Allow me speak a little deeper "Kenyan" to put the point across citing discussed and concluded OFC and we risk being led into mark timing in OFC tar pit by oligopolists engineers whose ultimate prize is e-government content flowing through "their network". This ultimate prize is worth trying anything because at this moment in time, that dream is highly threatened.
<br><br>One gets the impression there are deep-seated fears regarding market positioning with the imminent true competition that is round the corner. <br><br>Forget "National Development", "Consumers", "Universal Access" - those will be collateral casualties along the way. This far, consumers menu is
BOLDLY printed by as follows: <br>
<br>
1. Recipe:- Private Sector (wants, need, partners, sponsors, social responsibility...) <br>
<br>
Appetizer (WiFi)<br>
1. Butterflies <br>
2. Butterflies<br>
3. Butterflies<br>...<br><br>Wine MAXima (WiMAX the - drink)<br>
1. MINE <br>
2. MINE<br>
3. MINE<br>....<br><br>FIBRE Main Course <br>
-I want and must have it all, I will pull a few for my telco buddies.... <br>
<br>
Dessert Consumed (Consumers)<br>-------<br>No need to repeat "competition alone
despite all that is said about it was <b>not</b> known to benefit
consumers.<span style=""> </span>Particularly where duopolies
or oligopolies exits because Product and Price shadowing often takes centre
stage and one is not sure that the alternatives are not exorbitant. The
regulator must also enforce QOS.
<p class="MsoNormal" style="">He added that the consumer must
also be ready for a vibrant market and take up alternatives that make the best
"cents".<span style=""> </span>He /She must be able
to walk out and perhaps to an ombudsman (regulator) where QOS is not as per SLA
or other" <OFC_Online_Discussion_Report2.doc> </p>
I do not see anything wrong with a cost conscious government saving on all telephone calls and by having a government-owned network throughout the country by investing wisely on cheap fibre cable. (telcom) private sector is broader that 2 GSM duopolist, a couple of PDNOs, and a few LLOs.
<br><br>Alex