Stuck in traffic? The Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) have recently launched a way for you to pass the time (as a passenger): free Wi-Fi along EDSA. The DICT recently launched the EDSA Wi-Fi project for all commuters moving along the metro’s main thoroughfare. The project was launched yesterday, June 12, as the country celebrated its 119 th Independence Day. In a statement, DICT Secretary Rodolfo A. Salalima said that this public Wi-Fi offering is a “gift to the people of this free nation.” “We work to give Filipinos access to the information and technology that they need in their daily lives. EDSA Wi-Fi will benefit the hundreds of thousands of commuters along EDSA daily,” Salalima added. DICT has tapped the services of the country’s largest internet service providers, Globe Telecom and PLDT (via Smart), to provide free Wi-Fi to all 13 stations of MRT-3 and the entire stretch of EDSA by August, though it is now available for use by the public.