Folks, let’s set aside for awhile the techno terms here so simple bloggers like me would get the idea of what’s this NBN storm is all about. Here’s a simple explanation, as I understand it, swak me if you think I’m a complete moron. By this NBN project, the government will build a new cyber? superhighway. Their main justification, among others, is that rural areas could connect to this superhighway for their cyber? requirements. The government people involve will not mention though that PLDT and 2 others have already existing cyber?superhighways for the same purpose. Therefore, another highway will be redundant and uncalled for, in view of the following: 1.) If there is an existing superhighway, it would be cheaper for the gov’t. to build barangay roads instead of building another superhighway; 2.) The exorbitant cost of a superhighway should be channel to more critical project that would yield maximum benefits for the people; 3.) The government has a record of proven failures to run businesses, so this NBN has a great potential to become another white elephant; 4.) My family, and the next generations of our families, will be paying the tax to pay this NBN scam. I agree with Rick Bahague, this NBN deal is nothing but a ploy to get billions of kickbacks. From our pockets.

There are too many questions already, sorrounding the NBN Deal. Add to these the following:
The elder JDV was a staunch ally of GMA. He was the concrete wall blocking all impeachment attempt of all anti GMA forces. That was before the May 2007 election. After the May 2007 election, why was JDV challenged by the very people of GMA in his bid to be the Speaker of the House? Why did GMA avoided the issue and did not even lift a finger to depend JDV from her partymates? Were those people who initiated the challenge under the instruction of some influential people in retaliation to the JDV3 NBN related actions?

I don’t think ERAP deserves to be pardoned in any circumstances. He had not helped the country during his term. In fact, he made the country’s situation worse. an all time low exchange vs. a dollar. Stealing money from poor people. Walang kaibigan, kamag-anak!!! who is he kidding? those people who want him freed may not understand why he needs to suffer in jail because it’s not them who feels the hunger and the hardship at that time.

surely there is kickback in this deal. many will benefit on the result while others fill their pockets. But what really the mother of amusement of this scam is how in the hell businessman could turn down a $10M he claimed was offered to him. Is it outright profit already for him by simply pulling out of the bid. Maybe he is bound to rake $100M out of the deal thus he don’t like an outright 10M offer without effort. I see this JDV3 as a mornic businessman who only came out with a political agenda rather than being a wistle blower.

if they could just produce a copy of the proposals and contracts things wouldn’t get too complicated.

i am not against having all agencies connected but is this a pressing need in order to better serve the public. will this project save me from waiting in long lines and jumping from one agency to another just to process some papers?

a lot of people are dying in public hospital for lack of equipments. a lot of students have no decent rooms and books in their class. surely, they deserve to be prioritized.

DI NAMAN KAILANGAN YANG BROADBAND
NETWORK. IF YOU THINK IT WILL IMPROVE GOVERNMENT SERVICES TO THE PEOPLE, THEN I WILL SELL YOU THE JONES BRIDGE. PILIT NA PILIT OBVIOUS NA MAY MGA TAONG GUSTONG KUMITA NG MALAKI. NAKAKASUKA NA !

There is NO contract being signed, what was signed was SUPPLIER AGREEMENT, it is NOT enforceable WITHOUT a signed contract for the loan. Everybody is jumping at their guns without thoroughly understanding what’s the deal with NBN.

What’s the problem folks? Why y’all huffin’ n puffin’.

please visit this link for the paper two UP professors wrote expressing their assessment of the NBN deal:

http://www.aer.ph/pdf/papers/Lacking_a_backbone_Fabella_deDios.pdf

Sus!!!! Ano ng nangyayari sa bansang PILIPINAS?,,Bilyong bilyong pera ang nawawala sa kaban ng bayan ,bagkus,yun mga corruptors sa gobyerno e, nagpapakasasa sa buhay nila kasama pamilya.Nakakaawa yung mga taong kumakain lang ng isang beses sa isang araw na mahihirap at dukhang ,kulang sa kaalaman.Mananagot kayo sa DIYOS, sa mga gawa ninyo,,Ang batas sa atin ,binaboy na ng mga may kapangyarihan na nasa pwesto.Palakasan,,pagkasilaw sa pera,,,Wala na silng kinikilalang Diyos;pansariling kapakanan na lamang ang laman halos ng pusot,isipan nila.sa ibang bansa pag ang isang politiko ay napaugnay sa isang katiwalian,,,nagreresign agad,,,sa bansang pilipinas,hindi,,,bagkus super denial sila,,gagaling,kakapal,,,,Matakot kayo sa Diyos,may Diyos pa mga corruptors.

Isa akong sumusubaybay dyan sa anomalyang BNN na yan..Tama lang marahil ang ginawang pag bubunyag ni JDV na anak ng speaker sa kongreso.mas kapani paniwala talaga ang mga paliwanag nya,,,Yun naman mga sangkot sa kabinete ay kakatawa naman ang mga sagot sa interview at mga nabubulol sila ,Iyan ay magandang ehemplo sa anak ni JVD,,walang takot,marunong magmalasakit sa bayan,,Alam nyang nasa tama sya gaya ng sabi ng ama nya.ihayag mo katotohanan at di kita pipigilan,wika ng ama,,

Yes, I’m another techno-ignorant bystander who looks beyond the supposed to be benefits of this cyber-superhighway and is so flabbergasted with the $300M cost of the project, utang pa yan ha, that I, my children and the generations after him are going to pay in taxes.

Actually its not the amount that shocked me but the kickbacks that made it so big. I think nangyari ang ousting-try kay de Venecia para di na ito mabulgar, kaya lang di nga nila napatalsik. I think ang gulong ito nagsimula lang because hindi patas ang hatian ng kickbacks. Kahit di ko kilala yang Joey III na yan, I believe him more compared to Abalos, Mendoza, FG, etc.

