There needs to be improved Internet services in Berbice

Aug 14, 2020 Letters

Dear Editor

Truth be told, I am not sure how long it will take this letter to reach to your respectful publication. To the readers, the reason I said that is not because this letter was posted by Guyana Post Office Corporation, no, but because the quality of the internet in Berbice is atrocious, to say the least.
Imagine for the past several months, the internet connection is so bad, we’re lucky to get 512KB on our 10MB connection and so on and so forth. Doing exams with these internet blackouts is terrible, to the point where one would have to spend money to purchase a mobile data plan, from the same company since our family use GTT sims, and having to complete exams. Even with the 3G data plan (they don’t offer 4G, just taking advantage of marketing gimmicks), we still would have to hope, pray and swear so that our documents and messages are sent by mobile data, which itself is woefully inconsistent.
Just last night, I sent messages on WhatsApp that were not delivered until the next morning, as well as receiving messages sent last night, because the mobile data connection is so bad. It’s not like I am located in some nowhere place, but rather just over a mile away from the town of New Amsterdam, across the Berbice River.
I know the Minister of Education and her team are looking to implement online programmes to compensate for schools being closed for so long, but the fact of the matter is that GTT does not have the capacity to facilitate its needs right now, much less the needs of such a forward thinking project. I urge all in power to look into the services that GTT provides in Guyana, outside of Georgetown and push forward the Telecoms Bill to put this company out of its misery and end our frustration.
Yours truly,
Amir Khan

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