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The funny truth about your local Internet Service Provider

We’re pretty sure everyone here has had a bad experience with their local internet service providers. While some continue to agonize with lack of support, intermittent service, or unfulfilled broadband speeds, the rest will just shut up and move on to the next provider.

Paying Php999 a month for 1Mbps? That’s about Php1.40 per hour for 24/7 each month. Even if your ISP is only giving you 256Kbps from that 1Mbps promise, we don’t think they feel they’re making any profits from subscribers. Add to that the cost of laying out underground cables to your neighborhood, paying for call center reps, sending technicians to your home — no ISP will think Php1.40 per hour will cut it.

So what do they do? They will also undercut you. After watching this video, you will know why.

Your local ISP — “you won’t like it, but there’s no other option”. Click like/share if you think that’s true. :p

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

42 Responses

  1. Avatar for jeremyfolio jeremyfolio says:

    Hi Yugatech!

    Could you please transcribe what’s in the video? We could not watch it because, you already knew, our internet sucks!

  2. Avatar for Vernita Vernita says:

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  3. Avatar for joebay joebay says:

    applied with a little common sense aka only in the phil..this just my imo, ang ISP dito sa atin malamang kumikita lang sa pagbawas sa promised/advertised speed sa kanilang clients, na ang sana for example,tulad ng isang litrong softdrink dapat apat lang ang maghati iinom, in this case pinagkasya sa walo, catch my drift..kaya tulad ko a poor mans clientee, inaagapan ko na lang sa paglagay ng wifi unit ko sa magandang puwesto para huwag lumala ang pagbaba sa signal at maka-apekto sa transmission..meron akong 1 mbps servise but in reality, 50 percent of it @ 60/70 of it considered the (isp) service rendered and received..and every due date kamot na lang ng ulo para makapagbayad ..welcome to the inernet age and please vote wisely..he he he..

  4. Avatar for WAAbuffet WAAbuffet says:

    People are not getting their money’s worth. Isn’t this a concern of DTI?

  5. Avatar for justin justin says:

    tama yun sinabi nung lalaki kahit di ko na panuodin pa yung video nya, base on exp.. halos lahat ng ISP Company ay ganyan ang ibibigay na internet speed sa mga mabababang plan.. 1mbps?, 2mbps? pero ang talagang net speed mo lang ay nasa 256kbps lang o di na aabot sa 1mbps na inaplay ng customer.. siguro mas binibigay nila ang mas makatutuhanang net speed sa mga nagbabayad ng mahal, yung katulad sa mga business Establishments like comp shop(netshop)sa tabi tabi o sa mall.. by exp parin.. (sigh) NTC? para saan pa ang ibat ibang ahensya ng gobyerno kung wala din naman silang pangil na labanan ang ganitong anomalya? kayo na humusga.. GOD BLESS everyone :P

  6. Avatar for shann shann says:

    Natawa lang ako kasi, naghahanap ako ng magandang ISP, napadpad ako sa article na to, about problems and truth about ISPs (which is because I have problem too) and yet vid yung mapapanuod ko (di komapanuod kasi ang bagal ng net!)

  7. Avatar for abrinor abrinor says:

    Dear ntc, Wag nyo na ipagpatuloy quality testing ng broadband para kayong mga tanga nagtetest pa kayo e puro perfect scenario mga test nyo. Asikasuhin nyo ang pagabolish ng lock in period!

  8. Avatar for abrinor abrinor says:

    Ano kaya purpose ng NTC dito da pinas? Tanggap lang ata ng tanggap ng pera pag may nangyayareng bentahan ng frequency e, sayang lang tax payers money napupunta lang sa sweldo ng mga walang ginagawa.

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  10. Avatar for Ivan Ivan says:

    This what happens when OLIGOPOLY exists. Talo ang consumers.

  11. Avatar for Totas.Digart.pl Totas.Digart.pl says:

    Hmm it looks like your site ate my first comment (it was extremely long) so I guess I’ll just sum it up what I wrote and say, I’m thoroughly enjoying your blog.
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  12. Avatar for mich mich says:

    maswerte pa nga kayo nakaka 1mbps kayo, ako 45-120kbps lang… EDGE network, asan na ang sinasabing modernization ng globe? bakit EDGE parin sa area namin

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