Around 3K postpaid subscribers reach 1GB per day

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vvs · 12 years ago

Analogy is not really the perfect choice for the issue. I used to have both unlimited data for globe and smart and globe really sucks bigtime.

I feel that the speed of smart 1500 unlidata is still too slow for my needs due to the cap and switched to Infinity. And now I am getting an average 8MBps on peak hours and an average of 100GB a month. If I will be on orepaid or regular postpaid, I doubt I will have enough patience to use the service of either telco.

The real issue here is the there is a doupoly of the market making it impossible for us to have cheaper and better connection. Currently, if we want to get a real unlimited and premiere service, you must be prepared to pay for it.

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SunCell Subscriber · 12 years ago

“The real issue here is the there is a doupoly of the market making it impossible for us to have cheaper and better connection. Currently, if we want to get a real unlimited and premiere service, you must be prepared to pay for it.”

TUMPAK!

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Globe Sub since 99 · 12 years ago

what do you expect, our connection is one of the slowest in the country. Halos lahat na lang ng public utility substandard service. Nakakalungkot talaga haaays

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Globe Sub since 99 · 12 years ago

What do you expect, our connection is one of the slowest on *Earth. Halos lahat na lang ng public utility substandard service. Nakakalungkot talaga haaays

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what even · 12 years ago

3% ng subscribers nila? Na postpaid? Lahat ng postpaid? Even those without data plan? Na-correlate ba yan sa mga may wifi sa bahay? What about if the user only has Globe mobile data as primary connection? What is the total population they are sampling from?

The details are so vague and unclear on this article. Don’t buy into their bullshit. The telcos just want to be paid more for doing less service. They can’t even provide stable 3G service (Globe) and they want to throttle you to 2G (for Globe this means, no internet at all).

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SunCell Subscriber · 12 years ago

1.) Ano ba nirerepresent ng 2% dito? Lahat ng postpaid subs, kahit yung walang unli data plans? Eh talagang 2% lang yan, sa dami ng naka plan 399, 499, all unli, etc. Ang dapat i-take into account eh yung mga postpaid subs WITH UNLI DATA PLANS! Malamang nasa 80% niyan, lumalagpas sa 3GB/month. Bakit? Dahil..

2.) Problema kasi sa mga abusadong users na yan, porket nagbabayad ng P999 gusto nilang makuha eh yung serbisyo na worth P1999 sa wired broadband.

3.) Nakalagay sa kontrata niyo na pwedeng magbago ang terms of use ng postpaid line niyo, PERO PIRMA PADIN dahil nakakita lang ng “UNLIMITED”. Ayan, madala kayo! Reklamo pa kayo ng reklamo, edi…

4.) Lumipat kayo ng telco! Tignan natin kung kaya niyong bayaran ang pre-termination fees niyo, knowing na sobrang kuripot niyo para umasa sa mobile data at di magpakabit ng mobile broadband?

5.) At wag kayong lumipat sa Sun, masaya kami dito at di namin kelangan ng mga abusadong users tulad niyo para magka-FUP din kami!

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Secret Agent · 12 years ago

1. I attest na mas cheap ang LTE service sa pinas. US Telco charge $$ per MB for LTE users. Tayo Fair Usage lang.

2. Reklamo “Dapat unli ang unli”
– parang the argument is based on word usage. Maipilit lang na unlimted dahil unlimited. Unli naman ah, babagal lang.

3. Reklamo “Not my problem kung babagal ang network nila” and “I download torrent on mobile”
– it is a NETWORK, these selfish takes irritates me a lot.
Sige i push natin na lahat mag torrent download. The 2% heavy users gawin nating 98%. I know it’s extreme pero imagine anong mangyayari sa service nila.
Torrents should be downloaded from a home wired connection, d nyo ba nababasa ung warning kapag big files yung dinadownload?

3. Reklamo “mabagal/inconsistent ang speeds” True,and it could be worse if they don’t manage the 2% that’s putting a stress in their network.
It can alse be better, but hey, that’s their deal.

