Leave interconnect alone, ICASA told CAP

I find this rather disturbing. This is exactly the kind of thing the Consumer Advisory Panel should be commenting on and drive. We asked ICASA why on earth they would tell CAP not to comment on this – no feedback yet.
 
It's simple - ICASA are corrupt. They are just there to help with lining of their own pockets, and that of the ANC. The only reason interconnect rates have come down today, is because the goverment/ANC no longer have a stake in Vodacom, which used to be it's cash cow through it's shareholding in Telkom. Now that Telkom and Vodacom are divorced, and the goverment/ANC are no longer benefitting from Vodacom's massive proifts, the next step is to make the Telecom's environment more to the liking of Telkom and it's soon to be launched cellular business - Telkom Mobile. Without a drop in interconnect rates, Telkom's mobile business would really struggle, and it would be paying massive amounts of money out in interconnet rates to the cellular trio. Even without the launch of Telkom Mobile, Telkom is being nailed with interconnect fees that need to be paid to the cellular trio.

All of these rate cuts are done with the diguise of championing for the consumer. But we're not fooled.

We all know that ICASA, the government and especially the ANC don't give a ***** about me, you, or Sipho Public. This is just more proof of it. I bet the only reason that we are hearing about this news from CAP is because there was a fallout between ICASA/ANC and CAP. Somewhere along the long, somebody's pockets weren't lined as promised, and now they're pissed about it.
 
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ToxicWazte said:
It's simple - ICASA are corrupt.
All of these rate cuts are done with the diguise of championing for the consumer. But we're not fooled.
Somewhere along the long, somebody's pockets weren't lined as promised, and now they're pissed about it.
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I couldn't agree more.
 
microfast1 said:
I couldn't agree more.
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I couldn't disagree more.

We have cheaper rates now because a little unknown entity got bullied by MTN (MTN in breach of existing contract) therefore due to media-gag-clause, did the next best thing and got Patricia de Lille in on the act to bring it up in Parliament. (Can anyone say John ...? Ja thought so: let's forget who made it all happen.)
 
And as usual f..kall will get done, and nobody loses their jobs, and the consumer gets fita.....
 
Accountability is not in the dictionary of the ANC or ICASA etc. Wonder if it is in Pedi?
 
apogeeza said:
I couldn't disagree more.

We have cheaper rates now because a little unknown entity got bullied by MTN (MTN in breach of existing contract) therefore due to media-gag-clause, did the next best thing and got Patricia de Lille in on the act to bring it up in Parliament. (Can anyone say John ...? Ja thought so: let's forget who made it all happen.)
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Could you please provide more detail on your claims... and possibly a URL/source? Not sure what you are talking about. Who is this "little unknown entity" you speak of? Why don't you tell us who?

EDIT: Ahh ok.. you mean John Holdsworth of ECN??? I believe that he and de Lille did play a role in all that has happened, but it was a very small role. The real stuff happened when Nyanda (ANC) and the PPC on Communications (ANC) got involved...

Without backing of the ANC, this would never have happened. de Lille could have gone completely ape about it, and still nothing would have happened....
 
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The contradiction is a serious concern.

Having said that I disagree with many people (including government) re: the degree to which interconnect prices have on call prices.
a) On-net calls attract zero interconnect fees.
b) Even with off net calls high outgoing interconnect fees get balanced partially by matching incoming interconnect fees. The degree to which the interconnect fee is a component of the call cost is an exaggeration
c) Interconnect fees make money for certain telcoes. If they lose that avenue of profit they may keep call costs high to protect profit.

Its an assumption that call costs will drop by the extent of the interconnect fee drop. The networks may do it for PR purposes but it does not follow

I think the focus on interconnect fees has been silly. In countries where interconnect fees have had mandatory drops - the call cost drop has been less significant.

Call Costs and call costs only should be the focus.
 
I would want an explanation by ICASA on this, but till then we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Maybe they have there reasons
 
phoneJunky said:
I would want an explanation by ICASA on this, but till then we shouldn't jump to conclusions. Maybe they have there reasons
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ICASA needs more time to cook up a reasonable explanation:

ICASA was contacted to find out why they advised CAP to not give their advice on interconnect rates, but the Regulator did not provide any feedback by the time of publication.
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All in time my boy. The pot isn't hot yet...
 
ToxicWazte said:
EDIT: Ahh ok.. you mean John Holdsworth of ECN??? I believe that he and de Lille did play a role in all that has happened, but it was a very small role. The real stuff happened when Nyanda (ANC) and the PPC on Communications (ANC) got involved...

Without backing of the ANC, this would never have happened. de Lille could have gone completely ape about it, and still nothing would have happened....
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And the ANC got involved due to their fine leadership skills? Ha, that's funny. No, they bowed to public pressure because they were taking heat both from the media and from de Lille then the DA also got in on the deal.

The ANC are about as proactive on this as ICASA were.
 
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