October 15, 2015
Mandate for NTC - make technologies accessible and affordable for Filipinos
NTC at Govt offices Directory
NTC Manual of Regulations - a hodge podge of Department Circulars from NTC and DOTC and Republic Acts. Their manual should be regularized, hence at is we do not have clear procedures and directions or which are current and attuned to the current needs of the ICT in the Philippines which is progressing at quite accelerated speed
Laws governing telecom
A. TELECOMS
Rappler - NTC to start probing/testing internet speedThe NTC recently signed Circular 07 - 08 - 2015 last August 13 which set the lower limit for internet speed at 256 kb to be considered a broadband provider. Penalty is set at reprimand for first offense and P200.00 per day for the second offense. If the telcos or ISP has variance in the speed as advertised vs actual, the consumer can go to DTI to file complain for truth in advertising (bakit sa DTI, hindi ba NTC regulator ng Telcos at ISP) The penalty is based on 1936 law Public Service Act of 1936.
This news is uninspiring because 256 kbps is hardly classified as internet experience. It like the dial up service of 1990. According to Director Cabarios if we raise this beyond 256 kbps, there will be internet investors in the country. The standard for foreign carriers is 4 mbps.
No wonder, we cant have better and faster internet service with this kind of mindset of regulators. And we have a pre war regulations...But NTC is mandated to give great technology to customers/citizens right and live up to the times
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