Airtel vs YU: Airtel to shut down YU
An inconspicuous column inside The Star today talks about a spat between Airtel and YU in which the former is threatening to shut down YU because of a payment dispute. 1.3b (I think) is the figure in dispute - arising from "Site Sharing" where Airtel has been sharing its sites with YU. How this plays out is gonna be interesting, but hopefully it doesn't go the way I think - YU shutdown. Which brings me to the Digitial TV scenario, and subsequently 4G/LTE. Will such a scenario play out between KBC/Signet and the other 160+ providers - such that a provider can easily be shut down for non-payment, leaving it's subscribers without service? I am not saying we are there yet, but I have a feeling.... lisemwalo liko! -- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
Odhiambo Respectfully, you are stating the obvious. If a business can't pay its bills, it closes down. Plain and Simple. If you want to transmit content you must pay one of the two licensed signal distributors with infrastructure (Signet and Panafrican Group). It goes without saying that if you don't pay you will be switched off. Whether you choose to shut down after that is your choice really. JG On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote:
An inconspicuous column inside The Star today talks about a spat between Airtel and YU in which the former is threatening to shut down YU because of a payment dispute. 1.3b (I think) is the figure in dispute - arising from "Site Sharing" where Airtel has been sharing its sites with YU. How this plays out is gonna be interesting, but hopefully it doesn't go the way I think - YU shutdown.
Which brings me to the Digitial TV scenario, and subsequently 4G/LTE. Will such a scenario play out between KBC/Signet and the other 160+ providers - such that a provider can easily be shut down for non-payment, leaving it's subscribers without service?
I am not saying we are there yet, but I have a feeling.... lisemwalo liko!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
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James I'm in total agreement. It may sound cruel but the Americans have an apt word for it... CREATIVE DESTRUCTION.. Ali Hussein On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 4:29 PM, James Mbugua <jgmbugua@gmail.com> wrote:
Odhiambo
Respectfully, you are stating the obvious.
If a business can't pay its bills, it closes down. Plain and Simple.
If you want to transmit content you must pay one of the two licensed signal distributors with infrastructure (Signet and Panafrican Group).
It goes without saying that if you don't pay you will be switched off. Whether you choose to shut down after that is your choice really.
JG
An inconspicuous column inside The Star today talks about a spat between Airtel and YU in which the former is threatening to shut down YU because of a payment dispute. 1.3b (I think) is the figure in dispute - arising from "Site Sharing" where Airtel has been sharing its sites with YU. How this plays out is gonna be interesting, but hopefully it doesn't go the way I think - YU shutdown.
Which brings me to the Digitial TV scenario, and subsequently 4G/LTE. Will such a scenario play out between KBC/Signet and the other 160+ providers
such that a provider can easily be shut down for non-payment, leaving it's subscribers without service?
I am not saying we are there yet, but I have a feeling.... lisemwalo
On Tue, Jul 10, 2012 at 3:37 PM, Odhiambo Washington <odhiambo@gmail.com> wrote: - liko!
-- Best regards, Odhiambo WASHINGTON, Nairobi,KE +254733744121/+254722743223 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I can't hear you -- I'm using the scrambler.
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