Why Philippines has SLooOOW internet speed.

[rayven716]

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The Ayalas, Pangilinan, and Lopezes. I think are the major stockholders of these inefficient telcos. They don't give a damn if the consumers are short changed as long as they get their profits. It's about time Congress should investigate NTC and telco companies.

[M.A.D.]

Well know this fact: Telcos are one of the biggest campaign contributors to politicians during elections. That gives you an idea of where the money trail goes and it doesn't always go around.

Always follow the money.

[carbrill]

kung unsa ang government mao sad na ang nag negosyo. kung corrupt ang government maninaro sad na ang nag negosyo...

[goodmorning]

I’ve heard about Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV recently calling on the Senate to look into the “slow” and “expensive” internet connection in the Philippines. He wonders why other Southeast Asian countries have faster internet connection at cheaper prices, as opposed to that of the Philippines.

He based his claims on an infographic of the ASEAN DNA, a site “to promote a better understanding and appreciation of shared values and common characteristics of ASEAN” (see their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ASEANDNA?fref=photo).

The infographic shows that the Philippines is ranked at the bottom of the list with an internet speed of 3.6 mbps, which is far below the ASEAN average of 12.4 mbps

Although I do agree that the internet speed in the Philippines is in need of serious improvement, I don’t think Bam Aquino’s claims are sufficient. ASEAN DNA doesn’t seem to be an established and credible source of information and the scope of its data is only about a month, which isn’t a good enough basis for generalizing the Philippines’ standard internet speed.
On the other hand, a report from Akamai Technologies, Inc., an internet content delivery network, states that the average connection speed in the Philippines has achieved an increase of 42.8% in 6 months. The average speed increased from 1.4 Mbps (with an average peak of 13.8 Mbps) last July 2013 to 2.0 MbPS (with a 42% year-on-year increase) by December 2013.
The report also states that the Philippines ranked #7 of 9 countries in Average Connection Speeds in the second quarter of 2013, but its rank increased to #6 of 9 by the fourth quarter of the same year.
The data shows that although our connection speed has a long way to go in comparison with our neighbouring ASEAN countries, telecommunication companies have come up with improvements that do count for something.

Also, I stumbled upon this blog site and this dude's explanation actually makes sense -- PLDT/Smart are the biggest players here in the country and they could just be monopolizing the internet connection here.

A Clever Lie

[firestarter]

I’ve heard about Senator Paolo Benigno “Bam” Aquino IV recently calling on the Senate to look into the “slow” and “expensive” internet connection in the Philippines. He wonders why other Southeast Asian countries have faster internet connection at cheaper prices, as opposed to that of the Philippines.

He based his claims on an infographic of the ASEAN DNA, a site “to promote a better understanding and appreciation of shared values and common characteristics of ASEAN” (see their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/ASEANDNA?fref=photo).

The infographic shows that the Philippines is ranked at the bottom of the list with an internet speed of 3.6 mbps, which is far below the ASEAN average of 12.4 mbps

Although I do agree that the internet speed in the Philippines is in need of serious improvement, I don’t think Bam Aquino’s claims are sufficient. ASEAN DNA doesn’t seem to be an established and credible source of information and the scope of its data is only about a month, which isn’t a good enough basis for generalizing the Philippines’ standard internet speed.
On the other hand, a report from Akamai Technologies, Inc., an internet content delivery network, states that the average connection speed in the Philippines has achieved an increase of 42.8% in 6 months. The average speed increased from 1.4 Mbps (with an average peak of 13.8 Mbps) last July 2013 to 2.0 MbPS (with a 42% year-on-year increase) by December 2013.
The report also states that the Philippines ranked #7 of 9 countries in Average Connection Speeds in the second quarter of 2013, but its rank increased to #6 of 9 by the fourth quarter of the same year.
The data shows that although our connection speed has a long way to go in comparison with our neighbouring ASEAN countries, telecommunication companies have come up with improvements that do count for something.

Also, I stumbled upon this blog site and this dude's explanation actually makes sense -- PLDT/Smart are the biggest players here in the country and they could just be monopolizing the internet connection here.

A Clever Lie

Whether his claims are sufficient or not and whether these surveys are say there is a signifreakin increase in speed.

The one true fact is that.. Philippines has a slow internet connection, it is expensive as heck, and it ranks at the bottom.

PLDC should make these right and the senate has to act on it fast (the irony).

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A Clever Lie

'Cause truly, there is no better network. And no one is living "more" due to incredible cell service.


