Now, this has got to be the funniest idea I have ever heard in years. From Mike Abundo, the NTC wants everyone to register their websites, blogs, podcasts, pictures, and all other digital data posted on the net.
The National Telecommunication Commission plans to classify Web sites and other data posted on the Internet as a value added service that needs to registered with the government.
In the preliminary hearing of a draft memorandum circular on value added services, Edgardo Cabarrios, NTC director for common carrier and authorization department, said contents of Web sites such as Yahoo could be classified as a value added service in so far as its delivery is concerned.
“Telecom is delivery of content. When content is delivered it becomes a telecom service,” Cabarrios said.
Un-fracking-believable! I’m just speechless.
hahaha…. another ploy to keep us contained.. i guess
[...] has gotten bloggers all lathered up. See Pinoy Problogger (using the famous line from the Borg) and Yugatech, who snappily borrowed the phrase“all your base are belong to us,” to headline his take [...]
thats the stupidest-stupid thing i’ve heard.
is that a post-april fool news or something ?
do u guys have a copy of the memorandum?perhaps we can send a legal opinion or legal comments on the proposal.
I challenge the NTC to create a registration system that would accomodate ALL of Yahoo and Google’s content. I bet they wouldn’t even have enough resources to store all that registered data from those two sites alone. LOLOLOL
Where do I sign up to register? LOLOLOLOL
Twitter: MikeAbundo
says:
“I challenge the NTC to create a registration system that would accomodate ALL of Yahoo and Google’s content.”
They couldn’t even index the Google cache, much less Google and Yahoo combined.
well, at least we had some kind of online entertainment for the day.
really weird idea.
SDF!!
hahaha! Why dont they focus on more viable and helpful to consumers?
Like, projects to minimize cellphone snatching or cheaper internet connection to filipinos.
[...] by idiots who spend all day trying to figure out how to extort more kickbacks.” and while Abe is just speechless, I think that is so true. We really are governed by idiots who only think of us as [...]
Oh what a great idea!! They probably wanted to have a piece of your adword profit pie that’s why!
Twitter: jaypee
says:
That was a good laugh! It just made my day. LOL
Maybe the NTC board is composed of comedians? I think this was supposed to be their April Fool’s Joke but it was published late.
stupendous!!!
NTC’s mandate is “to cause the provision of the infrastructure (telecom networks)” and we have to thank them for the Philippine Copper Cage of $12 Billion worth of obsolete (6 Million) copper wires called fixed wire telephones. Remember that fixed wire telephony was the RIGHT technology for VOICE in the last century, BUT is the WRONG tehchnology for DATA in the WEB century. They’ve stifled facilities-based competition by allowing the fixed wires telcos to ALSO provide wireless services and at the same time GOUGE the Pinoy consumer with exorbitant bandwidth charges.
Now they want to monitor hundreds of thousands, if not million of pinoy bloggers. No way, jose!!
haha! I miss that cheat! its fine to register as long as we dont need pay any cash.
[...] the need to say something about the issues that had bloggers like MLQ3 and fellow PTB guys Mike and Yuga up in [...]
[...] Telecommunications Commission’s circular on value added services through Mike Abundo and Yuga, but I have withheld any comments regarding the NTC’s Circular. Now that the Unlawyer [...]
no comment but “told ya”
This is just the beginning, actually it has started a year-and-a-half ago.
It is not “maybe” but “IT IS TIME, NOW NA”. For the Pinoy-blogosphere, let’s not rely on one person (in this case Abe), he’s doing a lot already, YOU can do it. Use your skills and expertise, we need more active people.
Gamers and the local gaming industry.. our time will come, and I can’t say anymore that it is “so far, so good” because it doesn’t, things went out of our hands (since majority thinks it is a stupid conspiracy theory).
freedom? Hope it won’t become a memory.
about JC John SESE Cuneta’s comments:
The scenario is scary and could become real if we don’t do something about it. However, it won’t really matter with the kind of people heading the NTC. The kind of red tape such a registration system would have to go through would be enormous. Aside from this, the NTC wouldn’t have the resources anyway. So I say relax, people. It won’t happen any time soon.
they want my blog ?? ahahahaha
a big BS
this is totally stupid, why not ponder on their sites first before thinking of others. our government websites are far cry from other countries.. tsk!
Yeah i agree with the others. It’s ok to register as long as it’s free. No payment, not a single dime. Another good exposure!
this is bad