Poll: Do you favor Prepaid SIM registration?

why can’t i vote?

I voted for YES.

Sa opinion ko, para mapababa lang yung mga manloloko sa SMS. Alam ko din naman na hinde ito matatanggal, atleast bumaba lang.

Also, para malaman talaga yung mga active SIM na ginagamit. Kasi mga Telco’s dito, they advertise the number of users in their Company pero sa pagkaalam ko those numbers includes inactive SIM na I think dapat hinde na kasama sa counting…its like false advertising na din.

And para ma-maintain ko din yung number ko kahit prepaid user lang ako. :)

– always good in theory.
reality :

the bad :
– anyone with malicious intent will always find ways to register under a false identity

more bad :
– now it’s extra hassle for subscribers, extra expense for the whole process.

i really like the idea, but it just doesn’t work ( at least, not in the philippines ) .

…for me this is useless….criminals would always find ways and if the main concern is text scam…spam mails etc…and besides hindi ba’t provider/telco company ang number one na gumagawa nito…like un mga nawawalang load…walang katapusan na text alert na kumkain ng load kahit di k nmn nag register…it’s all waste of time!

YES…
In the country where I am working all prepaid sims are being registered. This is one way of stopping those who uses unregistered sim in fraud and other illegal things (e.g. those who keeps texting you that you win this and that.. even when I am outside the country I still receive such text). In a way what is there to be afraid of. The Telecommunication companies does keep the record of the phone calls we have, the only thing in pre paid sims is that they could not locate the sender or the caller. If this would be done then it would be easy to locate those people and eventually put an end to their scams.

As with any piece of Philippine legislation, the question I ask is always on the implementation. This is a very good measure, as I am personally a victim of cellphone theft. But how do they plan to implement this EFFECTIVELY? It’s always that question. I just feel that this will be one of those laws that will never really translate into anything…tangible.

i voted NO. for protection against my human rights. kc baka gamitin lang yan ng scammer .

No.

I think it is unnecessary. What is it for? To locate would-be spammers?

Yes, I agree that security is very important, but we must treasure our privacy as well.

What happens if you register? Guaranteed na ba na hindi ka ma-spam? Walang mag-te-text or call sa iyo unnecessarily? It offers no guarantee.

It MAY offer additional security, but for the case that Sir Abe cited, do you think someone who’d want to inflict harm would register under his/her name? I don’t think so.

What about creating a dummy account in GMAIL, then text to that person? Where’s the ‘solution’ there? Require all users in the Philippines to register their email accounts as well?

I don’t think so.

Doesn’t really bother me if they’ll require me to register my SIM, what bothers me though is if they will require me to PAY just to register. I don’t even bother if my load credits gets eaten up, the company spends for it anyways. :)

Definitely YES!

1. No matter how the government would use the registration for, they have the right to do so. We have given the government the power to regulate industries, it is enshrined on our constitution. We’ve given it to them, so deal with it.

2. You give your name and address to banks before opening an account. You give your personal info for your car registration. You show your birth certificate to get a passport to be able to travel. You do the same to get cable services, broadband internet, electricity, and water. So why bother if the government wants to get your info when buying a new prepaid SIM card?

3. Telecommunication industry is heavily regulated by the government, so the use of its services should also be regulated by registration of SIM cards – prepaid or postpaid.

4. If the rich and famous don’t bother having registered postpaid accounts, why not the common people who uses prepaid accounts. Please, don’t invoke human rights and privacy concerns, no one wants to follow you, not even on Twitter. Feeling ka ah!

5. Wag matakot kung alam mo naman na wala kang gagawin na masama. Yung mga may binabalak lang ang palaging takot.

6. And also YES to National ID.

Nameless, I don’t want to start a debate. But your point is stolen identity. Siyempre serious case yan. Kaya nga suggestion ko is major telecom players and their authorized dealers lang sana ang pwedeng magbenta ng prepaid SIM cards just like how postpaid accounts are sold na sa shops/stores/outlets lang ng telecom companies pwedeng mag-subscribe.

Kaya kapag may case of stolen identities, alam natin kagad kung sino dapat ihabla sa korte, at yun ang telecom company. Magiging professional and formal lang ang pagbili ng prepaid SIM cards kung may registration na. Kaya I strongly disagree na through internet lang ang registration at yung buyer ang magaadminister ng registration. I hope you get my point.

Why criminalize murder if people will still find a way to kill?

