To Blog or Not to Blog...and the frustrating service providers in the Philippines
Posted on Wednesday, 29 June 2016
To Blog or Not to
Blog
..and the
frustrating service providers in the Philippines
By Apolinario Villalobos
While some people take their time in
blogging shared quotes and photos from other sites, others do it with
seriousness by sharing their own ideas. “Sharing bloggers” use smart phones and
ipads in browsing the cyber web to collect what take their fancy, while “writing
bloggers” have to think and archive titles using a laptop, an ipad, or at least
a basic cellphone, and which they later develop using a laptop or a desktop
computer. Those who use smart phones can easily upload blogs for as long as
they are online and the prevalent signal permits. The same situation applies to
those who use ipads and laptops. “Writing bloggers” may develop as many topics and
keep them for later use, thereby, allowing them to upload anywhere they may be.
In areas where the signal is weak, there is
a need for a booster to enhance the capability of the wi-fi. But for the
financially handicapped who cannot afford such facility, browsing and uploading
take a hell of the time. Woe still, to those who use pre-loaded sim cards, for
by the time they can connect to the desired sites, their load is almost
consumed.
It has been acknowledged that the
Philippines is suffering from the highest internet rate in Asia. What make the
unreasonable rate worse are the inutile facilities of the service providers
that cannot accommodate millions of users. Despite this bleak situation, the
service providers have not done any immediate action, as the time allowance
that they asked from the government is a whole year of observation on their
effort, before their service is finally scrapped.
Meanwhile, the economy of the country
suffers. Blogging is not just about photos and quotes shared in facebook.
Blogging as an activity is also the uploading of business opportunities in
different sites that need to be accessed by enterprising browsers. Blogging is
about payment transaction among business entities using bank internet
facilities. It is also about plain exchange of communication among government
and private agencies. It can even include in its scope the transmitted
instructions about undertakings that involve life such as an ongoing operation
in a hospital.
The Philippines which has already been suffering
from corruption since the time she has gained freedom from the clutches of
America, is hopeful that the incoming administration of Rodrigo Duterte can
give life to its sickly cyber-tech system.
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