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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
July 1, 2019
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Legislative History
| House Bill/Resolution NO. HB00038 | |
| 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 : 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 | |
| ABSTRACT : Seeks to mandate the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver minimum internet connection speeds of 10 megabytes per second (mbps) for all mobile, fixed and fixed wireless broadband/internet access to their subscribers and shall modify, improve, or change telecommunication lines and systems or expand their infrastructure to run on higher capacity bandwidths based on the number of subscribers demanding for their services . | |
| ALIAS NAME : "Faster Internet Services Act" | |
| PRINCIPAL AUTHOR/S : BIAZON, RUFFY B. | |
| DATE FILED : 2019-07-01 | |
| SIGNIFICANCE: NATIONAL | |
| CO-AUTHORS (Journal Entries) : | |
| 1. Violago (000 2019-07-29) | 2. Salvador-Tambunting (000 2019-08-05) |
| 3. Silverio (000 2019-08-08) | 4. Lacson-Noel (000 2019-08-08) |
| 5. Nieto (000 2019-08-20) | 6. Sy-Alvarado (000 2019-08-28) |
| 7. Arenas (000 2019-10-17) | 8. Tan (S.A.) (000 2020-01-28) |
| 9. Tan (A.) (000 2020-07-13) | 10. Olivarez (000 2021-03-02) |
| ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE COMMITTEE ON RULES | |
| REFERRAL TO THE COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY ON 2019-07-23 |
Abstract
Seeks to mandate the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to require Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to deliver minimum internet connection speeds of 10 megabytes per second (mbps) for all mobile, fixed and fixed wireless broadband/internet access to their subscribers and shall modify, improve, or change telecommunication lines and systems or expand their infrastructure to run on higher capacity bandwidths based on the number of subscribers demanding for their services .
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