I think the analogy makes sense and the counterarguments don’t.

I think marami pa ang makikitid ang utak about the concept which makes their arguments either weak, fallacious, irrational, and/or irrelevant.
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SunCell Subscriber · 12 years ago

Kung agree ka sa analogy ng article, edi agree ka din na kasing bulok ng infra ng Globe at Smart ang EDSA?

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Secret Agent · 12 years ago

I wouldn’t dare speak about network infrastructures.

The analogy is not about the network vs. the road.

It’s about managing traffic. In that sense the analogy holds true that both Globe/Smart and EDSA have issues with the high volume of traffic and that both have implemented measures to manage it.

Kaya ba marami nde nkagets ng analogy dahil kinukumpara nila ung cellular company sa kalsada? HAAAYS

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SunCell Subscriber · 12 years ago

So ano ba dapat ang analogy kuya? Globe/Smart is to MMDA? Ganun?

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Secret Agent · 12 years ago

That last retort makes me understand why the analogy was difficult to understand.

My last explanation has expounded the analogy to a degree that should make the point obvious.

If you insist on comparing physical entities. by all means.

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SunCell Subscriber · 12 years ago

Okay, I get your point naman. Peace na tayo. In the end, parehas naman tayong inis dun sa mga abusive users.

Which I can relate to a reckless bus driver? haha joke kuya!

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Secret Agent · 12 years ago

1. I attest na mas cheap ang LTE service sa pinas. US Telco charge $$ per MB for LTE users. Tayo Fair Usage lang.

2. Reklamo “Dapat unli ang unli”
– parang the argument is based on word usage. Maipilit lang na unlimted dahil unlimited. Unli naman ah, babagal lang.

I think the analogy makes sense and I think the counterarguments don’t.

I also think na makikitid pa ang utak ng karamihan about the concept kaya the arguments a

3. Reklamo “Not my problem kung babagal ang network nila” and “I download torrent on mobile”
– it is a NETWORK, these selfish takes irritates me a lot.
Sige i push natin na lahat mag torrent download. The 2% heavy users gawin nating 98%. I know it’s extreme pero imagine anong mangyayari sa service nila.
Torrents should be downloaded from a home wired connection, d nyo ba nababasa ung warning kapag big files yung dinadownload?

3. Reklamo “mabagal/inconsistent ang speeds” True,and it could be worse if they don’t manage the 2% that’s putting a stress in their network.
It can alse be better, but hey, that’s their deal.

I think the analogy makes sense and the counterarguments don’t.

I think marami pa ang makikitid ang utak about the concept which makes their arguments either weak, fallacious, irrational, and/or irrelevant.

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comment · 12 years ago

I’ve been a globe subscriber for 3 yrs. kaya ako nag renew 2 yrs ago mabilis sila sa area ko. galing na ako sa smart na dati mabilis 6yrs ago pero bumagal at nasira 3yrs ago nong huli dahil sa dami ng subscribers. Ang punto lang naman FALSE ADVERTISING. Kukuha sila ng customers sa area na aakitin nila sa ‘UNLIMITED PLAN’. Pagka napuno na nila, pipiliin nila yong mga mahinang gumamit. Then they’ll limit the previously unlimited customers, para mainis ka at lumipat. IF THEY CANT FULFILL THEIR ADVERTISING PROMISE they shouldnt offer them. Mag advertise na lang sila ng ganito… Unlimited kami… pero pag lumampas ka ng 1gb putol na connection mo. Mag a advertise sila ng LTE, na mabilis daw, na unli daw, papipirmahan ang contract, 2yrs unli daw tapos after 1 month,data cap…fair use daw. VOTE WITH YOUR MONEY.STOP PAYING. para nila tayong ginagawang mga drug addict…eto na unlimited!!!…maglaro kayo at mag download!!! (then i’ll throttle you and make you pay triple for my services…HA!HA!HA! You can’t refuse, you’re hooked!!!)