YES nlng.

ang boboto ng NO dito ay mga scammer naman eh. kung hindi ka naman manloloko ay hindi ka matatakoy na ipa-register ung SIM card mo eh. kaya lng ayaw nung iba kasi mahal daw… hassle. pero kung safety ang usapan… walang mali d2. pagkanagkaroon ng registration… makikilala na agad ung gumagamit ng cellphone para magpasabog ng bomba at nagse-send ng scams.

Yes, here.
Baby steps. Unless anyone here can suggest a move that we can consider really significant.

YES: Para din sa kaligtasan natin yan!

pano naman po magiging malaking abala yun??? magbibigay ka lng ng kopya ng id mo.
dito sa ME, matagal ng ganyan.di na isyu yan.

hehe. parang RH Bill lang pala ito eh. walang katapusang debate :p

There are a lot of means naman sa opinion ko para iparegister ang sim.

Some of my ideas:

Meron nga pa-contest sa mga Telcos na you have to register your real name and other info by SMS. (Imagine, your mobile number won 1 million pesos pero bogus name ang inilagay mo).

By email, then you have to verify your info some institution to make it valid.

By Phone, (same with email verification stated above).

By internet, (my gulay, yung iba nga dyan nilalagay nila true info nila sa FB nila. Sa sim registration pa.)

By Over the counter.

Etc. etc.

Its not I am being yes eh wala akong idea sa No.
Well yep, we have some katutubo na I know gumagamit din sila ng mobile phone. Or some below 18 kids. Yes, we have hundreds of reasons to say YES or NO. Yet, sana naman wag na umiral yung katamaran, walang patience, walang pakialam, makasarili na pinapakita ng iba.

My gulay, ticket nga sa bus hinde mo maitapon sa tamang lugar, kelangan mo pang ipit dyan sa upuan ng bus o tapon kung san san…my point here eh maliit na bagay na lang nga yan, hinde mo pa magawa ng ayos. Sa sim registration pa, hinde natin masimulan. Ika nga sa isang commenter, “BABY STEPS”.

like i said before, taasan nalang ang price ng mga prepaid sim card. to somewhat of a range of 1200 pesos non transferable load valid for 12 months.

yes, para sa akin, ito ay isang maliit na paraan na magagawa natin, para tulungan ang gobyerno. para magkaroon din ng commitment telcos sa publiko at sa gobyerno.

sana, nasimulan ito dati, bago pa na boom ang prepaid sims. anyways, its no to late.

sun post paid subscriber ako…..

Tanong lang?

Sinong hahawak ng records kung saka-sakaling may registration na nga? Yung telcos ba o yung gobyerno?

Kasi kung yung telcos, eh di siguradong ipakakargo na naman nila sa consumers yung gastos niyan. Hindi lang yung acquiring of records ang gastos diyan, pati yung keeping of records na sa palagay ko ay mas magiging magastos pa.

Kung yung gobyerno naman, eh di panibagong ahensya na naman yan? Ang dami na ngang “under funded” na ahensiya ng gobyerno ngayon tapos nagdadagdag pa ng ganito.

Walang problema sa rehistro, ang problema ay yung sa process at pagmaintain nito.

Tsaka sa palagay nyo ba, hindi madaling magforge ng documents para magkaroon ka ng bagong identity maliban sa tunay na ikaw?

Sim Card Registration is not a solution to celphone related crimes. Baka nga mas lalo pang gumulo ang usapin dahil sa mga Identity Theft na madalas nangyayari ngayon. Eh di nyo naman ipagbabawal na magkaroon ng more than one sim per name di ba? paano kung may magrehistro ng SIM sa pangalan ko na wala naman akong kinalaman dun at saka niya gamitin sa kalokohan? Anong solusyon meron kayo sa ganyang problema?

Isip isip muna bago magyes… Di na baleng BOBO huwag lang maging TANGA.

It’s okay with me to come and register my prepaid SIM card (I already have a postpaid so registering is not really a big deal.)

But here’s the thing, I’m okay with it because I know I’ll have easy access to modes of registration. Thru the internet, go. Thru a Globe/Smart branch, go. But how about my relatives in the province who doesn’t even know the concept of a “miscall”?

SIM card registration is the dream. It has a good purpose, but we don’t have the means to properly execute it. Getting your NBI clearance is like hell already.

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NO. Just leave the sim-registration to the post paid subscribers and I hope that Idea goes away.

330 are LOAD SCAMMERS, who disagree with this! :))

I think implementing prepaid registration is best to increase security from scams and frauds.