As usual and like all the previous Egyptian attempts to introduce corrective developments, things screwed up with the new limited ADSL scheme. Ya gama3a, don’t get too harsh, what matters are the good intentions ;-) That poor ministry honestly intended a development but the planning guy happened to be on vacation!
Like any new project under testing, the limited packages were introduced into the market a while ago in parallel with the unlimited ones. Even though no clear evaluation was announced the ministry still chose to remove the old structure and stick to the new one!?!? And since we’re a no-census country there is absolutely nothing that can prove how much traffic an average Egyptian family needs now or in the future. In other words, mashyeen bel baraka, we have to admit that.
So who needs their services anyway? There are the low and middle income groups el mat7ooneen who really need low priced internet packages regardless of the speed or traffic allowance. Another group includes average families who only use the internet to check their email and do some minor browsing not needing any traffic allowance at all. Those 2 groups prefer the new limited download structure; and FYI, will still "illegally" share it with others!!
The third group, which forms the real target market, includes professional users who really need the internet to build up their career. While the whole world is opening up to work-from-home methods and freelance jobs, this new ADSL structure is a major crisis to freelancing in Egypt. The third world, underdeveloped country India, is now known by the top US companies as a perfect outsourcing market owing to the power of the net. This definitely requires loads of downloading and uploading. Ya3ny, wa7ed hendy 3ala feel, would take over one of us for a couple of extra gegas!! This new structure totally killed any chances of competition in content development, coding, testing, writing, e-commerce or auctions.
So, if it were really all about the "average" Egyptian family and the low income groups then obviously no plan was done. It wouldn’t have hurt if they just kept both schemes running and kept the choice open with some equipment upgrading. And that mass punishment for illegal sharing and I dunno what, doesn’t make sense either cuz regulatory authorities then would be meaningless!! The ISPs actually ask you when you subscribe if you're alone or if you'll share with a group! How is it illegal ba2a??
Out of "respect", the ministry announced that the old subscribers are going to be allowed to keep their subscription as it is. However, they are not allowed to marry and move to a new house, since a new DSL line will have to obey the new rules. They are not allowed to switch from one company to a new better one, and they are also not allowed to change their telephone numbers cuz then they would have to subscribe to the new rip off packages!!
Nowadays, any whacko gets to dig up a street three or four times and pave it after every dig; and has become a trend to pop up in someone's head to squeeze in a new exit to a bridge regardless of the design, cost or benefit of that exit!! There is just no planning done. I was actually proud that we were moving fast in the IT field and was looking forward to a VOIP introduction soon. But this way I think I prefer we move slow and correct rather than fast with so much 3akk.
Like any new project under testing, the limited packages were introduced into the market a while ago in parallel with the unlimited ones. Even though no clear evaluation was announced the ministry still chose to remove the old structure and stick to the new one!?!? And since we’re a no-census country there is absolutely nothing that can prove how much traffic an average Egyptian family needs now or in the future. In other words, mashyeen bel baraka, we have to admit that.
So who needs their services anyway? There are the low and middle income groups el mat7ooneen who really need low priced internet packages regardless of the speed or traffic allowance. Another group includes average families who only use the internet to check their email and do some minor browsing not needing any traffic allowance at all. Those 2 groups prefer the new limited download structure; and FYI, will still "illegally" share it with others!!
The third group, which forms the real target market, includes professional users who really need the internet to build up their career. While the whole world is opening up to work-from-home methods and freelance jobs, this new ADSL structure is a major crisis to freelancing in Egypt. The third world, underdeveloped country India, is now known by the top US companies as a perfect outsourcing market owing to the power of the net. This definitely requires loads of downloading and uploading. Ya3ny, wa7ed hendy 3ala feel, would take over one of us for a couple of extra gegas!! This new structure totally killed any chances of competition in content development, coding, testing, writing, e-commerce or auctions.
So, if it were really all about the "average" Egyptian family and the low income groups then obviously no plan was done. It wouldn’t have hurt if they just kept both schemes running and kept the choice open with some equipment upgrading. And that mass punishment for illegal sharing and I dunno what, doesn’t make sense either cuz regulatory authorities then would be meaningless!! The ISPs actually ask you when you subscribe if you're alone or if you'll share with a group! How is it illegal ba2a??
Out of "respect", the ministry announced that the old subscribers are going to be allowed to keep their subscription as it is. However, they are not allowed to marry and move to a new house, since a new DSL line will have to obey the new rules. They are not allowed to switch from one company to a new better one, and they are also not allowed to change their telephone numbers cuz then they would have to subscribe to the new rip off packages!!
Nowadays, any whacko gets to dig up a street three or four times and pave it after every dig; and has become a trend to pop up in someone's head to squeeze in a new exit to a bridge regardless of the design, cost or benefit of that exit!! There is just no planning done. I was actually proud that we were moving fast in the IT field and was looking forward to a VOIP introduction soon. But this way I think I prefer we move slow and correct rather than fast with so much 3akk.
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