Last week, the Senate hearing on Slow Internet in the Philippines was held and chaired by Sen. Bam Aquino calling all telcos to explain the state of internet in the Philippines. Several key agencies like the NTC, DTI and DOST were also summoned to shed light on the issue.
Both Globe and PLDT/Smart were also present in the hearing. The 2:20 hour video below discussed the state on internet in the country in terms of access, speed and cost.
Both our previous stories on ASEAN DNA (using the Ookla Net Index) and the Akamai studies were used as reference as the reason for this senate investigation. The discussions were exhaustive and comprehesive so we suggest watching the whole video above.
Here are some related stories to give you some background on the issue:
A demonstration of the Phillipines tax at work-Senate doing a hearing on the ‘internet low speed status’. This can only happen in the Philippines. The internet situation in our country is sad but the Congress or Senate can not legislate morality to these big corporations. Congress should enact laws to open up competition for internet service providers, offer incentives to invest for newer infrastructures, and to tighten up rules about misleading advertisements by Tel. companies. The consumers are being suckered by these Telcos because they have monopolies. Just my thoughts on this subject.