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BayanTel sets broadband cap at 100GB?

Abe Olandres January 2, 2011 · 2 min read

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At the Bayan Telecommunications official forum, the indicated monthly internet cap for subscribers is said to be at 100GB per month though this has not been completely confirmed since the Acceptable Use Policy (AUP) has not specified it.

The forum posting (post was removed by BayanTel; Google Cache here) was allegedly lifted from the official documents (but we could not find the original one):

1. What is the monthly bandwidth limit per subscriber?

The limit per subscriber ay any given month must not exceed 100 gigabytes.

2.Why is there a bandwidth limit?

bayanDSL must ensure the quality of service of all subscribers within a vicinity. If a single subscriber exceeds the allowable bandwidth limit at 100 gigabytes per month, then this directly affect other subscribers within your vicinity.

3.What are my options? What if I need a higher bandwidth plan?

To upgrade your bayanDSL residential plan, please call 449-2000.

To convert to a corporate plan, please call 449-9999.

4.How will I know if I have exceeded my limit?

You can monitor your bandwidth usage at ” www.bayan.com.ph/aup/usage ” using your existing bayanDSL username and password.

If this is true, their cap is the most generous among the others we’ve checked before.

We’ll be getting official statement from Bayan regarding this cap and if indeed this is imposed. Will update once I get their reply.

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152 Comments

BayanDSL user · 15 years ago

There’s no bandwidth limit per month for BayanDSL users. :)

Jay · 15 years ago

It seems to only affect those who really use and abuse the web. The rest of the idiots commenting like this is godsent don’t really give a rat’s ass since they are still thinking from 5 years ago. This isn’t a sign of good customer service but an even stupid excuse for worst customer service.

Dr. Chez Litton · 15 years ago

Cap or not, the ISPs here offer crap. The Philippines offering speeds of price of about a thousand pesos per 1Mbps? Then a cap? Idiocy. We have the tech and the architecture to support more than that. We have the one of the lowest speeds in Asia and in the world. In other countries, pay the same amount we do here and get speeds at least 5x faster. Our ISPs are a big bloody joke. Can’t even get decent video streaming here.

Tiger · 15 years ago

The NTC should not have intervened and issued a short sighted directive. The NTC should have left the issue to market forces / competition. The NTC is should not be the telco’s representative in government, they should be the one to mediate.

hurr · 15 years ago

“Twitter: Albert
replied on Jan 3rd, 2011 at 1:08 am (28)

IF PLDT adds a cap to their DSL service, what will happen to their watchPOD program?”

They’re probably gonna charge us separately for that. lol

Twitter: scraven_mark
replied on Jan 3rd, 2011 at 4:04 am (30)
“100 GB PER MONTH?! OA NA NGA YUN EH! I DOUBT IF SOMEONE CAN EVEN CONSUME 1 GB A DAY!”

Are you still living in 2002? I can use up 5-10gigs a day without even trying…

Jan Carlo · 15 years ago

Globe tattoo/supersurf for postpaid has no cap according to a cs rep. I even hit 300kbps dl speeds at off peak hours.

yankee · 15 years ago

They should not implement such bandwidth cap as it will limit the downloads for most users. Yoo bad news for everyone using their service.

Albert · 15 years ago

”
miggy
i think somebodys trying to brag about his DL capabilities, at 80gb ++ a month thats 2.4 terabyte for three months alone. I think his selling those DL in quiapo LOLâ€¦.”

That’s 240 GB you idiot.
if you want it in terabyte then 0.24 TB

appx. 1,000 GB = 1 TB

anon · 15 years ago

“but in reality is not exist.. we all know that here in the Phil. the normal bandwidth for personal connection is 1Mb which is 3gb/month. How could BayanTel set that kind of part Huge connection in just a monthâ€¦.”

3gb/month “normal”.. no fucking retard thinks that’s normal.
100mb a day = 20 music videos (which you can view in 1 hour and 30 minutes)
100mb a day = 100 high res pictures (which you can view within an hour)
You can’t even stream a full length low-res(300mb) movie in a day with that shitty bandwidth cap.

anon · 15 years ago

“i think somebodys trying to brag about his DL capabilities, at 80gb ++ a month thats 2.4 terabyte for three months alone. I think his selling those DL in quiapo LOLâ€¦.”

