MobileAllOver
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URL: http://www.itweb.co.za/sections/internet/2006/0609051120.asp?S=Broadband&A=BRO&O=FPLEAD
Customers as competitors
Dyson emphasised that individuals should be able to resell Internet services, an opinion she expressed on Sunday at president Thabo Mbeki's International Advisory Council, of which she is a member.
"Suppose you find that Internet is too expensive, and you decide to share the cost with four of your neighbours and cut the cost that way. The consensus [among the Presidential Advisory Council] was that it was certainly a good idea and wasn't against regulations.
"No one was really sure whether it was against the terms of service of the ISPs, but there was definitely an understanding that it would be a good idea. At the end of the conference I told the assembled press (who I hope publish this far and wide), that if you want to resell your landline Internet over a WiFi service to whoever wants it, you're free to do so.
“The ISPs may not like this at first, but they will discover that it makes their services far more attractive – it will cut their prices by 80% – and they can afford to do that because of lower marketing costs. That's happened in every market. So not only is it good that there's competition from Neotel, it's also good to have competition from customers as resellers."
Customers as competitors
Dyson emphasised that individuals should be able to resell Internet services, an opinion she expressed on Sunday at president Thabo Mbeki's International Advisory Council, of which she is a member.
"Suppose you find that Internet is too expensive, and you decide to share the cost with four of your neighbours and cut the cost that way. The consensus [among the Presidential Advisory Council] was that it was certainly a good idea and wasn't against regulations.
"No one was really sure whether it was against the terms of service of the ISPs, but there was definitely an understanding that it would be a good idea. At the end of the conference I told the assembled press (who I hope publish this far and wide), that if you want to resell your landline Internet over a WiFi service to whoever wants it, you're free to do so.
“The ISPs may not like this at first, but they will discover that it makes their services far more attractive – it will cut their prices by 80% – and they can afford to do that because of lower marketing costs. That's happened in every market. So not only is it good that there's competition from Neotel, it's also good to have competition from customers as resellers."
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