Joy Adalia
It’s Friday! Speculations about MVP’s big announcement are finally over. Today, businessman Manuel “Manny” V. Pangilinan announced the answer to his intriguing tweet last Wednesday.
MVP inaugurates the free mobile internet for Smart, Sun Cellular, and Talk n’ Text users. This exciting promo begins today, Friday, and is set to end tentatively on November 30 of this year – but let’s keep our fingers crossed that they will extend it infinitely.
According to MVP, by the end of this trial period, they would assess whether they will extend the promo or not. The promotion might be finite but millions of mobile users can surely benefit from this, anywhere across the country.
The free mobile internet is limited to 30MB data access per day for each user. Also, all you need to maintain is a P1 balance so you can access the web. Easy, isn’t it?
MVP even said that the volume of usage or data caps could be increased, depending on the data they gather during the trial period.
A Life-changing Announcement
Thanks to this life-changing announcement, many people across the Philippines could now have better, easier access to the internet. People living in the metropolis might not see a huge significance here but it surely brings lots of great opportunities to those living outside the world of expensive iPhones and the latest gadgets.
With free internet, for example, less fortunate people can now have access to the web. Yes, because connecting to the web is not a basic need, these people forego web connections. However, if you want to keep up with the rest of the world, it really is important to have a connection on the web – something that MVP’s announcement makes available.
The free internet connection helps students in their studies, allowing them access to websites such as Wikipedia for research purposes. Of course, no one is stopping them from enjoying some moments on social media, sharing achievements and great moments with friends.
It might already be cliché but the internet connects lives, no matter how physically far or near you are with each other. This would truly be important to people of all ages, whether you just wanted to say “hi” to a friend you have not seen for quite some time (or had said goodbye to a few minutes ago), free internet means you get to enjoy better communication with each other.
An excellent option for long-distance relationships, the free internet connection means you still can exchange messages even when you only have P1 load left on your phone. Not just for lovers, the free internet also connects lives among family members, young and old alike. Of course, you might have to teach grandma how to use a smartphone for that – but wouldn’t that be truly wonderful? That you can connect with family members living far or near?
This offer from Smart’s tri-network pushes technology forward, allowing anyone to have access to the internet. Just imagine someone living in a remote barangay with no access to an internet café or a connection at home.
With this promo, people living in hinter and remote barangays can now connect to the web, as long as the area is already reached by the network’s signal. Now, considering that Smart has continually increased its coverage across the country, many of these remote areas now have cellular connection – in turn, this mobile connection could now connect them to the rest of the world, for free!
Rich and poor alike could now have access to technology, because there really are no restrictions as to what status you have in life – thanks to the free internet!
Truly, Smart’s free internet is a life-changing announcement for us all.
30MB a day?,!!??, I don’t want to sound ungrateful but that is paltry. About 5 minutes of surfing or maybe even less.