{"id":177053,"date":"2021-01-12T10:08:22","date_gmt":"2021-01-12T08:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/?p=97978"},"modified":"2021-01-12T10:08:22","modified_gmt":"2021-01-12T08:08:22","slug":"look-for-our-logo-consult-our-member-list-ispa-urges-consumers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/look-for-our-logo-consult-our-member-list-ispa-urges-consumers\/","title":{"rendered":"Look For Our Logo, Consult Our Member List, ISPA Urges Consumers"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/look-for-our-logo-consult-our-member-list-ispa-urges-consumers.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>Membership of the Internet Service Providers\u2019 Association of SA (ISPA) is valued and ISPA\u2019s almost 200 members proudly display the logo of the non-profit that has helped drive down the cost to communicate in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cConsumers should be on the lookout for the mark of trust that is the ISPA logo when searching for Internet access services,\u201d says Andr\u00e9 van der Walt, chair of ISPA. \u201cIf your provider does not display this logo, then you should be asking what recourse you will have if services are not delivered as expected.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>ISPA provides effective, inexpensive mediation and dispute resolution in respect of complaints against its members. This is potentially extremely valuable to consumers in an environment where accessible accountability is difficult to find.<\/p>\n<p>ISPA actively investigates the fraudulent use of its logo and name. However, any member of the public considering transacting with an Internet Service Provider (ISP) can reassure themselves of its claim to ISPA membership here: https:\/\/ispa.org.za\/membership\/list-of-members\/. ISPA members can also be identified by the link to the ISPA Code of Conduct they must display on their websites.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe live in the age of fact-checking. ISPA urges current and prospective voice and data consumers to expand their verification activities to the ISP space,\u201d advises van der Walt.<\/p>\n<p>ISPA membership in good standing is particularly sought after as the Association is the only industry body recognised by the government under the Electronic Communications and Transactions Act.<\/p>\n<p>ISPA\u2019s status as a recognised industry body means the government is satisfied that consumers will receive good service and accountability because ISPA members must abide by a mandatory Code of Conduct and, among other things, fully comply with a variety of licensing and registration requirements, as well as provisions to protect customer records.<\/p>\n<p>More information: www.ispa.org.za.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mypr.co.za\/contact\/featured\/\">CLICK HERE to submit your press release to MyPR.co.za<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-pagination pagination\">Pages: <span class=\"post-page-numbers current\" aria-current=\"page\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>1<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\/look-for-our-logo-consult-our-member-list-ispa-urges-consumers\/2\/\" class=\"post-page-numbers\"><span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Page <\/span>2<\/a><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mypr.co.za\">Source: MyPR.co.za<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Membership of the Internet Service Providers\u2019 Association of SA (ISPA) is valued and ISPA\u2019s almost 200 members proudly display the logo of the non-profit that has helped drive down the cost to communicate in South Africa. \u201cConsumers should be on the lookout for the mark of trust that is the ISPA logo when searching for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":177054,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[9021,1],"tags":[3257],"class_list":{"0":"post-177053","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-mypr","8":"category-south-africa","9":"tag-mypr","10":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/look-for-our-logo-consult-our-member-list-ispa-urges-consumers.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177053","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=177053"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/177053\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/177054"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=177053"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=177053"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=177053"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}