We were discussing about broadband connectivities over at Rico’s blog where he’s recommending ETPI’s 5Mbps package for Php35,000 a month. I haven’t tried Eastern Telecoms ever so I cannot attest to their connection uptime and reliability but have heard so many complaints about their residential offerings, dubbed evoDSL.
And while I suggested getting 2 separate DSL providers and using a D-Link Load-Balancing Router to hook them both up, I also discovered PLDT has published newer bandwidth caps for its residential plans.
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Just got my latest PLDT DSL Billing today and found several brochures for a couple of promos on myDSL. One of them is labeled “Exclusive Rewards for myDSL Subscribers” which gives free unlimited internet access in over 500 wifi hotspots nationwide (of course, via Airborne Access).
If you are on any of the myDSL Biz package of the residential myDSL Xcel plan, you automatically get the free WiFi. If you are in one of the lower residential packages (Xcite, Xperience, Xtra Value Plan), there’s a monthly additional fee of Php199 per month. However, between now and April 25, 2007, you can get that for a promo price of Php99 and it will be effective for 6 months after activation after which the price goes back to Php199.
Still, if it’s an additional Php199 to my monthly subscription and I always go out with my laptop a lot, this is really good promo. Looks like their previous Smart WiFly promo for Smart Bro subscribers had good results so they’re offering the same to PLDT DSL subscribers.
Here’s how you activate your WiFi access:
Step 1: Go to www.mypad.net and click on WiFi Registration link
Step 2: Register. You will need to provide the ff: PLDT account number, telephone number, name, and email where they’ll send you your access codes.
Step 3: That’s it! Use the access codes to log on to any of the Airborne Access hotspots nationwide.
This is probably the second time PLDT myDSL upgraded their bandwidth offerings this year. Just saw an ad at Manila Bulletin that their newly re-branded residential DSL packages are getting a bit of a boost.
Here are the new bandwidth speeds:
myDSL Xperience
Php 999/month
from 384Kbps to 512 Kbps
myDSL Xcite
Php 1,995/month
from 768 Kbps to 1.2Mbps
myDSL Xcel
Php 3,000/month
from 2Mbps to 3 Mbps
Must be real tough competition going on we don’t know about.
Heard that PLDT had a 7% drop in profits compared to last years. But just how much of their revenues are coming from them being a DSL provider?
Along with the upgrades that I just discovered, PLDT also rebranded their residential broadband packages:
So, they did deliver on the promise they made earlier this year, though it took them 4 months to do so.
The new packages are as follows:
PLDT myDSL Xperience : 384 Kbps at Php 999/month
PLDT myDSL Xcite : 768 Kbps at Php 1,995/month
PLDT myDSL Xcel : 2 Mbps at Php 3,000/month
PLDT myDSL F2H : 5 Mbps at Php 5,000/month
The PLDT myDSL F2H may soon be available in areas of Ayala Alabang, Forbes Park, Essensa and Dasmarinas Village due to some fiber optic cables already in place.
This could be the start of a more affordable high-speed broadband in the Philippines (across all ISPs).
