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32 FREE PUBLIC WI-FI AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR CALBAYOG


32 FREE PUBLIC WI-FI AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR CALBAYOG
CALBAYOG CITY – After the test start of the wifi services was proven effective from its Point of Presence (POP) on September 18, 2016, at the field office of the Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) in the city, 32 free Wi-Fi internet access sites under the “Juan Konek” program in Calbayog are identified.

Engr. Eleazar Badrina, Field Operations Officer for Visayas Cluster 2 informed that free Wi-Fi services of the DICT’s Juan Konek program aims to deliver the freedom through the World Wide Web to most of the Filipinos, as one of the prime paces in coping with the responsibility of the government to provide its citizenry access to information, especially those who need it the most.

Badrina further informed that there are only two points of presence (POPs) for the free Wi-Fi Internet Access in public places in Eastern Visayas – Calbayog City and the municipality of Palo in Leyte.
32 FREE PUBLIC WI-FI AREAS IDENTIFIED FOR CALBAYOG
Out of the 32 sites identified for Calbayog City, Twenty-six (26) public high schools, will benefit free Wi-Fi services. Named are as follow:

1. Rafael Lentejas Memorial School of Fisheries
2. Macatingog Integrated School
3. Dawo Integrated School
4. Malaga National High School – Caglanipao Sur Annex School
5. Pilar National Agricultural High School
6. Tarabucan National High School
7. Malaga National High School
8. Seven Hills National High School
9. Oquendo National High School – Cabatuan Campus
10. Malaga National High School – Peña 1 Annex School
11. Happy Valley National High School
12. San Joaquin National High School
13. Mag-ubay National High School
14. San Joaquin National High School – Manguino-o Annex School
15. Oquendo National High School
16. Migara National High School
17. Tabawan Integrated School
18. San Joaquin National High School – Malajog Annex School
19. Trinidad National High School – Tomalligues Annex School
20. Gadgaran Integrated School
21. Calbayog City Night High School
22. Trinidad National High School
23. Calbayog City National High School
24. San Policarpo National High School
25. Calbayog City National High School – Bagacay Campus
26. Calbayog City National High School – Carayman Campus

Other access points are (1) ICT Field Office; (2) Calbayog City Health Office; (3) Northwest Samar State University; (4) Calbayog District Hospital; (5) Nijaga Park; and (6) Calbayog City Airport.

In an earlier story, it was reported that a free Wi-Fi “user will enjoy fifty megabytes (50mb) and thru a registered account, the user will be accommodated of at least 100mb to 200mb of internet services every day.”


-, April 7, 2023




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