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Globe ramps up 1GB/day or 3GB/month Fair Usage Policy

Recently, Globe has been sending out reminders via SMS to some of their subscribers about the Fair Usage Policy that they are enforcing. A number of our readers have sent us reports about the daily bandwidth allocation and throttling regulation.

The FUP basically provides an allowance of 1GB per day or 3GB per month, whichever comes first. Once the allocation is used up, subscribers will moved to their 2G network. That means you still get “unlimited” mobile internet but it will be slower.

This FUP applies to all surfing promos and data plans for Globe postpaid and Tattoo Lifestyle Sticks.

It does not cover surfing charged with regular browsing rates (Php5/15 minutes) and those using PowerSurf.

This mechanism is designed to reduce the speeds of only the 3% of users who are responsible for generating large volumes of traffic in Globe’s network.

You can read the full details of Globe’s Fair Use Policy here.

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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.

170 Responses

  1. Avatar for Yun Lang Yun Lang says:

    Ahaha! News today is that Korea is on their drawing board for the 5G connection that can download 800mb HD movie in 1 second, pero dito sa Pinas, anong nangyayari na? Yan ang effect ng duopoly eh!

  2. Avatar for hays hays says:

    goodluck na lang sa globe.. yan na number 1 reason bakit maraming nag subscribe sa inyo.. di mas ok pa si smart… atleast dun pag naka LTE ka.. pag naabot mo na yung 1.5gig.. magiging 3g speed ka na lang which is much better..

    • Avatar for Yusuf Yusuf says:

      Fortunately, Smart’s FUP doesn’t apply on their prepaid users. I’ve downloaded 150 GB in just a day.

  3. Avatar for 'em says:

    I normally consume at least 1GB per day because I work from home. So 3 days lang ako makakapagtrabaho ng maayos tapos yung 17 days wala ng kwenta. Ang masakit, I have to pay, without delay, 1150php a month for that!!!

  4. Avatar for Kalokohan Kalokohan says:

    Mas ok pa sa Smart kahit 1.5g limit / month throttled lang to 3G speeds. Unlike Globe, magiging 2g speed haha :)) Pero teka, may naka experience ma ba talaga dito ng throttled connection ng Globe? Panakot lang yata yan e lol :)) ma try nga hehe

  5. Avatar for kalokohan kalokohan says:

    Para daw sa mas magandang serbisyo! Bakit kailangan subcriber ang mag adjust para sa network capacity ng GLOBOBO. Dapat sila ang mag upgrade para mapabilis at tumaas ang speed ng data services nila. Kaya nga nag unli data plan dahil free LTE at uncapped daw. Pero bakit biglang 3gb? Legal ba ito?

  6. Avatar for What What says:

    That’s why its called unlimited because you have the freewill to browse and the reason we get LTE is because of the speed. I think it’s unreasonable if they are going to downgrade the connection. It means that the LTE is not reliable and not stable enough to handle the traffic. Might as well not offer LTE if you can’t give your customers what is due to them. It’s not called LTE, it’s called a rip off. It’s like getting an expensive Nike shoes with the quality of a replica.

    • Avatar for crackinthewall crackinthewall says:

      No, it’s like driving a new Maserati down a dead end street. :p

      Okay lang naman na may cap kaso dapat dun lang sa totoong heavy user lang. Hindi pa naman considered na heavy user ang 10GB considering kaya siyang ma-reach ng walang torrent o r anything related sa piracy so paano pa kaya yung 3GB lang. Legit use lang, ubos na yung 10GB, kulang pa.

  7. Avatar for haha haha says:

    para saan pa’t nagyayabang sila ng LTE at iba kung ililimit lang din nila, kalokohan!!!

  8. Avatar for do it do it says:

    Do it! Mag shift sana karamihan para konti na lang matira at ng bumilis na service nila lalo na sa gabi. Mag shift kayo sa smart para 1.5 gig lang, usap pagong na hahaha

  9. Avatar for Fuckthat Fuckthat says:

    All globe subscriber will shift na siguro hahahhahaa……kasi ganito policy nila…

    • Avatar for Sinned Sinned says:

      1.5GB/month lng ang Smart. ask them
      sa Sun, good luck. unlimited pero limited lng ang speed.

    • Avatar for crackinthewall crackinthewall says:

      Wala naman ding matinong lilipatan kasi may capping din sa Smart na mas mababa pa kung iimplement talaga nila. Yung Sun naman, mabilis lang between 1-6AM. Dati okay siya kahit anong oras, ngayon hindi ka na makapagbukas ng Youtube kahit 244p lang pag tanghali.

