Free wifi by 2016 in Philippines

[goriosan]

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Mao ni nka apan sa DOST! Gosto mo sabai sa uso unya ang problema nga ga ong-ong biya-an lang ki naai bag-ong uso.

Ila plang ng e gasto sa unsai gyud ang importante, unya nanang wifi oi wla nai dakong matabang sa gi taya nga nasod.

[salbahis]

idiotic idea by DOST

is not idiotic, its just not necessary as of this moment... idiotic idea is an idea thats has no purpose or whatsoever, there is a difference...

[Lamusika]

walay free meal ?

[kolz]

You're wondering why? Because majority of the people living in the Philippines that has a mobile phone capable of wireless connectivity to the internet are living on social media sites. With this news, people are not excited because they can now check their SSS and/or Pag-Ibig contributions, who does check their SSS or Pag-Ibig on a daily basis anyway?

People are excited about this because they can now do unlimited Facebook, Instagram, Tweeter or whatever sites nga 'way gamit' ug dili beneficial sa gobyerno. Just think about the money the government will be spending to fund this project, asa man na kuhaon? Of course sa ato ra gihapon nga tax. Additional tax lang pero padung sa walay kwenta nga project.

Nice kaayo huna-hunaon ba nga ang Cebu, along with other parts sa pilipinas, naay FREE WIFI pero ang mga karsada inig mag uwan kay FREE sad ang BAHA.

Maybe you don't see the big picture. It really depends on perspectives - to a normal consumer, "free internet" means unlimited facebook, instagram or twitter etc. If that's the case, they would be greatly disappointed, a 256K bandwidth can not offer you much with regards to these apps. A lot would say - way gamit, usik-usik lang sa kwarta, etc. because it would not benefit them.

Try to remember - this is a public WIFI infrastructure - last time I checked, 802.11ac standard is capable of 6 Gbit/s, you are not limited by your wifi speeds, but rather on your internet speeds. This is because the government doesn't have its own internet connections to the outside internet but rather relying on the local telco's internet connections, hence the 256k limit qos. But imagine this, if youtube/facebook/google would be setting up local cache accessible by the wifi infrastructure, then access to those services would be a lot faster even by LTE standards. The wifi infrastructure is future proof, its an investment in our future.

Going back to the big picture, you're an innovator/technopreneur looking at the big picture of offering a low-bandwith internet service where the general public has free public access, there are lots of possibilities. A free publicly available internet is an ingredient to developing a smart nation albeit slow, but nevertheless usable. A free public wifi is not just about granting public access to government services web pages, or granting the general public to chat apps whatsapp or viber, there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes - think about traffic monitoring, flood control monitoring etc. and other services where data is transferred/gathered via the public wifi infrastructure. Remote signboard/displayboard systems where data is relayed via the public wifi - letting the public know of vehicular accidents ahead, or letting somebody know when the next bus will be arriving at the BRT bus stop.

FYI: Here in Singapore, the government was offering almost the same free internet through Wireless@SG (http://www.ida.gov.sg/Learning/Techn...ou/Wireless-SG). When it was introduced in 2006, it was a mere 512K. The intent and purpose was the same - to encourage development of enterprise services.

[princize]

pakpak mga naghomebase at least maka check sa work anywhere in the philippines not against it, but certainly not totally in-favor sad hihi

[salbahis]

if they push this through block all port except the one used in browser... da sharo nang mga freeloader nga torrenter ug mga online gamer...

[ghostie2472]

Maybe you don't see the big picture. It really depends on perspectives - to a normal consumer, "free internet" means unlimited facebook, instagram or twitter etc. If that's the case, they would be greatly disappointed, a 256K bandwidth can not offer you much with regards to these apps. A lot would say - way gamit, usik-usik lang sa kwarta, etc. because it would not benefit them.

Try to remember - this is a public WIFI infrastructure - last time I checked, 802.11ac standard is capable of 6 Gbit/s, you are not limited by your wifi speeds, but rather on your internet speeds. This is because the government doesn't have its own internet connections to the outside internet but rather relying on the local telco's internet connections, hence the 256k limit qos. But imagine this, if youtube/facebook/google would be setting up local cache accessible by the wifi infrastructure, then access to those services would be a lot faster even by LTE standards. The wifi infrastructure is future proof, its an investment in our future.

