BY CHRYSEE G. SAMILLANO
The Bacolod Sangguniang Panlungsod is urging the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) to install a network access point or Fibr Black Box in the premises of the Bacolod City Government Center to ensure the reliability of internet connection in various offices of the city government.
The resolution authored by Councilor Em Legaspi-Ang said it has been declared a policy of the State through Republic Act No. 10929 or the Free Internet Access in Public Spaces Act that a fast and reliable internet connection plays a vital role in delivering government services especially in the digital age we are currently living in.
Internet connectivity is essential in the efficient delivery of services by the various offices at the Bacolod City Government Center, it said.
Currently, the network access point or Fibr black box nearest the BCGC is located at Helvetia Heights Subdivision which is about 300 meters away, the resolution said.
The long fiber optic cables from the network access point in Helvetia are just hanging and exposed right now which is prone to damage when hit by passing vehicles and thereby causing internet service in the area to be interrupted, it said.
The resolution said the reliability of internet connection in fiber optic cables depends on the length of cable from the access point to the junction box of the different offices.
To ensure that the internet connection being served by PLDT in the BCGC is secure, fast and reliable, it is necessary for the Sangguniang Panlungsod to pass this resolution, it added.*
