{"id":55941,"date":"2015-07-16T22:20:06","date_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:20:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=55941"},"modified":"2015-07-16T22:20:06","modified_gmt":"2015-07-16T14:20:06","slug":"escudero-ntc-should-start-fixing-poor-internet-service-in-ph","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2015\/07\/16\/escudero-ntc-should-start-fixing-poor-internet-service-in-ph\/","title":{"rendered":"Escudero: NTC should start \u2018fixing\u2019 poor Internet service in PH"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Sen. Francis ‘Chiz’ Escudero (Photo from Escudero’s Facebook page)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MANILA \u2013Senator Francis \u201cChiz\u201d Escudero called on the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to immediately fix the poor Internet services in the Philippines by starting with directing telecommunication companies to setup routing Internet data in the country instead of doing so in other countries.<\/p>\n

Escudero believed that using the Philippine Open Internet Exchange (PHOpenIX), the Philippines\u2019 own unified Internet exchange utility, Internet speed in the country would speed up.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe NTC should start cracking the whip and fix the system immediately. It cannot be \u2018business as usual\u2019 anymore. Let\u2019s do away with the mentality of just accepting the present situation and start doing something about it,\u201d he said in a statement.<\/p>\n

With the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co. (PLDT) being the country\u2019s largest telco, Escudero urged NTC to persuade PLDT to initiate connecting to own Internet exchange point.<\/p>\n

\u201cPLDT does not want to connect to PHOpenIX. Instead, it connects to the Hong Kong Internet Exchange (HKIX) through its private Vitro Internet Exchange (VIX). I find this questionable because routing data overseas and then terminating here in the country takes a lot longer than routing and terminating data flow within the country,\u201d Escudero said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhy doesn\u2019t PLDT just connect to PHOpenIX? PLDT is the biggest telco in the country. Its sheer size, and the influence it wields in the information and technology industry, could very well change the IT landscape overnight. But by refusing to connect to PHOpenIX, PLDT is holding the country\u2019s Internet world hostage,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Escudero expressed dismay over NTC\u2019s lack of urgent action on the current issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe problem is that government agencies that are supposed to monitor these telcos and help consumers don\u2019t seem to feel the urgency of the situation,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

It can be recalled that Internet providers Ookla and Akamai recently released Internet speed reports, which showed that the Philippines has not been at par with other countries in terms of Internet speed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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