[Ubuntu-PH] NBN is all about overpricing, kickbacks and not about services

[Franz Allan Valencia See]

comment lang po....

galing talaga ni Mr. Palengke sa NBN project :-)

On 9/19/07, rick <rbahaguejr at gmail.com> wrote:
> NBN is all about overpricing, kickbacks and not about services
>  Computer professionals say Filipinos could have made a cheaper alternative
>
>  Reference: Rick Bahague
>  Contact: 09178840096
>
>  "The NBN project is really about who will get the kickbacks," said Rick
>  Bahague of the Computer Professionals Union on the ongoing hearing on the
>  controversial National Broadband Network in the Senate. The National
>  Broadband Network is a multibillion peso information technology project.
>  The Department of Transportation and Communications has already computed
>  the supposed huge savings in yearly communications costs if this project
>  is finished.
>
>  "Computerizations and improved communication networks are welcome
>  improvements in providing service to the grassroots", adds Bahague. "But
>  it should not be a way for the First Gentleman and his cohorts to get huge
>  kickbacks." The NBN project aims to interconnect 2,295 government agencies
>  and 23,549 municipalities and barangays. The First Gentleman has been
>  recently implicated as the "Mystery Man" in the contract negotiations.
>
>  “The National Broadband Network, if implemented by a government with
>  genuine interest in serving its population, can indeed enhance the flow of
>  information between national and local agencies. Unfortunately, this
>  administration is primarily interested on sharing the kickbacks.”
>  Bahague added.
>
>  The government is not new to deals with such huge networks. The Department
>  of Science and Technology-Advanced Science and Technology Institute
>  maintains a similar network which interconnects different research
>  institutions nationwide – the Philippine Research, Education, and
>  Government Information Network (PREGINET). The said network has at least
>  16 access points for use of its partners all over the archipelago. On
>  PREGINET, local partners connect to one of the access points which has
>  direct connections to one of the 4 exchange points. The exchange points
>  are then connected to the ASTI.
>
>  "Filipino computer professionals have the competency to implement such a
>  project but the government preferred foreign counterparts. This is one
>  indication that they are really after their own interests rather than
>  implementing the project for the benefit of the people." Rick Bahague
>  added.
>
>  *The Computer Professionals' Union is a group of volunteers advocating
>  information technology for the people. CPU has been supporting different
>  grassroots organizations in the use of ICT.
>
>  NBN: Boon or Bane is posted at www.cp-union.org. ###
>
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