MSGR. Julius Perpetuo S. Heruela is the parish priest of the St. Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental. Like a growing number of his...
MSGR. Julius Perpetuo S. Heruela is the parish priest of the St. Augustine of Hippo Parish in Bacong, Negros Oriental. Like a growing number of his fellow pastors in this largely Catholic country, he is holding “virtual masses” this Holy Week amid the Covid-19 pandemic, which has made public gatherings in churches a serious health risk.
“Before, Masses were just televised on national TV. Today, we can do it ourselves every day -- within the parish and with our own parishioners -- with the help of technology and fast connectivity,” said Msgr. Heruela. That was in fact the gist of the latest report on mobile connectivity in the Philippines by independent mobile analytics firm Opensignal.
Opensignal also noted the increase in download speeds on Smart’s network. “Smart won this category with users experiencing an overall Download Speed of 10.6 Mbps, that is a 12.8 percent increase over the 9.4 Mbps speed that we reported last September. It was also 3 Mbps faster than its rival,” Opensignal said, adding that in terms of Upload Speed Experience, Smart’s score of 3.9 Mbps is better than the competitor’s score of 2 Mbps.
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