‘State of the Internet Report’ The lawmaker also cited the first-quarter results of the “State of the Internet Report” of Akamai, a major US-based provider, which said the Philippines has an average speed of only 2.1 Mbps. (This slightly improved to 2.5 in the second-quarter survey, the latest available on the firm’s website.) “There is a need to address this alarming and poor state of Internet service in the country as it impacts on consumer welfare, productivity, right to information and ultimately on our economy,” Villar said. Slow and expensive Local consumers, he said, would spend about P1,000 a month for Internet service with speeds of up to only 2.0 Mbps or about P2,000 for up to 5.0 Mbps. But the largest telecommunications company in Singapore offers 15 Mbps of Internet speed for 36.90 Singapore dollars or about P1,312 a month, he said. In Thailand, 799 baht, or about P1,100, could give consumers 12 Mbps of connection. “There is an urgent need to enhance effective competition in the telecommunications industry in order to promote the state policy of providing the environment for the emergence of communications structures suitable to the balanced flow of information,” Villar said. Read more: technology.inquirer.net/40052/congress-urged-to-probe-slow-internet-service-in-ph#ixzz3N5xWzPAE Follow us: @inquirerdotnet on Twitter |
Posted on: Fri, 26 Dec 2014 10:39:03 +0000
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