I've had some time to re-think the broadband issue I left behind in Metro Manila and have gotten a few more thoughts and ideas I'd like to share. If broadband internet becomes a "human rights" issue, does that mean that people in the boondocks and far-flung islands of the Philippines can "demand their right" and be provided with access to the internet where there is currently none? If that's the case then I think the more important issue that NTC should look into is not the sub-standard speed of broadband internet but the utter lack of broadband coverage in many areas in the Philippines. Faster broadband speed is always better. Residential Broadband is Shared Resources. Many people do not know that the regular broadband internet they subscribe to is shared and not dedicated. In a shared broadband environment, only a certain amount of bandwidth is provisioned. In 2009, they generated a revenue of about Php13.9 billion in their broadband service from almost 1 million subscribers. Read more in our articles including "Internet Coverage over Internet Speed" and "Sky Broadband offers 112Mbps for Php19,999".
I've had some time to re-think the broadband issue I left behind in Metro Manila and have gotten a few more thoughts and ideas I'd like to share. If broadband internet becomes a "human rights" issue, does that mean that people in the boondocks and far-flung islands of the Philippines can "demand their right" and be provided with access to the internet where there is currently none?
If that's the case then I think the more important issue that NTC should look into is not the sub-standard speed of broadband internet but the utter lack of broadband coverage in many areas in the Philippines. Faster broadband speed is always better. Residential Broadband is Shared Resources.
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