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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Alex,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>in other words .. private sector
BAD?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>How come that since we have our restaurant the
menue choices are much more and the prices are less than a quarter?</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Kai</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com
href="mailto:alexgakuru.lists@gmail.com">Alex Gakuru</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke
href="mailto:kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke">kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, May 07, 2007 21:03</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [kictanet] Day 5 -
Statistics on Affordability-CCKInternetStudyReport</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>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> </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>He added that the consumer must also be ready for a vibrant
market and take up alternatives that make the best "cents".<SPAN>
</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
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