Govt needs P800 billion for the next 10 years to bring internet up to speed - NTC

Faster and cheaper internet access for progress

October 18, 2015

From Manila Times

The government needs at least P800 billion for cap ex to level up telco infrastructure according to NTC Director Edgardo Cabarios.  The private sector cant be left alone to do the investment

Criticisms are all ready being levelled vs this article? Is NTC/DOTC going to compete with TELCOS? It has shown to be a poor businessman.  Look at the operation of MRT/LRT

1. Is this not going to be a repeat of the ZTE scandal?

2.  Why not let the giant dominant telcos handle this?

    1. Is this not part of their mandate in their franchise to do the cap ex and upgrade their facilities?

    2.  Their FS are open books being public companies.  Do they not earn enough to make the investment?

3.  There are other ways to have the private sector handle this:

    1. Encourage more competition.  Invite other telcos to come in.  We started with Telstra.  How about AT &T?  Bell system?  Break up the giant telco which managed to reverse the Ramos initiative of breaking up PLDT

    2.  PPP initiative

    3.  As for the IX, PHL or the telcos can outsource the same to companies that have the facilities and expertise to handle worldwide internet traffic like PACNET.

    4.  Tax holidays, perks for more cap ex... The govt does not have to spend a cent

                                           Dumarami na talaga, kaya bumabagal ang internet?

                                      May peering ba dito if PLDT and Globe cant connect directly?

4.  NTC must focus on its work as a regulator to enforce compliance by telcos no matter how dominant it is:

     1.  Peering

    2.  Checking internet fees;

     3.  Telco and ISP practices:

           1.  Fees

               Right now I object to the monthly fees that are paid in full without deducting outages due to any other problems,   No SOAs and arbitrary disconnect.  Exorbitant reconnection fees.

           2.  Plan caps

           3.  Throttling

           4.  Whitelisting for internet speed

           5. Monitoring internet scams and punishing the scammers.  There are many at internet and CPs





Some comments on the article;  I took the liberty of copy pasting some of them

fyi says:

September 2, 2015 at 8:22 am

Sen. Bam Aquino, chairman of the Senate committee on trade, commerce, and entrepreneurship, is seeking an inquiry to find out if consumers are getting their money’s worth from the telco
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Said the exact same thing a year ago, He is a Aquino running his mouth and accomplishing nothing, Same as every other Aquino.

Saw new packages rolled out recently that show increased speed but they also now have new monthly caps that are very low like 60 or 70 gigabytes a month.

Some online games have installs that are over 20 gig alone, or try Youtubing everyday with a month cap of 60 or 70 gig and you will burn thru that 60 or 70 gig in a week and then what ? Pay a higher price ? Probably.

How will the telco’s address the low quality or reliability ? Their customer service ?

When a problem occurs after reporting the issue then its usually 24 or 48 hours before they start working on the problem. Do they give automatic credit for the days that your internet is not working ? No…
You have to go in person to request a credit for the those days.

The telco’s should have trained company employee’s instead of call center employee’s with zero computer knowledge with a sheet of questions to ask the customer.

Overall the current situation is slow repair service, poor customer service, high rates, low speed with data caps. Are the telco’s going to fix the problems ?
My guess is no and we can look forward to Bam Aquino’s call for a inquiry next year and the year after that etc etc……

• az says:

  September 4, 2015 at 12:45 pm

  I agree fyi, Sen. Bam Aquino said the same things last year and no improvement has been made with the internet service of the Philippines! The Php800B estimated amount to establish a better internet service for the Filipinos is way way way too much, another ZTE-like project targeted to pocket taxpayers’ money. Whoever are saying that must be investigated. Ask real independent experts and not from NTC directors who are just waiting for their 15-30 pays and benefits, surely they are overpaid and not performing, “mga laylay at lanta”. The amount is a dream come true for corrupt individuals, “Mga kurakot, Php800B ang singaw ninyo, mga magnanakaw!”
• fyi says:

  September 14, 2015 at 9:02 am

  Article on Manila Times page just revealed that foreign companies own the telco’s and are taking the profits instead of investing in upgrading.
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