Facebook is teaming up with our government

@lady1993 (27225)
Philippines
November 16, 2017 5:01am CST
to provide faster internet connection. I am quite happy with this, i hope this won't only be news, but become reality. I would jump ship immediately See full article below:
The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the Bases Conversion and Development Authority (BCDA) today announced that they launched
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Judy Evans
@JudyEv (325815)
• Rockingham, Australia
16 Nov 17
Faster internet would be good. We are very lucky as our internet speed is already fast.
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lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
17 Nov 17
i know, i really envy other nations, i think we have the slowest speed in the entire world
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dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
17 Nov 17
How would Facebook help in faster internet?
dpk262006
@dpk262006 (58675)
• Delhi, India
20 Nov 17
@lady1993 Spectrum is a kind of Band width for carrying signals/data of mobile phones
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lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
18 Nov 17
“In exchange for utilizing the bypass infrastructure, Facebook will provide the Philippine Government with spectrum equivalent to at least 2 million Mbps" (from the article) I am not really sure what spectrum means though
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lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
21 Nov 17
@dpk262006 oh so that is good news then
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
16 Nov 17
Woah, that would be awesome if that's the case. I really have issues with our internet connection here.
lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
17 Nov 17
yeah, i think almost all of us have... maybe when it happens we will all subscribe to them
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Bhem
@JustBhem (70555)
• Davao, Philippines
17 Nov 17
@lady1993 Let see what will happen next.
A loves B
@A_loves_B (1608)
• Indonesia
16 Nov 17
I hope it becomes reality soon. I'm happy for you.
lady Di
@lady1993 (27225)
• Philippines
17 Nov 17
so far it is still news, they say it may happen in 2019.soooooo, still so far