BNS is looking at additional datacenters in Asia Pacific as possible sites for future expansion.
This photo is the one from Singtel’s Kin Chuan facilities:
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BNS GREEN Initiatives at APRICOT
BNS President Mr Wilson Chua is one of the invited speakers to talk about BNS’s green initiatives at the apricot 2009 held in Sofitel, Manila. BNS is one of the first Data Centers to adopt Intel’s High performance low-powered cpus, and more efficient storage devices, coupling it with Server virtualization technology to achieve unprecented power/performance/price ratios.
BNS is the first one to offer Green VPS packages.
Bitstop Network Services, Inc. joins SEO Workshop in Urdaneta
Urdaneta City University, College of Computer Studies together with Bitstop Network Services, Inc. and ICT Pangasinan will be conducting a Seminar Workshop on SEM – SEO this coming February 27, 2009 at Urdaneta City University, Urdaneta, Pangasinan that will be attended by IT Graduating Students and IT Instructors. And for those interested to join the seminar kindly reserve your seat with Sir Ficer into this number +63 9082299114. Reservation will be first come first served basis. See you there!
NTC Memo Dec 2008 Now Dead??
In an update to the NTC Draft Dec 2008, we just got word that CICT Commissioner Sec Roxas Chua and Monchito Ibrahim suddenly showed up in the NTC hearing. As most of you know, the NTC is UNDER the CICT. What do you know? The public hearing was suddenly cancelled!! It seems the CICT , which is the policy setting body wanted to find out more about this draft. The NTC seems to NOT have informed the CICT about this. Hence the sudden appearance of the top brass in CICT and the unceremonious cancellation of the hearings!
Insiders intimate that such a move probably means that the NTC draft is now dead in the water. We at BNS surely hopes so.
Bitstop Peering Plans with HKIX
Bitstop is currently applying for peering rights with HKIX. If approved, Bitstop plans to connect to other ISPs at 1GBPS bandwidth pipe. This will enable us to stream Philippine Music and radio at over 100 times the current bandwidth we have allocated for this.
Will post updates as we get them.
Eastern Luzon Colleges – Online
Eastern Luzon Colleges, Benguet envisions the total human development of students to be properly equipped with the modern technologies, skills and academically prepared to face the real world.
They Offer relevant dual programs of study for college and technical programs; develop the students to become professionals, business managers, and technical experts; and provide adequate opportunities, trainings, and experiences to the students to qualify them when they apply their chosen fields of specialization.
Baleraurora.net
The Municipality of Baler, Aurora welcome its people, friends and tourists to its new website.
Baler is a quaint and interesting place with lots of surprises to offer. Here, you can enjoy the warm comforts of home and the modern convenience of rural living, without the stress and hustle of a fast growing municipality.
Katipunanbank.com
Organized by spouses Mr. Gregorio P. Alano and Mrs. Bienvenida T. Alano, Rural Bank of Katipunan (ZN), Inc. which is presently at its new name Katipunan Bank (Zamboanga Del Norte), Inc. “a rural bank”, is the first rural bank in the Municipality of Katipunan, Zamboanga Del Norte where it is basically named after.
With its dynamism and aggressiveness, Katipunan Bank has certainly come a long way since its establishment some 28 years ago. They have kept true of their vision of excellence, and kept faith in their mandate of service. It shall continue to pursue its role as development catalyst in the countryside
Review of Draft NTC Registration Circular
BNS is calling for urgent and rational review of the Proposed Draft NTC Memo cirular caling for registration of web content. http://portal.ntc.gov.ph/wps/_mc/MC2009/electronic_games.html.
In essence this circular aims to require content providers (website owners, bloggers) to register with the NTC at the following amounts: Filing Fee of 300.00, Annual Registration fee of 6,000.00, with surcharge and penalties of 50% and 100% if the application is filed before or after 6 months from date of expiry.
From a hosting perspective, this registration requirement would add undue burden to our hosted clients in terms of additional procedures AND annual fees. This increases the costs of an online presence. Hosting clients and hosting companies in the Philippines would not be competitve because of this. It makes hosted sites in the Philippines more expensive compared to other countries.
Due to the worldwide nature of hosting service, clients may opt instead to be hosted OUTSIDE of the Philippines. Thus, not only will this regulation become moot and inutile, it would also cause the death on online businesses in the Philippines. This forces businesses away from the Philippines.
In the end, this will in fact hamper the growth of online content in the Philippines, rather than stimulate it.
As the draft purpotedly aims to “promote a fair, efficient and responsive market to stimulate growth and development of the telecommunications facilities and services” under RA 7925, this requirement for registration coupled with huge fees rans counter to RA 7925.
It will kill rather than stimulate growth.
If the aim is to protect consumers, hosting companies maintains records of the owners of sites. If there are issues with the website, hosting companies and service providers have the records to assist the Philippine Government protect the interests of the consuming public.
A registration procedure coupled with high annual fees is NOT needed to be able to identify the owners of the website.
Saint Mary’s Publishing Corp. – Online
Saint Mary’s Publishing Corporation, the leading textbook publishing company in the country, brings its commitment to quality to greater heights with an array of both new and revised titles improved to meet the demands of the Revised Basic Education Curriculum of 2002.
SMPC products are backed up by the competencies of seasoned educators and curriculum developers who help make the instructional materials relevant to respond to the challenges of education today.