[kictanet] Safaricom SMS Swindlers

Tue Aug 28 07:32:12 EAT 2007

Marilyn,

Strange Ms Munyua's courtesy advisory never reached me
though still prefer
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1855.txt

Courts exist world over for a purpose, inconvenient
and costly as it is to everyone. To avert resorting to
them an investigation by CCK should establish, among
others, the "total unfairly collected sums of money
over a long period of time from unaware consumers" by
Safaricom. 

Status quo remain because often we keep treating
symptoms instead of getting to the root causes of
problems and fixing them. 

Alex

--- "Marilyn M. Kamuru" <mkamuru at emanageafrica.com>
wrote:

> I think allegations are the proper place for a forum
> of this nature, without them we would not have
> received the unequivocal promise of an investigation
> into the matter from Safaricom.  An investigation
> which will, at the very least, accelerate the
> resolution of this issue and may well avert a long
> and tedious legal process.  
> 
> While I agree people should be respectful, lets not
> be afraid of spirited and sometimes contentious
> debate.
> 
> alice <alice at apc.org> wrote: Dear all
> 
> Do we have the facts to justify the word
> "swindlersâ€™? Can someone prove 
> the story below with facts?
> 
> I think this is what Eric Aliguila's questions were
> leading to and we 
> must try our level best to share information that is
> and can be 
> authenticated with facts. Unfortunately the use of
> strong/sometimes 
> inappropriate words/language without supporting
> facts has appeared on a 
> number of postings recently and is really
> disturbing.
> 
> So hereâ€™s a reminder of some list serve rules as a
> refresher to avoid 
> stepping on each otherâ€™s toes.
> 
>     * Mind your manners -
>     * Be polite - virtual members are real not a
> cyberspace borg with no
>       feelings.
>     * DONâ€™T TYPE ALL IN CAPITALS - It sounds like
> youâ€™re shouting! RIGHT?
>     * Watch your words - They canâ€™t see your face,
> and the emotions in
>       words can get misinterpreted.
>     * Kick the bad language - People are listening.
>     * Laws are laws - Whatâ€™s real in the real
> world are the same in
>       cyberspace.
>     * Be simple - Send text simply, no bold, italic,
> underlines etc. The
>       simpler the better. Not everyone has the same
> system as you. They
>       may just get a load of muddled codes that are
> really annoying!
>     * Briefs - Donâ€™t be repetitive, so edit out
> the stuff you really
>       donâ€™t need to send.
>     * Flame wars - Donâ€™t send rude or offensive
> e-mails or postings. If
>       you get flamed, donâ€™t do it back, let
> someone in authority know,
>       its abuse, remember laws are laws.
>     * Who are you? - Tell people who you are, itâ€™s
> rude not to.
>     * Looks count - What you write shows what
> youâ€™re like. Rubbish
>       grammar and spelling doesnâ€™t look good, and
> the same rules apply
>       when typing and writing.
>     * Newbie tolerance - Youâ€™re an expert in
> cyberspace, donâ€™t forget
>       there are newbieâ€™s trying to learn as much
> as you had to.
>     * Be ethical in your posting. Don't lie,
> plagiarize, or deliberately
>       do harm to another forum user.
> 
> 
> 
> alice munyua
> 
>
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> 
> Michael Joseph wrote:
> >
> > I will look into this immediately
> > Michael Joseph
> > CEO Safaricom Limited
> >
> > BlackBerry powered by Safaricom
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From:
>
kictanet-bounces+mjoseph=safaricom.co.ke at lists.kictanet.or.ke
> 
> > 
> > To: Michael Joseph
> > Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions 
> > Sent: Mon Aug 27 09:28:57 2007
> > Subject: [kictanet] Safaricom SMS Swindlers
> >
> > Dear Consumer,
> >
> > It has come to our notice that Safaricom is
> charging
> > but blocking SMS sent to Telkom Wireless network.
> > Charging for undelivered goods and services is
> > outright theft, and criminal acts under Kenya
> Laws.
> >
> > Their Network accepts SMS from Telkom Wireless but
> > replies to these message instantly report "message
> > sending failed" although Safaricom still eat your
> > balance.
> >
> > We have been at Telcos malpractices since 2005 and
> now
> > it is time to change the strategies. We are filing
> a
> > lawsuit against Safaricom Ltd and we need as many
> > petitions as possible. Kindly send your electronic
> > petition directly to me assist our lawyers in
> filing
> > the suit.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Alex Gakuru
> > Chairman, ICT Consumers Association of Kenya
> >
> >
> >       
> >
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