It seems Globe is the only one actively defending the telco’s Fair Usage Policy. In a recent release they sent out via Twitter, they explained the FUP in a nice little infographic.
Here’s the entire picture of what the whole throttling and daily bandwidth allowance works.
They’ve also pointed out that less than 3% of their subscribers do exceed the 1GB per day or the 3GB per month allocation.
The controversy broke out last week when Globe started actively enforcing their Fair Usage Policy, sending out text messages to heavy users informing them of the measures implemented once they reach the daily and monthly allocation.
It seems Globe is trying to wean the 3% of their subscribers out of their network. The strategy is to endure all the pain with restricting all those 3% of their subscriber base (and the huge possibility of losing them to a competing network), rather than wait for the others to enforce the same on a later date. It’s either now or later and Globe decided to take the heat first and get it over with.
Last week, we noted that both Globe and Smart have their ow versions of the FUP. Globe has 3GB stated on print while Smart has 1.5GB cap stated in their FUP. You can read more about it here.
Off topic here, bought my note 3 factory unlocked from Samsung Megamall, is it just me coz I still am not getting the kitkat 4.2.2 ota update while I see some folks here having the ota. Thanks
But really, are they mad? P1,000 per month for 3GB? Ridiculous.
they should give us an exact number how they got the 3%.. i don’t think only 3% who subscribed fo r the UNLIMITED are unhappy. maybe 3% of their overall subscribers. but not all are subscribed in the UNLIMITED data..
emails? posts? webpages? videos? that’s not all that we do in mobile data.. there are video calls and gaming too.
averagely there is (30days)x(24hours)x(60mins)
43200mins a day, let’s say you only do stuff about 6hours a day or 25% of your day using mobile data.. then 43200 x 25% = 10800mins
look!! you’re only giving us 3000/10800mins of video a a month.. that’s 27.78% of our needs.
and you don’t get to tell us what is more than enough for our usage, when in reality it is not
i can give a few analogies for this..
It’s like swimming on the beach but after 3hours, the sea turns into a puddle of water that not even your toes get to be submerged
It’s like Running and you get your legs dismembered after running for 1km
It’s like Eat all you can buffet but you only get to choose 25 dishes out of a 100
technically and basically, it is not unlimited because there are limitations changes after a certain point 1gb LIMIT… 3gb LIMIT…
at least change the promo name and remove the word “UNLIMITED”.
Data is unlimited. It is lte that is limited. Once you breach you still have access to the net but slower. I know that because i can easily consume 10gb per day. I dont know about the 30gb cap per month. Thats sounds a but too generous that i suspect thats high even for dsl packages.
BS infographic. BS excuses from a greedy company.
Fair Usage Policy didn’t need to be implemented because in the first place we all get fair share of the bandwidth regardless if your downloading or just surfing the net.
So how the 3% can ease the congestion?
Business caring about money? Who knew?
Globe should also explain that when you do get capped don’t expect to be throttled back to normal at midnight but on average around 4am.
I think that the 97% of the subscribers doesnt necessarily mean that all of them their using their mobile data.. i guess if their trying to cap the data at 1gb/day that should also give 30gb/month because the 3gb/month isn’t really sufficient for a months use of mobile data..
i agree with you sir dapat 30gb/month pwede pa siguro. pero yung 3gb per month parang kalabisan na yun. anu na bang ginagawa nang NTC tungkol dito? unfair to sa mga subscribers, dapat ang ginagawa nang mga Telco ay wag na tumanggap nang mga subscribers hanggat di nauupgrade yung system nila to cope up sa usage nang mga current subscribers. hindi yung ganito. parang walang kamay ang batas ditto sa pinas para sa malalaking korporasyon na to
Why put UNLIMITED if you’ll cap the usage anyway? I don’t get it.
kelan pa naging unlimited ang limited? dapat di unlimited ang name ng plan at promos nyo. supersurf50? unlimited ba ang 800mb capped at di ka na makakaconnect? baguhin nyo yan. tsk!
TCP IP PROTOCOL DOESNT WORK THAT WAY. THIS IS ALL BUT A MONEY MAKING SCHEME.
Globe, I’m so NOT RENEWING MY POST PAID PLAN when it expires next month. KALOKOHAN ‘TONG FUP! IGB/DAY?!!! THAT’S NOT EVEN A MOVIE!!!!
now, they are dictating how we use our phones? 500mb UK… 2g for US and Thailand? the one who did this research should be fired! STOP LYING GLOBE!
and what’s the matter with the stupid csr that they have?
oh well, my globe contract will end by february. should have never shifted to this shitty company.
how should globe protect their customers from heavy users to ensure everyone enjoys a quality experience…. UPGRADE YOUR FREAKING NETWORK AND QUIT BLAMING THE HEAVY USERS FOR YOUR SLOW CONNECTION! WE PAY FOR UNLIMITED SERVICE!
Kung hindi ako nagkakamali mas maliit pa ang allotment ng Smart compared sa Globe. So dun sa mga nagsasabi na lilipat sila, sige dun kayo sa 1.5GB per month. In fairness sa Globe and Smart unlimited nga naman yung data, mas mabagal lang pag dating sa certain amount of data.
Shut the fuck up, Globe. Shut the fuck up.
There’s no such thing as “valid explanation” when you just care about damn money while crippling and screwing your consumers.
already terminated my tattoo unli 999 plan
they deleted my tweet and i guess they blocked me.
haha, i posted a poster of them telling advertising a unli LTE.
AYAYAY!! PALPAK NA NAMAN ANG GLOBE!
I don’t think the 3GB/month is fair at all since I paid for unlimited. Just downloading games like Injustice and NBA2K13. will eat up more than 2GB already. Office files and personal files like photos and videos I transfer to and from Dropbox easily takes up to 2GB a week. And that’s just my casual usage on my S4. I also do a lot of work that transfers files and sends attachments. Throttling and capping when they promised unlimited access at 3G and LTE speeds is not at all fair. I’m definitely complaining.