Sky Broadband seems to be tipping the scale for broadband speeds with offerings of up to 6Mbps and 12 Mbps packages for residential accounts. Just got a pamphlet from their roving people asking residents to switch.
Previously the top speeds for residential DSL lines are somewhere between 3 to 5Mbps, but 12 Mbps? Sign me up!
The new packages are as follows:
Plan 6 Mbps
6Mbps downsload
1Mbps upload
Free Installation
Free Modem
Free SkyCable Gold plan
Free SkyVoice Plan 100 (Free calls to US & Canada)
Monthly Service Fee: Php3,999
Plan 12 Mbps
12Mbps download
1Mbps upload
Free Installation
Free Modem
Free SkyCable Gold plan
Free SkyVoice Plan 100 (Free calls to US & Canada)
Monthly Service Fee: Php5,999
They also offer a 15-day free trial but I’m not sure what’s the catch with that one.
I’m already spending Php2k on PLDT myDSL and Php500 for Destiny Cable. Upgrading to 6 Mbps means I have to fork out another Php1,500 per month.
It might sound like a good deal especially for those looking into really fast download speeds but I’m in the fence when it comes to reliability.
Any Sky Cable or Sky Broadband user out there who can share some feedback on service reliability (i.e how many downtimes a year, resolution time, etc.)?
12Mbps is basically very low for users like me who download Bluray rips. I guess you don’t really need that kind of speed if you just browse the Internet.
Am on my 2nd day of the 15days trial for 6mbps from skycable internet, so far it’s doin’ great. i get 4.79 mbps download and 0.63 mbps upload (1pm-speedtest.net – metro manila)
I paid 1k, i think it’s for the installation fee since i’m no subscriber of them.
i will be posting updates here of my trial.
location: manila
internet cafe
and also, still not disconnected with my pldtdsl 4.5mbps, (just in case, he he)
Skycable broadband 2nd night of my 15 days trial for 6mbps
8pm
Test site: speedtest.net (metro manila server)
Got 1.20 Mbps download and
0.20 mbps upload
8:20 pm
1.44 Mbps download and
0.20 mbps upload
the installer as i remember assured me that download speed won’t go below 4 mbps.
anyway, i still have 13 more days to try.
will also be trying their tech support on the days to come.
will keep you posted guys.
Doin’ this for the sake of good and quality of service.
swertihan lang talaga ang maayos na ISP satin, dapat may internet standardization law, kasi never naman umaabot yun advertise speed sa actual speed…
gaano katagal ang lock in period ng skybroad band?
Here’s the proof of how skybroadband is being run nowadays people do your job an example of yesmen running the farm
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This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is admin@skybroadband.com.ph.
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If you missed it here it is agen lol *facepalm
Here’s the proof of how skybroadband is doing nowadays people do your job
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Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query.
This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is admin@skybroadband.com.ph.
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That was fun i wanna do it agen put yah hands together 4 the skybroadband management *golf clap
Here’s the proof of how skybroadband is doing nowadays people do your job
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The dnsserver returned:
Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query.
This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is admin@skybroadband.com.ph.
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Generated Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:39:23 GMT by proxy3.skybroadband.com.ph (squid/2.7.STABLE9
And oh btw i wudnt b hir posting if your service was workin you all rofl
Here’s the proof of how skybroadband is doing nowadays people do your job
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The dnsserver returned:
Server Failure: The name server was unable to process this query.
This means that:
The cache was not able to resolve the hostname presented in the URL.
Check if the address is correct.
Your cache administrator is admin@skybroadband.com.ph.
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Generated Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:39:23 GMT by proxy3.skybroadband.com.ph (squid/2.7.STABLE9
112mbps for $400 and they cant even run 3mbps properly what a ripoff my condolences to those who sign up *yawn boring
Hi all
I am British, sorry I don’t speak an awful lot of Tagalog, been in the Philippines for around 12 years, love the country, but it is run by too many corrupted officials, most of the people are great, but there are a lot of back stabbers in the country, been robbed many times, but they do have some of the most beautiful women in the world here.
Anyway, I get 2Mbps second for 3,000ph, that’s around 40 UK pounds a month, depending on the exchange rate of the day, and this includes cable TV, I am happy with the speed as I do usually get 2 MBps download, but the cost is way through the roof in-conjunction with the UK, for the same price I get 50+MBps, and free weekend calls, the speed here is so very laughable and so way behind the rest of the western world, in the UK, speed goes up every couple of months for the same price, but here in the Philippines, it has remained the same for the last couple of years with my account, the infrastructure is so bad, they still use copper wire in most locations, not sure if they have ever heard of Optical cables here, or just to bloody lazy to install them.
