PLDT, the biggest telecommunications company in the Philippines, and the woe of countless internet subscribers in the country, has finally agreed to join the DOST ASTI (Advanced Science and Technology Institute)-maintained local IP peering group PHOpenIX along with other ISPs, in hopes of improving internet services and encourage healthy competition.
The good guys of tech blog Yugatech were informed and invited by the Office of Senator Bam Aquino to witness the signing of the memorandum of agreement between the telco giant and the Department of Science and Technology.
PHOpenIX is the only Exchange in the Philippine Internet industry operated by a neutral institution that allows the exchanges of Internet traffic in a free-market environment among local internet and data service providers.
Read more about this at Yugatech’s post about this development.
Thanks, Yugatech!
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“In hopes..”
what is the peering agreement?
without going into much details, it lets the government directly connect to PLDT’s infrastructure and vice versa making things go faster
buti naman, sana totohanin nila yan
Nice one! And you used Yostuba-chan for the photo! 😀
Natakot hahaha
How about the other major ISPs in the country, namely GLOBE, SMART, SUN CELLULAR, etc?
about time
Common sense has finally hit them
Hoping…
really ah? i’d believe it when i see my net not passing through HK anymore. this agreement sounds like just a physical connection thats it. stuff will pass through HK still..
taas na kaya ang dl and ul speeds at the same price???????
Maybe has to do with the so called “”FREE” Public WiFi”?
Glenn Wendell Adrian 😀
Yes tumaas na for fibr ^_^.
Sana magkafibr na rin dito samen brad pucha ang yummy na daw ng pinaka-basic nila ah
hahahahahaha taksil
sana mauna ung converge kasi gusto ko sa underdogs pero ano kasi ano ano ano ano ano ano ano ano
Haahahahahahahahhaha lolololol:D
Pwede naman natin makita bro sa system kung fibr activated na area nyo. Lately kasi random areas mga inupgrade nila… haha.
North Tondo ako par, tagal ko na humihirit dito eh kahit nung 1st implementation pa lang.
Pa pm ng exact address bro. Check ko bukas ^_^
pag may na nakita ka naghuhukay or nag nahahatak ng cable… mac un na un… dito hinukay eh.
Par ang naghuhukay lang dito eh construction ng tubig at ang wire na hinahatak dito eh magnanakaw kadalasan haha
un nga masakit kala nila tanso pa rin haha… once naputol wala na halaga yung fibr basag na e haha
is this going to be better or worse? (i just pick worse) – runs –
Does this effect globe subscriber? 😛