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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi all,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Alex may have a point about there being some foul
play involved wih sasanet. But there are others who provide a similar
service. Check out <A
href="http://www.afritext.com/">http://www.afritext.com/</A>. They also let you
send 10 free sms a day but there is a catch. You must buy credits from them at
least once a month (I think). </FONT></DIV>
<DIV> </DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Joan Walumbe<BR></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com href="mailto:ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com">Jose'</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kictanet@kictanet.or.ke
href="mailto:kictanet@kictanet.or.ke">Kenya ICT Action Network - KICTANet</A>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:23
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Sasanet not
working?</DIV>
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<DIV>Eh!! Alex,I didn't know such figures existed thats interesting.I will
visit there offices and ask.Tomorrow I should have an answer.<BR></DIV><FONT
face=courier>Best Regards, <BR>Jose' Njuki-Imwe Ngunjiri</FONT><FONT
color=#0000ff><FONT face=courier> || +254 722 336754 ||</FONT> </FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif">-----
Original Message ----<BR>From: Alex Gakuru <<A
href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com">alex.gakuru@yahoo.com</A>><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com">ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com</A><BR>Sent:
Wednesday, February 21, 2007 4:07:50 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Sasanet not
working?<BR><BR><BR>There were 400 million sms sent were from Safaricom and
Celtel in (NOTE) 2005 when we had about half the current 8 GSM million
subscribers. At 5/= per sms this amounts to shs 2 billion additional revenue
to the networks.<BR><BR>Assuming per user texting levels remained in 2006 when
the subscribers doubled then the number of sms could have also doubled,
implying shillings 4 billion to the two (Telkom CDMA sms of shillings 2.5 may
not have had a big impact). SMS traffic usually increases wherever
affordability lessens...... but I am looking for the actual data.
<BR><BR>Considering a company such as Kenya Breweries' annual profits last
year were 1 billion, I am convinced it would not be unreasonable nor unfair to
ascertain the real reasons why *little* sasanet is down? We only want to
ascertain that no extraneous forces are at play here than we are all
happy to have this piece of
information.<BR><BR>Regards,<BR><BR><BR>Alex<BR><BR><B><I>Judy Okite
<judyokite@gmail.com></I></B> wrote:
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style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(16,16,255) 2px solid">In
simpler English, Sasanet gives its subscribers an opportunity to send 10
sms's free to the local network(celtel or safcom)a total of 90
characters...then an advert takes up the rest of the characters,to make
160(a norm sms). For this service to be provided..sasanet fully depends on
the sposnsors(adverts),like any other business definately you cannot give
your clients the real reason as to why the services are not
available.........but there are no sponsors...as per now to support the free
sms......if any one one has been using this services,frequently,then you can
agree that it has been an ON/OFF...kind of service...but since its free why
make noise? just keep checking till it works......So there's no need
to panic, it has nothing to with AT&T or something fishy,reading between
the lines.....<BR><BR>Kind Regards,<BR><BR>
<DIV><SPAN class=gmail_quote>On 2/21/07, <B class=gmail_sendername>Jose'</B>
<<A href="mailto:ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:</SPAN>
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<DIV
style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: lucida console,sans-serif"><BR><SPAN><STRONG>Hi
Walu,<BR>What Alex is expressing is the free sms service that sasanet
gives.Everything else is up and running except the free sms service thats
why we use it.<BR>I copied and pasted this from the
site<BR>FYI<BR><BR>"Due to a system upgrade that is currently in progress,
the Sasanet Free sms service and purchase of sms credits are temporarily
unavailable. Please check back again later."<BR><BR>We sincerely apologise
for any inconvenience caused, but strive to continually improve our
service to you. </STRONG></SPAN><BR><FONT face=courier>Best Regards,
<BR>Njuki-Imwe</FONT><FONT color=#0000ff><FONT
face=courier><BR></FONT></FONT>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman,new york,times,serif">-----
Original Message ----<BR>From: John Walubengo <<A
href="mailto:jwalu@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>jwalu@yahoo.com</A>><BR>To: <A
href="mailto:ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>ngunjirijnr@yahoo.com</A><BR>Sent: Tuesday, February 20, 2007
7:45:48 PM<BR>Subject: Re: [kictanet] Sasanet not working?<BR><BR>
<DIV>well, am not a subscriber to them - i got jittery when<BR>their
registration form had too many of what I thought were <BR>personal
questions without equivalent demonstration of how<BR>they would secure my
data...<BR><BR>Nway, I just checked their website and it is up
and<BR>running...so what do you mean when you say they are no<BR>longer
working? <BR><BR>walu.<BR><BR>--- Alex Gakuru <<A
href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>alex.gakuru@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR><BR>> Wouldn't you
be curious to find out a very popular free <BR>> internet-based <A
