Haitian government wants to fight internet calls, MagicJack, Skype

If the Haitian government could have it his way, to communicate with a friend or family member outside of Haiti, you would have to go back to the time when you go to Teleco, pay a huge fee. Then, you ask the operator to make the call. You wait in the waiting room from anywhere between one to four hours. Finally, there is contact, you are called to go to a small "cabine". If you are lucky, the person is there. You need to speak loudly in order for the person to hear you; at the same time, everyone else become part of the conversation.

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No, no, no we can no longer go back to that time

The Director of Conatel, Jean Marie Guillaume, said this week that he was concerned about the impact of internet calls made in Haiti via such devices like magicJack and Skype. He stated that use of internet for international calls has reached 44 millions between March and May of 2013

In another term. They are not making money on them.

Eske nou tande sa, Gouvenman Ayisyen-an vle kombat avansman teknologi! Oukwè moun sa yo pa demode tout bon mezanmi?

Olye ke yo anbrse li. mwen panse ke yo ouè problem la selman

Eske gouvenman nou yo ouè pi lwin ke deyè zorey yo?

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Soulshadow55 says...

There ways to tax internet services.

The Haitian government needs to look into instituting them instead of trying to stop progress.

Haiti is too far behind other countries already.

We need to update telephone, cell phone and internet services.

There are millions of tax dollars that can be made for the country that

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Jules Casseus says...

Antouka se pou tout moun ki an Ayiti kap resevwa Ed pa mwayen spel sa yo mete tet ansanm pou rele anmwe kont desizyon gwo ponyet reskonsab konatel ak gouvelman vle pran pou anpeche kominikasyon an fet lib e libe

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Zobogy says...

LOT JOU DEPITE ANEL BELIZER PRAN YON TRELER MACHANDIZ LA DOUANE YO PA KO ARETEL M KONPRAN FO GOUVENMAN RANTRE LAJAN MINM JAN NAN TOUT PEYI MIN KI PROGRAM GOUVENMAN GINYIN POU TOP KONTRIBITE M VLE DI MOUN KI PI KONTRIBIE NAN PEYIA LA DIASPORA KE PRAN

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Jules Casseus says...

It is not good for us to go back to the dark ages of Teleco in Haiti.

The Haitian government should look for other ways to make money.

We are not in Cuba, we are in Haiti at the beginning if the XXI

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Wiss Wb says...

Automatikman pagen moyen pou vole se pi gwo pwoblem pou direkte Conatel la paske mesie sa yo se poch yo ki pi important pou yo paske se Patri poch yo yie yo la pou avanceman business yo pa pou ede mas pep

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Pierre says...

Se menm mounn sa yo ki aplwate peyi ak fo dirijan sa yo se sel tet yo we bann sousou sesa pouw ta di

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