Escom doesn't care

**irneb** · 10-Mar-14, 08:06 AM

Originally Posted by Justloadit

Management by crises - no forward thinking applied.

There's a book & movie which sums this up quite succinctly: Going Postal - by Terry Pratchet. Though it's probably closer to what Telkom does, but the same principle applies. The quote from that which sums this up:
http://www.subzin.com/quotes/Going+P...to+provide+the

**ELECT 1** · 12-Mar-14, 08:07 PM

Eskom is the only company that tells its customers to stop using their services

**irneb** · 13-Mar-14, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by ELECT 1

Eskom is the only company that tells its customers to stop using their services

Yep, Wackhead did one of his pranks the other day: Phoned some lady telling her he was from Cell-C and that their network is overloaded, so he asked her to not make any calls for the day, else she'd be cut off for 2 hours the next day.

On the one hand it sounded far fetched, but when viewed in conjunction with Eishkom's blackouts & constant ads to reduce usage - well ... I can just imagine something like that (especially with data connections)!

**ELECT 1** · 13-Mar-14, 09:08 PM

The government has banned the term "blackout" and replaced it with PLA " previously lit areas."

**AndyD** · 13-Mar-14, 10:52 PM

Am I the only one who feels some sympathy toward Eskom? They're bound and gagged by politics and with that in mind I think it's a miracle the lights are still on at all.

**Justloadit** · 13-Mar-14, 11:51 PM

Will the miracle run out of power?

**AndyD** · 14-Mar-14, 12:01 AM

Well I'm sure the ANC are praying it won't before the elections at least

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**IanF** · 14-Mar-14, 07:13 AM

I just wonder what this latest round of no loadshedding is costing Eskom, sorry us in the next price increase.

**irneb** · 14-Mar-14, 07:53 AM

Originally Posted by AndyD

Am I the only one who feels some sympathy toward Eskom?

I fear you're alone there. AFAICT they've been pounding it very well without investing in upgrades / maintenance for years (or should that be decades). Now we're hitting the bottle-neck due to a "crisis" in capacity.

They were warned in the 90s that they weren't spending enough on accommodating the future growth, but we're "used" to that aren't we? It seems no forward thinking happens in SA ... and we seem to be very bad at crisis-management as well (at least bad at getting good results)!

**wynn** · 14-Mar-14, 09:28 AM

Originally Posted by irneb

It seems no forward thinking happens in SA

The furthest forward any leaders need to think in this country is the next few weeks until after the elections when everything can return to 'full stop' for the next five years until the run up to the next elections.