You’re fucking stupid. You don’t even know how to compute this shit.

ocommon · 15 years ago

Damn you NTC! Bakit kailangan pang i-limit ang bandwidth, bakit hindi na lang kayo mag-expand sa network nyo imbis na kami ang mag-adjust! Its unfair! I usually stream HD movies/shows everyday. Tapos 100GB/month na lang.. Hay naku!! :(

anon · 15 years ago

Paano naman kaming mga users na bumibili ng legit software thru digital distribution services tulad ng Steam. Sa ngayon ang isang game halos pumapalo na ng 8-9GB tapos katatapos lang ng Steam Sales os madami kaming nabiling games. Sa pag-download pa lang ng 10 games na binili mo halos kulang na, paano pa kapag nilaro mo online?

miggy · 15 years ago

i think somebodys trying to brag about his DL capabilities, at 80gb ++ a month thats 2.4 terabyte for three months alone. I think his selling those DL in quiapo LOL….

rexor · 15 years ago

hmmmmfff,… Bayan provide?? maybe. as you can see its depend on the area where the BayanTel vicinity near you. the near you are and more bandwidth you have.

but in reality is not exist.. we all know that here in the Phil. the normal bandwidth for personal connection is 1Mb which is 3gb/month. How could BayanTel set that kind of part Huge connection in just a month….

maybe in a corporate/business connection.! LOl

vince · 15 years ago

“Twitter: scraven_mark
replied on Jan 3rd, 2011 at 4:04 am (30)

100 GB PER MONTH?! OA NA NGA YUN EH! I DOUBT IF SOMEONE CAN EVEN CONSUME 1 GB A DAY! Movie DL usually runs around 750MB-1GB+ depending on format. But that is MORE than enough, anyone protesting to that is a crazy maniac living his/her life streaming porn or doing online shows 24/7. Define KURACHA?! ;p HATS OFF BAYANTEL!!!!”

thats very short sighted.

“”I think there is a world market for maybe five computers.” — Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943.
…”But what…is it good for?” — Engineer at the Advanced Computing Systems Division of IBM, 1968, commenting on the microchip.
“There is no reason anyone would want a computer in their home.” — Ken Olson, president, chairman and founder of Digital Equipment Corp., 1977.
“640K ought to be enough for anybody.” — Attributed to Bill Gates, 1981, but believed to be an urban legend.
…
“The Americans have need of the telephone, but we do not. We have plenty of messenger boys.” — Sir William Preece, chief engineer of the British Post Office, 1876.
“The wireless music box has no imaginable commercial value. Who would pay for a message sent to nobody in particular?” — David Sarnoff’s associates in response to his urgings for investment in the radio in the 1920s.”

– http://www.rinkworks.com/said/predictions.shtml

hubes · 15 years ago

Martin. mali pa ata yun bandwidth monitor ng bayantel. I also register 10g bandwidth in Nov and 6 in December. May usage pa nga ako on the days in december when I was out of town and my internet is off.

vince · 15 years ago

isipin ninyo, kung super capped/mahal ang kuryente during the 1950’s noong nag dedevelop pa lang ang bansa, sure ball na madaming mga technological inventions ay di magiging sikat kasi masyado malakas sa kuryente like refrigerator, washing machine, microwave, electric iron, etc etc. Lahat nalang tayo gagamit ng kandila

going back further, noong “capped” ang kotse kasi mahal and kakaunti ang ginagawa, ang kotse treated as toy ng mayaman. Noong dumating ang “uncapped” model T (cheap and madaming supply) pati mga middle class nagkaroon ng kotse and alam nyo kung gaano ka importante ang kotse (kasama jeepney and bus) sa buhay ngayon, hindi na laruan kundi isang necessity

same thing sa internet. Madaming mga services like VOIP, tele-surgery, tele-teaching, video on demand, youtube, digital downloads, etc ay di na lalago

in English, suppressing innovation due to limited supply

Edward · 15 years ago

Off-Topic

Was the winners of the Blackberry and the Lenovo laptop announced yet?

Jandale Madrazo · 15 years ago

Im going to switch to bayantel nlng pag ganito :D…haha

Degu · 15 years ago

I’m trying to max out my cap this January. I usually do 8-10gb a day (with my seedbox). Will update you!

Marcus · 15 years ago

Tiger · 15 years ago

There should not be a cap on internet data download. A few years from now we will not view 100GB as “generous” and something we should be very excited & thankful for . With the inevitable trend of high speed internet, we will end up watching news, movies, tv shows, concerts and a host of other things online. If we agree to a cap now and not be forward looking, it will be a precedent and we will end up having caps on download for life. It can be viewed as a violation of a person’s right to information. Telcos are blindsideing us now, in lieu of a more sinister goal in the future.

Albert · 15 years ago

IF PLDT adds a cap to their DSL service, what will happen to their watchPOD program?

undergroundz · 15 years ago

@undergroundzopot
im on Bayantel, trolls like ou should be capped on the internet

Martin · 15 years ago

Switched to downloading 720p video files since early last year and upon checking my usage in their site I only used 6GB, 10GB for Nov and Dec respectively. I do have an estimate on how much I download per month but I don’t think with my usage that I would be this low.

undergroundzopot · 15 years ago

@undergroundzopot

then stick with your ISP and stop nagging with bayanDSL. it seems that it’s serving you well with your 80gb+ usage. DERp

kenzopot · 15 years ago

@Kenzo

ndi issue ang bandwidth sa mmo gaming, maliit lang na coconsume nyan. Pag na download mo na ang client wala ng problema.

undergroundz · 15 years ago

100gb is not enough, i spent almost 80gb+ a month downloading anime on torrents

youtube, facebook browsing and gaming not yet included

Joy de Guzman · 15 years ago

I’m okay with the 100GB monthly cap. Actually, I’m only spending around 25GB to 35GB per month due to daily downloads and seedings with 5-users sharing on the network.

