<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:12pt">@Ali, McTim and others,<br><br>I did a background piece 5mths ago on this issue @ <b>http://tinyurl.com/p77xuk7</b> . <br>It does look like the international (ITU) battle has been brought right home at our doorsteps.<br><br>With a new administration shaping up at Ministry of ICT, it will be interesting to see how this evolves.<br><br>walu.<br><div><br></div> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <hr size="1"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> <b><span style="font-weight:bold;">From:</span></b> McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com><br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">To:</span></b> jwalu@yahoo.com <br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cc:</span></b> KICTAnet ICT Policy
Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> <br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:22 PM<br> <b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Re: [kictanet] Internet Governance issues come out in the open in
Kenya as Telkom Kenya & Google Clash<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><br>On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Ali Hussein <<a ymailto="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke" href="mailto:ali@hussein.me.ke">ali@hussein.me.ke</a>> wrote:<br>> Listers<br>><br>> This is of interest to all those who intend to start or are in the business<br>> of creating and owning content online.<br>><br>> This story which appears in the business daily highlights the pitfalls we<br>> face when business models start eroding and companies look for life lines<br>> without fully understanding what is disrupting their business models.<br><br>+1, or even understanding what their new biz model is. Telcos in<br>Africa chrage their customers for EVERY SINGLE BIT that they deliver.<br>FT/Orange just wants to be paid twice to deliver once. It's<br>outrageous and I'm surprised our consumer groups haven't spoken up<br>about
this.<br><br><br><br>><br>> This particular issue of telcos demanding that content providers like<br>> Google, Facebook and Ma3Racer pay them for access was a major bone of<br>> contention during WCIT12.<br>><br>> So what you think?<br><br>FT is a major player in ETNO, who came up with the "sender pays"<br>proposal pre-WCIT which didn't even get a hearing at that conference.<br>Now they are trying it on in Africa. Shameful.<br><br><br>><br>> Should we all pay the Telcos for the right to allow them to give their<br>> customers access to their content online? If this succeeds what is to stop<br>> Telkom Kenya or any other Telco to demand that if I want my little blog to<br>> be accessed by their customers I need to pay them access charges?<br>><br><br><br>nothing would stop them, except that Google has deep pockets and you don't.<br><br><br>> <a
href="http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-and-Google-clash-over-network-fee-demand/-/539550/1859038/-/24js3yz/-/index.html?goback=%2Egmp_4267747%2Egde_4267747_member_242979558" target="_blank">http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-and-Google-clash-over-network-fee-demand/-/539550/1859038/-/24js3yz/-/index.html?goback=%2Egmp_4267747%2Egde_4267747_member_242979558</a><br>><br>> This is one of the reasons that Kenya didn't sign WCIT12. It is now<br>> interesting that the same argument is being raised by Telkom Kenya.<br><br>FT can't make windfall profits a la SafCom, so they blame anyone but<br>themselves. It's a red-herring.<br><br>-- <br>Cheers,<br><br>McTim<br>"A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A<br>route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel<br><br>_______________________________________________<br>kictanet mailing list<br><a
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