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How’s your DSL in the Philippines?

Joey Alarilla asks “Do we actually have broadband in RP?”. Yeah, we do, it’s called Digital Substandard Lines. *heh*

Been hooked up on DSL for about 4 years now. Before that, I languished in crappy dial up connection. I started with Greendot at 256Kbps for Php2,750 for about a year before I moved to PLDT DSL paying Php1,995 at 384Kbps speeds. They then upgraded the accounts across the board and my Plan 1995 got 512Kbps, went up to 786Kbps and now at 1.2Mbps.

If you think about it, the 384Kbps cap is now 1.2Mbps after 4 years at the same monthly rate. I should be happy right? Well, in a way yeah. Them DSL providers would make you think/feel the same. The premium residential packages now are at 2.2Mbps and 5Mbps (Alabang area only).

However, those free upgrades to higher speeds aren’t any good at all when you’ve actually checked the actual speeds. Ever since I’m on the 1.2Mbps line, I’ve always checked my bandwidth on different days of the week and various times of the day. Here’s how it fared via Broadband Reports:

It’s like it’s just half of what I was told my supposed connection is. The only time I’d get that promised 1.2Mbps is when I ran the bandwidth test via PLDTPlay. So, the line from my place to the PLDT servers tops at 1.2Mbps but my actual DSL speed from PLDT to the outside world is just half of that. Great. So those upgrades we’re all getting all these years were a farse?

When do we get Singapore’s 100Mbps speeds to their homes? In the year 2020?

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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.

90 Responses

  1. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    yo ty! hyper na hyper ka ata. You an american? Anyway, if you want solid access, go for hte 3mbps. It’s a sweet package as it comes with a wifi router. Having QIK in comparison to other plans, you don’t have a tech guy to come in and do connection job for you.

  2. Avatar for ty114 ty114 says:

    yo! what’s up fellas? DSL’s fine! As in baby! haha! Sorry for that, I feel like such a whack. Anyway, I’ve been a subscriber of PLDT. Yeah they can get iffy with their service, and I’d rather not comment on it. HAHAHAHA!! That’s the only BS I can think of as regards their work or whatever. Connection’s fine as a baby but i don’t know if i’ll be getting one of this Quick Install Kits. I’m still gathering information about it. Anyone reckon so far?

  3. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    i’ve read that one as well.

  4. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    nabasa ko na yung article na yan. no comment pero okay lang. haha! What am i saying?!

  5. Avatar for stronghold stronghold says:

    http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/209374/a-qik-quiz-ryan-agoncillo-s-internet-use here’s the article regarding the press conference of QIK. Ryan really must believe in what he endorses huh?

  6. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    hilarious isn’t the word. probably insande? weird? oh well, panapanahon lang naman daw eh. haha!

  7. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    sun hasn’t joined the stick thing just yet. sa lahat daw, smart ang pinakaokay. siguro bibili na lang ako nun when i go out but i downloaded wigo pero selective places naman. pero iniiwan ko lang laptop ko dito when i go out as i have one at the office so no hassle at all. and this qik thing is hilarious! well not really, pero up and down battle siya (minsan ang bagal pero more often mabilis).

  8. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    true true. well i respect your point of view. as far as i’m concerned, i read a column this week regarding the Senate, NTC, and the telcos. talk about a big mess. the columnist said one of the telcos’ internet sticks (probably those with USB connection) has something to do) doesn’t work shit at all. lol! It’s only Smart and Globe who has those right? Or has Sun joined the bandwagon? What about PLDT? The WiFi connection I only heard about from them is when you get 3mbps package. But Smart and Globe’s sticks are convenient you can connect to anywhere with them. But they don’t work properly? That’s strange. haha!

  9. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    Barca, i agree with your thoughts. well said. But people would still expect good service all the time, only to be disappointed in the end. And why wouldn’t they be expecting many things? On the other hand, these companies should at least be at par with how they organize their marketing strategies, how good they are in marketing is should also be equal to that of service. Then again, i’m being idealistic on this one. The thing is, consumers pay these companies for their quality products and great services, not some crap that we know about. And I hope these reach not only pldt but to all companies as well.

  10. Avatar for tyrone tyrone says:

    yo global dude! just call 101-885. it’s qik’s hotline. cool?

  11. Avatar for it is global it is global says:

    ah talaga? is it really worth it? checked the website and i tried dun sa part na icheck kung accessible ang qik sa lugar namin, hindi naman gumagana. may pldt phone naman ako. what gives?!

  12. Avatar for stronghold stronghold says:

    ^^ yes and no, kasi last year na nila product yan. pero relaunch lang yung ngayon. check it at their website http://myworldmydsl.com/qik/home.aspx you can read all about it there. otherwise, might as well call their hotline 101-885 about it.

  13. Avatar for it is global it is global says:

    are you guys talking about the new product of DSL, the QIK one? haha! Get it, QIK one? Anyway, i heard it’s a good product at relaunch daw ito.

  14. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    well for some reason pldt gives me good service and bad service at times eh. tama ka nga na minsan talagang sasablay at sasablay ang mga companies. dadating din talaga yung point na ganun pero dapat bumawi sila sa mga downfalls nila. ganun yung nangyayari sa kin with pldt before, bumabawi naman.

  15. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    barca boy, of course everyone’s hoping for great service. and as far as i’m concerned, wala naman talaga perfect service eh so sasablay at sasablay din ang mga companies. i’m not going to waste my time on transferring from one service to another.

  16. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    yeah, it’s awesome. but it would be more awesome if PLDT can really get their services in general improved.

  17. Avatar for metronewsone metronewsone says:

    i saw the commercial too! great marketing strategy of PLDT.

  18. Avatar for pepperoni pepperoni says:

    nakita ko na yung commercial. ID lang pala kailangan. tinamad ako tawagan yung hotline dahil parang di naman accessible. pero well matawagan na nga. hehehe

  19. Avatar for stronghold stronghold says:

    check out the new TVC of QIK with Ryan Agoncillo as endorser. a friend of mine knows ryan and i don’t know kung totoo na ginagamit talaga niya yung QIK. here’s the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vHI7hMlqcGU

  20. Avatar for FC Barca FC Barca says:

    so far mga dudes, wala pa ako problema with QIK. connection is okay naman, despite the occasional internet traffic.

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