So it looks like all the draft memo with the NTC actually forced telcos to lift their iron fist — Globe Telecom has just sent out a press release that they will be strictly enforcing a daily data cap on all broadband subscribers, starting with 1GB/day.
It was just this January when we first heard of NTC doing consultations and public hearing regarding the broadband cap. Telcos reasoned out why they have no other choice but to put some sort of capping for their residential subscribers (see: 5 Reasons ISPs Implement Bandwidth Cap).
And we thought that was the end of it — the revised draft of the NTC Memo scrapped out the provision allowing for bandwidth caps. I was wrong – they even went the other way:
In a press release, Globe said about 5 percent of abusive subscribers use 80 percent of the available broadband Internet bandwidth in the company’s network.
This leaves only 20 percent of the capacity to be shared by 95 percent of the remaining users.
Globe said its new policy aimed to preserve the “quality of resources in order to provide subscribers with seamless, uninterrupted and reliable Internet connections.”
The company said network bandwidth was a finite resource, making it necessary to adopt regulations that promote responsible and fair use of the Internet to prevent abuse and misuse of services from a relatively smaller group of consumers. {source}
We’ve already seen proof that Globe has a provision in their Service Contract allowing them to cap bandwidth at 15GB to 35GB per month depending on your data plan. It’s possible they added that provision but have not implemented it before. Now, they’re actually saying they will enforce it.
Looks like Globe is saying “if you don’t like it, don’t buy it.” Fair enough? You decide.
Twitter: mstejadilla
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hala.. grabeh naman. ngaun nila toh gagawin kung kelan marami ng gumagamit ng internet and technology. I’m a heavy user and with that rule, anu na lang magagawa ko sa bahay nyan? facebook? duh.
what about internet cafe subscribers? surely we cant control what our customers are doing
Twitter: kristian
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hays…. Paano nalang kaya ito… We have 7 pc at the house and ung mga kapatid ko and cozn have there own pc. palagi nanonood nang you tube…… If given the senario with 1gb cap….. I just dont know if we can use the internet after 1hour of using….. Even 8oomb cap of globe tatoo really sucks… 4 hours of youtube and your internet will be cut off….
I think that this is fair. Seriously, how much data does one use in a day. If you’re downloading loads of torrents then 1gb is not enough. I find it funny how a lot of people whine about it. Do the math. 1GB * 30 days = 30GB a month. Filipino’s are just too spoiled with unlimited “whatevers”. And what price do you pay? Slow congested networks with speeds “UP TO” 1mbps. You’d be luck if you get 256kbps on that. You also get a lot of dropouts and at the end of the day, you’re web browsing experience is slow because you want “unlimited.
The Philippines going backwards, really? American subscribers have unlimited internet and guess what? Their networks are congested. And some companies like AT&T are imposing Caps now. European countries as well as oceanic contries such as Australia and NZ have been always imposed caps on their internet usage. You get about 50GB on adsl2+ a month while they charge you roughly US$20 for 1GB of monthly mobile internet a MONTH. Compare that to your 1GB a day. Shocking isn’t it. Makes you wonder how Globe/Smart/Sun make money out of their service considering that most subscribers clog up their network in order to download the latest episode of Glee to see if Charice Pempengco is on it.
At the end of the day, Globe has the right to do whatever they think would benefit their customers. It’s not as if damning you all to no internet at all. Remember when they first started offering SMS to the philippines for a flat fee. What happened? You always got the “Message sending failed” Why? Because the network was congested with people sending text out to the point a lot of subscribers get frustrated. It wasn’t until they finally started charging P1.00 a text that the service became more reliable. A 1GB a day limit would be good for people who occasionally use their mobile internet in a day as well as making the money they paid worth it. It will also deter those people who “Abuse” the service which causes congestion and headaches to other subsribers.
Wow! Ikaw na! Ikaw na ang malabo ang comment! Once again, it’s about Globe’s capping stupidity. Why in the world you are comaparing other companies that are located outside of the Philippines? Are we affected by their capping issue? Ikaw na ang nakakalabas ng bansa kasi marami kang pera. All the people who has a comment here is not saying not to put a bandwith cap. We do agree to have capping. Have you seen any comments with people who are working from home that are using Internet connection? So you call them abusive? E ang mga matatandang ngayon lang natuto gumamit ng computer at internet na mahilig manood sa Youtube? Abusive din? Ang mga may mahal sa buhay na ginagamit ang internet para makausap ang mga kapamilya na nasa ibang bansa? Abusive din? At di ka lang pala marunong e, at magiingat ka, parang sinasabi mong ‘lahat’ ng Pilipino e nagda-download sa lintik na torrent sites (Your comment: Makes you wonder how Globe/Smart/Sun make money out of their service considering that most subscribers clog up their network in order to download the latest episode of Glee to see if Charice Pempengco is on it.). Medyo di ata tama na nilahat mo kami na andito sa Pilipinas na nagda-download e. Make sure you do your research properly. Before you post something for the public to see. But then, I believe this is your personal opinion. So ganun nalang.