href="http://www.sasanet.co.ke" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>www.sasanet.co.ke</A> is now no longer<BR>> working? I
wonder why?<BR>> <BR>> /Alex<BR>> <BR>> Mike Theuri <<A
href="mailto:mike.theuri@gmail.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>mike.theuri@gmail.com</A>> wrote: Alex, <BR>> <BR>>
Thank you for sharing the blog on the anti-consumer <BR>> setting in
the country. The blog has very useful<BR>> information that is not
being shared with Kenyan<BR>> consumers and it is key that consumer
rights are upheld.<BR>> Your blog out to be brought to more attention
of key <BR>> stakeholders in ICT and to consumers
alike. <BR>> <BR>> Yes, the Ministry and CCK are best
placed to<BR>> authoritatively comment on such an issue. However
I<BR>> believe that what AT&T is discontinuing is the ability to
<BR>> use a "call back" number from Kenya to the US. It is very<BR>>
likely that the call back numbers which are 0800 numbers<BR>> are no
longer profitable for AT&T especially given that<BR>> they cost as
high as $3/min. Technically they are<BR>> supposed to be cheaper to use
than if one was to "call<BR>> back" the US direct from any other
country be it Kenya or<BR>> the UK. However with AT&T's rate to
call the US from <BR>> Kenya as high as it is and with local providers
beating<BR>> their tariffs they may have opted to drop this
service.<BR>> What this might do, is it might leave AT&T US
based<BR>> customers unable to call the US using their AT&T calling
<BR>> cards for what would otherwise be exorbitant
prices. <BR>> <BR>> The wording of the AT&T notice on
the lack of no future<BR>> support for calls originating from Kenya
wasn't very<BR>> clear and after some digging around it appears that it
<BR>> referred to users of AT&T who utilize call back
services<BR>> while traveling overseas, it might just be due to
stiff<BR>> competition now that VOIP has been deregulated and<BR>>
tariffs have fallen (though not low enough) and that no<BR>> one in
their right mind would be willing to pay $3+ per<BR>> minute for a call
to the US when for a extremely small<BR>> fraction one could make the
same phone call at a lower <BR>> rate. <BR>> <BR>> Even then the
tariffs in general are not fair enough for<BR>> Kenyan consumers and it
is an uphill battle to enforce<BR>> changes when some of the largest
tax payers happen to be<BR>> communication providers. It is unthinkable
that the<BR>> government would do much to jeopardize a large and
steady<BR>> tax revenue stream to save the honorable consumer.<BR>>
Increasingly huge profits in a formerly depressed and now <BR>>
recovering economy like ours raise the question whether<BR>> the
consumer is getting a fair deal. It is akin to oil<BR>> companies
making several times over some nations GDP in<BR>> profits and claiming
that they are struggling themselves<BR>> and offering the best prices
possible. Price regulation<BR>> in the industry is something that
should be looked into<BR>> to further to try and strike a fair balance
between<BR>> consumers needs and investors return on
equity. <BR>> <BR>> Mike<BR>> <BR>> On 2/18/07,
Alex Gakuru <<A href="mailto:alex.gakuru@yahoo.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>alex.gakuru@yahoo.com</A>> wrote:<BR>> Mike: <BR>>
<BR>> Although this is a consumer issue, you may notice we have<BR>>
quite some domestic wars with the prevailing<BR>> anti-consumer
setting, <A href="http://ictconsumer.blogspot.com/"
target=_blank rel=nofollow> http://ictconsumer.blogspot.com/</A><BR>>
for example.<BR>> <BR>> By engaging foreign networks, I
am afraid the ICT<BR>> Consumers Association of Kenya could be
considered acting<BR>> ultra vires thus the Ministry of Information and
<BR>> Communications, CCK, and perhaps also Foreign Affairs are<BR>>
best suited to comment. <BR>> <BR>> Would a provocative
question, like "why has a private US<BR>> telco unilaterally cut-off
communication from Kenya to<BR>> the US jeopardizing both a basic human
right and the<BR>> national outsourcing strategy" earn a quick response
from <BR>> government? <BR>> <BR>>
rgds,<BR>> <BR>> Alex<BR>> <BR>> Mike Theuri <<A
href="mailto:mike.theuri@gmail.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>mike.theuri@gmail.com </A>> wrote: As an
after<BR>> thought, this may mean calls dialed through this
number<BR>> which by itself is a very expensive option and which
may<BR>> reflect the effects of voip and lowered costs of<BR>>
international calls: <BR>> <BR>> Kenya 0-800-2201-15 (608) <BR>>
<BR>> On 2/18/07, Mike Theuri <<A
href="mailto:mike.theuri@gmail.com" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>mike.theuri@gmail.com </A>> wrote: <BR>> Does anyone
know why the below might be the case ? AT&T<BR>> printed this in
small print on bills sent to customer in<BR>> January.
Considering<BR>> that AT&T is the largest telco in the US this is
a<BR>> serious issue :<BR>> <BR>> International Call
Origination: <BR>> Effective March 1, 2007, our
International Call<BR>> Origination service will change. Current access
<BR>> numbers for calls originating internationally<BR>> will
change. Please visit <A href="http://att.com/dialing-guide"
target=_blank rel=nofollow>att.com/dialing-guide </A><BR>> to print the
new dialing-guide for your reference;<BR>> or call the number on your
bill to order a new<BR>> dialing guide. Calls from Kenya to US
will<BR>> no longer be supported. International to <BR>>
international calling from St. Martin will no <BR>> longer be
supported. Also, International<BR>> service will be expanded to over 60
additional<BR>> countries. To find out rates and countries
where<BR>> we provide service, please visit <BR>> <A
href="http://att.com/intl-rates" target=_blank
rel=nofollow>att.com/intl-rates</A>.<BR>> <BR>>
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