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FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO REQUIRE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DELIVER A MINIMUM STANDARD OF 10 MEGABYTES PER SECOND (10MBPS) FOR INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED
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Date filed
June 30, 2016
Scope
Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00019 | |
| FULL TITLE : AN ACT MANDATING THE NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO REQUIRE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS TO DELIVER A MINIMUM STANDARD OF 10 MEGABYTES PER SECOND (10MBPS) FOR INTERNET CONNECTION SPEED | |
| SHORT TITLE : Faster Internet Services Act | |
| ABSTRACT : Mandates the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver minimum Internet connection speed of 10 megabytes per second (10mbps) for all mobile, fixed and fixed wireless broadband/internet access to their subscribers and to require ISPs to guarantee that they continuously develop their system and they work towards providing an average Internet connection speed above global average. | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BIAZON, ROZZANO RUFINO B. | |
| DATE FILED : 2016-06-30 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| NATURE : Economic | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Sy-Alvarado (007 2016-08-08) | 2. Pimentel (009 2016-08-10) |
| 3. Sambar (011 2016-08-16) | 4. Maceda (015 2016-08-24) |
| 5. Sarmiento (C.) (024 2016-09-20) | 6. Violago (020 2017-09-07) |
| 7. Lobregat (022 2017-09-11) | 8. Belmonte (J.C.) (022 2017-09-11) |
| 9. Chipeco (022 2017-09-11) | 10. Mercado (022 2017-09-11) |
| 11. Tambunting (000 2017-11-22) | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE | |
| COMMITEE HEARINGS/ACTIONS: | |
| 1. Scheduled for meeting/hearing on 2016-11-16 | |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 2016-07-26 |
Abstract
Mandates the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver minimum Internet connection speed of 10 megabytes per second (10mbps) for all mobile, fixed and fixed wireless broadband/internet access to their subscribers and to require ISPs to guarantee that they continuously develop their system and they work towards providing an average Internet connection speed above global average
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