@argv_minus_one Yep, apparently inspired by it. For now, some politicians are just floating the idea… trying to gauge the reaction of everyone.
As for the budget, good luck. Haha. They'll probably get the ISPs, and other private entities, involved… since it's doubtful they'll get enough government budget to set it up.
(It took us two decades to pass a law mandating shared cell towers, and to put a ceiling to how many cell towers telcos can operate [and definitely not shared towers]; it took a President like Duterte to get that law passed.)
Then again, if the relationship between the Philippines and China did not sour after President Marcos Jr took over, China will probably help and fund the Philippines' great firewall.