Walubengo Yours are just too simplistic than the Alex's you are saying that are simplistic. The fact that kenya could not regulate Oil prices doesnt mean that Tanzania couldnt. The fact that SAT 3 operators couldnt be regulated cannont mean that the operators here cannot be regulated. Stop all these fake comparisons. Prices must come down and we will face them at every conference and every Barcamp and will tell these unpatriotic who have pocketed our PS off. Your arguments just dont wash. MO On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu@yahoo.com> wrote:
Alex,
Your have rightly qaulified your solution - as simple. Indeed it is. Infact too simplistic to fly. The idea that the Regulator can reign in Operators who charge "high" internet rates cannot and will not work. Think about the in-famous SAT3 fiber link on the west coast of africa. Ask yourself why the Regulators in Nigeria, Ghana, Cameroon, Angola, S-Africa etc have never stepped in and revoked licensces of operators over the last 15yrs of high internet costs offered on the fiber...
The answers are very complex...I will actually be discussing these limitations and available interventions in some upcoming ICT conference at Strath University in Sept 09 and I dont want to pre-empt ;-)....
walu.
--- On Fri, 8/14/09, Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> wrote:
From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com> Subject: Re: [Skunkworks] Fwd: the long fibre lie... Ndemo should resign if internet prices do not drop as he promised!! To: "Skunkworks forum" <skunkworks@lists.my.co.ke> Date: Friday, August 14, 2009, 8:44 PM On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:38 PM, David Kiania | Asentric Consulting Ltd<kianiadee@gmail.com> wrote:
Set the precedence what's your solution? Am sure if
you did we'd have
heard it by now. This thread is a knee jerk reaction to a bad internet day, we all have one.
Simple, the entity under Ndemo's docket that grants these cowboy operators licenses puts it's foot down and warn that I may revoke licenses for operators that charge waaaay up in the sky not just above cost but ABOVE acceptable international pricing benchmarks. They've all the data they need. Imagine, for example, Safaricom on the verge of losing their license, price drops, drops, drops, drops, drops, and drops..... across board.
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