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torr · 12 years ago

wag niyo na pong ikumpara yung FUP dito sa Pilipinas at sa ibang bansa. Una, sa kanila bawal ang false advertisement, dapat klaro yung mga disclaimer, kung unli unli talaga. Tsaka wag mo rin iconvert yung presyo ng plans nila into peso, magkaiba cost of living nila sa atin at malayong malayo yung service na binibigay ng telco nila kumpara sa atin. magiging mahal talaga pag kinonvert mo.. dati ako sa callcenter, $69 yung unli plan ng isang telco na sinupport ko. kung icoconvert mo into peso yun around 2500 pesos. kumpara mo ba naman yung sa 999 na ‘unli’ plan ng Globe? pero ano ang halaga ng 999 dito sa atin, ndi ba medyo malaki na yun, sa kanila $69 parang barya lang. i hope you get it.

FUP is a practiced by almost all the telcos around the world, the difference is the service that the foreign telcos provide to their subs, mas consistent sila at malinaw na kung anong cap ng plan mo. Eh dito sa atin panay market nila ng 4G, eh iilang porsiyento lang ng Metro manila yung covered, tingi tingi… tapos sasabihin nila “stream videos” “download music, videos in seconds!” ndi ba inencourage nila mga tao na gamitin yung network nila?

Naiintindihan ko na may mga makitid utak at talaga napaka impraktikal na talagang nagtotorrent sa phones, ang logic naman nila eh bakit pa ginawa yung app na yun kung di gagamitin para sa phone/gadget? Pero di kasi lahat ng tao dito sa atin may fixed DSL sa bahay… kung titignan mo presyo, eh lumalabas pa na mas mahal yung DSL kesa sa 3G/4G dahil mas mabilis pa yung wireless kesa sa DSL.

Ang punto ko, kung 2-3% lang yung sinasabi nilang kumakain ng bandwidth ng network nila, eh ndi na sila dapat nagdadagdag pa ng subscribers dahil ano ba yung 3%? Malinaw na hold up yan sa mga customer. May Cap na nga sila eh napakabagal pa rin ng connection nila.

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tipz · 12 years ago

Open up a petition online then spread the word sa lahat. Letche kasi eh, eto dapat ung isa sa mga nilalabas s news hindi ung puro showbiz. haha.

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Smokescreen · 12 years ago

Oh cmon! Globe simply wants to make as much profit as they can. Sa unlimited kasi the amount subscribers pay is fixed. So they try to control that. But if it’s per kb or the time (P5 for every 15mins) based usage….kahit siguro maka 50GB ka as long as babayaran mo, then they don’t cap it. Kasi kikita sila dun. Obviously it’s not that their capacity has limitations. If ganun dapat may cap lahat across the board.

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Tomas · 12 years ago

We’re actually still lucky compared to other countries which actually “caps” bandwidth to less than 3GB a month for postpaid subs. Singapore only gives around 2-2.5GB a month for roughly P1,000 a month. After that, you get no data, not even 2G speeds.

My only gripe is, our local telco’s services are inconsistent as hell! If they can provide quality and consistent connections, then I’d be happy with my 3GB allowance.

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mvinci · 12 years ago

Lets find out if fucking globe is telling the truth. Pls take this survey if you are a globe postpaid subscriber. Share this also to other globe postpaid subs. https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Z8bsvahEy1inJEcetdglL97H9jHg8fmYNE1hq2mfwLE/viewform

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Rush · 12 years ago

It doesn’t matter if they are downloading Terrabytes/Gigabytes of files, people have the right to complain because they bought the service as “UNLIMITED” and it should function as “UNLIMITED”, no “#GB cap” stated on their advertisement. If the network is congested, then it is globe’s problem for not being able to keep up with the service they promised to people which they payed for.

