Internet Speed

Your Internet connection will soon be faster, well at least on average. The National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) has required mobile broad services to have a minimum speed of 256 kilobits per second (Kbps).

That’s equivalent to 0.26 mbps, which is still too slow compared to the national average—2.5 mbps in 2015 according to Ookla and 3.6 mbps in 2014 according to ASEAN DNA. But on the plus side, it’s still faster than dial-up and GPRS speeds that many internet service providers (ISPs) often impose on users who surpass their monthly or daily data limits.

This is great news for everyone who consistently subscribe to a mobile broadband service, which is any service or mobile network to which a smartphone, tablet, USB donglers or other device can connect via SIM card and access the Internet. The NTC plans to start monitoring telcos and ISPs before elections in May and penalize any company that fails to comply or deliver on their advertised Internet speeds.

Fixed broadband services, such as cable, DSL and fiber, are also required to set a minimum speed of 256 kbps since last year, back when the NTC signed a memorandum circular ordering telcos and ISPs to adopt the standard of the Internation Telecommunications Union.

[Via GMANews] [Image By Tony Webster (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons]

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