Re: RE: [Telecentres] Re: Will Internet Cafés Survive 10

[Ashish Saboo]

 Gaspar, 
    you have expressed it very Succintly ! 
On Convergence : 
   Andy Carvin's blog post celebrating his christmas gift an "ipod" & another article in the Register offer a good clue . iPOD coupled with ubquitious access to computing power as offered by Telecentres can make computing affordable & perhaps offer telecentre a new lease of life. 

Read my post : 
http://apiap.blogspot.com/2005/01/will-ipod-bring-new-lease-of-life-to.html


On Local Content : 

http://www.epica-awards.com/assets/epica/2004/winners/film/flv/11071.htm

This small award winning video clip by a Italian Telecom company expresses very well. 


But before this happens we need to protect from the Mullahs, The Dictators & the Moral Police , The latest to join in is the Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. 
Read :
http://star-techcentral.com/tech/story.asp?file=/2005/2/1/technology/10058218&sec=technology

The failure to understand the very consumer centric business of telecentre where your quest is just a click away. Telecentres in Asian & African countries have been worst affected. 

I hope those of you making it to the summit can make it part of the agenda on how to protect the telecentres. 

Best Wishes 

Ashish Saboo
President
Association of Public Internet Access Provider (ApiAp)
The voice of independent Cyber cafe operators
URL: http://www.apiap.cybernook.net
Blog: http://apiap.blogspot.com



On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 Gáspár Mátyás wrote :
>Dictators don't like Internet acces places for all, because it makes
>international and external information flows uncontrollable. Internet
>cafes and other types of public or community Internet access places will
>exist after 10 years, but functions may gradually change depending on
>new technology (convergence) and content (the role of local, community
>content will grow). Matyas Gaspar, Hungary
>
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>[mailto:telecentres-bounces at wsis-cs.org] On Behalf Of Taran Rampersad
>Sent: Sunday, January 23, 2005 2:05 AM
>To: telecentres at wsis-cs.org
>Subject: Re: [Telecentres] Re: Will Internet Cafés Survive 10 More
>Years?
>
>Shah Jahan Bhatti wrote:
>
> > With the arrival of Internet, cyber cafe's mushroomed in my city but
> > due to shameful dictations of mullahs in government most of them
> > closed down. I don't think remaing ones will survive another ten years
> > from now. Dictators in the poor countries don't like them to grow. Can
> > any body tell me why?
> > M. Shah Jahan Bhatti
>
>Who owns the telecommunication company or companies? In Trinidad and
>Tobago, it remains a government controlled monopoly (TSTT: 51%
>government, 49% Cable and Wireless) despite promises of competition for
>over 5 years. Some centers were even sued by TSTT because they were
>using Voice over IP (VoIP).
>
>That's one reason. I suppose with consistent earnings at over 15% at
>times, the government isn't too interested in helping people out. Think
>of it as a 'technology tax'.
>
>Other reasons... well, I can speculate on the region you are in, but I


>
>


Ashish Saboo
President
Association of Public Internet Access Provider (ApiAp)
The voice of independent Cyber cafe operators
URL: http://www.apiap.cybernook.net
Blog: http://apiap.blogspot.com





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