Good news to all PLDT myDSL subscribers on Plan 3000 — bandwidth upgrades have been rolling to all subs as early as first week of this month. The plan was bumped up from 3Mbps to 5Mbps.
Subscribers are getting offers of the free upgrade as long as they continue their subscriptions and lock it for another year. So far, only the Plan 3000 are being offered the upgrades while the lower tiers have not been extended the same.
This move might have been prompted by the recent offerings of other competing ISPs that offer 3Mbps and 5Mbps at prices between Php899 to Php999 (although the bandwidth is capped for these plans).
It’s a good proposition that should show what customers will be willing to shell out. Here’s the round-up:
BayanDSL
up to 3Mbps @ Php899 with 15GB bandwidth cap {see story here}
Sky Broadband
up to 5Mbps @ Php999 with 15GB bandwidth cap {see story here}
PLDT myDSL Plan 3000
up to 5Mbps @ Php3,000* without cap
We should note that the PLDT myDSL Plan 3000 also comes with a free land-line and WatchPad account and free NDD calls for 1 year.
was thinking of applying for that PLDT Mypad since subscribing to it would bump my speed from 768kbps to 1Mbs but hate the extended lockdown time (and the terms you don’t get to own the tablet itself).
Hoping we PLDT MyDSL subscribers will get the upgrade soon at no extra cost
not sure if the speed bump is automatic for old customers. Some reports say that you need to wait for it to be offered (coz not all areas have the upgrade yet) and if you do, you get another year lock in. Worth it IMHO
As for lower plans, as of now there is no plan to upgrade, probably since a lot of the competition does not have the same price range like globe tatoo lamborghini. Maybe next year
wow ok to ah, pwede ko na pa-upgrade yung internet connection namin.
Sana pati yung plan 990 i-upgrade din nila. Super bagal ng 384 kbps. Parang yung ino-offer lang na speed ng Smart Broadband like 3-4 years ago. Dapat maging competitive mga companies :D
This is a good move for PLDT. A good reward too for those who have been loyal to their Plan 3000.
I hope PLDT finishes their NGN roll out on Baguio so I can try this 5Mbps goodness :)
i just called 172, and they mentioned that our area is currently not on the Next Generation Network. So I guess Marikina will have to wait for the speed bump.
lugi.
I guess that applies here in the province of batangas too… :(
why dont they just upgrade us automatically…
i know im paying landline on top of the internet, dati pa to. but really, they should just uncap the limit for 3K subscribers.
WOW!! I wish they will upgrade lower plans such as 1999 and 999 :D
1999 2mbps – 3mpbs
999 1mbps – 2mbps
1299 784kbps – 1mbps
for bundle plan 990.
from 384kbps to 784kbps that is not bad!!
I LOVE PLDT if that will be the case..ahahaha
paki basa nga ulit comment mo
what’s wrong?
This is good news! I hope they could upgrade other plans like Plan 1995 which currently has 2Mbps that I’m with right now.
I got this plan not realising I was getting ‘bumped up’ to 5mbps from 3! In practice I am getting well over 5mbps at certain times of the day … which is excellent for my torrent downloads, however I am finding the ‘old’ 2 mbps was far more stable as far as web page loading and refreshing is concerned …
try google DNS. It has improved web surfing for a lot of PLDT DSL users
ei Vince,have not heard from this.hoe does it work?
Configure your router to use the IP addresses 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 as your DNS servers.
Our PLDT landline bill is 700 on top of the 3000 mydsl so yea its 3700
Oo nga, sana yung lower tier plans ay magkaroon ng upgrade. That would be sweet, and I would even consider going back to PLDT as my ISP.
However, this is still a sweet deal. I hope PLDT does not do this gimmick just to get more subscribers, then over-subscribe eventually. Sulit na rin to for download junkies.
I love Globe Tattoo SuperStick Plan 1299. Super bilis 5Mbps with NO CAP.
maligaya n ako sa speed ng plan 999 basta wlang bandwidth limit
gusto ko sana yung plan 990 na internet+landline eh mahigit sa 384kbps, like 1mbps na sana.
“We should not that the PLDT myDSL Plan 3000 also comes with a free land-line and WatchPad account.”
— www.yugatech.com —–
“Your DSL High Speed Plan’s Monthly Service Fee (MSF) is billed on top of your Landline’s MSF.”
—- http://www.myworldmydsl.com —-
Which one is true about the landline fee?
Siguro as long as you don’t make calls aside from local ones..
Yuga has already made the correction in his post
i thought the 3000 was only for landline then you still pay for the landline w/c is 700 making the dsl+landline 3700
Any update on other Plans like 999 1999 ????
Yuga: what specifically happens after the user reaches the cap for both Bayan and Sky?
Sorry if this reply is not from Sir Abe. :) But I would like to try answering that.
1 TipidPC member and 2 PinoyDSL members subscribed to SKY’s 5Mbps plan already confirmed that their speed has slowed down to around 700-800Kbps. There’s no fine print where this slowed down speed came from but they assume that this is based from SKY’s plan 999’s (uncapped) speed which is 1Mbps. There’s still no info on their billing statements, though.
hope they will offer upgrade on lower plan.. para every body is happy :)
hmmm pero damot paren ng pldt.. sila ang leader.. dapat man lang 10mbps.. :) para hataw..
oo nga… 5.05mbps per second na ung internet namin! astig talaga. no wonder bakit sila ang pinakamalaking telecom company sa philippines pati smart. haha