Dear Alice,<br><br>"The world is a market place where men goods are on the display, the label is more important than the contents and the price more fascinating than the value"<br><br>Alex <br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">
On 5/7/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">alice</b> <<a href="mailto:alice@apc.org">alice@apc.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Diverting a little-<br><br>There is an E-learning conference to be held in Nairobi (safari Park)<br>the registration fees are a whooping EUR 500. Now if indeed we have to<br>think seriously of creating mutually beneficial partnerships that
<br>benefit citizens and by extension enhance development how would civil<br>society groups including community based organisations engage and indeed<br>benefit from attending such conferences to learn to enable them to take
<br>advantage of for example, infrastructure, enabling policy regulatory<br>environment, to enhance e-learning in our schools in marginalised areas?<br><br><br>alice<br><br><br><br>Alex Gakuru wrote:<br>> Allow me speak a little deeper "Kenyan" to put the point across citing
<br>> discussed and concluded OFC and we risk being led into mark timing in<br>> OFC tar pit by oligopolists engineers whose ultimate prize is<br>> e-government content flowing through "their network". This ultimate
<br>> prize is worth trying anything because at this moment in time, that<br>> dream is highly threatened.<br>><br>> One gets the impression there are deep-seated fears regarding market<br>> positioning with the imminent true competition that is round the corner.
<br>><br>> Forget "National Development", "Consumers", "Universal Access" - those<br>> will be collateral casualties along the way. This far, consumers menu<br>> is BOLDLY printed by as follows:
<br>><br>> 1. Recipe:- Private Sector (wants, need, partners, sponsors, social<br>> 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<br>> buddies....
<br>><br>> Dessert Consumed (Consumers)<br>> -------<br>> No need to repeat "competition alone despite all that is said about it<br>> was *not* known to benefit consumers. Particularly where duopolies or
<br>> oligopolies exits because Product and Price shadowing often takes<br>> centre stage and one is not sure that the alternatives are not<br>> exorbitant. The regulator must also enforce QOS.<br>><br>> He added that the consumer must also be ready for a vibrant market and
<br>> take up alternatives that make the best "cents". He /She must be able<br>> to walk out and perhaps to an ombudsman (regulator) where QOS is not<br>> as per SLA or other" <OFC_Online_Discussion_Report2.doc>
<br>><br>> I do not see anything wrong with a cost conscious government saving on<br>> all telephone calls and by having a government-owned network<br>> throughout the country by investing wisely on cheap fibre cable.
<br>> (telcom) private sector is broader that 2 GSM duopolist, a couple of<br>> PDNOs, and a few LLOs.<br>><br>> Alex<br>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br>><br>
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