From: Michael Wiik (mwiik@messagenet.com)
Date: Wed Jun 26 2002 - 20:28:41 MDT
<< Needless to say, in a land where enterprise is truly free, the
customer is king. Ten phone companies compete for business in the
capital city of Mogadishu. Landline service is connected eight hours
after it's ordered. And it only costs $10 a month. North Americans
should be so well off. Cell phone connections are instantaneous. Local
calls are free and international calls are only 60 cents to a dollar a
minute. Amazingly, long distance is available even in remote villages,
due to shortwave radio hookups. Somalis proudly point out that their
phone service is far superior to anything found in neighbouring Kenya
and Ethiopia. >>
http://www.lewrockwell.com/orig3/parker1.html
fyi,
-Mike
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