Hi Leaders Engr. Cezar and VP Belle:
Thanks for getting in touch. As we were saying in the Leadership class, as espoused by Leader Cezar, we would campaign for faster internet speed.
I have put up a site to focus on this. It would seem though that people do not mind. When there was a campaign to support Sen Bam Aquinos inquiry, only 1,300 supported. Not a soul attended his inquiry.
I have made 9 posts and very few are following or are reading this site.
There are several developments in this area. One solution is to have peering deal between telcos in the PHL say between Globe and PLDT. Under the peering arrangement, the local traffic can be directed between the local exchanges, without cost on either parties thus lessening costs, and faster access. As of now, the traffic between two Telcos have to go through an international node at HK thus, increasing cost and increasing access time.
Globe and PLDT are now in serious talks on IPP (Internet Peering Protocols) So far, PLDT gave in to peer with DOST so that many can gain easier access to govt. sites. I foresee tough nego between PLDT and Globe, because this means loss of revenues for PLDT (this could be a major source of revenue for PLDT, since they control the backbone after Digitel purchase)
