PCCI President says Internet speed should be at 15-20Mbps within a year

The Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (PCCI) President George T. Barcelon said that the Philippines should have an Internet speed of 15 to 20Mbps within a year.

PCCI President Barcelon told media during an interview that the country’s Internet speed should be at 15 to 20Mbps, from the current 3 to 4Mbps, within a year.

PCCI Pres. Barcelon: Internet speed should be 15-20mbps from current 3-4mbps within a year pic.twitter.com/s2KULwFkrK

— Michelle Orosa-Ople (@michelleorosa) June 23, 2016

He also added that Internet access should be widened to include farmers, SMEs, and the tourism sector. Telecommunications companies should also reduce Internet costs to Php300USD 5INR 433EUR 5CNY 37 to Php400USD 7INR 578EUR 6CNY 50 a month for individuals and Php300USD 5INR 433EUR 5CNY 37 to Php500USD 9INR 722EUR 8CNY 62 for families in 3 years.

Improvement of Internet and telecommunications services is one of the top 10 actionable recommendations Barcelon presented to President-Elect Duterte. This includes amending the existing Telecommunication Law (RA 7925) and passing of a law that will regulate the deliver of these services in order to make it competitive with the best in the region.

source: Michelle Orosa-Ople

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18 Comments

trapik says:

9 years ago

“We’re not the slowest. I don’t believe that. I’m not saying we’re on top of Korea or Singapore but we should not believe the myth that we are the slowest” – MVP of PLDT

Kung ganito ang pahiniwala ni MVP, mukhang madilim ang kinabukasan ang internet sa Pilipinas
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Ramon says:

9 years ago

it’s like they’re saying:
“we’re not he WORST crooks… we’re only second worst, we shouldn’t think that we are a bad person…”

just sayin' says:

9 years ago

the word “should” was used a couple of times but “would” was never used so…. dont get your hopes up
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dugong says:

9 years ago

15-20Mbps then they is CAPPING!!!
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warrior73 says:

9 years ago

“they is CAPPING!!”…wow..just wow.

Jo3yization says:

9 years ago

So,, Basically no improvement lmao.
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Anonymous says:

9 years ago

Kahit at 3 to 10 mpbs na walang capping, ok na sa akin. Eh 1 mbps nga lang ako ngayon, kinakapos…..
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zodylogan says:

9 years ago

Hindi nalang sana nila binabaan ng sobra-sobra yung price of SMS/calls para hindi sila mamroblema kung paano nila ipapababa yung price ng internet.
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XYZ says:

9 years ago

medyo lugi sila kung itataas yung call/text rate kasi maraming call/text apps using the net.

10.1 mbps says:

9 years ago

Puro negatibo mga komento ng mga ito. Inaayos na nga reklamo pa din. Kung gusto ninyo ng unlimited high speed connection magbayad kayo. Dun kayo mag torrent at CoC. Katulad lang yan ng hamburger – mas malaki, mas masarap, mas nakakabusog = mas mahal. Naiintindihan nyo ba mga utak talangka??
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globegreed says:

9 years ago

Napaniwala ka nanaman ng mga matatamis nilang salita? yung 7Mbps plan nga nila hindi nila mamaintain maintain. Sabi Up to 7Mbps at dahil nakasulat “Up to” nakakatakas sila maski ang binibigay lang nilang speed mas mababa pa sa 0.50kbps at MADALAS pang walang internet conenction pero sinisingil parin ang full price. Kung sa maliit na bagay hindi nila maayos eto pa kayang sinasabi nilang 15-20Mbps? Puro sila salita wala namang ngyayari.

evereth says:

9 years ago

Di kelangan ng pinas faster internet. Anyway kahit sa ibang bansa may capping parin naman pag home internet. Pang torrent and games lang yan.
Kelangan ng pinas infrastructure for transportation, roads, etc going outside the metro para magkaron ng business and jobs buong pinas.
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Klky says:

9 years ago

What?! Ignorante kba? Di mo ba alam na npka dami nang advantage ng mas mabilis na net pagdating sa global market? Gaya nalang ng mga multimedia arts, content creators. Di sila mkapag UL/DL ng media files na gb ang size dahil sa bagal ng net? Delayed sila sa transactions at investors coming from outside the country . Sa lazada nga lang e yung mga flash sales nila dahil yung iba e mabagal ang net, yung ibang horders na mabilis ang net e nkakapag take advantage din, sa india ang flash sales nila matagal na ang 10mins per 10000 units sold. Yang uber/grab need din ng net dyan. Mdami pang iba kaya kung sa tingin mo e games at torrent lang yan e magisip isip ka.

M says:

9 years ago

10MBPS with 500GB monthly cap for PLAN999 – this is good enough for me =)
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RTFA says:

9 years ago

Kung binasa nyo sana yung link na “Top 10 actionable recommendations” Inirekomenda na gumawa ng internet cooperatives. Posible maging mura ang presyo ng internet since hindi dadaan sa PLDT, Kung bibigyan sila ng utang galing sa gobyerno para sa paglagay ng mga linya at tanggalin ang red tape sa paglagay ng cable na sinisingil ng mga municipal mayors.
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markxt9000 says:

9 years ago

Another reason why i need to live in america because of the internet. You can’t download a gta game or Quantum Break for a day because philippines has slow connection like minimum 50kbps to maximum 4mbps. Also, you can’t play Agar.io, Slither.io, diep.io, or any .io games you know because they’re lagging all the time.
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wtf says:

9 years ago

ika nga ng kant – ‘libre ang mangarap’….tumama tayo ng 5mbps internet speed na 95% reliability guaranteed, all over the philippines, php500/month at both for wireless and wired…
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Ronald G. Abello says:

9 years ago

Not unless they allow new playets to come in the duopoly of globe smd pldt will never budge to give in and increase their bamdwith nor remove the capping on internet usage.
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