well, am not a subscriber to them - i got jittery when
their
registration form had too many of what I thought were
personal
questions without equivalent demonstration of how
they would secure my
data...
Nway, I just checked their website and it is up
and
running...so what do you mean when you say they are no
longer
working?
walu.
--- Alex Gakuru <
alex.gakuru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Wouldn't you
be curious to find out a very popular free
> internet-based
www.sasanet.co.ke is now no longer
> working? I
wonder why?
>
> /Alex
>
> Mike Theuri <
mike.theuri@gmail.com> wrote: Alex,
>
>
Thank you for sharing the blog on the anti-consumer
> setting in
the country. The blog has very useful
> information that is not
being shared with Kenyan
> consumers and it is key that consumer
rights are upheld.
> Your blog out to be brought to more attention
of key
> stakeholders in ICT and to consumers
alike.
>
> Yes, the Ministry and CCK are best
placed to
> authoritatively comment on such an issue. However
I
> believe that what AT&T is discontinuing is the ability to
> use a "call back" number from Kenya to the US. It is very
>
likely that the call back numbers which are 0800 numbers
> are no
longer profitable for AT&T especially given that
> they cost as
high as $3/min. Technically they are
> supposed to be cheaper to use
than if one was to "call
> back" the US direct from any other
country be it Kenya or
> the UK. However with AT&T's rate to
call the US from
> Kenya as high as it is and with local providers
beating
> their tariffs they may have opted to drop this
service.
> What this might do, is it might leave AT&T US
based
> customers unable to call the US using their AT&T calling
> cards for what would otherwise be exorbitant
prices.
>
> The wording of the AT&T notice on
the lack of no future
> support for calls originating from Kenya
wasn't very
> clear and after some digging around it appears that it
> referred to users of AT&T who utilize call back
services
> while traveling overseas, it might just be due to
stiff
> competition now that VOIP has been deregulated and
>
tariffs have fallen (though not low enough) and that no
> one in
their right mind would be willing to pay $3+ per
> minute for a call
to the US when for a extremely small
> fraction one could make the
same phone call at a lower
> rate.
>
> Even then the
tariffs in general are not fair enough for
> Kenyan consumers and it
is an uphill battle to enforce
> changes when some of the largest
tax payers happen to be
> communication providers. It is unthinkable
that the
> government would do much to jeopardize a large and
steady
> tax revenue stream to save the honorable consumer.
>
Increasingly huge profits in a formerly depressed and now
>
recovering economy like ours raise the question whether
> the
consumer is getting a fair deal. It is akin to oil
> companies
making several times over some nations GDP in
> profits and claiming
that they are struggling themselves
> and offering the best prices
possible. Price regulation
> in the industry is something that
should be looked into
> to further to try and strike a fair balance
between
> consumers needs and investors return on
equity.
>
> Mike
>
> On 2/18/07,
Alex Gakuru <
alex.gakuru@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike:
>
> Although this is a consumer issue, you may notice we have
>
quite some domestic wars with the prevailing
> anti-consumer
setting,
http://ictconsumer.blogspot.com/>
for example.
>
> By engaging foreign networks, I
am afraid the ICT
> Consumers Association of Kenya could be
considered acting
> ultra vires thus the Ministry of Information and
> Communications, CCK, and perhaps also Foreign Affairs are
>
best suited to comment.
>
> Would a provocative
question, like "why has a private US
> telco unilaterally cut-off
communication from Kenya to
> the US jeopardizing both a basic human
right and the
> national outsourcing strategy" earn a quick response
from
> government?
>
>
rgds,
>
> Alex
>
> Mike Theuri <
mike.theuri@gmail.com > wrote: As an
after
> thought, this may mean calls dialed through this
number
> which by itself is a very expensive option and which
may
> reflect the effects of voip and lowered costs of
>
international calls:
>
> Kenya 0-800-2201-15 (608)
>
> On 2/18/07, Mike Theuri <
mike.theuri@gmail.com > wrote:
> Does anyone
know why the below might be the case ? AT&T
> printed this in
small print on bills sent to customer in
> January.
Considering
> that AT&T is the largest telco in the US this is
a
> serious issue :
>
> International Call
Origination:
> Effective March 1, 2007, our
International Call
> Origination service will change. Current access
> numbers for calls originating internationally
> will
change. Please visit
att.com/dialing-guide > to print the
new dialing-guide for your reference;
> or call the number on your
bill to order a new
> dialing guide. Calls from Kenya to US
will
> no longer be supported. International to
>
international calling from St. Martin will no
> longer be
supported. Also, International
> service will be expanded to over 60
additional
> countries. To find out rates and countries
where
> we provide service, please visit
>
att.com/intl-rates.
>
>
>
>
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