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DICT to develop National Broadband Plan to improve PH internet

Louie Diangson

In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Duterte has said that it has ordered the newly-created Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to develop a National Broadband Plan to improve the state of the internet in the Philippines.

In his speech, President Duterte ordered DICT to develop a National Broadband Plan to accelerate the deployment of fiber optic cables and wireless technologies to improve internet speed in the Philippines.

The President also added that “WiFi access shall be provided at no charge in selected public places including parks, plazas, public libraries, schools, government hospitals, train stations, airports, and seaports.”

This is not the first time that free WiFi access has been promoted by the local government. Back in July 2015, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) rolled out its “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” project. In December 2015, the provincial government of Cavite has officially launched the LINKod Kabitenyo Free WiFi Access.

And in June 2016, the Executive Director of the ICT Office of the Department of Science and Technology, Louis Napoleon Casambre said that around 93% of the country may have access to free WiFi services by the end of the year.

via: CNN Philippines

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DICT to develop National Broadband Plan to improve PH internet

Louie Diangson

In his first State of the Nation Address (SONA), President Rodrigo Duterte has said that it has ordered the newly-created Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) to develop a National Broadband Plan to improve the state of the internet in the Philippines.

In his speech, President Duterte ordered DICT to develop a National Broadband Plan to accelerate the deployment of fiber optic cables and wireless technologies to improve internet speed in the Philippines.

The President also added that “WiFi access shall be provided at no charge in selected public places including parks, plazas, public libraries, schools, government hospitals, train stations, airports, and seaports.”

This is not the first time that free WiFi access has been promoted by the local government. Back in July 2015, the Department of Science and Technology (DOST) rolled out its “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” project. In December 2015, the provincial government of Cavite has officially launched the LINKod Kabitenyo Free WiFi Access.

And in June 2016, the Executive Director of the ICT Office of the Department of Science and Technology, Louis Napoleon Casambre said that around 93% of the country may have access to free WiFi services by the end of the year.

via: CNN Philippines

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NTC hearings on Minimum Broadband Speeds looks promising

Abe Olandres Leave a comment

Since November of 2014, the National Telecommunications Commission has been holding pubic hearings about the issue on Minimum Broadband Speeds. Recent updates about the results of the series of hearings have yielded promising results.

In a summary update by @ceso, there are a number of regulations and adjustments in the manner by which ISPs will market and service their subscribers.

Here are the more plausible outcome of the hearings:

  • Possible removal of the “Up to X Mbps” in the subscription plan. It will be replaced by an indicated average data rate per area.
  • Service downtimes will not be billed. Computation for rebates will be automatic and does not need to be reported by subscribers.
  • Data caps or Fair Use Policy will be limited to just 80% of maximum possible limit. Example: For a 1Mbps, the maximum limit is 128KB/s x 60 secs/minute x 60 mins/hour x 24 hours x 30 days = 331GB. Data cap shall be no less than 80% of 331GB or 265GB.
  • NTC will regularly conduct independent tests of internet speeds on several areas to check for consistency and reliability then report it to the public/subscribers.

Perhaps the biggest and most critical of all these will be the data caps. ISPs have started phasing out their unlimited services and replacing them with volume-based subscription.

Customers who still have their old subscription plans that indicated unlimited data will be the ones who will benefit the most (so remember to not change that plan to anything new they will offer or else the “unlimited” service will also be removed or replaced with a data volume).

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NTC hearings on Minimum Broadband Speeds looks promising

Abe Olandres Leave a comment

Since November of 2014, the National Telecommunications Commission has been holding pubic hearings about the issue on Minimum Broadband Speeds. Recent updates about the results of the series of hearings have yielded promising results.

In a summary update by @ceso, there are a number of regulations and adjustments in the manner by which ISPs will market and service their subscribers.

Here are the more plausible outcome of the hearings:

  • Possible removal of the “Up to X Mbps” in the subscription plan. It will be replaced by an indicated average data rate per area.
  • Service downtimes will not be billed. Computation for rebates will be automatic and does not need to be reported by subscribers.
  • Data caps or Fair Use Policy will be limited to just 80% of maximum possible limit. Example: For a 1Mbps, the maximum limit is 128KB/s x 60 secs/minute x 60 mins/hour x 24 hours x 30 days = 331GB. Data cap shall be no less than 80% of 331GB or 265GB.
  • NTC will regularly conduct independent tests of internet speeds on several areas to check for consistency and reliability then report it to the public/subscribers.

Perhaps the biggest and most critical of all these will be the data caps. ISPs have started phasing out their unlimited services and replacing them with volume-based subscription.

Customers who still have their old subscription plans that indicated unlimited data will be the ones who will benefit the most (so remember to not change that plan to anything new they will offer or else the “unlimited” service will also be removed or replaced with a data volume).

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