&quot;The new service is expected to push data charges lower in the Philippines. Access to the Internet costs about $18 a megabit per second in the country, more than three times the global average of $5, according to research firm International Data Corp. or IDC.&quot;<p>I don&#x27;t think this will happen considering PLDT owns all the infrastructure:<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Philippines&#x2F;comments&#x2F;2aurzq&#x2F;how_pldt_deliberately_keeps_local_internet" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.reddit.com&#x2F;r&#x2F;Philippines&#x2F;comments&#x2F;2aurzq&#x2F;how_pld...</a>