Comments on: Ethiopia: Crack Down on Skype Raising Eyebrows

By: Jeblo

Jeblo — Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:26:35 +0000

Yea way to go bravo now u’ve done it our elite leaders I bet none of those legislators don’t even understand what they have done. This is what happens when a country is led by a bunch of hoodlums who think they’ve figured every thing out. With this stupid wisdom of yours ‘The so called Government ‘; it is good to expect u will ban Ethiopians bread too. ጉድጓዳችሁን በደንብ እየቆፈራችሁ ነው whic is good for us freedom is coming soon.

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By: Awake

Awake — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 06:10:18 +0000

i AM shocked that only 0.4% I have seen 0.7% all under one percent of internet availability! Sorry if I sound stupid but I was under the impression somehow that we had advanced a little bit more than that! We have wayzzz to go to catch up even with tiny Somaliland! They have faster and better connection.

By: Marshmellow

Marshmellow — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 03:19:43 +0000

Dear Ethiopian Government,

Since you are at it, go ahead and shut down Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo! Heck, shut down the whole tele company! Who needs it?
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Dear PC MAG, BBC, Aljazera, Atlantic:

You all should look the other way! This thing has been going on for a long time without you paying a penny attention! I encourage you to continue to skip that story!

Thank you very much!

Ethiopia lezelalem tinur!

By: Addis Democracy Party

Addis Democracy Party — Wed, 20 Jun 2012 02:16:48 +0000

It is all about Skype. If it was not for Skype, why would PC Mag be interested? Believe it or not it’s been suggested that Alzaeera, BBC are making much ado about nothing. Why? Because the law passed in May and that the government had surveillance for years (Big surprise there, huh). You are probably thinking it must be EPRDF’s afe kelate. Wrong!! Apparently, it is coming from an opponent (Really). Go figure that one out! As the Chinese say, “we live in an interesting time!” In any case, its the latest assault on the human rights of the people!

By: Ramadan

Ramadan — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 22:33:44 +0000

Yeferi policy! They are afraid of the people. What a life? To be scared like this all the time.

By: Mamo

Mamo — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:53:52 +0000

What’s Telecome’s job? It is to help people communicate or prevent people from communicating? This has nothing to do with National security, it’s about “party security”. Good luck EPRDF with your devil, paranoid agenda!

By: Addis

Addis — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 21:01:51 +0000

Internet connective is 0.4% in the country. Ethiopia is the second lowest (next to Serra Leon). Everything measured in the country is the lowest. Twenty one years later under this regime we are surprised on the ban of skype. Do you know there is one TV station in the whole country of 85 million? What does that alone tell us about the regime or the government? It tells us there is a lawless regime. That is the question before us not skype. The answer is simple. The regime has no mandate to govern thus, illegal on the top of corrupt. It is rightly afraid it will go down if people have access to communication to find out what it does. Therefore, it comes up with all kinds of laws and diversion as a pretext to prevent people to communicate.

By: Woy-good

Woy-good — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:53:04 +0000

Somebody @ Ethiopia telecom came-up with this idiotic idea!!!! Totally incomprehensible and puzzling!

By: Saba

Saba — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 04:41:43 +0000

This law makes no sense what so ever. So disappointed. This is what I call one step forward and six steps backward.

Sadly,
Saba

By: SHEGER

SHEGER — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 03:12:26 +0000

Ere skype friend!! Woy zendro! Wodefit guzo endezi new.

By: Abiye Tekle

Abiye Tekle — Mon, 18 Jun 2012 02:46:27 +0000

A law which is passed in the name of national security is the disease of which it pretends to be the cure…

By: Iu

Iu — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 23:57:26 +0000

Why a country forget IT is the main driver of economic development? This is a suicide. Unless otherwise you don’t want to drive. The country into a ditch, you won’t play with IT. Good luck ihadige with your stupid policy

By: Meron

Meron — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 18:10:30 +0000

Huh? if you use skype you can go to jail? what? how retarded!

By: አሰፋ በለው

አሰፋ በለው — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:28:59 +0000

የመለስ አስተዳደር ከክፋት ወደ ጥፋት እየሄደ ነው። የብዙ አገዛዞች መልክ እየነቀዘ የሚሄደው ተገዚዎቻቸው በተፋለሙ ቁጥር የጭቆናውን ቀንበር እያጠበቁት በመሄዳቸው ነው። በማንም ግዜ አምባገነን ወንበዴዎች ሥልጣን ይዘው፣ የምንጨቁነው ህዝብ ጠልቶናልና ቦታ እንልቀቅ ብለው አያውቁም፣ እንዲያውም የኑሮ ግዜያቸውን ለማራዘም ህዝቡን በይበልጥ እያነቁት ይሄዳሉ። ይህ በታሪክ ውስጥ ደግሞ ደጋግሞ የታየ ጉዳይ ነው። ኢሕኣዴግም ከዚህ የተለየ አልሆነም። መልኩ እያመረቀዘ፣ ከክፋተኛ ወደ ጥፋተኛ ተዛውሯል። የህዝቡን የመረጃ መስመር ማነቅ የትም አያደርስም። ህዝቡን በኦሪት ግዜ አሰራር አምቆ እኛ የምናጎርስህን ብቻ ተቀበል ማለት የትም አያደርስም። ህይወት መፈናፈኛ ታሻለች፣ የኢትዮጵያም ህዝብ መውጫ መፈለጉን አያቋርጥም። ትግሉ ይቀጥላል ይህ መዥገር ከላያችን ላይ እስኪነሳ ድረስ።

By: Smar

Smar — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:04:17 +0000

It is ridiculous and surprised by hearing this news that Ethiopian government is outlawing usage of skype for voice communications while it is doing good in attracting facilitating to foreign investors to come and invest in Ethiopia and the significant growth in GDP is one good example to this . Just for security reasons to forbid citizens to utilize SKYPE for their communication with their family members ,relatives,friends and etc is not a wise decision . Should it be security , would have to discuss ideas and share information with those countries who are good friends to Ethiopia and advanced in IT & security technology how to control and monitor if necessary spying and transferring spy information from enemy and not good countries that may damage Ethiopian unity,the progress in development even if from suspected Ethiopians hired by foreign intelligence but not totally to ban the entire people . Where it goes the governments ambition and encouraging youths to use IT technology for their advancement in education, research and development ? and thus, their plan to build an IT Complex or City when they ban a micro part of this technology to blind and deafen the people . When and where is the government to cultivate and grow today’s youth and hopes of tomorrow that defend the country by arming themselves in education and new technologies . It is real a sad news not only to all Ethiopians but also friends of Ethiopia and for investors who consider to come to Ethiopia for investment.

By: Tazabit

Tazabit — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 17:00:07 +0000

Ooops Tele, Yeqotun awerd bila yebibituan talech!

By: Wolansa T.

Wolansa T. — Sun, 17 Jun 2012 16:57:49 +0000

This is absurd! Some time you wonder what the heck this ppl are thinking!