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Faust · 12 years ago

Im a heavy user even if i dont use torrents for downloading videos, my internet is turned on 24 hours a day 7 days a week, all off a sudden they send sms thru 8888 that i have exceeded 1gb, so hows its gonna be? shift to another network? I have no other choice. Im a postpaid user for more than 3 yrs.

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tony · 12 years ago

PLDT mydsl same price s globe no data capping unlimited the true unlimited,lipat n s PLDT, paputol ko n globe dsl ko

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sbucks · 12 years ago

GOD! They keep saying that they’re “upgrading their systems” and they still can’t service 98% of their postpaid subscribers properly??? Don’t call it UNLIdata. The fact that Globe is limiting the speed at which I can download data does not make it unlimited. That already is a limit.

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Miss Call · 12 years ago

So how are we going to download our torrents now? Our movies, music, and apps are more than 1GB in size combined. We are paying customers. Let us download our torrents!

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Sam · 12 years ago

Itanong mo sa pirata yan. Ang laki ng problema mo.

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Cedric Lee · 12 years ago

There’s this thing called DSL. Bawal ang cheap sa mahilig mag torrent.

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crackinthewall · 12 years ago

E bakit yung prepaid Power Surf ko na naka-cap na ng 1GB for 30 days, mabagal pa din na parang 2G lang ang speed? That EDSA analogy is bullshit, they’re not even close to being the same.

3000 is 2% of what exactly? All Globe subscribers or just postpaid subscribers? The fact is, while prepaid customers make up the bulk of Globe’s revenue, postpaid subscribers still pay MORE than your average prepaid subscriber so it is understandable that postpaid subscribers expect better service. Bokya na nga sa billing ang Globe, pati ba naman ito, babagsak pa sila? If they can’t sustain their unlimited LTE plan, they should stop selling those plans and just offer bucket pricing. At least it won’t be as deceptive as it is right now.

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Easy E · 12 years ago

So it means that the network(s) can only accommodate only 2% of their total subscriber base. Also means that they have to improve their facilities by 50x more than what they currently can provide.
“Underserved” ang mga subscribers. At mali ang mga words na ginamit nila para sa mga plans na inoofer nila. False advertisement ang ginagawa nila ibig sabihin. Kailangan aksyunan ng NTC yan. Attn sir cabbarios.

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reader · 12 years ago

Let me give my perspective as a filipino who has been living in other countries.

Capping is really a prevalent practice no matter what telco you pick. Pricewise, our local telcos are surprisingly more competitive that our ASEAN neighbors. In fact, if purely on cost and services offered on paper, local telcos do offer more for less (yes, taking the cap into consideration as well).

However, the major problem with our local telcos is that the quality of their service is downright inconsistent. You have fast download speeds in the heart of the city, only for it to drop off just 10km away from the city center.

I only get 3G speeds where I am at. But I generally get 3-6Mbps no matter where I go. Even in the rural areas.

These local telcos should stop playing the speed game and concentrate on giving good and consistent service throughout the country.

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damarkcus · 12 years ago

2% of postpaid subscribers but the question is ilan nga ba talaga ang postpaid subscribers who uses the unlisurf ? magkaiba yan I think you need to research on that before making the analogy and a conclusion

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ads · 12 years ago

and so i am back to my blackberry with BIS plan to save data. my job requires receiving, answering and forwarding large files thru email, it feels like yr 2008 all over again

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Victor · 12 years ago

Here’s my take on this.

1. Globe 3GB > Smart 1.5GB
2. We pay 999 for 3GB/month? What a ripoff!
3. If they’re really concerned for the 98%, I’m part of that majority, how come we experience effin slow speed despite having that LTE or H+ signal?
4. These telcos’ marketing is good but complete BS on their products and services. They shouldn’t add more subscribers if their infrastructure cannot support it.
5. Globe only offers LTE to us postpaid subscribers. Therefore, they shouldn’t throttle our speeds because we are paying for premium, and we are using a different infrastructure compared to prepaid.
6. These telcos should provide the public with data and the subscribers usage. This is to prove that, those 3% are really hogging and pulling down their service.
7. Enterprise users shouldn’t have caps, these are users who consume data for work and business. If they should implement caps, it should be at least 20GB
8. As for the EDSA and Network analogy… Since the author agrees with that analogy, therefore he agress that these telcos’ infrastructure is poorly equipped to handle the number of subscribers that they have.

