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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 Rob Rob says:

    Question:

    In Android, diba we can choose our network mode? WCDMA, GSM only or Both.

    Will it help if I only choose WCDMA? Para makuha ko lang ang H/H+ signal

  2. Avatar for Ric Ric says:

    Did Globe get 3% of all its mobile users? To me, what they should do is only get the usage data of its subscribers on an unlimited data plan because this is a group where you can get a better gauge of how much data should be allocated daily and monthly. You dont really expect people who are not on an unli data to consume too much bandwidth. I think Globe is trying to mislead us here…

  3. Avatar for LorraineMaGe LorraineMaGe says:

    wala na buLok na net nila .. october kami nag subscribe for lte unli browsing tapos mgkakaganito lng naman pala.. useless ung payment namin. nd sulit ang 999 per month with a total of 30gb pr month 1gb per day lokohan lng… i boycot na yan

  4. Avatar for Lare Lare says:

    wala na talaga. download ka torrent 1-2 kb na lang. shet!

    • Avatar for jherwynne jherwynne says:

      yup..ako din, napansin ko bumagal ang Torrent ko unlike previous month. Pag speedtest naman humahataw ng 7.2Mbps.

  5. Avatar for Kevz Enicola Reyes Kevz Enicola Reyes says:

    Sana hindi eto permanent! now i get stressed again for slow internet :(

  6. Avatar for basurs basurs says:

    sister company ng.globe ang optus(telco) sa austrlia.. pero ang optus hnd sinasabe na unli ang internet browsing.. un lang nga hanggang 3gb lng ang net sa mobile phones.. at wala ding unli sa australia dahil sa batas nilang fair go usage.. i dont know with globe if gagayahin nila un.. i think for pre paid lng ito.. sa post paid ba applicable ito??

    • Avatar for Yusuf Yusuf says:

      I’m sorry, I think you’re misguided. This cap ONLY applies to Globe postpaid accounts. Prepaid accounts, on the other hand, have 800 MB cap/day.

  7. Avatar for Kobe67 Kobe67 says:

    http://i.imgur.com/yzsD2n1.jpg screenshot ng globe fup bago nila inalis.

    Bakit naging unlimited kung may cap naman, okay lang sana may cap at mabilis yung speed pero hindi naman mabilis.

  8. Avatar for Bong Nabogbog Bong Nabogbog says:

    ok na yan kesa sa smart kapag na over use yung sa data..block na agad nila forever..bili na nman bago sim card nila.

  9. Avatar for Jb Jb says:

    Update: Bad link. The page was probably taken down.

  10. Avatar for Treng Velasco Treng Velasco says:

    UNLIMITED surfing daw pero 1GB a day lang naman pla or 3GB per month.

  11. Avatar for vince vince says:

    Globe may be having second thoughts on implementing this based on the initial response. Also the URL is inaccessible. HAHA!

    “Oooops!

    Looks like the page you are trying to view does not exist; it may have been removed from the site, or perhaps you mistyped the URL.
    You can try checking the navigation bar above or the links below to find what you’re searching for. “

    • Avatar for Sendo Sendo says:

      Once I got the message I spent like 2 hours berating them on it. They can’t just put up that limit since when I signed the contract for my plan, there wasn’t anything that pertained to any FUP at all.

      I have a copy of my plan contract here and unless if they made a new contract and forged my signature, I’m not buying their BS.

      Furthermore, most android phones have DATA monitoring. Just with FB alone, you’ll hit 3GB in a week especially if you are fond of looking at the pictures of your friends.

      That’s not mentioning VoIP from Line, WeChat, Viber etc.

  12. Avatar for daniel daniel says:

    Smart will always be faster than Globe. Smart many sites scattered all over the country, they even have a list of HSPA and LTE sites at their website.

    Globe doesn’t provide such information to the public. Globe is not present in other parts of the country. No signal in the farms of Bicol.

  13. Avatar for bokoi bokoi says:

    Lipat na kayo sa smart para bibilis si globe namin. Dun na kayo download ng mga torrents nyo. Ubusin nyo BW ni smart para kayo kayo rin magkaproblema kung bumagal. Hahaha.pero wag na babalik sa globe para kaunti lg kami regular users na mag eenjoy ng mabilis na internet.

