Lawmakers intimidate Globe, Smart telco franchises

“Although the bill has already passed the CONGRESS (emphasis mine) and is now pending in the Senate…”
mali po ito.
Philippine Congress has two houses: the Senate (informally called the upper house) and the House of Representatives (informally called the lower house).

if a bill has been passed by congress, it will become a law when signed by the president.
if a bill has been passed by either house of congress, it will go to the other house for approval.
if a bill has been passed by both houses of congress but has different ‘contents’, a bicameral committee will be convened to sort out the difference and the final bill will be voted upon by congress (with the houses voting separately)

sana may lawyer/law student dito na mapadaan sa yugatech para sa definite answer.

at sa topic, sana maibigay na sa lahat ng subscribers yung layunin ng pldt fiber plan 20mbps 1899php/month na unlimited internet.

mahirap po sa tulad ko na nasa bukid: 1299php/month, 10mbps, 50GB LTE data, globe telecom. globe offers 100GB for its dsl customers but not for LTE subscribers.

It would also help kung bawasan ang red tape at permits para makapagpatayo ng mga cellsite. Mga kapitbahay pa lang ng pagtatayuan ayaw na at sinasabing nakaka-cancer. May 1 lang mag reklamo di ka na bibigyan ng barangay Clearance. Tapos dadaan pa sa Sangguniang Panglungsod/Pambayan bago tumakbo ang Building permit. ginagawa nilang pagkakaperahan ang mga contractor bago lumakad ang papel.

What the legislators would do, asides from creating and amending a law? At the current status quo, this duopoly has been already indomitable and insurmountable, replacing them with third parties is far-fetched, and not to mention it involves a whole lot of money to buy legislators off, all odds are stacked in Globe/Smart’s favor, and to say nothing of that they have already gained a strong foothold with regard to country’s communication backbones.

Unless, this government would force his hands and get the law on top of duo’s monopoly they cannot stand in their way, and intimidating them through voting against additional years of franchise is nothing more than a bluff, at least, on telecom company own perspective, otherwise, we, common subscribers, will still cast adrift, leaving high and dry, dreaming of a better service.

pera-pera pa rin yan. behind the scenes, these congressmen are trying to get a deal with these telcos that will benefit both their pockets.

The image consumes almost the same size of space of the article. Thanks to the huge fonts. Just my two cents.