Interesting debate. Anybody claiming we don't have a horse at WCIT is undermining us. We actually have thoroughbred horses in the race. Telkom Kenya (Orange + GoK), Safaricom (Vodafon + GoK), and Airtel are thoroughbreds with influence all over Europe, Africa, and Asia. There are other players too, satellite operators, and other telecommunication companies, The public is also represented through civil societies that will advocate for rights of end users. With all this, I think as Ali is insisting, we should have a position on ITRs. Regards On 18/10/2012, McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 11:44 AM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
McTim
That Nakumatt analogy may not necessarily help the case of content owners because Nakumatt and most big ticket supermarkets do in fact get 'paid' for stocking goods through various ways
It may not be the best analogy, true, but I think it made the point....perhaps a better one would be that Nakumatt would ask manufacturers to pay per gram of what is stocked, just as content providers would be asked to pay per bit.
"Cushy" doesn't begin to describe it!
-- Cheers,
McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel
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