One of the most common questions we have is about internet access at Skippers and in Kenya in WiFi. So here’s the low down.

TLDR;

Kenya has the best internet infrastructure in East Africa and beats most EU countries. The chances of you being without access are very low.

At Skippers

Connections: Primary: Fibre up/down 100mbps + Backup: Starlink ±100mbps (We also have a 40/40 fibre from another provider as a backup backup)

Power:

• All the network infrastructure at Skippers is on it’s own UPS that lasts around 5-6 hours;
• In addition to this the whole site is powered by grid, solar, big storage batteries and generator that auto starts if all else fails;

Network:

• Our router is a PEPLink B One failover router, it will swap connection if one goes down for more than 5 seconds;
• That’s plugged into a TP-Link Omada managed network;
• The network limits all links to a max of 30mbps so that no one person can wipe out everyone elses calls/works etc;
• We have WiFi access points in the coworking, kitchen, standard rooms and one AP provides access to the basic rooms;
• Standard room access points also have network ports so you can hardwire if you like;

Skippers realtime network test

Below are some recent 29/10/2025 results from extensive testing of our current fibre provider TSL, full data is at the end of this page.

Full testing data

Skippers network diagram

Cafes & bars

Most upmarket coffee shops, hotels and restaurants in cities or towns like Diani will have their own generators. So if the power goes out there’s usually somewhere you can go to work if you’re not at Skippers or travelling around.

In Kenya

Kenya has one of the most over invested 4G+ networks in the world. It’s not unusual to get 100mbps in the middle of the bush.

There are power cuts every 1-4 weeks. However, the countries infrastructure has been design with this in mind.

• All cell towers in Kenya have UPS batteries, solar panels and generators;
• All the network infrastructure fibre/4G has it’s own power infrastructure of generators etc.

A typical cell tower in Kenya

Outside risks

Once in the last three years Kenya shutdown uplinks to the wider internet due to some protests. This did not affect Starlink.