In a TV commercial aired last Saturday, PLDT introduced a new DSL plan which offers up to 10Mbps for just Php4,000. That makes it the top broadband offering under the myDSL service line-up (PLDT MyDSL Plan 4000).
Prior to this, they have a Plan Xcel 3000 at 5Mbps. The Plan Xtreme 4000 doubles that speed up to 10Mbps. The plan is not yet up on their website but a release sent to us this evening shows the new one.
Take note though that this is for residential line and it’s not really a guaranteed speed. My 2Mbps Plan 1995 only gives me somewhere around 1Mbps so I’m thinking a Plan 10Mbps should deliver 5Mbps on a regular peak hours.
Anybody willing to shell out Php4,000 a month for 10Mbps?
Sana nga mabilis na. Palaging taas baba ang speed e depende sa oras. kainis.
@Sherman
For you to be able to differentiate megabytes vs. megabits per second, bytes is denoted by a capital B and bits is small b. MBps=Megabytes per second and Mbps=Megabits per second. Don’t second “MBPS ng net” and “Mbps ng download”, lol. I lol’d when I read your explanation.
nag eexplain lang po.. kasi ung mga nabasa kong comments. ang alam nga nila na MBps na sabi mo eh mega bytes hindi mega bits. pasensiya po kuya.. tumutulong lang naman ako.
Yes, and I’m just explaining things to you also because you explained it the wrong way.
And I think you’re confused too. This is what you said “ang alam nga nila na MBps na sabi mo eh mega bytes hindi mega bits.”
Please read my comment again, MBps is INDEED MEGABYTES PER SECOND. If you want to go more techinical, 1 byte=8 bits but usually for Internet speeds you divide the rated Mbps by 10 (not by 8 for practicality’s sake) to get MBps.
Well.. let me put it in easy words. PLDT simply sucks. I have the XCEL 3000 Plan with “up to” 5 mbps.
In the contract it is stated that this plan will provide anything between 60% (3 mbps) and 5 mbps.
FACT is that my Smart stick is faster. I usually get anything around 0,35 – 2,25 mbps. If I make a speedtest every minute, I get 10 totally different results within 10 minutes.
This is misrepresentation of contract. If you pay for a San Mig litro, they give you a small Pilsen instead but they charge the litro that is betrayal and a stafa case friends. Maybe PLDT customers should unite and file such a case. We all pay for a service that they don´t provide.
I have been abroad and in Germany for example you get 25 mbps flatrate for less than 1.200 php and it works 24/7 under all weather conditions.
Shame on PLDT for such a service but way overpriced.
PARA SA LAHAT PO NG HINDI NAKAKA ALAM. ang MBPS ng net at ang MBPS ng download ay hindi po pareho.. ang MBPS ng net ay MEGABITS PER SECODND at ang sa download po ay MEGABYTES PER SECOND… SMART STICK and GLOBE STICK really is fast.. but is it fast in the web searching?? totally NOT.. merun po akong SMART STICK at GLOBE STICK at totoo po na kahit 1MBPS lang ang nakalagay sa contract ng NET STICKS. umaabot ito ng 2MBPS thru download dahil sa isang dahilan.. dahil sa malakas na signal pero sobrang bagal mag net.. ang DSL ay nagkakaron ng line traffic connection, at nangyayari to kung maraming DSL connection sa area niyo.. kaya for those telling na PLDT SUCKS, well do some research, baka yang burat niyo ang isuck niyo pag nalaman niyo ang kasagutan sa sinasabi niyo
Can anyone please confirm if 10Mbps is really 10Mbps when subscribing to this plan? 9-10Mbps would be acceptable for me.
Just an FYI, when you say mbps, it doesn’t necessarily mean that it’s equal to MB/s. mbps means megabits per second and MB/s means megabytes per second. 8 bits = 1 byte. If you do the math 10mbps = 1.25 MB/s.
I hope this makes everything clear. I hope PLDT would rate their products using real world metrics such as the Byte and not the bit. A lot of ISPs did upsell the bit more than the byte since they can convince to sell their services better to unknowing customers who don’t know the difference between the bit and the byte. I hope there would be a law that would abolish this misinformation.