Interconnection Blues

People have been trying to come with ideas the past couple of weeks on how the Ph can improve in the internet realm. Actually, I believe one of the biggest issues was a concern brought up years ago - Interconnection. Explaining would take a while and I’m not an expert anyway, but I’ve talked to a few and they made me this simple image.

Simply put, the PLDT-Smart group owns a huge chunk of internet in the country, and unlike most countries with incredible internet capability, the group has refused and continues to refuse to work together with other ISPs in establishing an Interconnection law.
Currently, when data travels from one isp to another, it goes through an annoying process of going to the States and back again. That’s a LONG way to travel. Interconnection “cuts the barrier” as it says in the image, and lets data travel locally, through ph servers, and quickly.
P2P sharing (legal naman), emails, social media communications, all the data passing through these activities would require much less bandwidth, freeing up the system load. Theoretically also decreasing cost.
Servers of a huge number of content that we enjoy are continuing to set up shop in the Ph. With this law in place, more would do so as there would finally be a point to setting up shop here.
And as Yugatech recently explained here…»Akamai reports Philippine internet now at 2.0Mbps - YugaTech | Philippines, Tech News & Reviews

…We have the technology for fast internet. We’re not catching up, the tech is in place. But fact is, our data has to travel a long way and that in itself costs a hell of a lot. Now will PLDT/Smart play ball and interconnect with the other ISPs? Globe and Sky have been willing.
Money wise, PLDT earns more by not doing this. It is an expensive venture, but if they continue to hold out, they continue to show their true nature. Money is the only reason this has not moved forward.
Ofcourse, this is half the problem. If the government would allow a foreign player to come in or if a local player decides to set up some major competition, then this would lower prices, giving more access to world class internet. I don’t know who will hear my plea, but I hope this creates some noise. Help me out kababayans. Helps us all out.

• Apr 29th, 2014

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[bim27142]

o mao nani, malipay na ta ani...................................... kung ma actionan... maybe no, maybe yes... in ten years time maybe? ;D

Militant lawmakers seek probe of telcos data service caps | Sun.Star

[TalkofTheTown.bbforum.co]

o mao nani, malipay na ta ani...................................... kung ma actionan... maybe no, maybe yes... in ten years time maybe? ;D

Militant lawmakers seek probe of telcos data service caps | Sun.Star

Finally.. Just let us give them support.. at least will be able to enjoy what other countried have been enjoying for decades.

[RyzoR]

because it is more fun in the Philippines

[elord]

Old news .. Syaro karon ra mo kabantay ..

Yah Old news pero kasagaran sa mga Pilipino wala idea nga kita ang pina ka hinay ug connection sa Internet despite ani ilang mga nindot nga advertise sa TV ug mga promo2x nila.


Mas maayo boycott ta ani ilang service kitang tanan syaro dili ni sila maka mata..Kung walay customer walay negosyo ..

[monrose29]

i just wonder why wala gi explain atong internet infrastructure i think it makes sense if we consumers understand the basic connection of networking, corrupt na kong corrupt or kuripot.. but kong ato pod tan-awon ang other situation deli lang kay tungod sa corruption og monopoly ang problema.. but ang infrastructure itself maoy dakong problema... kita ray country na composed of 7,107 island, imagine pila ka submarine cable og pila ka satellite dish to interconnect ang kada isla gikan manila to mindanao.. not only that our major city in luzon and visayas is overpopulated, which is ISP needs to implement bandwidth control.

if e compare nimo sa uban country thailand, indonesia, cambodia, singapore, usa ra manah yuta border ra may ilang pagitan..ang singapore mura ra sad og cebu so maka pabo-ot silag ladlad og fiber optic sa residential area.. so mao usa sa advantage nila kay ilang infrastructure stable deli prehas ato-a nga tanan traffic nato agi ni PLDT, last time i know atong gateway to international route na-a sa batanggas facing singapore then another route is facing hongkong, so if anything goes wrong sa submarine cable or kit-kiton sa shark or na-ay linog mahitabo apektado ato connection... mao dayon nang na-ay fiber break..

kong mag bagyo sa manila samot ka apektado atong connection kay ilang mga public switches or cable pang kawaton man..ipa timbang..

haha na-a bitaw project offer sa manila ang cisco partners namo deri sa singapore ang number one concern is safety bah ang access point..kay basin after deployment wagtang pod mga AP...

so mao sad nah akong point not only about corruption and the people behind our TELCOs/ISPs