[kictanet] Sasanet not working?

Wed Feb 21 15:18:00 EAT 2007

Thought it was a technical hitch though they are not
yet back for those who need free online sms.
Ritah
--- John Walubengo <jwalu at yahoo.com> wrote:

> well, am not a subscriber to them - i got jittery
> when
> their registration form had too many of what I
> thought were
> personal questions without equivalent demonstration
> of how
> they would secure my data...
> 
> Nway, I just checked their website and it is up and
> running...so what do you mean when you say they are
> no
> longer working?
> 
> walu.
> 
> --- Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 
> > Wouldn't you be curious to find out a very popular
> free
> > internet-based www.sasanet.co.ke is now no longer
> > working? I wonder why?
> > 
> > /Alex
> > 
> > Mike Theuri <mike.theuri at gmail.com> wrote: Alex, 
> > 
> > Thank you for sharing the blog on the
> anti-consumer
> > setting in the country. The blog has very useful
> > information that is not being shared with Kenyan
> > consumers and it is key that consumer rights are
> upheld.
> > Your blog out to be brought to more attention of
> key
> > stakeholders in ICT and to consumers alike.  
> > 
> > Yes, the Ministry and CCK are best placed to
> > authoritatively comment on such an issue. However
> I
> > believe that what AT&T is discontinuing is the
> ability to
> > use a "call back" number from Kenya to the US. It
> is very
> > likely that the call back numbers which are 0800
> numbers
> > are no longer profitable for AT&T especially given
> that
> > they cost as high as $3/min. Technically they are
> > supposed to be cheaper to use than if one was to
> "call
> > back" the US direct from any other country be it
> Kenya or
> > the UK. However with AT&T's rate to call the US
> from
> > Kenya as high as it is and with local providers
> beating
> > their tariffs they may have opted to drop this
> service.
> > What this might do, is it might leave AT&T US
> based
> > customers unable to call the US using their AT&T
> calling
> > cards for what would otherwise be exorbitant
> prices.  
> > 
> > The wording of the AT&T notice on the lack of no
> future
> > support for calls originating from Kenya wasn't
> very
> > clear and after some digging around it appears
> that it
> > referred to users of AT&T who utilize call back
> services
> > while traveling overseas, it might just be due to
> stiff
> > competition now that VOIP has been deregulated and
> > tariffs have fallen (though not low enough) and
> that no
> > one in their right mind would be willing to pay
> $3+ per
> > minute for a call to the US when for a extremely
> small
> > fraction one could make the same phone call at a
> lower
> > rate. 
> > 
> > Even then the tariffs in general are not fair
> enough for
> > Kenyan consumers and it is an uphill battle to
> enforce
> > changes when some of the largest tax payers happen
> to be
> > communication providers. It is unthinkable that
> the
> > government would do much to jeopardize a large and
> steady
> > tax revenue stream to save the honorable consumer.
> > Increasingly huge profits in a formerly depressed
> and now
> > recovering economy like ours raise the question
> whether
> > the consumer is getting a fair deal. It is akin to
> oil
> > companies making several times over some nations
> GDP in
> > profits and claiming that they are struggling
> themselves
> > and offering the best prices possible. Price
> regulation
> > in the industry is something that should be looked
> into
> > to further to try and strike a fair balance
> between
> > consumers needs and investors return on equity.  
> > 
> > Mike
> > 
> > On 2/18/07, Alex Gakuru <alex.gakuru at yahoo.com>
> wrote:
> > Mike:
> > 
> > Although this is a consumer issue, you may notice
> we have
> > quite some domestic wars with the prevailing
> > anti-consumer setting, 
> http://ictconsumer.blogspot.com/
> > for example.
> >  
> > By engaging foreign networks, I am afraid the ICT
> > Consumers Association of Kenya could be considered
> acting
> > ultra vires thus the Ministry of Information and
> > Communications, CCK, and perhaps also Foreign
> Affairs are
> > best  suited to comment. 
> > 
> > Would a provocative question, like "why has a
> private US
> > telco unilaterally cut-off communication from
> Kenya to
> > the US jeopardizing both a basic human right and
> the
> > national outsourcing strategy" earn a quick
> response from
> > government?     
> > 
> > rgds,
> > 
> > Alex
> >  
> > Mike Theuri <mike.theuri at gmail.com> wrote:  As an
> after
> > thought, this may mean calls  dialed through this
> number
> > which by itself is a very expensive option and
> which may
> > reflect the effects of voip and lowered costs of
> > international calls:
> > 
> > Kenya 0-800-2201-15 (608) 
> > 
> >  On 2/18/07, Mike Theuri <mike.theuri at gmail.com>
> wrote: 
> > Does anyone know why the below might be the case ?
> AT&T
> > printed this in small print on bills sent to
> customer in
> > January. Considering
> > that AT&T is the largest telco in the US this is a
> > serious issue :
> > 
> > International Call Origination:  
> > Effective March 1, 2007, our International Call
> > Origination service will change. Current access
> > numbers for calls originating internationally
> > will change. Please visit   att.com/dialing-guide 
> > to print the new dialing-guide for your reference;
> > or call the number on your bill to order a new
> > dialing guide. Calls from Kenya to US will
> > no longer be supported. International to 
> > international calling from St. Martin will no 
> > longer be supported. Also, International
> > service will be expanded to over 60 additional
> > countries. To find out rates and countries where
> > we provide service, please visit 
> >   att.com/intl-rates.
> > 
> > 
> >  
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