Alex,

in other words .. private sector BAD?

How come that since we have our restaurant the menue choices are much more and the prices are less than a quarter?

Kai

----- Original Message -----

From: Alex Gakuru

To: kai.wulff@kdn.co.ke

Sent: Monday, May 07, 2007 21:03

Subject: Re: [kictanet] Day 5 - Statistics on Affordability-CCKInternetStudyReport

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.

One gets the impression there are deep-seated fears regarding market positioning with the imminent true competition that is round the corner.

Forget "National Development", "Consumers", "Universal Access" - those will be collateral casualties along the way. This far, consumers menu is BOLDLY printed by as follows:

1. Recipe:- Private Sector (wants, need, partners, sponsors, social responsibility...)

Appetizer (WiFi)
1. Butterflies
2. Butterflies
3. Butterflies
...

Wine MAXima (WiMAX the - drink)
1. MINE
2. MINE
3. MINE
....

FIBRE Main Course
-I want and must have it all, I will pull a few for my telco buddies....

Dessert Consumed (Consumers)
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No need to repeat "competition alone despite all that is said about it was not known to benefit consumers. 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.
He added that the consumer must also be ready for a vibrant market and take up alternatives that make the best "cents". 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>
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.

Alex

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