#offline internet

The Internet has been the main gear that makes all the other smaller cogs turn about. In other words, Internet has been the vital element of which almost everything we do today is possible. What if we could manage to be connected even without any Internet signal present in the area? Think of it like the game “Pass the Message” wherein the Internet connection is the message, the one connected to the Internet is the source of the message, and the nodes are the people playing the game. Same thing goes for wireless meshed network – when one device is connected to the Internet, it could pass on the connection to other devices nearby, which could pass on to the next, and so on creating an ecosystem of connected devices. It has the capability to connect a whole area to the Internet – from a small office to an entire city. Could it be the technology that may finally solve our Internet problems here in the Philippines? Pasig Mega Market now has satellite-powered internet to support cashless payments under the Paleng-QR Ph Plus program of the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas and the Department of Information and Communications Technology. Read more in our articles including "How a meshed network connects you with no Internet" and "Pasig Mega Market gets Starlink internet for cashless payments".