@Ali, McTim and others, I did a background piece 5mths ago on this issue @ http://tinyurl.com/p77xuk7 . It does look like the international (ITU) battle has been brought right home at our doorsteps. With a new administration shaping up at Ministry of ICT, it will be interesting to see how this evolves. walu. ________________________________ From: McTim <dogwallah@gmail.com> To: jwalu@yahoo.com Cc: KICTAnet ICT Policy Discussions <kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:22 PM Subject: Re: [kictanet] Internet Governance issues come out in the open in Kenya as Telkom Kenya & Google Clash On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 11:29 PM, Ali Hussein <ali@hussein.me.ke> wrote:
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This is of interest to all those who intend to start or are in the business of creating and owning content online.
This story which appears in the business daily highlights the pitfalls we face when business models start eroding and companies look for life lines without fully understanding what is disrupting their business models.
+1, or even understanding what their new biz model is. Telcos in Africa chrage their customers for EVERY SINGLE BIT that they deliver. FT/Orange just wants to be paid twice to deliver once. It's outrageous and I'm surprised our consumer groups haven't spoken up about this.
This particular issue of telcos demanding that content providers like Google, Facebook and Ma3Racer pay them for access was a major bone of contention during WCIT12.
So what you think?
FT is a major player in ETNO, who came up with the "sender pays" proposal pre-WCIT which didn't even get a hearing at that conference. Now they are trying it on in Africa. Shameful.
Should we all pay the Telcos for the right to allow them to give their customers access to their content online? If this succeeds what is to stop Telkom Kenya or any other Telco to demand that if I want my little blog to be accessed by their customers I need to pay them access charges?
nothing would stop them, except that Google has deep pockets and you don't.
http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Corporate-News/Telkom-and-Google-clash-ov...
This is one of the reasons that Kenya didn't sign WCIT12. It is now interesting that the same argument is being raised by Telkom Kenya.
FT can't make windfall profits a la SafCom, so they blame anyone but themselves. It's a red-herring. -- Cheers, McTim "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@lists.kictanet.or.ke https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Unsubscribe or change your options at https://lists.kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/jwalu%40yahoo.com The Kenya ICT Action Network (KICTANet) is a multi-stakeholder platform for people and institutions interested and involved in ICT policy and regulation. The network aims to act as a catalyst for reform in the ICT sector in support of the national aim of ICT enabled growth and development. KICTANetiquette : Adhere to the same standards of acceptable behaviors online that you follow in real life: respect people's times and bandwidth, share knowledge, don't flame or abuse or personalize, respect privacy, do not spam, do not market your wares or qualifications.