Let us persist in the advocacy to have internet costs lowered and speed levelled up

Hi Leaders Engr. Cezar and VP Belle:

Thanks for getting in touch.  As we were saying in the Leadership class, as espoused by Leader Cezar, we would campaign for faster internet speed.

I have put up a site to focus on this.  It would  seem though that people do not mind.  When there was a campaign to support Sen Bam Aquinos inquiry, only 1,300 supported.  Not a soul attended his inquiry.

Faster internet speed

I have made 9 posts and very few are following or are reading this site.

There are several developments in this area.  One solution is to have peering deal between telcos in the PHL say between Globe and PLDT.  Under the peering arrangement, the local traffic can be directed between the local exchanges, without cost on either parties thus lessening costs, and faster access.  As of now, the traffic between two Telcos have to go through an international node at HK thus, increasing cost and increasing access time.

This is a rejoinder to Leader Cezar CTA on solutions to slow internet service in PH

'Quamplurimi et quam aptisimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

AGSB Clark
August 10, 2015

Comments are invited;   support for this call is urgently requested.  Let us give priority on this over corruption and election.




The reason why posts are made at wee hours of the morning is that that the best time to get a connection; not because this Lecturer is very passionate.  This slow internet speed. f...s like the rest of the population

This is at the tail end of an article on slow internet speed at this site.  Am reposting for emphasis:

Why is internet slow in the Philippines?

According to MVP at the ASEAN meeting in Clark, it is because Phil is an archipelago and this requires many cell sites and is threfore expensive.  (Technical experts tama ba ito?)

1.  Lengthy and prohibitive cost of putting up cell site  (from Rappler)

Business leaders let us help internet speed in the country - do we know somebody from PLDT?

'Quamplurimi et quam aptisimi" (As many as possible of the very best)

AGSB Clark August 7, 2015



Daig pa tayo ng Myanmar, Cambodia, at Vietnam, quo vaids Globe, SMART?


Mukhang kulelat SMART;  Does NTC, or does top management have cap ex on speeding up their internet service?




Buti nadaig natin ang Afghanistan, may giyera duon ah, eh dito,

From Inquirer/tech

One of the call to arms speeches came from an executive of a supplier in telco. He decried the very slow speed, (the slowest and the most expensive) internet connection in the Philippines.  While the telcos are raking in billions in revenues and net income, they have not made investment to speed up internet in the Philippines and lower costs.  All are disciples of profit, without regards to service. And maybe, NTC is turning blind eye to this predicament.

"In the latest household download index by Internet broadband testing company Ookla, the Philippines ranked 176th out of 202 countries with an average download speed of 3.64 megabit per second (mbps), way below the average broadband speed of 23.3 mbps. This was the second slowest in Asia, next to cellar-dweller Afghanistan with 2.52 mbps."  -   from Inquirer



Despite being one of the slowest, Internet in the Philippines also emerged as one of the most expensive (61st), with an average value of $18.19 per mbps, exceeding the average global cost of $5.21. The country also ranked 59th in the relative cost of broadband subscription, which was set at $31.55.

Thus the speaker, who prefers anonymity says we should encourage competition.  Google is going to make investment in satellites that can provide such cheap and fast services.  Or maybe we can put up new service providers (but the telcos all ready bought the frequency allocations)   Hi di ba monopoly yan discouraging free market and competition.

But definitely you and I agree and we call on Globe and SMART  The Ayala guys and MVP to address this problem.   With billions at your disposal use this to improve ;your core business, rather than paying attention to basketball etc.. new acquisitions... It is a duty and business responsibility.

Leaders ano gagawin natin, magcampaign tayo....?  Ano bright ideas?  Or we just watch things happen?

I understand MVP is a kabalen, eh baka mabulungan natin na ayusin ang problemang ito..

Huwag tayong malungkot though, USA has second slowest LTE ahead of Phil





Finally may hearing yata this week as per Sen Bam Aquino

Sen Chiz also wants to probe slow internet in the Phil (this slows down BPO growth)

      Naibulong na  kahapon August 9, 2015 kay Sen Bam Aquino ang CTA ni Leader Cezar Cortez

Mag karesulta sana