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NTC to hold public hearing for better Internet in PH

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Have an opinion you want to share with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)? You can join the live streaming event to be held this Friday.

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The gathering is towards improving the quality of the Internet here in the country as well as a discussion on setting the minimum broadband speeds. Sen. Recto recently filed for a Senate Bill calling for 10Mbps as the minimum speed, but until the second quarter of 2014 we’re still at 2.5Mbps according to a report. Hopefully, these concerns will be addressed on the said event.

As seen on the details above, the hearing will be held at NTC’s head office starting 2PM this Friday, November 7, 2014. PHOpenIX will conduct a live stream over at their website. So if you have questions about our sluggish Internet speed or simply got some comments and suggestions, now is the time to voice them out.

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NTC to hold public hearing for better Internet in PH

Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

Have an opinion you want to share with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)? You can join the live streaming event to be held this Friday.

NTC

The gathering is towards improving the quality of the Internet here in the country as well as a discussion on setting the minimum broadband speeds. Sen. Recto recently filed for a Senate Bill calling for 10Mbps as the minimum speed, but until the second quarter of 2014 we’re still at 2.5Mbps according to a report. Hopefully, these concerns will be addressed on the said event.

As seen on the details above, the hearing will be held at NTC’s head office starting 2PM this Friday, November 7, 2014. PHOpenIX will conduct a live stream over at their website. So if you have questions about our sluggish Internet speed or simply got some comments and suggestions, now is the time to voice them out.

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NTC to hold public hearing for better Internet in PH

Kevin Bruce Francisco Leave a comment

Have an opinion you want to share with the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)? You can join the live streaming event to be held this Friday.

NTC

The gathering is towards improving the quality of the Internet here in the country as well as a discussion on setting the minimum broadband speeds. Sen. Recto recently filed for a Senate Bill calling for 10Mbps as the minimum speed, but until the second quarter of 2014 we’re still at 2.5Mbps according to a report. Hopefully, these concerns will be addressed on the said event.

As seen on the details above, the hearing will be held at NTC’s head office starting 2PM this Friday, November 7, 2014. PHOpenIX will conduct a live stream over at their website. So if you have questions about our sluggish Internet speed or simply got some comments and suggestions, now is the time to voice them out.

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Why telcos should state minimum Internet speed on ads

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We’re all so tired of telecommunication companies claiming that the Internet speed they provide can go “up to 5 Mbps” or “up to 10 Mbps” but in fact, that “up to” refers only to the wee hours of the night and not in the morning when most of us need it most. Couldn’t telcos just declare the normal speed they offer so no one gets confused and mislead?


That’s exactly what Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino is working on regarding the slow and expensive Internet connection in the Philippines.

“We are pushing changes in advertising. It would be good for our consumers if what is communicated is clearer. Why can’t we just advertise the average speed? The one that I will get for 24 hours of the day rather than the one that I will get three or four hours of the day,” said Sen. Bam Aquino.

What the senator wants is clear and large fonts of the average minimum Internet speed to be printed on the telco’s advertisements so interested subscribers know what they should be expecting from the service right from the get-go.

This just makes sense so that we don’t feel somehow cheated and frustrated with the kind of connection these companies provide when we start using their services. It’s one thing to have slow Internet, but it’s another thing to have slow Internet after being promised otherwise.

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Akamai reports Philippine internet speed at 1.4Mbps

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Latest quarterly report from Akamai, an Internet content delivery network, shows that average internet speed in the Philippines has climbed up to 1,428Kbps or 1.4Mbps with an average peak of 13,880Kbps (13.8Mbps).

The results are actually pretty close when compared to other neighboring South Asia countries.

Here are the other internet speed results in the same quarter (Q1 2013):

(Average Connection Speed / Average Peak Connection Speed)
Hong Kong: 10.9Mbps / 44.8Mbps
Singapore: 6.9Mbps / 41.1Mbps
Thailand: 4.8Mbps / 30.1Mbps
Malaysia: 2.7Mbps / 23.6Mbps
China: 1.8Mbps / 8.3Mbps
Indonesia: 1.5Mbps / 12.7Mbps
Philippines: 1.4Mbps / 13.8Mbps
Vietnam: 1.4Mbps / 11.4Mbps
India: 1.2Mbps / 9.3Mbps

The numbers for the Philippines are very close to Indonesia and China. The Philippines even ranked higher when it comes to Average Peak Connection Speed.

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