SBC damaged SA telecoms industry

[rpm]

I was shocked and dismayed when I read that Telkom’s previous US shareholder, SBC, shipped their legislative department over to SA to ‘help’ draft our Telecommunications Act.

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[Skip]

The ANC got taken for a complete ride. SBC created an absolute monster in Telkom and took their profits and left us to sort out the entire mess.

 

[dominic]

*sound of one hand clapping*

 

[ToxicBunny]

Thats giving them too much credit dominic.

 

[kilos]

The ANC got taken for a complete ride. SBC created an absolute monster in Telkom and took their profits and left us to sort out the entire mess.

Sounds like a bunch of seagulls, came in and make a noise
and all they leave is their smelly stuff

 

[anger786]

bad very bad

 

[antowan]

Nothing new. The ANC seems to still be paying off their anti-Apartheid supporters. We lost Iscor that way and the train is not stopping... This country is being lobbed off and chopped to pieces it seems...

That is my take on it anyway. There is just no logic to this. It leaves one numb...

 

[Syndyre]

Ultimately its the ANC/Government's fault, they're the ones that were supposed to be protecting our interests and they clearly failed. This can't have seemed like a good idea even at the time so I can't help but wonder if there were a few off the books "bonuses" paid.

 

[bekdik]

Ultimately its the ANC/Government's fault, they're the ones that were supposed to be protecting our interests and they clearly failed.

Maybe their interests aren't our interests, so maybe they succeeded in their aims ...

 

[Syndyre]

Maybe their interests aren't our interests, so maybe they succeeded in their aims ...

Very true, I think that's a distinction we often naively fail to make.