Things are starting to get faster, but god, you have to pay heavily for the bad service, they have along way to go, to even come close to the western world, they seem to be around 10 years behind, the tech is there, they just don’t want to give it to the general public, and they don’t like competitive companies starting up, they only just moved over to DVD movies a couple of years ago, the rest of the world is now using blu-ray movies, something that’s very hard to find here, then you pay though the nose to get it.
The Philippines is a beautiful country, but they are slowly destroying it from with-in.
@Keith
I cannot agree more on your testament. I’m a Filipino myself and lived here for the rest of my life (23 years). I’m a technology enthusiast and I see how the Internet service crawls here. Everyday I am envy to the Western part of the world on their technology considering how cheap they can get it. Triple play with fiber optic technology is very common nowadays with ISP’s in the US like Comcast. I really don’t understand why the Filipinos cannot do something with this important part of the industry.
Definitely agree with you regarding the deplorable aspect of service here in the Philippines. In the 80′s, it took 3 years to never to get a landline since PLDT was the only one providing, this changed when cellphones came, but back then to get a cellphone you have to wait 6 months and pay Php40K for the service, they kept it at this price range until SMART came along with their “affordable” price of around Php6K/month packages. Eventually, PLDT lost the landline business since most people would just use their cell for calls. The prices went down went down only recently when SUN gave their unlimited packages.
The same is true with the internet service, we just need somebody to break the monopoly and offer something faster at the same price. When people starting moving, the big boys will eventually start offering faster service.
I am sure PLDT, SkyCable, Globe, SUN know all the latest tech, I guess they are just in cahoots in the price level the industry is hovering on.
Way to much red tape here, for other companies to compete, to much power for so few to control, the rich get richer, while the poor get poorer, can only hope one day, the internet speed matures enough to play online for an affordable price.
Would love to see 20MBps for the same price I’m paying for this ridiculous high cost for just 2MBps, and that’s still expensive for 20MBps, I can only hope and Pray ha ha ha ha, I will be waiting for ever.
All the best to all honest Filipinos, hope one day the people sort this corruption out with the power of vote.
I guess I could put my comments in here.
Jumping fences will always be a risk in itself, so unless your speed is less than 60 kb/s, DO NOT change your ISP. With the sort-of crappy service of Globe Broadband I have, I still support it a bit. So…
Neither are good.
That’s the conclusion.
I say tolerance. or somebody make another Noli Me Tangere internet-style.
Wow, pagtapos ko basahin lahat ng mga posts dito e parang gusto ko na din ipaterminate yung subscription ko. Sobrang bagal ng connection ko for almost a week na, medyo hopeful pa ko na baka one day bumalik kaya hindi muna ako tumatawag sa CSR nila (at alam ko din na walang matutulong yung mga yun dahil ang lalabo nila kausap). Pero ngayon mukhang tatawag na ako para ipa-terminate to. 1st 2months sobrang smooth ng connection ko.. Walang problema sa pagdownload ng mga movies through torrent.. Eh ngyon pucha! 3 mins video on youtube sobrang tagal magload! Facebook and twitter pili lang ang images na lumalabas. Grabe!! Hindi ako nagbabayad ng 999 para sa nakapakabagal na connection na to.. Kahit madaling araw sobrang bagal pa din. Kala mo di-uleng..
Anyway, magkano po ba yung termination fee sa Sky? Para isampal ko na sa pagmumukha nila kasama yung modem nila.
Babalik nalang din siguro ako sa DSL. Kahit medyo palpak din at least hindi ganon kabagal.
I am almost in the verge of changing my service provider from PLDT to Skycable. I am also a Skycable Gold subscriber and I am enticed by the discount they give to Broadband subscribers. Anyway, after reading all the comments, I am sticking my ass with PLDT.
Wewww!!!! grabe commentzz d2 ah.. kasi po wala naman po perfect eh..gumamit nlang kau ng tama.ok? puro kau sat-sat! nka skybroadband ako eversince wala nman problema pag dating sa speed. eh kung down eh down! system lang yan pumapalpak! parang tao diba nag kakasakit? humihina ang katawan bumibigay din! kaya kng anung meron kau ha? ginusto nyu nman yan! e 2loi nyu lng mga kapatid. hapi ako sa modem binigay sakin.. sa mga mag iisip gus2 mag pa instal kontakin nyu 2 09218086235 metro manila lang yan mga brod. bbigyan kau ng magandang quality hindi naniningil ng fee yan.kung anung trial mo ganun din sa huli mag sawa ka sa kaka–internet! ewan ko nalng bka dumikit na yan komputer sa mga mukha nyu!!!
Well, let me tell you my experience about Sky.
