On Monday 26 July 2004 14:05, Henry Kirya wrote: > choose 1 correct ans. > > Ques) why do telco related posts attract such a huge interest in the lug > list
Because, as is the first rule in communications: "The telco is not your friend." ... whatever they say ... Well, this is mostly true if you're an ISP :). > > Ans) > > A) linux is inherently a communication OS so most pple who use it at work > are > employed by either asn isp , telecomm or networking firm Well, it usually takes some form of prior experience to throw your 2 cents into a thread such as this, and most times, communications service providers is where typical posters would have background. > B) telco firms is where the big bucks are, read UTL, MTN etc , This is true - but they are still not your friend. > so they pique our interest in much the same way that overpaid fooball stars > do That some of your ideas go back to the drawing boards at the telcos, well, yep! The scale of a telco operation is very very big - most times shadowing the small end user's typical requirements. Some telcos have remodelled their internal structures to cope with the way of the world as it is... ... landline-based telco providers are fast losing voice minute business to growing GSM providers. Why? Because the new customers are coming on, and no, they aren't corporate Uganda, but the teenagers who ask mum and dad for a cell phone, or the early campusers who need to communicate while in a lecture; and the trend, mobility... If a telco can make their service more granular, it's better for them. Large scale operations are great, but aren't everything. Mark. --------------------------------------------- This service is hosted on the Infocom network http://www.infocom.co.ug
