Zones of Fast Connections

Front runner in the Philippine Sustainable Development Network (PSDN) and very active educator, environmental protection pioneer, social development advocate and mentor of non-profit organization leaders Dr. Serafin Talisayon says you enter a wi-fi area in South Korea and are transported into a different world. The internet connection is so fast that you can download several gigabytes of data from documents, songs, videos or even entire databases and softwares in a matter of minutes for free.

Whereas in the Philippines, it takes so many hours, sometimes days, on a dedicated wired or wireless broadband connection. With free wi-fi you don't know if you can accomplish downloads in minutes; if you need hours to complete your electronic operation, you'll have to practically sleep inside the wi-fi area, which is sometimes impossible if the venue is a mall. The vision of a company, Cyberpark Telecom, Inc. (CTI) and its sister company, CyberparkHoldings Inc. (CPHI) is to build zones of fast connections. That is the very essence of cyberparks. However, the cyberpark must be accessible to as many people as possible, therefore it has to have space for masses of people to converge and benefit from the free link to the world wide web. Thus, in the same manner as SM Shoemart, Robinsons' Malls, the technoparks of CTI and CPHI will be able to accommodate as many beneficiaries of free, fast internet. It is hoped that in the near future, wi-fi will be available everywhere in the country and there will be little difference in being inside or outside the technoparks of the Cyberpark group of companies.