Globe Telecom continues to strengthen its advocacy towards responsible use of the internet through a massive information drive meant to educate users on proper internet use.
Globe partnered with the MLAC Institute for Children and Families to educate parents on how to best guide their children on the proper use of internet and computers. “Because it is our responsibility to provide our subscribers with quality internet services, we are doing all we can to teach our broadband users how to properly use the internet,” said Jurist Gamban, Head of Globe Fixed Broadband Business.
Gamban added, “Through this forum, we are actively involving the parents in guiding their children when they access the World Wide Web. We are concerned about how children are exposed to various internet activities, from downloads, playing games, to watching videos and doing social networking and chatting. Without restrictions, the internet can be a source of information not suited for children, or worse, might pose risks that will threaten their minds and own security.”
In a study done by Envisional for NBC Universal released in December 2010, on files managed by Public BT, comprising the top 10,000 torrents, close to 36% of torrent downloads was pornography and another 48% was movies and television shows. The study further claimed that 23.8% of global internet traffic is piracy-related and nearly one-quarter of the traffic on the internet involves the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials such as movies, TV shows, music and video games. These activities, apart from being unsecured, also utilize a significant amount of broadband network data which prohibits other subscribers to enjoy the same quality of internet connection.
In response to this practice, Globe implemented a policy that promotes a more responsible way of using the internet that will ensure fair and optimum usage of its broadband services across all subscribers. In a recent analysis, about 5% use 80% of the available broadband network bandwidth leaving only 20% of the capacity to be shared by 95% of the remaining users.
Moreover, the policy aims to preserve the quality of resources in order to provide subscribers with seamless, uninterrupted, and reliable internet connections. In the Philippines where network bandwidth is a finite resource, it is necessary to adopt a policy that promotes responsible and fair use of the internet to prevent abuse and misuse of services from a relatively smaller group of consumers. This also ensures consistency and reliability of connection for use of the greater majority of broadband subscribers.
