Sky Broadband is set to launch a new offering for their internet service — a special broadband plan of (up to) 5Mbps at only Php999 a month with a 15GB cap.
Now that looks like a very attractive offer if you’re not really a heavy user and don’t spend a lot of time surfing at home (mostly people checking emails, FB and Twitter with a little bit of YouTube now and then).
Telco insiders are saying that around 80% of broadband users don’t really consume more than 15GB of traffic a month, then this alternative plan is for them.
If 15GB is not enough for you, Sky Broadband also offers another tiered plan — 5Mbps at Php1,999 with 35GB cap.
If you think you use more than this amount of bandwidth, then you can still stick to the un-capped (or unlimited) bandwidth plan at 1Mbps for Php999 a month. People now have more choices which plan fits their usage pattern.
If you are given a lifetime supply of cigarettes for free, will you just be bound and bound and bound to smoke until supplies last, then complain that there are no more supplies thus making the supply “free and unlimited” worthless/misleading?
(Not a tight analogy I know, but that’s the picture.)
@Fleeb If your supplier has a much smaller warehouse than other suppliers in other parts of the world and refuses to build more warehouses, instead telling you to consume less cigarettes (even though you’re supposed to have unlimited) then yes, you can definitely complain.
sabihin nalang nating prang trabaho toh, sabi sayo ng boss mo sweldo is 100 per item na matapos mo ia-assemble and the max assembly speed is 5items per hour for 12hrs a day, 30days a month.
natapos mo is perfect 1800items tapos sweldo mo is 15K lng kasi sabi nila yun daw max na sweldo eh dapat nakuha mo is 180K, sino ngayon naloko?
kung mabagal ka mag assemble siguro nga di mo mapansin yung cap pero pag hasler ka dimandahan na toh.
pwde ba mgpa kabit ng SkyBroadband sa mga places na wlang cgnal ang mga cellphone????
http://lifeat5mbps.bti.net.ph/lifeat5mbps/pages/bandwidth_usage_calculator
pwede ko ng pagkasyahin ung 15gb ^^
5 mbps down speed pero may 15 gig cap? napaka stupid naman. panu mo ma i-enjoy ung speed mo? with speeds like that, you’re bound to DOWNLOAD AND DOWNLOAD AND DOWNLOAD. walang duda yan. pointless! btw, if you’re such the so-called “light user”, BAKIT KA PA KUKUHA NG 5MBPS NA CONNECTION SPEED? nako-nako naman.
It’s about the speed of the internet. If you need that program/file NOW, then you can really get it NOW. Hindi yan tungkol sa unlimited or not. Makukuha mo na AGAD-AGAD ang mga kailangan mong files. Hindi masasayang ang oras mo kakahintay matapos ang download bago mo maumpisahan magtrabaho. Yun ang point dun kaya may sense ang mabilis na download kahit na may 15gb or 35gb cap. GETS NYO?
this sounds more like an excuse rather than a convincing explanation
Maybe I will try this one someday… For now I’m still happy in my current provider…
how will you know if 15gb or more ung nacoconsume mo a month?
@ joe,
hahaha wala naman ako balak magpakabit nito. ok na ako sa eastern telecom. 1k per month 2mbps unlimited.
isang malaking kalokohan nanaman to ni lopez… hahahaha… kakabit lng ng 5mbps promo-kuno na to samin… tuwangtuwa pa ung mga team ng nagkabit kasi pumalo ng 7mbps nung nag speedtest kame… eh cnong niloko nila… hahaha d stable ung speed… then madalas dc… d pa siguro ok ung infra ng sky… pero try parin namin ung static ip nila na inoofer for P250 per month… bka sakaling maging stable na…
@ Alain,
Isa ka pang makulit na hindi nagbabasa…. sinabi na ngang hindi ito para sa mga heavy internet users na katulad mo.
nako. pano pa kaya ako?? downstream is 250GB per month… =D
Pano pa ko 3gb per day minimum :D
How I wish this can be available in my area too.. Myself as a heavy user does not really consume more than 10gb a month..
hi. I haven’t tried this yet. But I’m planning to. I think the reason why ISPs don’t give the advertised burst speed to the fullest is because of those downloading illegal stuff 24/7. The bandwidth cap is a logical move to apply fair usage policy. So, I think sky will be able to give those subscribed in the 5mbps plan up to 70% of the advertised speed. Sky should.
kukulit! parang mga hindi nagbabasa, nakalagay na nga “if you’re not really a heavy user and don’t spend a lot of time surfing at home” =))
btw, 5Mbps is the port speed. it’s the speed between your modem at home and the switch of your ISP. connection rate to the internet is another thing. that will depend on the CIR set by the ISP to their 5Mbps subscribers.
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I am using sky…Dati umaabot speeds ko to 3-7mbps..pero simula nung january 3mbps na lng…Dahil siguro jan. hehehe…
base on experience, di niyo rin ma aapreciate yung 5 mbps nila na THEORITICAL speed.
nag subscribe kasi last May 2010 sa 6mbps unli plan nila. and walang kwenta. mabilis lang pag youtube (di lang naman youtube ang ginagamitan ng internet). on all other things, mahina, para kang naka dial up. lol. ang pangit pa ng customer service. pag tumawag ka sa kanila, sasabihin lang na gagawan “raw” nila ng paraan. pero ala pa rin.
summary:
i only had SKY broadband for a MONTH, disconnect ko na agad, binalik ko personally yung modem nila kasi ayaw nilang kunin sa bahay (di ka nila i-didisconnect kung hindi masauli yung modem) Php 4,999 pa nun ang 6mbps plan. sinayang ko lang pera ko sa kanila :(
Alam niyo ang kulit niyo!!! sinabi na ngang base sa study nila eh 80% of internet users consume less than 15 GB. If you think 15GB is low, then you must be one of the 20% who downloads a lot, then it is not suitable for you and not designed for you, then use other plan and stop barking-up the wrong tree.
some movies are more than 1Gig so 15 Gig is small.
I think the reason why people doesn’t consume more then 15gb per month is due to the sh*tty slow & intermittent Internet service.
I’m actually not sure how much I use in a month… I think it would be great if Sky Broadband could give us details of our monthly usage (im currently subscribed to their 1.5mpbs), then personally inform customers that would fit great for this new offering.
another false hope ng mga ISP…iiyak ka lng sa P999 mo..better try hacked wimax, TOR or VPN para libre..tsk tsk another false advertisement…