Titan
8th October 2007, 04:08 PM
This is a quote from the Hellkom.co.za site, I thought it was brilliant!
"Our omnipotent minister of communications, Poison Ivy*, has once again thrust a stick into the spokes of the wheels of progress. She now wants majority local ownership of cables landing in SA - this is obviously contrary to anything resembling common sense and/or someone who wants to bring down the cost of telecommunications. Common sense is pretty visibly not all that common. How the hell she manages to cling onto her job only the people who are keeping her there will know. The department of communications' loyalties are very sketchy at best and still seem to favour anyone except the South African people.
Now the World Bank has stepped up to the plate, pride in pocket, and said they hope the SA Government will wake the @&#% up "allow competing cables to have equitable and reciprocal landing rights". Now if the WB has said this then we know it follows the guidelines of common sense properly, as opposed to that of the communications department, who seems to see it as a waste of time which could be better spent thinking of more ways to hinder the country in it's competitive ability internationally.
Time will tell if our Telkom puppets will make the right decision, but up until today the light at the end of the department of communications tunnel is as dark as a coal miner's backside."
* "Poison Ivy" Matsepe-Casaburri
Nuff said!!
"Our omnipotent minister of communications, Poison Ivy*, has once again thrust a stick into the spokes of the wheels of progress. She now wants majority local ownership of cables landing in SA - this is obviously contrary to anything resembling common sense and/or someone who wants to bring down the cost of telecommunications. Common sense is pretty visibly not all that common. How the hell she manages to cling onto her job only the people who are keeping her there will know. The department of communications' loyalties are very sketchy at best and still seem to favour anyone except the South African people.
Now the World Bank has stepped up to the plate, pride in pocket, and said they hope the SA Government will wake the @&#% up "allow competing cables to have equitable and reciprocal landing rights". Now if the WB has said this then we know it follows the guidelines of common sense properly, as opposed to that of the communications department, who seems to see it as a waste of time which could be better spent thinking of more ways to hinder the country in it's competitive ability internationally.
Time will tell if our Telkom puppets will make the right decision, but up until today the light at the end of the department of communications tunnel is as dark as a coal miner's backside."
* "Poison Ivy" Matsepe-Casaburri
Nuff said!!