TOPIC: DOJ warns data capping, throttling, false unli

DOJ warns data capping, throttling, false unli of telcos

The Department of Justice has released a second advisory yesterday warning telcos about deceiving consumers on their supposed unlimited internet services.

In a 9-page Advisory dated 09 December 2014, the DOJ expounds that the imposition of fair usage policy on unlimited internet service is inconsistent with the provisions of the Consumer Act, particularly on fair packaging as well as misleading trade practice and advertisements.



Assistant Secretary Geronimo L. Sy, head of the DOJ-Office for Competition (OFC), said that “unlimited data is like unlimited rice or buffet concept – restaurants cannot offer an ‘eat all you can’ promo and when a customer eats more than the average person, to actually stop him or not to honor the commitment.” The Advisory thereby calls on the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) and National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) to monitor and penalize non-compliant telcos.

The DOJ, through the Office for Competition (OFC), issued said Advisory in the fulfillment of its mandate to protect consumers from unfair business practices and to advance consumer welfare.

The applicable law that of concern here is RA7394.

Republic Act No. 7394, series of 1992, known as the Consumer Act of the Phihppines (“Consumer Act”), advances the “protection against deceptive, unfair and unconscionable sales acts and practices” as well as promotes the “provision of information and education to facilitate sound choice and the proper exercise of rights by the consumer.”

Article 50 considers an act or practice deceptive “whenever the producer, manufacturer, supplier or seller, through concealment, false representation of fraudulent manipulation, induces a consumer to enter into a sales or lease transaction of any consumer product or service.”

The US Government has also pursued cases against carriers in the United States regarding their promise on unlimited internet.

i hope this will remove GLOBE's FUP (na subrang panget pa ang implementation)

bakit warning lang?

at anong power ng DOJ sa mga negosyo? alam ba nila ang phrase na "mind your own business"

lastly, fiber optics or GTFO.

hindi din. may throttling na din sa fiber brad kidlat. 2 weeks na ko throttled. dapat ata i-send ko to sa super visor nila, matakot man lang. kakasawa tumawag lol.

LOTR wrote: hindi din. may throttling na din sa fiber brad kidlat. 2 weeks na ko throttled. dapat ata i-send ko to sa super visor nila, matakot man lang. kakasawa tumawag lol.

pano throttling sa fiber? PLDT fibr?

^
^ hindi nga ako si kidlat eh.

^ yup.

kasi sa totoo lang. mabilis sobra ang fiber optic. sa US po (or I think Canada?), residential ang 50mbps. price is 45 USD (2k php).

for sure naglalaway na tayo sa gnyang speed.

kaya fiber optics or GTFO.

narmenia wrote:

LOTR wrote: hindi din. may throttling na din sa fiber brad kidlat. 2 weeks na ko throttled. dapat ata i-send ko to sa super visor nila, matakot man lang. kakasawa tumawag lol.

pano throttling sa fiber? PLDT fibr?

yup meron. 20mbps ako, pag download k sa torrent today 10mbps lang max kahit ilang torrent pa ilagay mo. sa speedtest 20mbps naman. tska sa mga download managers walang ligtas, deny to death ung CSR nila lol

^ ito ang patunay na ang mga pinoy ay mga

sakim.

truly, kidlat020 knows. I no longer wonder why he looks down on pinoys. isang tunay na patotoo ang pinakita sa atin. how sad nga lang na na-ban siya.

komo_cakeps wrote: ^ ito ang patunay na ang mga pinoy ay mga

sakim.

truly, kidlat020 knows. I no longer wonder why he looks down on pinoys. isang tunay na patotoo ang pinakita sa atin. how sad nga lang na na-ban siya.

Ang plastic ha. Alam mong ikaw c kidlat at alam din ng lahat dito that you are denying to high heavens that you are really him. Anong akala mo sa mga tao dito, dense?

E ano kung aminin mo, me mawawala ba sa yo at sa mga tao dito? Are you that important?

Yong paulit ulit mong line against sa pinoy, gets na namin. Di na kelangn ulit ulitin pa

beyondlife wrote:

komo_cakeps wrote: ^ ito ang patunay na ang mga pinoy ay mga

sakim.

truly, kidlat020 knows. I no longer wonder why he looks down on pinoys. isang tunay na patotoo ang pinakita sa atin. how sad nga lang na na-ban siya.

Ang plastic ha. Alam mong ikaw c kidlat at alam din ng lahat dito that you are denying to high heavens that you are really him. Anong akala mo sa mga tao dito, dense?

E ano kung aminin mo, me mawawala ba sa yo at sa mga tao dito? Are you that important?

Yong paulit ulit mong line against sa pinoy, gets na namin. Di na kelangn ulit ulitin pa

mas tutulin kasi paghatol kaya ganun ^__^