    • Avatar for Sendo Sendo says:

      May freedom plan na ang smart. I just read it, it’s 1000 pesos no limit no data cap designed for the heavy user.

      Sarap lumipat.

  10. Avatar for globe globe says:

    Para lang yata to sa mga heavy user/downloader. Yung speed ng net dipende pa din sa lugar kung congested yung cellsite.

  11. Avatar for Sinned Sinned says:

    Average ko na un 3-5GB per month. wala pang 1GB per day or 3GB per month pero mabagal na net ko. pwde nila i-enforce to kung pareparehas signal strengh nila sa lahat ng sulok (kht ng metro manila) ng pinas para “Fair” talaga.

    Anyway 1.5GB lng nmn sa SMART per month (Unli Data Plan), beyond that, babagal na din.

    Sana lng meron paraan para malaman ang remaining GB per day or month na official record galing sa kanina, hnd yung galing sa 3rd party application or built-in sa phone, malaki kc ang difference.

    Ang Problema:
    pano ka maka-download ng Games na more than 1GB like Asphalt: Airbourne 8.

  12. Avatar for Sinned Sinned says:

    Average ko na un 3-5GB per month. wala pang 1GB per day or 3GB per month pero mabagal na net ko. pwde nila i-enforce to kung pareparehas signal strengh nila sa lahat ng sulok (kht ng metro manila) ng pinas para “Fair” talaga.

    Anyway 1.5GB lng nmn sa SMART per month (Unli Data Plan), beyond that, babagal na din.

    Sana lng meron paraan para malaman ang remaining GB per day or month na official record galing sa kanina, hnd yung galing sa 3rd party application or built-in sa phone, malaki kc ang difference.

    Ang Problema:
    pano ka maka-download ng Games na more than 1GB like Asphalth: Airbourne 8.

  13. Avatar for Samuel Samuel says:

    This doesn’t affect Prepaid users? 800MB a day is a riot.

    • Avatar for Sinned Sinned says:

      hah! malamang hindi. dati wla nmn cap ang postpaid, sa prepaid lng meron (800MB/day).

    • Avatar for DTech DTech says:

      Better pa atang naka prepaid na lang pag ganyan. Pagtatawanan pa tayo ng mga prepaid user nyan pag nagkataon. Sana lumugar sila sa sitwasyon natin ng alam nila ng pakiramdam ng ngbabayad ng 1000 isang bwan para sa serbisyong ganyan.

  14. Avatar for Diorarat Diorarat says:

    Subscribed ako globe unli net at 600 a month Pero hindi ko pa na experienced yung 1gb cap. Nakapagdownload lang ako modern warfare recently at around 1.6gb in less than one hout tapos YouTube streaming after at hq quality na walang buffering at hspd lang.

  15. Avatar for Kunsel Kunsel says:

    Anong kalokohan na naman ng globe yan? “Blazing fast” daw ang LTE, ilang streamed videos lang yan tapos magiging GPRS/EDGE speed na ang phone mo? Hindi na sulit ang 999 unlisurf nila kung strictly enforced na yan.

  16. Avatar for phonebuddy phonebuddy says:

    tama lang..gamitin ng tama ang mga serbisyong “unli”. mobile yan so you’re not suppose to download 1080p movies on the go. may tamang internet connection para dyan. pero sana naman ay matupad ng globe ang promised speed nila.

    • Avatar for crackinthewall crackinthewall says:

      Ano pang silbi ng LTE at 1080p screens ng phones namin kung hindi namin pwedeng gamitin to the fullest? In two years time, magkakaroon din for sure ng 4K screen sa phone. Masyadong mababa ang 3GB na monthly limit. Halos lahat nagiging cloud service na ngayon, streaming, photo/data backup, app updates, etc. so napakadaling ma-reach yung limit na yan. It doesn’t help na mas mabilis pa ang LTE ngayon sa average DSL connection. Dapat pag sinabi nilang unlimited, unlimited talaga or kung gusto nila ng may data cap, yung reasonable naman pati yung throttling ng speed. Hindi yung 2G agad. Kung hindi talaga kaya ng network nila na lagi na lang may upgrade, bucket pricing na lang gawin nila per GB.

    • Avatar for knvz knvz says:

      ikaw na nagsabing “unli”. kaya nga unli kasi unlimited. pano mo itatama ang pag gamit ng serbisyong “unlimited” kung “limitado”. may tamang internet connection para dun? kahit na 9999p pa yan kung unli pwedeng idownload. “UNLI” nga e!