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Atheros · 12 years ago

bkit saken even 6GB n ako sa isang araw. wala pring throttling n ngyyari. Globe Postpaid User

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G2 · 12 years ago

People pay for the service at the same rate as a regular DSL line costs and they’re not allowed to maximize their worth?

If it’s unlimited data, then it should be unlimited. I myself am guilty of downloading torrents, I love being at work and able to download movies and series for my personal viewing instead of leaving a laptop or a desktop at home running.

Should I care if I’m using up too much bandwith and causing problems for other users who can’t connect because the network can’t accommodate them anymore? Hell no. My terms and conditions didn’t specify I would be signing up for a plan but need to be considerate of others. And that we would all be sharing a limited slot in one area. Because that’s not my problem. Network congestion is not mine nor any of the users (whether they are power users or casual fbtards) problems. The plans are marketed and advertised as unlimited. If I or anyone else want to download a 20 gig file, I/they have the right to do so cause it’s supposed to be unlimited.

I hate how Globe and a few people keep blaming the minor 3%. That we congest the network because of our torrent files or our music/video downloads. Blah blah blah. They should remember that that 3% are mostly composed of those that pay the more costly lines like 1799 or 2499, and we’re just getting our money’s worth.

In the end, Globe couldn’t keep up with their commitments so in typical business model fashion, they screw us all over by finding a technical loophole in the terms, bringing in some scapegoats by placing the blame on the 3% and then providing false reassurances to the masses.

Ingat ingat lang Globe, di mga tangang customer kaming mga 3%. Lol dame ko sinabe. Makalipat na nga lol.

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Rush · 12 years ago

+1 to this. People have the right to complain and it doesn’t matter if they are downloading Terrabytes/ Gigabytes of files. They bought the service as UNLIMITED and it should function as UNLIMITED. If the network is congested, then it’s their problem not being able to keep up with the service they promised which people payed for.

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V1 · 12 years ago

The EDSA analogy is BS! Classic Pinoy palusot just like how our Govt does it. Thats why our country has one of the most expensive but sllooooooowweeeest connection. Plain excuse just to charge but not improving their systems.

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anon · 12 years ago

Right! Analogy sucks. The limit only applies for those who subscribe to unlimited internet. Pag per kb or time-based ang charge wala ng limit.
So if those 2% uses more than 1GB of data pero hindi naka unli walang magiging problem doon sa remaining 98% of the subscriber base?

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Scott · 12 years ago

Hmm we need more than 1GB ! :)

By the way, “taken care of” is the right phrase.

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Jp · 12 years ago

The funny thing is that I have Smart, Globe, and Sun postpaid… Bihira ko na nga magamit ang Globe ko dahil madalas wala akong signal sa mga pinupuntahan ko(Makati and Muntinlupa area), sa kanila lang ako nakakaexperience ng capping.

So far, ang Smart at Sun never ko pa to naexperience. Also, I download files all the time. Ang consumption ko sa Smart MTD is 43GB while 25GB sa Sun and yet naka 3G pa din ako.

I guess it really just boils down to the fact that smart has a bigger allocation on data versus globe… Badtrip lang kasi mas mahal ang Globe.

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Yusuf · 12 years ago

I was considering switching to Sun. Too bad they still don’t have LTE.

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Christian Rasos · 12 years ago

Anlaki laki pa ng billboards along EDSA for the the “UNLIMITED LTE” bullshit. That’s Fake Advertising. Sayang di uso ang class suit dito.

