isps and consumer protection in west africa
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ISPs and consumer protection in West Africa. Archibald Worwui. ISPs are doing very good job in providing internet access. Don’t be carried away please!!!!!!!!. Areas of interest. Effect of Internet on socio-economic activities ISPs (Internet Service Providers) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ISPs and consumer protection in West Africa
Archibald Worwui
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ISPs are doing very good job in providing internet access
Don’t be carried away please!!!!!!!!
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Areas of interest
Effect of Internet on socio-economic activities ISPs (Internet Service Providers) Arrival of ISPs into the region Contributions of ISPs Challenges facing ISPs in west Africa Consumer Issues with ISPs Rising to the Issues Discussion
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Arrival of ISPs in the West Africa
1st Stage mid 90s – 2000– Dial-up– Lease lines
2nd stage 2000 – 2008– DSL– SHDSL, etc
3rd stage 2008- Till– Wireless– Broadband– Rapid increase in laying of undersea cable– Forming regional service providers – Telecom deregulation
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Effects of internet on socio-economic activities in West Africa
New economic activities (new industry) New business model Lower cost of communication Increase interactions between social grouping All aspect of life in West Africa In short revolution and life changing
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ISPs
Connectivity An Overview Culled from wikimedia
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Contributions of ISPs
Africa 560 public ISPs covering all major towns http://www.afrispa.org/dpages/PositionPapers/Content.pdf
ISPs + Technology = Access to Internet
Internet + Education = Great Opportunity
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Challenges facing ISPs in west Africa
High cost of bandwith Rapid changing of technology and it associate
continuous investment Competition in the ISP market Telcom monopoly (backbone provider and ISP) Delay is supply line of necessary equipment Lack trust among local ISPs High cost of imported equipments Foreign exchange restriction and fluctuations High taxes
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Challenges facing ISPs -2
Lack of local IXPs in the region Lack of education (high illiteracy rate)
– Low target market– Few highly qualified technical personnel
Limited technical capacity High level of brain-drain
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Looking forward
Number initiative to overcome this challenges– AfrISPA (ISPs Association in Africa)– ATU (Africa Telecom Union)– PAVIX– ISPs coming together to provide undersea cables– More linearization of the Telecom industry– Training– Introduction of ICT in to the primary education
system
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Characteristics ISPs Industry
Internet access market is primary consumer market
It is important to have effective consumer protection
ISPs are mostly self- regulating industry Consumer do not have much control on
sensitive personal information
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Consumer Issues with ISPs
Poor service quality Billing problems Poor technical supports Dodgy adverts with so much technical terms which
consumer do not understand Pre-dispute mandatory arbitration clauses Long time to resolve connectivity problems Inadequate explanation of interruption problem Weak signal
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Consumer Issues with ISPs -2
Poor customer relationship Control over information provider by the
consumer after it life period Ethical issues
More……………………………………..
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Rising to the Issues
Legislation- government set of the roles of the game– Develop user policy– ISPs services policies
Formation of public services regulatory bodies– PURA
Consumer parliaments
Formation of consumer association– CAFON, GNAC, CPAG – Organizing interaction between consumers and ISPs
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Discussions
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What is the promise and the danger of the Internet? –
Hubert Dreyfus, Professor of Philosophy