P.S. Malay natin sa Globe ka nagta-trabaho at nakasalalay ang trabaho mo dito sa comment na ito. But whatever. That was your opinion, and this is just my opinion.
WOW! what a pointlessly stupid comment! Anyone who needs more than 1gb/day is a pirate? That’s a comment borne of ignorance. Congratulations, you are now in the running for 2011′s dumbest person on the internet. I suppose if all you do is play farmville and post on facebook about the state of your toenails, then yes, 1gb/day is more than enough. Digital download, over the years, has proven to be a viable (and profitable) platform for software distribution. Steam, Gamersgate, Direct2drive to name a few. I once bought a 12gb game from gamersgate. I don’t want to wait 12 days to play a game I legitimately bought. Video streaming, apple tv, etc., are other services that would most likely require more than 1gb/day. Freelance programmers who work from home. Cloud computing. The list goes on and on.
Unfortunately, living in a free society has its drawbacks. Idiots like you should be banned from having access to the internet.
Ate.. try to define the word “ABUSIVE”. DEFINE..
So pipigilan mo yung reason ng tao kung bakit siya nagpakabit ng net? And we’re not saying na tanggalin ang cap. Ok yun. Its just not enough, lalo na sa mga taong may trabaho na work related ang internet.
FYI lang ‘te, sa pag-browse mo ngayon.. you’re using “bandwith”.. yep! bits of data kahit browsing lang. The same with watching at youtube etc.. eh nanonood ka rin ng youtube malamang. 240p/480p/720p or even 1080p.. ilang mb mga yan depende sa tagal ng video. inuulit mo pa right? di mo alam naka consume ka na ng 400-800mb in 2 weeks lang. so compute mo kung ilan. try lang. XD
“..to download the latest episode of Glee to see if Charice Pempengco is on it.”
^ Eh yan yung gusto ng tao eh, pipigilan mo? lol
at tama wag mo lahatin. think outside the box will you?
BTW: taga-globe ka nga ba? hey I dumped globe broadband 2 years ago bcoz of their crappy speed & connection. buti nalang free trial nun. hehe! SmartBro rules! no cap (as of now) + consistent speed.
Sure, put the blame on the users.
Make no mention that the telco’s are selling well above the current capacity of their networks or that you sending doesn’t actually cost anything because it’s part of how cellular technology is meant to work. Let’s face it, it’s better if everyone lived like sheeps like you do right?
we are farrrrr behind the global bandwidth speed and still, they plan to improvise such a feat? Hahaha kalokohan ampota. PLDT na kasi! XD
ang solution sa ganitong problema, para walang capping at walang network congestion, alam naman nila capacity ng network nila eh, dapat kapag nasa 80% na ng capacity nila ang puno, mag upgrade na sila, kasalanan ng mga telcos yan, over subscription kc. puro profits ang iniisip, gus2 nila mag provide ng quality sa services nila and this is how they would do it by capping the bandwidth? thats BS. problema nila ipapasa pa nila sa mga nagbabayad na consumer.
sa smart over subscription din sila kaya mabagal, pero wala silang bandwidth cap.
kasi naman they are over saturating the market with their usb sticks. dsl nga lang palpak na. mag lalabas pa ng mga internet stick at kung ano ano pa. talagang hindi kakayanin. tpos ngayon maglalagay sila ng bandwidth cap, at ang sisi ibabaling sa mga consumers.
pero ang mga advertisements nila eh download this.. watch this on youtube… etc.
nun hindi na kaya ng system nila cap na.
nun una pa lang kasi hindi na pinayagan ng NTC un mga unternet usb sticks na yan hangang hindi na aayos ang problema sa mga dsl lines ng PLDT/Smart, Globe at Digitel/Sun.
Twitter: konqueror7
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i agree with @Beatricia. i think its fair enough to implement such policies. if you are going to complain, make it after they implement the said policy. let’s see first if their policy works, then we can complain.
i don’t see why whining over this, but others just dying to buy a new smartphone/tablet?
for me the point is, Technology is evolving. Soon, developers will not release their software thru DVD anymore… download na lang. Like sa appstore ngayon..you can download the games without buying the DVD.. jsut need to download on the appstore.. pano pa un kung ung game eh 4GB… tsktsk..
5% abusive …. those who complain are the 5% ABUSIVE!
I agree with some of the those who comment that PLDT’s purchase of Sun Cellular has something to do about Globe’s bandwidth cap. But I am still holding on PLDT’s word that Sun’s “unlimited” services will stay.