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Nandy · 12 years ago

Bleh, for all of those who treat themselves as “cloud computing slaves”, “innovative persons”, treating 2G speeds as “too slow for PCs”

Isn’t it high time you get a DEDICATED SUBSCRIBER LINE? A DSL broadband subscription? For god’s sake, that’s the purpose of having a DSL subscription! You’re relying all of your heavy traffic needs on a pathetic mobile broadband connection?

I’m also against Globe’s new FUP implementation, pero reading rants about how others are treating mobile broadband like it’s a replacement to home broadband is pure BS! Kaya nag-implement si Globe ng bagong FUP is because of you guys, kayo ang totoong ganid!

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Christian Rasos · 12 years ago

Well, may point ka diyan.

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Sephii · 12 years ago

Nakikita ko pa sa facebook comments, paano na daw yung torrents nila etc etc. sarap batukan eh. haha kaya naman may gumagawa ng batas kasi yung iba sobrang unfair. I think same with Globe and Smart, they implement FUP’s kasi some are too unfair.

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Mike · 12 years ago

I’m always away from home, so I can’t really bring my DSL. -.-

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A · 12 years ago

Not everyone has access to dsl/wired lines though.

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Phaura Reinz · 12 years ago

This is so disappointing from Abe and from Yugatech as a whole. Thought Abe was on the side of the consumers, now he is just on of the many good people consumed by the unrelenting greed of the telcos, especially Globe.

Very disappointing.

Last, data caps and the EDSA traffic analogy is just bullshit. Yes, there are many buses and cars using the highway, are we to limit them? No. We can’t limit progress, what do we do instead? Build more roads, accessible roads. Same with this analogy, build more things to decongest Globe. We are paying a good chunk of our hard earned money, and this shitty service is what we avail?

Straight BS!

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goddamn shills · 12 years ago

shills! so it seems..

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rob · 12 years ago

This is BS!!! Mukhang mapapa-cut ko temporarily ung line ko tapos lilipat na lang ako sa Sun. Hahaha! Parang non-sense na ung pagkuha ng postpaid plan. Sana marealize ng Globe na this is very wrong! I bet kokonti nlng subscribers ng Globe.

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Nandy · 12 years ago

Edi mag Sun ka! Duh, 2009 palang may throttling nang nagaganap sa Sun.

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abrnaki · 12 years ago

2% of all subscribers? 3,000 users only? sounds like b$.

The highway analogy doesn’t cut it. it’s like a 40kph limit on NLEX. when your car can do over 120kph and everyone else chooses to drive 30 on the slow lane.

Sides, how can the 98% benefit if they DON’T use the service as much as the 2%?

this just doesn’t make sense and a cop out to deliver better service.

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Mark · 12 years ago

You mean the majority of people who only use their data for Facebook, Twitter and Instagram? People who could barely grasp the technology?

As a big advocate (slave) of cloud computing, I find this argument pathetic.

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Phillip · 12 years ago

This analogy does not fit the situation. A better one would be in a buffet. You subscribe/dine in an unlimited/eat-all-you-can buffet and they only let you eat 10 shrimps per person and the rest is Oishi crackers. Then Telco’s “pilosopo” answer, unlimited pa din naman eh, sitsirya nga lang. It’s actually making the cost to produce of the services at the expense of the customers.(you chose this buffet over the regular meal even though it’s more expensive because you understood you want the freedom to eat whatever you want until you are full or satisfied)

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globesabaw · 12 years ago

Oh ayan kc globe nag offer ng free fb sa lahat ng subscribers tapos ung existing postpaid customers nyo ngayon ang ginigipit! Leche! 3GB / month sobrang kulang yan! Leche talagang globe na yan!

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Katy · 12 years ago

It’s unfair to change the FUP of existing subscribers, bait and switch ang labas. Luging lugi naman ang mga postpaid subscribers. You pay ?50 for 800mb for prepaid tapos ?999 sa postpaid for 3GB? The selling factor for me when I got my Note 3 Plan was the “Unlimited LTE Surfing” looking back it doesn’t seem so economical to get an expensive (?36999) smartphone to be used on 3GB usage per month. I bet their sorry ass that more than half of their postpaid subscribers use more than 3GB/month.

