Title: The sad Broadband workshop…
Author: Chanuka Wattegama, Carlos A. Afonso
Source: LIRNEasia
Date (published): 21/11/2009
Date (accessed): 21/11/2009
Type of information: blog post
Language: English
On-line access: yes (HTML)
Abstract:
We reproduce fully below, Carlos A. Afonso’s post to a thread on Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility responding to discussions at the IGF workshop “Expanding broadband access for a global Internet economy: development dimensions”, in which Rohan Samarajiva, Chair/CEO LIRNEasia was the keynote speaker. We retain the original title.

I left the workshop a bit shocked with the concepts expressed...by other speeches which seemed to completely ignore that, in most of our contries, there is a de facto monopoly or cartel situation regarding the telco infrastructure, and that public policy ought to centrally take this into account if the aim is to universalize broadband access with quality to all families.