At the Bayan Telecommunications official forum, the indicated monthly internet cap for subscribers is said to be at 100GB per month though this has not been completely confirmed since the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) has not specified it.
The forum posting (post was removed by BayanTel; Google Cache here) was allegedly lifted from the official documents (but we could not find the original one):
1. What is the monthly bandwidth limit per subscriber?
The limit per subscriber ay any given month must not exceed 100 gigabytes.
2.Why is there a bandwidth limit?
bayanDSL must ensure the quality of service of all subscribers within a vicinity. If a single subscriber exceeds the allowable bandwidth limit at 100 gigabytes per month, then this directly affect other subscribers within your vicinity.
3.What are my options? What if I need a higher bandwidth plan?
To upgrade your bayanDSL residential plan, please call 449-2000.
To convert to a corporate plan, please call 449-9999.
4.How will I know if I have exceeded my limit?
You can monitor your bandwidth usage at ” www.bayan.com.ph/aup/usage ” using your existing bayanDSL username and password.
If this is true, their cap is the most generous among the others we’ve checked before.
We’ll be getting official statement from Bayan regarding this cap and if indeed this is imposed. Will update once I get their reply.
As of this writing they took down the forum posting about the bandwidth cap.
Here’s the Google cache version for those who haven’t seen it:
http://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:www.bayan.com.ph/forum/yaf_postst5476_What-is-the-policy-on-Internet-Bandwidth-Usage.aspx
baka typo lang. baka 10GB or 100MB talaga yan dapat? lol.
@YuYU
Bat magiging typo? Are you still living in the 1990s? 100gb is a fucking small amount. I’ve got 2 terabytes of local storage which I filled in within month.
@durr, are you? humorous comment po yun. hindi po ako tanga if that’s what your implying.
@Paul, forum po ba ni bayantel ba yun?
i think hindi mapapansin ng nakakarami ang effect ng bandwidth capping.
Hurr durr 100gb too big… Filipinos still thinking small disgust me.
Read this essay “A Heritage of Smallness” by Nick Joaquin, on how that thinking small mentality keeps us shitty. http://pdff.sytes.net/ar/t3521.htm
wtf??
para saming mga torrent users hindi sapat yang 100gb per month!
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@Herp I agree. This article is a telco pandering one but this whole blog is a telco pandering one, not that it shouldn’t be given its advertisers, but readers should be aware if they aren’t already. The sad thing is most of the the commenters just followed along like sheep.
I have to say that I have not had a problem with PLDT in terms of capping. I do have 2 top tier plans and use binding to tie them together, but I do a couple terabytes a month sometimes and never been capped.
“100 GB PER MONTH?! OA NA NGA YUN EH! I DOUBT IF SOMEONE CAN EVEN CONSUME 1 GB A DAY! Movie DL usually runs around 750MB-1GB+ depending on format. But that is MORE than enough, anyone protesting to that is a crazy maniac living his/her life streaming porn or doing online shows 24/7. Define KURACHA?! ;p HATS OFF BAYANTEL!!!!”
@scraven_mark
You must be on dial-up or high on something. I consume at least 8GB a day.
Dude, whatever you’re smoking, let me have some.
enjoy my mom’s legacy. Durr hurr.
To those who are saying this is a lot, please remember that it’s monthly. That would translate to only 3.33GBs a day.
To compare, on an “unlimited” 1mbps plan, you should be able to transfer 617GBs per month maximum. Let’s say speeds are slow and you only ever get half of 1mbps, that would still mean you should have 308.5GBs.
“but in reality is not exist.. we all know that here in the Phil. the normal bandwidth for personal connection is 1Mb which is 3gb/month. How could BayanTel set that kind of part Huge connection in just a month….”
Guy, your math is wrong. Also, 1MB/s is not the same as 1mbps.
100 Gb is too low. In fact, according to my usage monitor I’ve downloaded 49.7 Gb since January 1, which is nearly half of the alleged quota in 5 days.
The bandwidth cap forum posting is back, it was reposted by the same forum helper.
http://www.bayan.com.ph/forum/yaf_postst5515_What-is-the-policy-on-Internet-Bandwidth-Usage.aspx
@Cake, as a residential consumer, I will be happy with a 3GB bandwidth usage per day. It’s more than enough, unless you are someone who only downloads or streams movies 24/7.
As for some residential subs, please do not use illegally downloading movies as justification for a higher cap (or bandwidth). Telcos and the government have no obligation to help you download your daily fix of pron much faster.
“The bandwidth cap forum posting is back, it was reposted by the same forum helper.
http://www.bayan.com.ph/forum/yaf_postst5515_What-is-the-policy-on-Internet-Bandwidth-Usage.aspx”
It’s not reflected elsewhere though, including Bayantel’s DSL page, the price-speed matrix (even as a footnote or fine print) nor is in the FAQ. Furthermore, as far as I know there has been no subscriber notification through mail (snail or email), print (newspapers, magazines), telephone call, etc.
If a single forum post is supposed to disseminate an important change in policy, no wonder Bayantel is screwed up.
.. does this mean,, internet cafe will be affected… and they will be needing a more expensive plansssss………….?????????????????????????????????
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says:
ayos lang… 100GB is not bad
di ka pa masaya sa 100gb per month??
globe = 15gb a month
witribe = 6gb a month
smart = 15gb a month
pldt = 20gb a month
di sapat kung nag to torent ka siguro ng mga movies, games, softwares, para ibenta mo lng sigurado di sapat yan,
ngaun p lng itigil mo n yan, kumikita ka sa iligal,
mahiya ka naman (kung meron ka nun)
magpakabit po kme ng internet sa cumputer. kailangan po namin eh. at mura lang ahahhhh????
anu ba naman yan BAYANTEL DSL N YAN BWISET PUTOL PUTOL INTERNET CONNECTION.
anu ba naman yan BAYANTEL DSL N YAN BWISET PUTOL PUTOL INTERNET CONNECTION!
MAGSASAWA KA KAKAREPORT WLA DIN! WLANG MALASAKIT ANG MGA COMPLAINT OFFICER AT CREWS OR BAYANTEL MISMO SA MGA CUSTOMER!
Ang binabayaran mo sa Bayantel ay yun speed ng internet connection…Hindi nga nila maibigay yun maximum speed ng contract ehhh. Bakit may limit sa bandwidth? Hindi naman bandwidth ang subsciption mo sa internet…Malabo yata yan….