every day after. The cost shows up in truck rolls, outage minutes and lost customers.
· 3 min
How AI support changes an ISP's cost per ticket
Most ISP support tickets ask the same few questions, and the answers are already in the system. The cost is the person who has to go and look.
· 3 min
What a clean utility pole looks like, and who pays for it
A clean pole is not about looks. It is about whether the next crew can work safely and quickly, and whether the pole owner will keep saying yes.
· 3 min
Fibre as a utility
Nobody builds a second water main down a street to compete on water. Fibre in the access network has the same economics, and it should be built the same way.