  14. Avatar for Mang Ano Mang Ano says:

    UNLIMITED does not mean UNREASONABLE.

  15. Avatar for zoul1380 zoul1380 says:

    para san pa ang mga unlimited plan..

  16. Avatar for DVYLL DVYLL says:

    Dear Yugatech, please clarify where you saw the “3GB/month” data cap. This might be misleading a lot of your readers here. I’ve been reading up on Globe’s FUP (wap.globe.com.ph/fairusepolicyfaqs) and Smart’s FUP (Google: SMART Fair Use Policy) and could not find your stated “3GB/month Fair Usage Policy.”

    Also, it might be worth mentioning in your blog that for both Globe and Smart, the ‘unlimited’ pertains to ‘mobile browsing’ and not to ‘unlimited download’ – because that is a totally different story and Both companies are getting flak for the FUP, which was really imposed by the NTC. I ask you to please add more clarity to differentiate this on your blog post and avoid misleading our fellow mobile data consumers.

    • Avatar for kuya`dan kuya`dan says:

      TRUE! it is totally different to say unli browsing to unli download…

      I’m a globe subscriber for 2 yrs.. and now my area upgraded to LTE na. I can download for 1-2 movies a day even before the notification until now. hmmm… or maybe it is not yet imposed to my account hahahah o well..

    • Avatar for Sendo Sendo says:

      It has been removed. I was able to access the website the day I received the message and it really showed the 3gb/month limit.

      I know wimax 512kpbs (795 php) is 1gb a day, 15gb a month
      and wimax 1mbps (995 php) is 3gb a day, 25 gb a month

      Don’t bother with their DSL. Ironically it’s prone to signal disturbances than Wimax.

  17. Avatar for Yeohan Yeohan says:

    I tried to open the link but page not found.. Seems Globe had already removed it.. Haha

  18. Avatar for Benchmark Benchmark says:

    I seldom use data connection…but tama lang naman ata na sabihin nila na unli internet ka, but it didn’t say unli fast speed ka (or baka meron sinabing unli LTE…I don’t know) You still have connection yun lang kukupad lang, then kinabukasan ok na ulit. Hinde ba ganun?

  19. Avatar for Kalokohan Kalokohan says:

    Kalokohan, define Unlimited… Globe you suck!

  20. Avatar for Jojolemuelreal Jojolemuelreal says:

    I both have unlidata subscriptions from both network (plan 999 with Globe and Unlidata 2000 sa Smart ) and basing from this, I have come to know the ff facts.

    1.GLOBE HAS 800MB DATA CAP PERDAY WHILE SMART HAS 1.5 GB PERMONTH. YUGA ARE YOU SURE GLOBE CAPS 3GB PER DAY ? did you really do your research on this.?
    Both network dowgrades your speed once you reach this.
    PERO ITO ANG KAIBAHAN. sa GLOBE EVERYDAY PAG NAHIT MO LIMIT THE FF DAY OK NA. SA SMART NAMAN DISADVANTAGE SA USER KASI EX 3 DAYS P LNG UBOS MO NA 1.5Gb NEXT MONTH NA YAN MAGIGING FULL THROTTLE.

    Andaming comment ng comment ng walang basis.
    LITTLE KNOWLEDGE IS DANGEROUS.
    DONT BE BIASED. BE FACTUAL.

    • Avatar for Jojolemuelreal Jojolemuelreal says:

      I have made an erroneous statement.
      *YUGA ARE YOU SURE GLOBE CAPS DATA TO 3GB* PER MONTH po dapat.

    • Avatar for DVYLL DVYLL says:

      I agree. We know there may be problems with the service but sana make sure to show both sides of the coin. Responsible blogging please.

    • Avatar for Sendo Sendo says:

      I’m one of the people that got the message and I checked the website.

      it is 1gb a day and/or 3 gb a month

      then you get bumped to 2G speed

      problem is the link has been taken down.I’m not sure why.

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