Opinion / Columnist
'Econet out in full force sodomising it's customers'
11 Jan 2017 at 14:05hrs | Views
Econet out in full force sodomising it's customers. They just unveiled new steep mobile data tariffs as POTRAZ's floor prices come into effect. This is very un-interllectual and personally think it has another agenda altogether. You have no business talking of consistent availability of internet provision when you are frustrating affordability.
The floor prices for voice and mobile data bundles proposed by Zimbabwean telecoms regulator, POTRAZ, which have been the subject of a lot of debate this past week have now been put into effect. Be scared and very scared, sharks are here to milk you. It's damn expensive and most people will opt out of social networks.
We can simple say this is extortion, robbery, and assault of the highest proportion. This the most retarded tariff pricing in all of Africa, the highest by far. We are busy talking of Africa expanding it's technology base for people to have more connections at an affordable price and then people get this. This ain't it.
Econet is the robber baron of Southern Africa. Zimbabwean people are now just being abused and they are wondering why, while they have a government that is powerless to do anything about this because of no advancements in new technology. Their power as a gvt is only to deploy as many road blocks as possible on our roads. How do Africa grow from the ICT side with the multi national telecom raping the populist?
We should not turn a blind eye on the fact of exactly what's happening, this is a Political Move by our Gvt to ensure that they control Social Media. You have been sending too many videos and whats apps etc to your relatives and our Gvt found the perfect way of managing that, increase tariffs to make Internet unaffordable.
This is China in the making!
The floor prices for voice and mobile data bundles proposed by Zimbabwean telecoms regulator, POTRAZ, which have been the subject of a lot of debate this past week have now been put into effect. Be scared and very scared, sharks are here to milk you. It's damn expensive and most people will opt out of social networks.
We can simple say this is extortion, robbery, and assault of the highest proportion. This the most retarded tariff pricing in all of Africa, the highest by far. We are busy talking of Africa expanding it's technology base for people to have more connections at an affordable price and then people get this. This ain't it.
Econet is the robber baron of Southern Africa. Zimbabwean people are now just being abused and they are wondering why, while they have a government that is powerless to do anything about this because of no advancements in new technology. Their power as a gvt is only to deploy as many road blocks as possible on our roads. How do Africa grow from the ICT side with the multi national telecom raping the populist?
We should not turn a blind eye on the fact of exactly what's happening, this is a Political Move by our Gvt to ensure that they control Social Media. You have been sending too many videos and whats apps etc to your relatives and our Gvt found the perfect way of managing that, increase tariffs to make Internet unaffordable.
This is China in the making!
Source - Ezra Tshisa Sibanda
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