[kictanet] the long fibre lie...Regulatory Action limited.

[warigia bowman]

Dear Brian
Do you believe that ISPs in Kenya are sufficiently competitive to keep
prices fair? I am just asking. I really do not know.

What about the concern people have expressed that KDN has dropped prices
dramatically to ISPs, but consumers are not seeing the benefit.

By the way, it is WONDERFUL to hear from you!

Rigia

On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:18 AM, Brian Munyao Longwe <blongwe at gmail.com>wrote:

> Good point Warigia and the same applies here - CCK can and have exercised
> their authority to regulate voice pricing - this is especially true when
> there is either a monopoly or an operator with significant market share.
>
> The same does not apply to market sectors like Internet services because
> there is full competition and never any player with significant market
> share. In the USA - FCC have never regulated Internet or bandwidth pricing
> as market forces generally accomplish this.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Brian
>
> On Tue, Aug 18, 2009 at 11:11 AM, warigia bowman <warigia at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Dear colleagues
>>
>> Rates of operators can and have been regulated, In fact, in the United
>> States we had something called rate of return regulation when ATT was a
>> monopoly. They were allowed to charge a high rate, but in exchange, they had
>> to ensure every tiny village of even 200 had phone service. Why can't our
>> operators do that?
>> Sincerely, Warigia
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 8:40 AM, Walubengo J <jwalu at 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 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> > From: Gakuru Alex <alexgakuru.lists at 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 at 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 at 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.
>>> >
>>> > Would this be acceptable to you?
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>>
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>> Dr. Warigia Bowman
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>> The Department of Public Policy Leadership
>> The University of Mississippi
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Dr. Warigia Bowman
Assistant Professor
The Department of Public Policy Leadership
The University of Mississippi
107 Odom Hall
University, MS 38677

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