But have you noticed lately how our government treated its citizens like unthinking fools? They have really taken to believe we are so naive just because we don’t run to the streets anymore. They thought we are too sick and tired to howl again in protest.

God always has the perfect plan. Let’s see how the presidential couple twist in the wind. This is yet to be the best scandal the couple has cooked up for themselves.

And Luli! What has happened to this girl? What if someone comes out as well and points out Mikey’s facial tic is from drugs he abused 20 years ago?

Tama ba ito: “What God wants to destroy, He first make mad.”

LES,
Di ba ninakaw ang contract sa hotel sa China pa lang?

Walang maipakitang contract si Mendoza but Pres Gloria was saying that the contract will be honored. Now what is this contract all about then as different from supplier agreement? Di ba ito ang kasunduan na ZTE nga ang magpapa-loan ng $300M para sa NBN project? Isn’t this the contract where Pres Gloria went to China to witness the signing? And isn’t this amount too big to add to an already debt-saddled country like ours for a cyber-superhighway that will only duplicate what is already done by PLDT/Smart and Globe?

Enlighten us because it seems you know a lot. Maybe, you can expound on the nitty-gritty of these government transactions with ZTE that we, mere mortals fail to grasp. At least we can stop huffing and puffing. Sayang ang energy.

I cannot imagine myself paying more taxes as our family income is shrinking fast vs. very expensive cost of living. Raising taxes is the only means of this government to recover from bad impression of creditors, instead of vigilant collection from BIG BUSINESSMEN.

Well, as far as I’m concerned, that NBN deal is not necessary in every way those senators perceived it to be.

Masaya na ako sa dial-up. Long live the non-conformists…

Joey de Venezia is not exactly transparent with his company’s (AHI) offer of 130 million to build the NBN in relation to ZTE’s offer of 329 million. The third bidder Arescom is at 260 million dollars.

The wide discrepancy between ZTE and AHI bids can be explained rationally than jumping immediately to conclusion of a 100 percent over pricing. I’m not saying the ZTE contract is absolutely clean. Joey III should have been forthright to explain that 130 million dollars would not be enough to build a nationwide connectivity but hoping that if he won the bidding, and after he has found a supplier for the equipment and necessary financing, he plans to make the government network as the backbone to which he plans to set up and connect a communications system similar to Smart and Globe, in effect competing with them. This will be the commercial operation Joey hopes to do to subsidize the operational costs of the broadband network of the government they will operate under BOT. This is where his dad will come handy to help him get a govt franchise to operate the commercial side of the operation. Without the franchise and commercial operation of his broadband under the BOT arrangement there is no way he can recover his 130 million dollar investment.

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I’ve been hearing negative feedback about WiMAX worldwide. One of them will be on:

http://www.telstra.com.au/abouttelstra/media/podcasts_transcript.cfm?ObjectID=6

Corruption still dominates the limelight of philippine politics especially this deal was perpetrated by a known usurper of power of Edsa2, if you compare this transaction against Belle Resources stocks where if this transaction was not hindered or being cancelled it would be the GSIS and SSS members to benefit this deal for they own most of these stocks, instead the money went to jueteng activities for the purpose of those belle stocks is to eradicate jueteng and make it legal and being owned by GSIS and SSS members. sadly this is how we pilipinos dont look at the bright side of economics.

I agree with some of the comments here,NBN is just another deal to get more money from taxpayers. The First daughter should realize facts about her fathers unusual activiites and one advice to her dont judge any persons looks, she looks even worse.

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NBN Project? ung nbn channel 4 nga hindi pa madevelop..panahon pa ata ng JD at DM Transit ung station na un.

what tv station airing the live senate hearing?and usually wat tym??tnx..

Maraming bakit

Early into his testimony during the Senate’s probe on the National Broadband Network deal, CHED (read: batikang economist, inalis ng Malakanyang sa NEDA at ginawang CHED head “for a year lang” — bakit?) Secretary Romulo Neri blurted out that, seated beside him23 in a golf car during a golfing spree with ZTE people, COMELEC Chair Benjamin Abalos told him, “Sec, may 200 ka dito.”

Deriving that to have been a bribery attempt with regard to the NBN deal, Neri allegedly told Mrs. Arroyo about it, to which she replied, “Don’t accept it.”

Yun lang?

Kailan nangyari yun? Bakit kahit kasagsagan na nung controversy, Malacanang insisted on pushing through with the Broadband deal? Tapos nitong malapit nang mag-testify si Neri, why did Malacanang suddenly suspend the contract (as if it just had to project that it did something even as the Supreme Court had already ruled against the anomalous deal)? At bakit “suspension” lang at hindi outright cancellation?

Bakit nitong mga nakaraang taon, bihira yung mga officials na nasangkot na sa kontrobersya’t lahat, kapit-tuko pa rin sa poder? Whatever happened to Jocjoc Volante, Winston Garcia, Garci, Bedol, at marami pang iba?

Bakit hindi masagot kahit nino sa Senate probe ang tanong na if they were the President, would they not have cancelled the NBN deal after finding out that the contract involved bribery?

Why did Neri repeatedly invoke executive secrecy even if the matter being tackled is obviously of national interest? Nakatulog kaya ang mga taong ito kagabi? (Tsk tsk tsk… malamang. Mukhang experts na sila sa art of deception and insensitivity on the cushion of wealth and power…)

Tayo kaya? What do we do now? May epekto pa kaya sa atin ang linyang “It takes only one good man to do nothing for evil to flourish”?