Michuki, This is not true of the market place dynamics. Also equating "cheap/affordability with very poor QoS" invites monopoly. Earlier we were told monopolies gave us expensive poor services and we had no choice but to use their services thus calls to liberalise the sector and ISP entered. Granted, this led to infamous oligopolies(mobiles) but opened a few more consumer choices. Increased competition ensures consumers keep their options open. I encourage you to read Mike Jensen's contribution at last year's IGF. <http://www.intgovforum.org/Rio_Meeting/IGF2-Access-13NOV07.txt> Therefore, I strongly object to your statement and instead call for ever increased competition (see: "his consumer group is working to assure that the people of Kenya gain access to affordable, reliable networked communications from competitive carriers." <http://www.elon.edu/e-web/predictions/igf_interviews_2007.xhtml>) regards, Alex On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 8:43 PM, Michuki Mwangi <michuki@swiftkenya.com> wrote:
Gakuru, Alex wrote:
For clarity's sake..
On Thu, Aug 14, 2008 at 7:28 PM, Michuki Mwangi
Well this is a clear demonstration of the frustrations that service providers are going through as a result of the competition.
Is competition a good or a bad thing? And for whom?
Its good and bad for the consumer - they gets cheap/affordable services with very poor QoS.