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buffalobill
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Well, bandwidth is all over the place again today. Perhaps 10kbs at lunchtime but more like 2-4 on average.
I'm going to propose a plan of action to embarass the hell out of Sentech, hit their business hard and get something done. I think we should form an action committee of 3-4 people, to meet, discuss and plan and action a vigorous campaign to compel Sentech to address our issues of poor performance.
The campaign as I see it would take the form of lobbying, action and communications:
1. Communications in the media - business and IT press (local and international), possibly some consumer press.
2. Lobbying of the vendors to push Sentech into delivering. After all they're going to be the ones getting it in the neck from their dissatisfied customers.
3. Lobbying IPWireless to get Sentech to deliver. IPW would surely be very concerned about their technology's reputation which would hit their ability to sell the technology and raise capital. It's funded by venture capital partners (whom we can also lobby) and surely there must be some performance or escape clause in IPW's agreement with Sentech. Venture capitalists are not nice people when their investments are at risk. 'nuff said.
4. Action - Lay charges with SAPS (as someone mentioned, dunno how far that will get but it's worth a try), lay a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority in order to get Sentech to withdraw all advertising as misleading, and get consumer bodies involved (this is a consumer rights issue, after all).
I'm prepared to volunteer. To do so, though, we need to get the support of a large number of the MyWireless subscribers. We would then need to coordinate a campaign of support to give us the authority to act on your behalf. This would give us more weight if we can say we represent 50% (for example) of users in this country. It would also help if those who support this action campaign would pledge, say, R500 to be placed in a legal trust fund to defray time and expenses.
I'm serious about this because otherwise nothing will happen. What does the community say?
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I have an inferiority complex. But it's only a little one.
I'm going to propose a plan of action to embarass the hell out of Sentech, hit their business hard and get something done. I think we should form an action committee of 3-4 people, to meet, discuss and plan and action a vigorous campaign to compel Sentech to address our issues of poor performance.
The campaign as I see it would take the form of lobbying, action and communications:
1. Communications in the media - business and IT press (local and international), possibly some consumer press.
2. Lobbying of the vendors to push Sentech into delivering. After all they're going to be the ones getting it in the neck from their dissatisfied customers.
3. Lobbying IPWireless to get Sentech to deliver. IPW would surely be very concerned about their technology's reputation which would hit their ability to sell the technology and raise capital. It's funded by venture capital partners (whom we can also lobby) and surely there must be some performance or escape clause in IPW's agreement with Sentech. Venture capitalists are not nice people when their investments are at risk. 'nuff said.
4. Action - Lay charges with SAPS (as someone mentioned, dunno how far that will get but it's worth a try), lay a complaint with the Advertising Standards Authority in order to get Sentech to withdraw all advertising as misleading, and get consumer bodies involved (this is a consumer rights issue, after all).
I'm prepared to volunteer. To do so, though, we need to get the support of a large number of the MyWireless subscribers. We would then need to coordinate a campaign of support to give us the authority to act on your behalf. This would give us more weight if we can say we represent 50% (for example) of users in this country. It would also help if those who support this action campaign would pledge, say, R500 to be placed in a legal trust fund to defray time and expenses.
I'm serious about this because otherwise nothing will happen. What does the community say?
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I have an inferiority complex. But it's only a little one.
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