I currently have 4 mbps connection for 2000 peso, and until now, (about 3-4months) I’ve only have 1-2 Internet disconnections.
Now, I do agree with the Brit there saying that this place is way behind other countries. If I were to compare this country to Korea, then this country will be about 20-30 years behind. In a price about 2000 Peso, you can get a 100MBps download speed. (100 000 kilobytes per second)
What I want to ask these people in the broadband comapany is “Do you even have logics in your head?”
One reason is because, imagine, a company offers a FAST internet cnonnectio on a CHEAP price. What will happen? That company will dominate the internet industry within days. Not only that, but due to incredible amount of money coming in, they would be able to fix most of the problems being encountered from the users, increasing service, and with the remaining, money, they will be able to build up their technology and ACTUALLY make their OWN internet providers. (Reminder: PHilippines does not own any internet providers. They are getting it from (was it singapore or indonesia).
@patoga_ra
You’re a PITA in this thread. You don’t even know what you’re saying!
Hi all
after three years of being with “PLANET CABLE” there still is no increase in speed (2MBps), with the high cost of electricity here (one of the highest in the world) and PC (planet cable)ripping me off, they charge one of the highest cost for internet (3,000ph for just 2MBps+cable TV) and all the brown outs, some times several per day, it’s a wounder that there is any internet at all, I feel for the internet cafes here in the Philippines, and remember, the speed here is not constant, it is burst speed, just take a look in the task manager under network, and the grid there looks like a mountain range and not a smooth line as is usually the case in a lot of western countries, stability is something they not used to here.
Philippines is a beautiful country run by just 5 families who have crippled ” the pearl of Asia” the Filipino forgive and forget to easily, I would love to see Miriam Santiago run the country, now there is a woman who takes no shit from anyone.
The Philippines could be a fantastic country, if they could just get rid of the corruption.
Just an update, I have once again moved Internet providers, this time it’s Globe. I started the year with SkyBroadband, quickly gave that up because of the BS speed that they are marketing, they are like PAL, laging overbooked. I moved to PLDT MyDSL, stayed with them almost a year, unfortunately, I had frequent drop outs of connection, PLDT 172 were comprised of call center agents who don’t even know what they are doing, no help at all, they kept on with the ‘Press Start, the Control Panel’ pero I am using Linux, wala na silang matulong. To make a long story short, one technician nila finally admitted that the real problem was that my location was too far from the PLDT box (3KM) kaya patay na signal pag dating sa akin.
I am now using Globe, fortunately, for me the Globe box was just behind my house so ok ang signal. Another plus, was I was talking to the Globe technicians and asking them kung ilan ang nakakabit, ang sagot, ako pa lang, ok na ok. I subscribed to their (Php2,295 – 3MB/landline), I get 2.4-2.6MB, which they said I would get, so at least expected ko na iyon. So for now, I am happy with Globe Broadband connection. Sana nga lang mas mabilis, hindi pa rin kaya HD streaming.
BTW, for gamers latency of Globe is between 7-14ms, PLDT was 11-15ms (kung ayos). Latency not important for streaming, though.
SkyBroadband already has 112mbs plan but for 20,000php. To be honest, that’s quite a rip off. I’m sticking with my PLDT 3+mbs for 2,000php that I had for a little over 5 years now. Always stayed at 3 for download and a little over .5 for upload.
Hi again. I’m posting once more because I’m getting a constant awesome internet connection from sky.
Ever since I tried to download a torrent, its giving me 1.0 MB/s. 1000kb/s. I was going like, wow….finally.
To remind you guys, I’m having the 4mbps connection. Meaning to say, I’m currently gaining more Internet connection than the amount that they are willing to give. I guess I can say, Sky is indeed very fast. However, I still have to see after a year since this is the biggest problem in all internet providers. At the first month or year, its really good, then it turns out terrible. Now it has been more than 4 months. And I’m looking forward for a content internet connection.
(Currently downloading so many torrent
400mb -> 3~6 minutes!
We have had Sky cable for 10 months in La Posada Sucat – its average download is consistant at 11 mb and its transformed our lives. At times we can get download speeds of 20mb – late at night or early morning. At last we can use I tunes etc no problem. Movie in 15 to 20 mins. Only one service loss and that was fixed in 1 hour. Will upgrade when the faster speed becomes avialable. Well done Sky cable
Know as for my other house in Batangas……we can even get Smartbro
Robert
@Robert,
what do you mean by 20mb? Do you mean by 20 000 kb/s? Which means you download 20 mb file in 1 second? How is that possible here? I haven’t seen an internet speed that fast in the Philippines.
If what you claim is to be true, then I hope it will come to AAVA and the rest of the locations in the Philippines. Good to see Philippines finally improving in Internet monopoly.