Going back to the big picture, you're an innovator/technopreneur looking at the big picture of offering a low-bandwith internet service where the general public has free public access, there are lots of possibilities. A free publicly available internet is an ingredient to developing a smart nation albeit slow, but nevertheless usable. A free public wifi is not just about granting public access to government services web pages, or granting the general public to chat apps whatsapp or viber, there's a lot that goes on behind the scenes - think about traffic monitoring, flood control monitoring etc. and other services where data is transferred/gathered via the public wifi infrastructure. Remote signboard/displayboard systems where data is relayed via the public wifi - letting the public know of vehicular accidents ahead, or letting somebody know when the next bus will be arriving at the BRT bus stop.

FYI: Here in Singapore, the government was offering almost the same free internet through Wireless@SG (www.ida.gov.sg/Learning/Technology-You/Wireless-SG). When it was introduced in 2006, it was a mere 512K. The intent and purpose was the same - to encourage development of enterprise services.

In the end, who will REALLY benefit from this? The taxpayers or the businesses? 'Encouraging' exsting internet providers to lower cost and beefing up the speed, that's what the government should do. Remember, taxpayers money intawn ang gi bayad ani sa gobyerno ngadto sa internet provider, and not some charitable project for the people.

Good luck to your dream of 'encourage development of enterprise services' here in the Philippines. If dili maka kwarta ang gobyerno or dili advantage sa mga existing big internet providers, the new guys with better service will be crushed long before it can even make it's presence known.

I don't know how long you've been there in Singapore but I can tell you this, diri sa Pinas, goodluck nalang if ang aim jud sa politiko kay 'for the greater good' sa mga Pinoy. I bulsa man gani ang kwarta nga nadawat sa Yolanda nga para unta sa mga biktima, daghan mga ghost projects, daghan mga overpriced purchases (ka remember ka atong lamp posts sauna?), sus todos los santos, kada election puro nalang balik-balik ang mga ngan sa politiko ug kung naa man gani bago artista sad.

I'm sorry to say this but the 'big picture' you are seeing isn't what you will be seeing once this so called 'project' is completed.

Majority of the people diri sa pinas kay FB ug mga social media ra intawn ang naa sa utok, unlike 2006 nga gamay ra ang naay access sa internet through mobile phones.

"A free publicly available internet is an ingredient to developing a smart nation albeit slow." Bro, we are a very slow developing nation, i don't know about that 'smart' part though.

[ghostie2472]

"The Philippines is planning free Wi-Fi services to half of its towns and cities this year and nationwide coverage by end-2016, limiting the data revenue prospects for Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. and Globe Telecom Inc."

"If subscribers move to using free public Wi-Fi, telecoms may need to lure them into getting higher-end services,” Ibrahim said in a Sept. 4 interview in Makati City.

I love this. "telecoms may need to lure them into getting higher-end services" Kung 256Kbps man lang sad gani, bahala ug mag bayad ko sa PLDT / Globe / Smart oi. And the funny thing is, the government is PAYING the telco with our money to provide the service.. so.. WHY would the telco try to "lure" customers back with 'higher-end services' nga wala man silay ka kumpetensya..? Kinsa may mo kumpetensya anang 256Kbps intawn oi.

[emailroy2002]

dako kaayo tax ang gi allocate ani... nya konsabo ra ni padong rani sa didto sa businessme ang budget..

samot ka dato mga dato... kay sure billions na permi sa contrata. nya 256kbps.... dinosaur age pa nga network.

[digitalsuperman]

dako kaayo tax ang gi allocate ani... nya konsabo ra ni padong rani sa didto sa businessme ang budget..

samot ka dato mga dato... kay sure billions na permi sa contrata. nya 256kbps.... dinosaur age pa nga network.

pamawi lang bogets. download lang sa Limewire ug mga creampie tagai ko kopya nya.