http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/ Engadget Comments for Meralco planning internet over power lines in the Philippines http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 10:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 9:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 11:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 11:36AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 11:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
Anyway, they already have bayantel DSL and SkyCable broadband (which offers up to 12mbps) under the same group of company, why would they do that? BUT if it's going to give Filipinos a cheaper ISP with faster service, then why niot?

I'm gonna ditch my pathetic mydestiny internet right away if this will yield positive reviews...]]>Jul 13th 2009 11:45AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/As this is the Philippines, I'm not going to take this project very seriously.]]>Jul 13th 2009 2:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 2:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 2:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
Good concept... Bad implementations.

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http://imgur.com/DN7IT.jpg]]>Jul 13th 2009 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 1:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/gave me goosebumps walking down the street hoping a huge spider didnt come down on me and eat my head off lol

but i hope this give them better internet connection speed over there.. when i talk to my cousins online from the philippines they always seem to have server issues.]]>Jul 13th 2009 2:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/If this pushes through, I don't think Meralco will have a monopoly over internet access though since those USB 3G dongles are starting to be an attractive option. ]]>Jul 13th 2009 3:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 4:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
Dave]]>Jul 13th 2009 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
Fact is, nothing will ever succeed unless somebody gives it their best shot, and nothing really is impossible of course.. even in the Philippines!

Let's just see what happens then, alright?!

: )]]>Jul 13th 2009 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
Susme... kung service nga njila sa kuryente di maayos internet pa? Ipaubaya nlng nila sa PLDT...]]>Jul 13th 2009 7:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 10:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 10:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
With a fiber optic in the US (like Fios), it takes about 45 mins to 1.5hrs to download a 700Mb movie file

With an average DSL connection in the Phil, it takes about 6 to 8 hrs to download a 300Mb file.


The Philippines maybe ahead in SMS tech but it is years behind internet tech and services!]]>Jul 14th 2009 8:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
PLDT buys 20% of Meralco from Lopez group
By Anette Jönsson, | 16 March 2009
Read this article online at:
http://www.financeasia.com/article.aspx?CIID=139975

The telecom operator appears as a white knight to prevent the San Miguel group from gaining control of one of the Lopez family's long-term assets.
Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) has bought 20% in Manila Electric Company (Meralco) from the Lopez group, which increases its stake to 30% and effectively prevents San Miguel from taking control of the power distributor.]]>Jul 13th 2009 10:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 13th 2009 10:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
PLDT won't be a strategic partner I guess (or a cooperative one) since the Lopezes have Bayantel to begin with.]]>Jul 13th 2009 11:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/
This will definitely open doors for a lot of e-commerce initiatives in the country and will surely help in strengthening the education system.

www.techpinas.com - TechPinas: The Philippine Technology Blog]]>Jul 14th 2009 3:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 14th 2009 7:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/Jul 14th 2009 9:31AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/http://www.engadget.com/2009/07/13/meralco-planning-internet-over-power-lines-in-the-philippines/]]>Jul 16th 2009 12:13PM