Topic: Gov’t Plans Nationwide ‘Super Wi-Fi’

[Rockford]

Gov’t Plans Nationwide ‘Super Wi-Fi’

Due to scant broadband frequencies, the government plans to harness unused Television channels - White Space (TVWS) or ''Super Wi-Fi'' - nationwide within 3 years to connect rural areas, schools and also for health, disaster migration, e-services and e-business.

Between them, Metro Manila and Cebu have 18 unused channels, with 46 percent of spectrum wasted.

Davao has 62 percent TV White space with 24 unused channels and the country's rural areas have a total of 24-31 unused channels, or 62-80 percent TV White Space.

''When you turn on your TV to these unused channels, the set displays ''white noise'' resembling snow, with a hissing sound,'' according to Louis Napoleon C. Casambre Executive Director, Information and Communications Technology Office of the Department of Science and Technology (DOST-ICTO) in a press briefing Friday.

''They carry no useful information and contribute nothing to the government coffers,'' he stressed.

White space only served as ''guard bands'' intentionally left unused to avoid interference between active channels but recent advances in TV technology removed the need for them.

Combined, all the white spaces in the country represent a bandwidth potential of up to 703 Megabits per second (Mbps) with a 378 percent growth potential from technology improvements, Casambre pointed out.

At present, only 47 percent of cities and municipalities have broadband access. Just 45 percent of high school and 2 percent of elementary schools have internet access. A mere 20 percent of households have Personal Computers and most families cannot afford broadband connection.

Already, the US Federal Communications Commission (FCC) approved the use of TVWS in 2010 for data communications.

Read more:
http://ph.news.yahoo.com/gov-t-plans-nationwide-super-wi-fi-065258874--finance.html


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[Dairycow]

sana totoo ito. sana talaga

[astute2869]

aircon sa buong sa pinas kaya?

[godo12345]

expect the productivity of every pinoy who has access to these facilities to be lowered by 50%. malamang, mauubos lang ang oras sa facebook. kung maimplement man ito sana limited lang ang site na pwdeng i buksan at sana monitored bawat pc for security purposes at para din hindi abusuhin.

[dweizz]

dude, election... ang bilis nyo sumakay

[leightot]

kung maiimplement yan. sure super bagal nyan and take note, in other neighboring countries matagal ng mayroon public wifi but not everyone can use it, I mean like in Taiwan you're capable only to use it if you're gonna login using a specific ID numbers.

[Pierro7]

Imagine lahat connected via wi-fi ...
lahat naka-viber? 
I doubt pa rin dyan.

[Rolly]

goodbye Globe at Smart pag mangyayari ito :-)

[rbspiderX]

malabo atang mangyari to..malamang unang unang magrereklamo jan e ang may ari ng pdlt..monopolized nila ang 80% ng internet sa pilipinas e, malaking pagkaluge ang mangyayari sa negosyo nila. e ang mga pinoy mahilig sa libre..kahit mabagal basta libre ok lang

[Ilonggo-by-blood]

Knock knock!

Who's There?


Z T E


Z T E who


 

[Kurimasu]

Hays, gobyerno pa ng PINAS? Bwahahahahahahaha. Baka mauumpisan yan pero ndi matatapos... Uumpisahan sa salita, salita ng salita, pangako ng pangako, pero wala naman natatapos... Wag na lang tayong umasa... 

[rodeo]

i think ipapalicense din nila sa mga telcos yun... ito po yun part ng report

TVWS will not compete with local telcos or cause interference. ''The telcos can participate in the trials,'' Casambre clarified. ''We can a give a telco a free TV frequency if they price their connectivity service lower.''

in short bibilin ng telco yan tapos papangitan nila ang service para maging dependent din uli tayo sa celphone....

[gkhan]

As the title says, PLANS. So plano lang. Di naman sinabing gagawin or implement. Iba ang plano, iba ang implementation.  So plano is plano, drawing ika nga. Nun pang panahon ni Ate Josie, nag plano na sila ng rural telephone system sa DOTC. Yan eh panahon pa ni Ms. Cory. That was more than 30 years ago. Meron na ba kayong nakita na telepono sa mga baryo? Fortunately, di na rin natuloy kasi nauso na ang cellphone.  Malaki rin sana ang lugi ng gobyerno kun tinustusan nila ito. In the same manner, baka in five years ay meron pang maimbento na mas mabilis pa sa LTE so hanggang plano na lang yan kasi technology will overtake it again. Lam mo naman ang DOTC, puro studies at pagkatapos, review ng studies, tapos, review ng review ng studies at patapos eh balik uli sa bagong idea na naman pag pasok ng bagong mga nahalal. In the meantime, sa kakaplano, iba na ng technology ang darating so maiiwan na naman ang plano nila. Di na rin magiging feasible. Pakakagatin ang botante at baka sakaling mahalal ang sinuman nangangakong ipatutupad ito.

[-=Kurabo=-]

bilisan muna nila internet speed sa pinas baka naman kahit facebook di mo magamit to. In the end plano lang to at pabango kasi malapit na eleksyon

[flipblood]

no way  sabi ng globe at smart

[praeto_RYAN]

kailan kaya nila pag-uusapan yan with prospective contractors?  hindi kaya pag-uusapan yan over a friendly golf game ALA nbn-zte deal?

[CHILO20]

ewww 100mb share share na buong pinas hahaha

[sweetbayag2]

computer nga wala ako wi-fi pa 

[MasterChief63]

if im not mistaken this is a NEW NAME for that fuqed up National Broadband deal with ZTE that GMA got cuaght up with right? ayos ah iniba lang yung pangalan

[setupsearch]

i would be a little too skeptical about privacy and security if ever this is implemented.
sabagay kailangan na rin talaga ng ingat online...

[Idiot]

har har har har

broadband deal nga pumalpak kinonvert yun funds sa pagpapa-alis ng mga squatter sa tabi ng riles ng tren yan pa kayang WIFI na yan