Just a few points I want to raise: Filipinos need broadband not because they want VoIP or something else you can now offer because you have broadband. You might be surprise that Filipinos who don’t own PCs use VoIP. They just don’t know that it is called that.

The idea of connecting all governments into one giant network is an old idea first proposed in Congress way back in the early 1990s. If you still remember the days when the term “RPWeb” was being espoused by then Catanduanes Rep. Leandro Verceles. Then later, the e-commerce mandated that government should create this network. The idea is not only limited to connecting agencies and providing them better telecom service. The idea extends to providing universal access to the public, which simply means even those you identify as non-PC users will have access to technology–whatever this is is still debateable. What’s the most common high-tech access device most Filipinos have today? Di ba, cellphone? Now, imagine that being used for governance.

What can you do about it? A lot. Blog about it. Discuss it with your friends. Find out the real story. Read the news. And make your own conclusion. Because if we keep quiet, then you and I will be paying billions of pesos for a project that might turn out as another dud because wala tayong ginawa.

just my two cents.