Looks like PLDT is aggressively selling its DSL service, now with a residential package of Php999 per month (PLDT Plan 999) at speeds of 384Kbps. This is the former bandwidth allocation for their Plan 1995 which is now at 512Kbps.
On top that, their Php788 per month for Smart WiFi is being heavily promoted in the provinces.
The Plan 999 was also an old promo for students only but has now been expanded to cover regular residential subscribers. With the introduction of DSL Plan 999, I think PLDT will soon be upgrading existing subscribers to higher bandwidths. Much more that Globe Telecoms is pushing to 2Mbps for Php2,995 (Explore Gold Plan).
The problem here though is that PLDT is so aggressive in selling broadband connections to potential new customers that it has already forgotten about the existing ones. Just read the comments over at the Smart WiFi entry.
I am sure they know that it’s cheaper to retain new customers than to get new ones. Oh, I forgot they have that 1-year lock-up clause.
haiz i think mas mabilis ang smart bro than sa pldt …pero dpende daw sa location and speed ng p.c mo….
PLDT PLAN 999 it’s simple as SIYAM SIYAM ANG AABUTIN MO SA BAGAL.
check out this new promo by PLDT. They call it QIK, as in Quick Installation Kit http://myworldmydsl.com/qik/home.aspx is this a new line of promo by PLDT?
as i said in the other blog entry, i’ll be inquiring about this. It won’t hurt naman if I try.
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tgal na po yang QIK kit nila.. last year pa yata..
@jp, yeah that was so last year pa but they relaunched it, probably with some technical problems they encountered. http://myworldmydsl.com/qik/home.aspx here’s their website. check it out if you want.
yes JP. that was so last year. I agree. But then they relaunched it or whatever.
here’s the commercial i saw in TV and now it’s on youtube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbGOQGed9wY&feature=related ryan reminds me of my ex in this commercial…okay off topic na haha!
saw that as well. i think QIK is a promising one.
i have my pldt quick install kit…well, installed. ano pa ba?! hahaha! and i’m using it..malamang naman noh? you guys should try it.
weirdo, meron na ako niyan. so far so good ika nga ng iba. how do you find it?
hey guys, i had my computer connected with qik. so nice! and the watchpad thing is like so great, but so few channels. nonetheless, it’s still great! anyone here tried the watchpad already, besides like me?
interesting topic we have. to seniorita, yes i have tried the watchpad…but no, i’m sticking to regular tv programming unless they have put many more channel options. but qik is an ideal product, but not an ideal service of pldt. that’s my reklamo. other than that, i’m okay with with them.
same here. i’m okay with like pldt qik and all but watchpad has limited channels. sigh i hope they expand.
i believe naman pldt will expand their watchpad. ang konti naman kasi ng mga channels for that eh.
after all that talk, i finally got that qik. hahaha! tinamad lang pumunta sa mga retail outlets lately.
after my most of my friends got this kit, i thought maybe it was worth the try. now i have it. purchased a few days ago after doing some minor research over the net.
oh cool. they’ll expand. when would they do this?
i don’t know when exactly they’ll expand their watchpad channels but probably in a year or two..or maybe soon. idk. as if insider ako sa kanila. haha!
right now, ito pa lang afford ko sa qik product. I want to have that 3mbps kasi it goes with the free wifi.
hopefully this year na sila mag expand. I’ll just watch the channels on regular cable if they won’t. YES, I’M BEING A DEMANDING CUSTOMER! LOL!
yeah, you are very demanding! hahaha! why don’t you speak personally with MVP about your demands. hahaha!
ty, how’s your qik product?
who’s MVP? What are you talking about? Is it Kobe Bryant?
haha! No! Manny V. Pangilinan, the CEO of PLDT, and a fellow Atenean. Sorry proud ako ha. And Kobe rocks! I was at Boni High St. earlier. Damn! Idol ko talaga.