  17. Avatar for Rabitto29 Rabitto29 says:

    anung kalokohan yan? naka-LTE ako tapos gagawing 2G yung postpaid connection ko? wth..

    • Avatar for Diorarat Diorarat says:

      Hindi ko pa nga na experienced lte ng globe e dahil sa limited coverage. At least mas mabilis h+ ng globe sa lte ng smart.

  18. Avatar for meh meh says:

    “3% of users who are responsible for generating large volumes of traffic ”
    only 1GB a day is Large volume? Thats just a few youtube videos a day!

    The average person is streaming video, streaming music, updating and downloading apps on smart phones/computer updates etc that far reaches over 1GB a day

    Globe should be ashamed, the government needs to step in and force regulate the telcos

    • Avatar for Ryan Ryan says:

      my average usage is 5-7gb per month. im a heavy user always on LTE/H+. impact i have to charge my s4 for 2-3 times a day. exaggerated naman yung few youtube pra ubusin ang 1gb in a day. ok lang sken ung capping as long as bibilis ung serbisyo nla esp sa gabi na mabagal tlga.

    • Avatar for Ryan Ryan says:

      pro sucker tlga yung 3gb per month.

    • Avatar for meh meh says:

      @Ryan, nice try do you work for globe? Only 7GB a month?

      Average data used on a 1080p 5min youtube video is 62MB Thats for only 5 min! So a 1 hour movie a day, or a few hour movies, plus music, software updates , email attachments and more is far over 1GB a day.

      I rarely ever torrent and I average 250 to 300GB a month

    • Avatar for Ryan Ryan says:

      not connected with them. 1080p will take yrs to load even on LTE. sabi nga ni phonebuddy ma tamang connection pra mag DL ng 1080p.

      So kung 250-300gb ka per month number 1 ka siguro sa 3% na abusado. Dpat nga lang icap ang mga tulad mo. or lipat ka nalng ng smart pra 1.5gb ka lang per month.

    • Avatar for nil nil says:

      I think its fine although those who were used to streaming videos using their phones will greatly be affected. Again, what 3 gigs can do varies by use. 3 gigs of audio streaming is more than enough. 3 gigs of document sharing is too much. 3 gigs of downloading apps is just enough.

    • Avatar for GTFO GTFO says:

      I use about 3GB to 5GB of data a night. I download a lot of stuff off the net not just for personal use but also for work related bullshit. I pay my fucking bills right in order use the “UNLIMITED” LTE connection. ABUSADO MUCH? I think not! People use it differently NOT JUST FOR THAT FACEBOOK shit. Now I know this retarded Telecom company is not for people who do serious work online. Target market yata nila mga OLOL. I’ll stay away from this provider after I’m done with my stupid contract.

    • Avatar for knvz knvz says:

      nag avail ako ng Globe Postpaid Plan na “Unlimited Data Plan” dahil “UNLIMITED” hind “LIMITED”. Pumirma ako ng contract dahil yun ang offer nila. Ano tayo bata pagkatapos utuin biglang babawiin? Grabe yan!

      at eto pa ha napakadaming naka subscribed na 4digit number sa number ko. 3rd Month ko na nalaman na may charge pala yon! nadale ako ng Club Content Subscription tapos bawal irefund hindi naman ako nagregister sa mga yon. at NAPAKADAMING nagtetext na house and lot, networking at narowrong sent na no., badtrip talagang globe yan!

    • Avatar for Ry@nski Ry@nski says:

      PARA SA LAHAT NG MAPAG-PANGGAP NA TAO NG GLOBE DYAN. MAGKANO NILA BINILI ANG KALULUWA NYO?

      HARD EARNED MONEY NAMIN ANG PINAG UUSAPAN DITO. UNLIMITED NGA EH…

      PERO KAHIT ALAM NATIN NA NILOLOKO LANG TYO NG GLOBE, UNLIMITED PA DIN ANG PAGMAMAHAL NATIN SA KANILA. (FAIR USE POLICY: WE HATE GLOBE DURING HOLIDAYS, SATURDAY, SUNDAY, AND WEEKDAYS FROM 12:00AM TO 11:59PM)

  19. Avatar for AA AA says:

    Walang kwenta talaga Globe. Useless rin mag unlidata plan kung sobrang bagal. Parang nag unli-dial up connection ka nito.

  20. Avatar for Ryan Ryan says:

    Hope this will help in improving our connection.

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