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human · 12 years ago

Mas appropriate siguro kung kinuha yung % ng 3000 sa total postpaid subscribers for unli internet (kasi yun yung pinangakuan).Hindi naman lahat ng postpaid subscribers internet habol (unless mali ako).

Anyway, kung 1Gb/day cap pag-update pa lang ibang apps ubos na lalo na sa ibang games.

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rush · 12 years ago

This is a complete BS from globe.

– They should not have offered 4g/hs+ and encouraged people to use it when they know the network can’t handle too much traffic. People payed for it so should get the speed advertised to them and not get less service.
– Even their 3g speed sucks with bad(still!) coverage. and they’ll throttle it down to 2g??
– Don’t call the service “Unlimited” when there is a cap. UNLIMITED is UNLIMITED. I don’t know about that on globe’s own dictionary.
– They’ve been false advertising for some time now, not anyone from the gov sees this? hmmm…

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xer · 12 years ago

The government is waiting for people to go to the streets and make a protest, or someone jumps off a building for Globe’s Data Cap. Sorry, busy pa kasi sila lahat about Vhong. Kita muna na laos na tuloy si Napoles….

I would like to add this to the definition or sight this as an example of Daylight Robbery.

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Jonel Marlo Fidelson · 12 years ago

I hate that they offer LTE available for all data plan then limit thier usage to 1gb per day.. how will that work if you have lte speen probably in less than an hour you’ve used up all those mb already.. maybe what they need to do is cut all thier LTE so less traffic..

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’em · 12 years ago

Or sana if they can detect or what kung paano ginagamit yung data.. Kasi hindi naman lahat sa youtube o FB lang gamit ang internet. Katulad ako, I exceed 3GB a month kasi most if the time, I work from home. I access a lot of our web based applications and do FTP transfers a lot as well…

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Tristan · 12 years ago

This is what I’m sad about. Working at home becomes a norm nowadays but sad to say, our means to be able to work is now limited.

I’m a Freelancer too and I work on websites, downloading and uploading files to servers, etc. Then while at the middle of the job, biglang throttled ang connection mo, bad-shot ka agad sa boss/client/customer mo. Tsk tsk!

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xer · 12 years ago

Or sana if they can detect or what kung paano ginagamit yung data.. —-Globe can. Tried using my torrent app, 4g connection, but the app won’t work or get the right speed, limit to only 14 Kbps. But other apps works fine. Hell they can even send an add to your phone if you are at the airport or about to board a plan to tell you to turn on your roaming.

Hay naku, pera pera lang talaga. The video above is true, cap only creates doubts, words like schemes naturally have a diabolical meaning.

CAP IS CRAP

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boohoo · 12 years ago

exactly. feel you bro. i also work form home. sad. sad. sad. sad.

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EDSA Bus · 12 years ago

Not correct to compare EDSA with bandwidth altho may similarities.

Kasi sa bandwidth pwede naman siguro mag-offer ng different “unlimited” schemes. Di kasi pwede ilahat na lang yan isang FUP scheme.

How about different price scheme na different data cap?

I know marami dyan di naman abusado, hindi lang binibigyan ng tamang offer.

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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 12 years ago

Yes, I was told they will offer different pricing for different bandwidth allocations. Like bucket pricing.

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EDSA Bus · 12 years ago

That’s nice. Thanks! =)

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plan 1799 unli lte · 12 years ago

Npkwalang kwenta tlga ng mga company sa pinas. Db unlimited? Un ang pinili nming plan tpos may FUP? Dafuq! Let the money do the talking. Lipat n smart.

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Sephii · 12 years ago

May cap din sa Smart, worse is 1.5GB/month lang.

