SUBIC FREEPORT IS NOW WiFi ZONE
SUBIC BAY FREEPORT – This premier free port is now a WiFi Zone after the Subic Bay Metropolitan Authority (SBMA) initiated a pilot project for a wireless local area network here.
Starting April 5, visitors and tourists can now enjoy wireless Internet access powered by the Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT)-SubicTel.
Engr. Vergil Joseph Lansangan, manager of the SBMA Business and Investments Department for Information and Communications Technology (BID-ICT), said the pilot WiFi Zone Project was intended to welcome visitors for the Holy Week with selected commercial and tourism areas as WiFi access points.
“Free WiFi access will run until May 5, as we anticipate more visitors this summer,” Lansangan said. He added that the SBMA and PLDT-SubicTel intend to turn the entire Subic Bay Freeport into a WiFi Zone.
For the first phase of the project implementation, however, WiFi access will be available within 100 meters from the following: Lighthouse Marina, Pier One, Bayfront Hotel, NetWorx, Subic Freeport Exchange, MeatPlus, PLDT main office, Remy Field, Subic Bay Yacht Club, Royal Subic, Eastern and Petron gas stations, All Hands Beach Resort, and Zoobic Safari.
WiFi access pins will be available at designated booths in Pier One, NetWorx, and All Hands Beach. Lansangan said that more establishments have expressed their intention to participate in the WiFi Zone Project and subscribe as access points so that more visitors and tourists can enjoy wireless Internet access anywhere in the free port.
Meanwhile, PLDT-SubicTel will be charging a minimal amount of P150 per month for an unlimited WiFi access to myDSL subscribers. Soon the Subic Bay Freeport will be completely a WiFi Zone,” Lansangan said.
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SBMA or SBFZ that is the question that needs to be answered. signs on SCTEX should read Olongapo and not Subic since SBMA is located in the city of Olongapo and actually a part of Bataan also. Subic is a town after Olongapo city.i hate it when friends of ours say oh you are from Subic but what they should say is Olongapo or Gapo for us natives that were born and raise here in Olongapo. good on PLDT to have wif zone here at SBMA/SBFZ but most of the establishments inside the Freeport zone have their own Wi-FI services so this is a little bit of overkill on PLDT.