The NBN is Just Stupid

Why are people talking as if the Philippine National Broadband Network deal makes any sense at all? If the Philippine government wants to get connected, have them hook their offices up to existing Philippine ISPs and be done with it. A government VPN over DSL, cable, and satellite plans from the best providers in each province would cost far less to build and maintain than this $329 million white elephant.

Connectivity is a commodity. The Philippine government is not YouTube; its bandwidth requirements simply do not justify building its own Internet backbone. Whatever your politics are, the NBN is just stupid.

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7 Comments on “The NBN is Just Stupid”
  1. pra sa byan says:

    pra skin sobra na cla phirap sila sa mamamayan.katotohanan dapat lumabas na.tanung lng din po sa mnga lokal na opisyal gya ng gobernor meyor tong gresman na nag papakita ng soporta sa pangulo. diba kyo nhihiya sa mamamayan na nag lagay sa inyo sa pwesto nadapat sila ang soporthan nyo at protekthan hindi ang iisang tao lng.tinanung nyo nba cla ang mnga nsasakupan nyo.na sumusuporta rin ba cla. sa pangulong sinusuporthan nyo! aba kilabutan na man kayo prang sriling pkinbang lng ang habol nyo dpat isama nrin kyo sa panawagang alisin nrin sa pwesto gya ng amo nyo.sna habang may hiya pa kyo sa ktawan maawa kyo sa byan nanka paloob din d2 ang pamilya ninyo.taong byan ang amo nyo hindi ang isang tao lng.pkita nyo ang tama hindi ang mali

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