I hope the idea will work well, unlike what some Metro Manila
city halls did few years ago for a similar project. They launched and failed to
meet expectations.
In this project, I expect censorship on internet and
blogging media and it’s OK for me if it would be mtrcb like but not if it would be like martial law.
Yet I would say, "Go go go
dost-icto! i-push nyo yan"
I believe you breed some best brains.
INFORMATION
AND COMMUNICATIONSINFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY OFFICE
DEPARTMENT
OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
3 December
2014
PRESS
RELEASE
Information
and Communications Technology Office
Contact
Person: Roy Espiritu - roy.espiritu@icto.dost.gov.ph
Contact
No.: 9200101 loc 1003, +639178718547
DOST Free
Wi-fi Project Gets a P3B Upgrade
The Free
Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places project of the Department of Science andTechnology's
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office to bring Internet connectivity
to class 4, 5, and 6 municipalities in the country recently got a three billion peso
upgrade from the Senate and will be a nationwide project.
Originally,
the Project was designed to cover only town plazas of 748 class 4, 5 and 6 municipalities,
with a budget of 334 million pesos. Last week’s budget deliberations in the Senate
upgraded the project to have nationwide coverage. The project is now designed
to provide not
only free Wi-Fi in town plazas in municipalities, but also including transport
terminals
(train, sea and air), school yards, hospital lobbies, national government
agencies, public
parks and local government unit offices.
World Bank
studies showed that for every 10 percent increase in broadband connectivity results in
a 1.38 percent increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to Undersecretary
Louis Casambre of the DOST-ICT Office, “any increase in Internet connectivity
through “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” will jump start economic
development by giving access to e-Commerce, e-Learning, and e-Government tools to
beneficiaries…” These can increase their incomes and pushing their economic status
upwards across the nation, especially those belonging in the countryside. Casambre
also added that most of the countryside is in a “vicious cycle”, where most citizens
are unable to afford broadband Internet giving little to no incentive for
private sector
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to invest in the necessary network
infrastructure for lack of an
acceptable return on investment.” This leads to lack of opportunity to reap the
benefits
that Internet connectivity has proven to bring.
DOST -
Information and Communications Technology Office Internet
connectivity and Wi-Fi hotspots to most municipalities for the project will be sourced
from the country's Internet Service Providers (ISP), while in areas that do not
have broadband
connectivity/infrastructure, the DOST ICT Office intends to use TV White Space
(TVWS) Technologies which was used to provide last mile connectivity in areas affected by
the Bohol earthquake and Typhoon Yolanda. TVWS refers to the vacant frequencies
located between broadcast TV channels, which can be used to provide wireless data
connectivity to remote communities in the country.
Internet
peering advocates are also enthused with the Project as it can significantly
improve the speed
of Internet access in the country, the Project requires all Internet providers
for the free Wi-Fi
project to actively peer with PhOpenIX, the country's only third party Internet Exchange,
also managed by DOST.
Independent
ICT Policy Researcher Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos , said that, Wi-Fi offloading
is a great initiative. The expansion and use of Wi-Fi networks in public areas can bring
about better quality of service, especially for the growing number of mobile broadband
users. The prerequisite of peering through the PHOpenIX for ISPs who want to participate
in the Wi-Fi project can give a boost to the local Internet exchange, provide greater
security to government data exchanged through the network, and allow for more efficient
use of bandwidth capacity, as local data remain within our national border. If successfully
enforced, it is recommended that latency for locally hosted data not take more than 50 ms
RTT, the standard used by IDA of Singapore. IP peering allows networks to exchange
traffic with each other freely by creating an interconnection between ISPs.
Such a connection
would allow subscribers and applications of ISPs to pass through a shared domestic
Internet exchange point, resulting in improved performance and greater traffic capacity
The Free
Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places project of the Department of Science and Technology's
Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Office to bring Internet connectivity
to class 4, 5, and 6 municipalities in the country recently got a three billion peso upgrade
from the Senate and will be a nationwide project.
Originally,
the Project was designed to cover only town plazas of 748 class 4, 5 and 6 municipalities,
with a budget of 334 million pesos. Last week’s budget deliberations in the Senate upgraded
the project to have nationwide coverage. The project is now designed to provide not
only free Wi-Fi in town plazas in municipalities, but also including transport
terminals
(train, sea and air), school yards, hospital lobbies, national government
agencies, public
parks and local government unit offices.
World Bank
studies showed that for every 10 percent increase in broadband connectivity results in
a 1.38 percent increase in Gross Domestic Product (GDP). According to Undersecretary
Louis Casambre of the DOST-ICT Office, “any increase in Internet connectivity
through “Free Wi-Fi Internet Access in Public Places” will jump start economic
development by giving access to e-Commerce, e-Learning, and e-Government tools to
beneficiaries…” These can increase their incomes and pushing their economic status
upwards across the nation, especially those belonging in the countryside.
Casambre
also added that most of the countryside is in a “vicious cycle”, where most citizens
are unable to afford broadband Internet giving little to no incentive for
private sector
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to invest in the necessary network
infrastructure for lack of an
acceptable return on investment.” This leads to lack of opportunity to reap the benefits
that Internet connectivity has proven to bring.
Internet
connectivity and Wi-Fi hotspots to most municipalities for the project will be sourced
from the country's Internet Service Providers (ISP), while in areas that do not
have broadband
connectivity/infrastructure, the DOST ICT Office intends to use TV White Space
(TVWS) Technologies which was used to provide last mile connectivity in areas affected by
the Bohol earthquake and Typhoon Yolanda. TVWS refers to the vacant frequencies
located between broadcast TV channels, which can be used to provide wireless data
connectivity to remote communities in the country.
Internet
peering advocates are also enthused with the Project as it can significantly
improve the speed
of Internet access in the country, the Project requires all Internet providers
for the free Wi-Fi
project to actively peer with PhOpenIX, the country's only third party Internet Exchange,
also managed by DOST.
Independent
ICT Policy Researcher Mary Grace Mirandilla-Santos , said that, Wi-Fi offloading
is a great initiative. The expansion and
use of Wi-Fi networks in public areas can bring
about better quality of service, especially for the growing number of mobile broadband
users. The prerequisite of peering through the PHOpenIX for ISPs who want to participate
in the Wi-Fi project can give a boost to the local Internet exchange, provide greater
security to government data exchanged through the network, and allow for more efficient
use of bandwidth capacity, as local data remain within our national border. If successfully
enforced, it is recommended that latency for locally hosted data not take more than 50 ms
RTT, the standard used by IDA of Singapore. IP peering allows networks to exchange
traffic with each other freely by creating an interconnection between ISPs.
Such a connection
would allow subscribers and applications of ISPs to pass through a shared domestic
Internet exchange point, resulting in improved performance and greater traffic
capacity
See original post of this press release at DOST website: http://icto.dost.gov.ph/dost-free-wi-fi-project-gets-a-p3b-upgrade/
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