Kenzo · 15 years ago

For us gamers I think 100GB is not enough. kung alam nyo yung BOT sa RAGNAROK Online maiintindihan nyo ako. naka connect kami sa internet 24/7. and bukod pa dun madami pa kaming activities online eh paano na yung mga downloads dba? hehe. sa tingin ko dapat wala ng limit.

Ano po bang pros and cons ng may limit ang bandwith. bakit ba kelangan pa lagyan?

fjordz · 15 years ago

Wow! How I wish this is for real! And that other telcos would follow the same step. This is so generous of BayanTel though I’m not sure if they have better internet as compared to PLDT myDSL.

Let’s see. Hopefully, if NTC would be implementing the broadband cap per subscriber, then a 100 GB cap would do.

Jeric · 15 years ago

that means around 3.3gb per day.. thats fair enough.. not everyday meron dinadownload eh. so i think okay yan.

heckiboi · 15 years ago

100Gb is indeed huge = )

gochitech · 15 years ago

wow!! lupet ng bagong broadband

Nagpapalokong Pinoy (sa mga Telco) · 15 years ago

Sino ba may kakilalang Senatong dyan or Tongressman na pwedeng magpass ng bill at ayusin ang capping na ito? For sure maraming boboto sa kanya next election pag nalaman ng taong bayan na siya ang nagpasimuno sa pag ayos or pag regulate ng capping nito.

Internet connection is a basic necessity for a modern world.

Straw Hat Luffy · 15 years ago

ang cool naman ng bayantel compare sa ibang telcos.

someone · 15 years ago

Telco companies should rethink their subscription packages.

Example
1 – with monthly cap – low bandwidth
2 – with monthly cap – high bandwidth
3 – no cap – low bandwidth
4 – no cap – high bandwidth

Miguel · 15 years ago

Thanks Bayantel!

For those who are complaining about the bandwidth cap of Smart Bro, Globe Tattoo and others:

The electromagnetic spectrum allocated for wireless communications is limited. Even if the telcos wanted to provide you with higher bandwidth cap, it is not physically possible. They could reuse more their allotted frequencies by using lower power antennae, but it would no longer be profitable for them or it could lead to higher prices. One of the few solutions for this is if we already move to digital tv and the frequencies for TV will be reallocated for digital communications. But it still doesn’t mean wireless internet services will have comparable data caps as wired services like DSL and Cable.

cutemoboy · 15 years ago

well… im lucky to be one of those subs… :)
i can tell that bayan DSL is really fair.. esp. the speed & the stability of ur connection.. & the best part is when the clock strikes 10pm onwards.. they have speed on demand, ur connection will go gaga coz of the lightning fast connection.. so u get what u really pay for.. im a heavy torrent user.. so this is a good news for me.. :)

Jhay · 15 years ago

100GB is indeed generous. Wish there would be a round up of the caps imposed by all telcos.

Kyle · 15 years ago

I think the 100gb claim is real. Di pa umaabot sa 100gb/month ang consumption ko sa bayantel pag nasa probinsya ako… kahit power user naman ako na magdamagan nagddownload…

fr0stbyte · 15 years ago

Buti na lang kakaalis ko lang sa Pilipinas ng mag-simula yang mga cap na yan.. 250GB ang average monthly download ko sa SmartBRO noong nandiyan pa ako sa Pilipinas. I can’t imagine having limits on my bandwidth. XD

NemOry · 15 years ago

Ethan kakasha po yan. .dpende sa quality or format ng camc0rder nyo. . .sample pag 3gp lang goods na yan. ,kung gus2 mu high mg MP4,but n0t sure pg makaya. .. . .

Pedro · 15 years ago

woooooooooooooooooow!!!

tamlyle2k10 · 15 years ago

badwidth limit e sa amin nga ang bagal ng internet bibigyan pa ng limit

batang pinoy · 15 years ago

wow, 100 gb? for real?
good thing na alam ng bayantel ang paghihirap na nararanasan ng bayan sa ibang telcos!
bayantel na lang ako kasi sabi ng mga friends ko okay ang speeds ng bayantel! yeah bayantel, i will be your potential customer!!!!

Ethan · 15 years ago

Is this for home users only? Our business line is connected to 5 security cameras which are on 24 hours a day, 5 computers that run during business hours, and around 3 to 4 laptops at any given time of the day. Not sure 100GB is enough.

curious what is the practical economics for capping · 15 years ago

hi sir Abe or anybody who knows: can somebody enlighten me the practical economics of this capping policy by the Telcos? e.g. the investment and the ROI they get from their customers etc etc
Thanks