I agree.I did a speedtest and it is .621MB/s that is for subscribing the 5Mbps.
Tip: When you go to speedtest, do not immediately start on the speed test. Create a free account. In the settings, change the megabit to megabytes.
Then do the spreedtest. Then repeat it using megabit.
I notice speedtest default is on megabit. So you need to change it to megabyte after sign up.
I am hoping PLDT will make this clear to the public. That they are selling megabit, not MEGAbtyes.
Just placing Mbps is misleading as people might think it is MBps.
Hope this helps.
badtrip! ang mahal naman nyan tsaka hindi naman laging 10mbps yung speed nyan e! naka 3mbps ako minsan 1mbps lang ung nkukuha ko. ano un kalokohan? nagbabayad kami ng tapat tpos ganun yung gnagawa nila.. P*t*ng inang yan! samantalang sa japan yung speed nila 64 mbps!! Monopolya kasi nng PLDT ang Ph e!
i got the plan 1995 (3mbps) before they said that it’s only 2mbps… you have to insist what’s on their ad so you get the exact speed. now i’m getting well off 3mbps….
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1707942573.png
it is fake manloloko ang dsl lalo na sa mga walang alam sa networking or sa computer!!! nag pa upgrade kami ng plan 4000 = 10mbps , after 1 month, check ko yung control panel ng modem nila 7mbps lang nakalagay….anu to lokohan??? hahayzzz…..mga scammer..!!!
tsk tsk .. magspeed test ka nde control panel .. tanga
I Did… So far it’s been stable and I am maxing out my connection. :) http://raymundtiu.com/?p=493
The torrent issue is not the ISP’s fault, your modem or router has become overloaded due to you opening too many connections at once. Configure your utorrent settings so it doesn’t connect to so many peers at the same time and this won’t be as big of a problem.
atleast, kami masayang kasama ang pamilya namin dito sa pinas..
ikaw? masaya kb sa ibang bansa? ipinagpalit mo nb ang bilis ng net sa pamilya mo d2?
oi andito na pamilya namin matagal na wala kasing kwenta jan sa pinas maliit ung sahod.. uuwi nman kami paminsan minsan jan hehehe.
http://www.siminn.is/einstaklingar/netid/askrift/
sos weak pa rin yang 10mbps na yan ang mahal pa! dito sa iceland 50mbps tapos ang monthly usage allowance 140 GB tapos free 10GB pa kung na ubos mo na.. ang price? around 3000 piso!
hi guys,
anyone interested to apply. im a registered pldt agent and we cater to all parts of the philippines. Please text me at 092196***** for more information. We just need a xerox of your valid id for your application. Thanks-Tina
magaapply ako ng ganyang speed kapag ganito na ang price nyan sa atin..
https://www.singtelshop.com/homebroadband/index.jsf#/snbb_10mbps?utm_source=singtel&utm_medium=10mbps_link&utm_campaign=singtel_bb_at_home
LOL
4K for a 10mbps is too much … assuming you don’t get 10mbps which is always true btw…you only get half of what you pay for…tsk tsk
Yes!!!!!!! Maka upgrade na nga ulit! Sulit yan pag malapit ka sa pldt main server sa area niyo.. Samin consistent 5mbps buong araw.. Bihirang bumabagsak under 4mbps.. So kung maka upgrade kmi nang 10mbps, cguradong consistent dn yan! :)
anyone experiencing the same problem when downloading using utorrent internet goes down every 5 mins or so? when router restart internet is back but if utorrent still on internet goes down again after 5 mins… im on 5mbps pldt
Sana sa mga subscription na ganyan may mga free 30-day trial period, bago ka pumirma ng contract. Para naman ma-experience muna ng mga subscribers kung gaaano talaga kabilis ang up to 10Mbps na yan.
It’s not available sa lahat ng area. Like dito sa binondo area wala pa daw so I think nde lahat ng manila area meron inuna nila yun mga rich cities na magaapply agad.