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. _______________________________________________ kictanet mailing list kictanet@kictanet.or.ke http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/listinfo/kictanet Please unsubscribe or change your options at http://kictanet.or.ke/mailman/options/kictanet/alex.gakuru%40yahoo.com --------------------------------- The fish are biting. Get more visitors on your site using Yahoo! Search Marketing.