Kailangan na natin ng bagong telco sa pinas, na walang capping

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yococs · 12 years ago

I really dont believe that on average that only 3000 subscribers reach 1 gb,youtube HD alone would cost you about 50-100mb and thats only one video that lasts 4-6mins
So sa 10 videos alone wala na yung 1 gb mo wala pang browsing and gaming yun.Imbes na paangat ang technology natin eh pabagsak haaay

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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 12 years ago

Sa postpaid pa lang to. If you include prepaid, then probably tens of thousands na. Besides, I think a percentage of them do watch videos but thru WiFi instead.

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Miss Call · 12 years ago

Would not that be the file size of the video in HD format? Is there a need for mobile use to view YT videos with a 720p resolution? Well unless the device is a tablet.

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war shoes · 12 years ago

you guys should watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyuIiG4c4Go

the article today looks like it came from a globe shill

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arwin · 12 years ago

gusto ko sna panoorin.. kaso bka ma hit ko ung 1GB n cap..11 min pa namn..

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human · 12 years ago

wow! this is informative….

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pasmado75 · 12 years ago

pinagmamalaki pa ng mga bwitreng mga telco na yan na high-tech sila eh pinag-iiwanan naman ang pilipinas pagdating sa bandwidth. dagnabbit.

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Netman · 12 years ago

Money!Money!Money! Just like Mr. Crabs, All they want is money! It just shows how incompetent the companies of Filipinos have. If you would look at other countries, the way we pay them on average of 2mbps for them, is equivalent to 16mbps on other countries.

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Danz · 12 years ago

While helpful for majority of subscribers ang pagkakaroon ng sort of Fair Usage Policy, the way Globe did it is a bit unfair.

The limit is a bit small specially kung brina-brand nila ang service nila as a broadband service (Tattoo) at kung sinasabi nilang unlimited ito.

1GB/day or 3GB/month is just to little especially if you have a fast LTE connection and 2G speeds are just too damn slow to be usable especially for PCs.

A better option would for example let’s say 50GB full speed tapos throttled to around 1.5Mbps after reaching that cap. Kahit papaano usable pa rin.

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danz · 12 years ago

50GB/month I mean. Pero example lang yan.

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rockz · 12 years ago

agree ako dito sana ganayan nalang….

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pasmado75 · 12 years ago

wag na lang silang mag-offer ng 4g kung di naman maii-maximize ng customers ang pag-gamit, kalokohan yang argument nila, marami sa bumubuo ng 98% na mga customers na yan tinitipid lang ang bandwidth nila para di sila tamaan ng FUP.

tina-throttle down pa nila sa 2G, it’s just as good as just disconnecting your data flow, walang kwenta talaga.

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Calvin · 12 years ago

let the money do the talking na lang…
– remove the “unlimited” or explain that it will have throttling
– add a new and more expensive “true unlimited” service na walang throttling so those who really want that high-speed mobile downloading should pay more.

people just don’t want to be misled by these marketing gimmicks kaya nagkakaroon ng mga negative reactions.

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EDSA Bus · 12 years ago

Exactly.

1. DO NOT CALL IT UNLIMITED.

2. Give different data pricing schemes.

3. I forgot this one.

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anonymous · 12 years ago

it may sound aristocratic, pero dapat priority pa rin ang POSTPAID subscribers, regardless of telco. money making at mas madami nga ang prepaid, pero anong point magbabayad ka monthly sa plan mo kung “limitado” makukuha mong serbisyo?!?

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AAAAAA · 12 years ago

sao yan ang fair usage policy nila.. magaging UNFAIR sa ba? potang*na..

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meh · 12 years ago

The problem is some days i might need to download 3 or 5 GB and if I’m paying for the service i should be able to do that without being throttled.

I think the best solution is to switch providers. Let money do the talking

Sadly not much choice in the philippines

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lolwut · 12 years ago

Sad to say but the other provider has the same scheme or even worse. Yes, there isn’t much options here in PH, but there is something you can do BOYCOTT. I myself is gonna stop paying for my plan since I can’t use the service I signed for. With only months away from my end of contract, I won’t let them take any penny from my pocket anymore.