IT is extremely annoying and painful for whole areas to be without telephone service. In this case my area Atlantic Gardens and the whole of Montrose are without landline telephone service, and it’s going past a week now with GT&T are saying they do not know when it will be fixed. They need to make their customers feel at ease and need to send out a bulletin informing us that they care and are doing the best they can.
I really understand the problems GT&T is facing with vandalism. These vandals are many and frequent and eat heavily on the budget and profitability. It is unfair and difficult for them, and it is known that they always try to give excellent service. But it is most unfair to the people who need the service.
I have a few questions and answers. Is this really vandalism? Is it done by crack heads and dopies? Or by those wanting valuable copper wire and scrap metal?  Or is it a coordinated plan by nefarious ones involved in industrial espionage and sabotage?
It seems to be that there is an organised, coordinated plan of sabotage. Possibly to disaffect the people’s support of GT&T, so that in event of new service providers, many will want to quickly switch. It is known that in industrialised nations that industrial sabotage and industrial espionage are  important components in business expansions, and it is known that companies from North America,The UK and Europe specialize in industrial sabotage and industrial espionage, to enhance market share and break competing entities.  The truth also is that they take their nasty developed criminal mentalities wherever they go.
It appears that those of the developed nations are bringing their bad habits here in Guyana, and in the process making the lives of our citizens difficult.  That is, difficult for businesses and for ordinary citizens and workers. These desperados seem not to realize that poor people especially need their telephone service, in event of illness, attack by bandits or whatever else, telephones are important.
This is for the attention of the government and law-enforcement agencies.