Department of Information and Communications Technology(DICT)

Good day,

I would like to request the following information:

(1) Total number of hotspot areas where free public internet is available, disaggregated by cities and municipalities, per year since the enactment of RA 10929 to present;

(2) Number of SUCs with internet connectivity, including any assessment of the quality of their internet connection

With best regards,

Madeiline Joy Aloria

July 15, 2020

Dear Madeiline Joy,

Greetings!

Thank you for your request dated Jul 14, 2020 under Executive Order No. 2 (s. 2016) on Freedom of Information in the Executive Branch.

Your request

You asked for Statistics on hotspot areas where free public internet is available, in 2019 and 2020.

Response to your request

We were able to determine that this particular information is already available online and therefore cannot be counted as a valid FOI request. You may retrieve your requested information from http://freepublicwifi.gov.ph/livehotspots/.

Your right to request a review

If you are unhappy with this response to your FOI request, you may ask us to carry out an internal review of the response by writing to Secretary Gregorio Honasan at [email protected]. Your review request should explain why you are dissatisfied with this response, and should be made within 15 calendar days from the date when you received this letter. We will complete the review and tell you the result within 30 calendar days from the date when we receive your review request.

If you are not satisfied with the result of the review, you then have the right to appeal to the Office of the President under Administrative Order No. 22 (s. 2011).

Thank you.

Respectfully,
Alejandro Reyes
FOI Officer