[kictanet] Day 3 of 10:-IGF Discussions, Internet Interconnection Charges

[Gakuru, Alex]

Michuki,

This is not true of the market place dynamics. Also equating
"cheap/affordability with very poor QoS" invites monopoly. Earlier we
were told monopolies gave us expensive poor services and we had no
choice but to use their services thus calls to liberalise the sector
and ISP entered. Granted, this led to infamous oligopolies(mobiles)
but opened a few more consumer choices. Increased competition ensures
consumers keep their options open. I encourage you to read Mike
Jensen's contribution at last year's IGF.
<http://www.intgovforum.org/Rio_Meeting/IGF2-Access-13NOV07.txt>

Therefore, I strongly object to your statement and instead call for
ever increased competition (see: "his consumer group is working to
assure that the people of Kenya gain access to affordable, reliable
networked communications from competitive carriers."
<http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_interviews_2007.xhtml>)

regards,

Alex


On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki at swiftkenya.com> wrote:
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> Gakuru, Alex wrote:
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>> For clarity's sake..
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>> On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Michuki Mwangi
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>>> Well this is a clear demonstration of the frustrations that service
>>> providers are going through as a result of the competition.
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>> Is competition a good or a bad thing? And for whom?
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> Its good and bad for the consumer - they gets cheap/affordable services with
> very poor QoS.
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