As I have mentioned when I posted a comment about PLDT – Digitel deal there should be a another strong 3rd player.
San Miguel Corporation’s LIBERTY TELECOM is a potential 3rd player. They operate interet service provider WI-TRIBE. Sadly they impose a bandwidth cap on their services but its understandable since the their network is still small. Good news is San Miguel found a partner in Qatar Telecom to invest in Liberty Telecom. This will give them more capital and expand their network. I hope they could offer cellular telephone service.
Another potential 3rd player is Bayantel. The Lopez-led company only offers landline and DSL service in selected areas of the country. Their application to roll out a cellular network is still pending in NTC.
For now PLDT’s empire is only our hope for our unlimited services to continue. There are still benefits on this PLDT-Digitel deal. the combined network of Digitel (Sun Cellular) and PLDT (Smart) will be better. Let’s hope and pray that PLDT will keep their word.
Grabe kayong mga tel cos hindi nga magana palagi ang mga signal ninyo nag cacap nga ng speed ng hindi alam ng mga subscribers eh
im using “smartbroken”. nakakapagod tumawag sa smartbro customer service kung bakit sobrang hina ng connection (hindi BROADBAND! parang dial-up 5okbs) dito cotabato (dahil ba probinsya?) siguro same scenario with globe din sa iba’t ibang lugar. ang daming pabiling broadband kit pero hindi lumalakas ang broadband. ang alam ko sa globe, wimax ang solusyun nila to control the bandwith purchased by the customer. yung broadband kit, the more the user the more the congestion. pang mahirap ata ang broadband kit. pero libre ang “smartbroken”. -tunay na pang masa.
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Twitter: katytorres
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Does this apply to post paid subscribers too?
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What happens if you have an urgent download that exceeds a 1gig file and you only have globe tattoo as the last option?
They’re just pushing themselves into the ground, why not throttle everything up and give everyone the freedom to stream anything! Globe’s so ridiculous, they’ll all end up being bought by a company.
If you want internet, go for other ISPs.
GLOBE IS SUCH A PUSSY!
Twitter: ronnalvinfranco
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i just got a word from someone who worked at globe broadband there were no announcements today regarding this policy.
Twitter: daniojr
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I can’t tell anything about it, i need more knowledge and further information about it. http://learner-spot.blogspot.com/
damn you GLobe..
guys how long na kayo subscriber ng Globe broadband? have you received any “loyalty rewards” from them like cellphones or printers like what SmartBro is giving?
Mas ok ang marketing strategy ng Smart ah..giving cellphones and printers to their loyal subscribers..
Are we talking about wireless or wired broadband? I understand capping wireless, but for wired home use, 1gb is a joke. Globe needs to focus on maintaining and expanding their infrastructure (invest in new pipelines) instead of overselling their current pipelines. The comment above about 20GB a month in America applies to wireless. When our wired networks are “congested” in America, our internet still runs faster than the best stuff here. Get your facts straight. The above applies if we’re talking about *wired* internet.
We have to make this international and make them scared that their name will be tarnish as surely it would when the world finds out. Are we in a sub developing country at the bottom to be receiving service like this?
SPREAD EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAPPING to everyone you know.
They can’t just do this without any consequence.
I am so happy to see this reaction from my fellow Philipinos! Except for that one corporate astroturfing (https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Astroturfing) ass “Beatricia” paid by Globe, this is the reaction of a people who are not taken over by corporate lunacy.
We need to make sure to punish Globe, financially, for daring to behave this way. As of tomorrow, I will cancel 6 post paid accounts I pay for and switch them to others. Loosing a couple of those phone numbers will hurt, but it must be done.
We need to make this national. Everyone you know who has a postpaid, no-contract Globe account, make them call in and cancel it and cite this new policy as the reason. If you must, pay them to cancel it. Take them to lunch or something in exchange for it.
We need to work together and make sure no other corporation tries this ever again. We need to make sure they understand, we are not idiots and we will not be victims of their greed!
as it stated here
http://newsbytes.ph/2011/04/04/globe-moves-to-cap-internet-data-volume/
“The study further claimed that 23.8 percent of global Internet traffic is piracy-related and nearly one-quarter of the traffic on the Internet involves the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials such as movies, TV shows, music, and video games.”
maraming dada ang globe, internet nga eh. diba? unlimited. they are trying to manipulate our internet surfing..
you can stream HD vidoes in youtube eh panu na yan, isang buong HD na clip mawawala na? wala din kwenta pag nacacapp ka..
well, better to switch to SmartBro and SunBroadband..
no capps at all..
download torrent lang sa sun may capp.. pero ok na.
Sa Globe lang ako nakaencounter ng unlimited promo na limited. Nabigla ako na yung dating SUPERSURF50 nila na unlimited surfing biglang nagkaroon ng 800mb limit. They are doing everything for their own profit.