The Department of Science and Technology (DOST) is planning to rollout its free public WiFi internet access project across the Philippines beginning July of this year.
The “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” project of the DOST’s Information and Communications Technology Office (ICT Office), aims to provide free WiFi internet access in select public spaces in the country:
Once fully deployed, the Project will serve 105,000 concurrent users with an average speed of 256 kbps each. It will be subjected to data volume based Fair Usage Policy to promote an equitable distribution of the public service.
The “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” project has a budget of Php1.408USD 0.02INR 2EUR 0.02CNY 0.17 billion which was authorized in the 2015 General Appropriations Act (GAA).
via: GMA Network
source: DOST ICT
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NotaSheep says:
hmm… i guess this is a big step forward when it comes to communication at least, problem now are the hackers that uses the connection to get data from other people.
JuanDelaCruz says:
The cap will be 128KB per month. :D
snatcher says:
Medyo gaganda ang kita nito….
anonymous says:
Ok na yan for simple fb and non-data intensive cpoy paste err I mean research (weh) works.
Pag may nagreklamo na di siya makapag COC/brave frontier dito….
Manny says:
That’s quite expensive. Magkano kickback natin dyan? Sana i-allocate na lang yang Php1.4B sa mga talagang kailangan ng karamihan. We are not a 1st nor 2nd class country to allocate public funds to those things.
wise says:
After ni PNoy Wala na to
Louis H. Guinez says:
Why do I have a nagging feeling that this will be just for a few months and become non existent? or like those fast food outlets/ malls that offer wifi but no signal.Nag wifi pa!?
Tourist says:
Maybe this is a step to a more “tourist friendly” Philippines. With that project implemented, Philippines would be on par with the rest of the world in terms of being supportive to tourist. This strategy is in-line with the goal of the administration to make Philippines a tourism oriented nation.
Rinzler says:
Is that Kilobits (Kbps) or Kilobytes (KB/s)? Feeling ko kilobits yan.
james says:
wala po mamangyari yan,, ginawa nila isa png butas para nakawin uli pera nyu..ang pilipino ay di pobre ang pilipino ay di namamalomos,,kaya nito mg gastos para sa sarili nya wifi,,ang dapat sana gawin ng gobeyrno natin ai aayusin ang problem sa capping at na pka bagal na net connection..wala cla gagastosin kundi ibigay daan sa foreign telco companies para ma invest dito sa pinas,,un lng po kailangan natin,at ung 1.4 B na yan pwede igastos sa png generate ng new jobs at png gawa ng new hospitals,,etc,, correct me if i’m wrong…gising PINOY AT MG LABAN KA..
SpiderWak says:
tama mukhang pang one time big time lang ito.. after a year wala na to..gagatasan lang. Magkano kaya kikitain ng mga gahaman dito? sigh..
BantayBalota says:
Malapit na kasi election kaya pumupondo na. Hehehe…
CubeBadminton says:
A nice idea perhaps but, a really STUPID MOVE! 1.4B budget, give that to DepEd instead, so they can hire more teachers, and thats just one time cost… how about monthly opex, for the bandwidth alone thats roughly 1M a month imagine that, if we pay teachers 30K a month that about 3000 teachers. And plus what expertise does DoST have on running an Internet Service? Government can put that money into better use.
JAMES says:
YES THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT ABOVE ANY BASIC NEEDS!
– But wait Fair Usage? like how many MB you are allotted to? Then they will subscribe to Globe New DSL Lines with 10GB/mo capping? LOL
The idea itself is a AWESOME move knowing that:
1. Public plazas – beggars and street children suffering from malnutrition and starvation (even those that are located near Municipal/City Halls)
2. Public Schools (Elem & HS) – no, not yet the lack of classrooms, just think of chairs/arm chairs. Who are the primary users for these? Students? Really?
3. PUBLIC LIBRARIES – well I AGREE, ebooks are a lot better (updated/numerous) you just have to search and poof.. INFO.. will they provide paid EBOOKS? well
4. Health Units – why not check the facilities first and medicines? I don’t question the Healthcare Professionals, just the equipments they need and their workforce count.
5. SUC’s – Tuition fees (may be called SUC but the tuitions are too high) classrooms,
6. Train Stations – well I hope you use your smartphone cautiously. how about new trains and improved service first? ah.. internet is better, so passengers won’t recognize the long wait.
7. Ports – GO! These might help. But I don’t know how much.
8. LGU Offices and Nat’l Gov’t Offices – This should also help, but why not just do your jobs there? as in with accuracy, efficiency, no petiks and no corruption?
just my two cents guys…
sorry for my bad english…
meow says:
hey everyone look! another way our government could sneak us on and sell our information to brokers for more and more money!!!!
bibbo says:
I believe binibid-out to to existing telcos / ISP as a managed service
justify says:
1.4billion for 105,000 users? 13k per user for 256kbps yeah!!!!!
Jan says:
sana yung Philippine Internet Highway ang ayusin nila, we should have our own… Nang hindi na dadaan ang connection natin sa singapore or other neighboring countries… If that is developed then bibilis and mag mumura ang connection…
junjun says:
Wow. Ganyan na pala ka-pessimistic ang mga pinoy. Andami namang ang gagaling magcomment. Pumasok nga kayo sa gobyerno.
Kung taga DOST ako at naexcite ako na mag-implement ng ganitong idea, tapos ito mga comment na makikita ko, aba magkurakot na lang din ako. Ganun din naman pala e. Damned if you do damned if you don’t.
TM says:
more wifi = more cellphones = less bees = 30% less pollination = 30% less fruits/vegetables = 30% less food = more importation = less local work/business = less income
leypascua says:
We don’t need free WiFi. We need more ISPs to encourage competition and improve the quality of service. Once there are enough ISPs prices will go down and the masses can afford to be connected with a decent bandwidth.
DOST should really think about build our own Internet superhighway and force telcos to share pipes to 3rd party providers instead.
Wifi Philippines says:
Aba, tingnan na lang natin kung magkakatotoo nga.
GrenadeSpamr says:
Sabayan niyo ng Facebook Lite, mabilis
Louis says:
Ang daming mas importanteng dapat gawin eto pa talaga ang uunahin. Ngayon I’ve just watched the news about those families in Mindanao that only rely on farming, they are starving because of the long period of drought they experienced. They should deprioritize this.
And 256Kbps of allocated speed/user is extremely slow with Fair Use Policy.