NOW to launch Fiber Air for Homes with up to 400Mbps

Abe Olandres June 4, 2017 · 1 min read

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NOW Internet is ready to deliver their Fiber Air broadband services to residential subscribers. In a recent presentation by Head of Marketing & Communications at NOW Corporation, Kris Pura, the service will be launched in selected areas next week.

Area availability is still very limited with Urdaneta, Corinthians, Wack-wack, Valle Verde and New Manila as the first ones to get it. However, since this is wireless broadband, it should be easy to roll this out to other locations.

The roll-out was originally unveiled back in 2015 (see story here) and was supposed to have been available by 2016 in Manila, Mandaluyong and QC.

We sent out an inquiry to their customer support but apparently, they have not yet been briefed about this new residential plans.

Currently, Now Corporation has been serving enterprise customers for years.

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38 Comments

genaro pablo · 6 years ago

pang residential na gamit meron po ba? pra s online learning gagagmitin?

Rona · 8 years ago

Is MALOLOS CITY covered by now air fiber? Or is it legit? One of the residence here in my subdivision had it.

Percival tadeo · 8 years ago

Sana magkaroon din ng air fiber in residential area yung mababa lang presyo para dun sa mga di naabot ng wire …..

Geronimo Padilla · 8 years ago

Is Isabela Province covered by NOW AIR FIBER im so interested about this.thank you

Jess Anonuevo · 9 years ago

Good Morning Everyone, galing po ako kahapon sa office nila in front of PLDT, sa may Espana Blvd, and nakausap ko po yung sales head nila, and as of now, for enterprise muna yung available na plan nila, kasi ang inquiry ko for Personal lang, mabilis po talaga yung connection kasi enterprise quality, so ibig sabihin po nun, yung connection quality na ginagamit nila sa mga client nila sa call centers, point to point po system nila, i didirect po nila yung dish sa location mo then beam po sa kanila, since bata pa yung company expect na muna natin na yung sa mga malalapit na muna sila mag start and para makakuha ng funds for expansion

jamier labarador · 9 years ago

hi guys i am also interested to try this air fiber. do you have any idea of how much ch this might cause monthly

ZaKaiDK · 9 years ago

Lets wait, try and then react.

Caleb Josh · 9 years ago

It is possible that they will be using 60GHz radio for this service but we will be using the cheaper alternative powered by Peraso chipset. Probably from IgniteNet (https://www.ignitenet.com/).

We’ve been selling NOW some 60 and 80GHz radio but for backhaul use.

hello · 9 years ago

bakit ang negative ng comments? we should be thankful na dumarami options natin

wat · 9 years ago

except these options are either too expensive or simply limited to specific areas only

Andrew · 9 years ago

Sus nalang. limited Ang resources Ng air frequency. Maglatag kaya sila ng cables.

rinz · 9 years ago

Ang alam ko Now Corp has access to certain frequencies, sila yung dating Nextel

netizen · 9 years ago

Fiber Air? How ironic. Wag niyo kaming lokohin.. 400mbps running wireless, but under 70% reliability. Good job good job, may scam na naman na pagkakakitaan.

trapik · 9 years ago

Of course, they will always offer their new services to their super rich clients. This is discrimination.

But knowing their sub-standard services and their callousness……. need I say more?

Kalurky · 9 years ago

“Urdaneta, Corinthians, Wack-wack, Valle Verde and New Manila” … Hay naku, pang mayayaman lang pala ito, as usual, no options na naman kaming mahihirap na nakatira lang sa mga barangay.

el gato · 9 years ago

okay lang brod, hintayin natin yung yugatech LTE prepaid sim..

Hehe · 9 years ago

Damn these marketing guys. Why call it “fiber” when it is not using the medium?!

asdasd · 9 years ago

True

Researcher · 9 years ago

There are certain types of fiber connection, in this case, hindi sya FTTH (fiber to the home) tulad ng PLDT. It may be FTTN (fiber to the node) or FTTC (Fiber to the cabinet) type which is still considered fiber. Yung cabinet may antenna din yan tapos yung connection ng user to the cabinet is by point to point antenna kaya naitawag na fiber air. Yung type na connection na yan kaya yung throughput na up to 450mbps.