Heard about this yesterday but wasn’t able to verify it until today when I visited their booth and asked for a demo. Yes, you read it right — Sky Broadband is offering up to 112Mbps residential cable internet.
Then, I saw this banner/standee that says it’s really 112Mbps and not the 12Mbps we already knew they’re offering for about 2 years now.
Yeah, I couldn’t believe myself. So I had to see and test it. So here’s the YouTube clip I took while testing it on SpeedTest:
From our tests, it was able to register 86Mbps downstream and 4.3Mbps upstream. Sky Broadband reps tell me the theoretical speed is 112Mbps down and 5Mbps up.
I tried viewing YouTube HD (720p) and it was playing really smooth and I could really see the buffer status going faster than the playback.
There’s a catch here though — the subscription costs Php19,999 per month and it’s currently only available to residents of Manansala Tower at the Rockwell Center, Makati. They sure do know which condo residents have the cash to afford this service.
Twitter: foodrecap
says:
bagay sa kanila ay batuhin ng isang batyang KAMATIS. Who gonna pay for a 20k residential internet? They are out of their mind.
magandang nagagawa ang 112mbps
pagdating sa panood nang Anime in full HD 1080p at 47″ LED TV/PC Monitor, imagine that
makaka-Skype na Face 2 Face in High Quality 1080p or less
perfect for Internet Cafe na mahigit sa 20+ PC’s na sabay-sabay mag-youtube at manood nang sabay in full HD
imagine you’ve been hosting a website na maraming nag-visit in no time
but the downside is the Price itself, who could afford a P20k MSF for this, malamang hula ko yung mga bigating Artista ang makaka-afford yan
wow! 112mbps for almost 20k… too much costly!!
It’s cable internet right? So what happens when there are a lot of other subscribers using the pipelines?
Contrary to what others here are saying I think you should be able to spend your own money on what you see fit, if that means spending 20k on internet, why not? We do live in a capitalist society you know.
Way to go judge and generalize that they’re spoiled.
Whew! Pwede i negosyo yan ah!
ganyan lang talaga ang buhay mga tangang mayayaman lang ang papatol dyan.. mga di makuntentong sila lang ang makaka afford nyan na kahit di nila alam basta mahal ang presyo..(yabang yabang lang ikanga) kaya nga sa rockwell lang available.. not practical
Nice aus to Docsis 3.0 sa Pinas! Maglabas lang kau ng maglabas ng 100Mbps+ services para pag dating sa APO ko affordable na yan. Good job Sky.
Twitter: yizhantech
says:
wow nice speed pero not very affordable….
First Forbes Park (Globe) now a single condo in Rockwell? The Forbes rollout was more than a year ago and it hasn’t expanded. What’s the point? These guys don’t seem interested in extending it to the rest of us.
Sky Broadband is not even available to the vast majority of Makati, where people who can afford to pay the higher cost live, and that’s been out for years now. Let alone the rest of the Metro. Screw that!
@yuga there’s something wrong with ur iphone app. Iba ang lumalabas na article when i touch ur updates. I tried to comment, nag eerror lang. Im using safari to write this. Sana maayos kaagad.
This is still through phone lines?
it does not have to start with the rich people
internet should be an equalizer
guys how bout chipping in for a month or 2 ?
Twitter: jpcaparas
says:
One word — BUYANIHAN!
Here’s a hint on why they chose the location — Rockwell & Sky Broadband are both owned by the Lopezes.
in 5 years maybe that speed will only cost around 2k a month.
Twitter: zoul1380
says:
For sure Up To lang yan.. kalahati lang yan. but who would notice right? hehe
OK pagkakakitan yan. kung may kilalaka or relative sa rock, share kayo sa bayad tapos gamit ka ng wifi para sa netcafe mo. hehehe
Hehe, if you could afford PhP 20K/mo for your DSL, you probably don’t spend that much time on the internets. Unless you got rich off the internet.
Although I guess there could be a few kids on Manansala Tower begging their rich mommy and daddy for this right now, hehe.
Twitter: technokyletwit
says:
Fiber optics to wala ng iba pa. Pero ibang fibre optics gamit nila, nakita ko kac ung post ni danny choo ung kinabitan xa ng internet na 100mbps fibre optics daw sabi nya pero ibang klaseng tech na gamit ung plastic lang. ECE students kung alam nyo tech na to paki elaborate please.
Maganda to kung meron ka ng servers na inaalagaan kac di mo na kelangan mag subscribe sa paid hosting. eto na mismo un. kelangan mo lang ng storage at kung ano ano pa
Very expensive. Very few can own. Maganda yan if merong 10 people ang mag share. For sure hindi naman yun sabay sabay gagamit. So share na lang din ng bayad. Sun wireless broadband new offer
Uh wait.. SkyBroadband’s infrastructure sucks when it comes to downloading from torrents, right?
maganda to pang business
Twitter: freelancerage
says:
very impractical
if they can offer the bandwidth for TV, phone and Internet that’s good but only for Internet? no thanks
can’t they offer anything that can attract the ‘masa’ than to impress the rich people?