The call for a more open competition in the internet service space is becoming louder as major players started to shift into volume based charging. While most people might think there are just 2 players in the Philippines, we tried counting and found 7 significant ISPs to choose from.
There are actually way more if we count the regional ISPs but these 7 we’re listing are the more prominent ones.
PLDT/Smart/Sun Cellular. The biggest player in the group is the combined force of PLDT with Smart and Sun Cellular under its hood. The latest subscriber count is close to 4 million broadband users. PLDT DSL Plan starts at Php999USD 17INR 1,443EUR 16CNY 124 for 1Mbps.
Globe/Innove. The second largest service provider with a subscriber count of at least 2.8 million broadband users. It is a joint venture between the Ayalas and SingTel. Plan starts at Php999USD 17INR 1,443EUR 16CNY 124 for 2Mbps with 10GB bandwidth.
Eastern Telecoms. Eastern Telecoms provide DSL, evoDSL and IDS services in Metro Manila, Laguna, Baguio, Cavite, Batangas and Cebu. Plan starts at Php1,000USD 17INR 1,445EUR 16CNY 124 for 2Mbps and Php1,500USD 26INR 2,167EUR 24CNY 186 for 4Mbps.
Bayantel. Owned and operated by the Lopezes, Bayantel provides DSL, leased lines and nomadic wireless internet. Globe is bidding to acquire Bayantel, a move that PLDT is opposing. They service parts of Metro Manila and Bicol. Plans start ar Php999USD 17INR 1,443EUR 16CNY 124 with 1Mbps, Php1,099USD 19INR 1,588EUR 18CNY 136 for 2Mbps, Php1,299USD 22INR 1,877EUR 21CNY 161 for 3Mbps, Php1,699USD 29INR 2,454EUR 28CNY 211 for 4Mbps and Php2,099USD 36INR 3,032EUR 34CNY 260 for 5Mbps.
Wi-Tribe. Wi-Tribe is a Qatar based internet services provider company operating in Qatar, Pakistan, Jordan and Philippines. In the Philippines, they are part of Qtel and San Miguel. They started operating in 2010 by offering WiMax services in Metro Manila and neighboring cities/provinces. Plan starts at Plan 598 for 1Mbps.
Destiny Cable Internet. Aside from providing cable TV services, Destiny also offers residential internet, starting with 1Mbps for only Php799USD 14INR 1,154EUR 13CNY 99 a month.
Sky Broadband. A subsidiary of Sky Cable, Sky Broadband offers cable internet speeds of up to 200Mbps, the fastest residential offering in the country. Plan starts at Php999USD 17INR 1,443EUR 16CNY 124 for 3Mbps.
There a lot more smaller players scattered across the country. One that’s been in our radar for some time is ICT Converge which has been offering fiber internet starting at 6Mbps (1Mbps CIR guaranteed) for Php2,600USD 44INR 3,756EUR 42CNY 323 right up to 100Mbps. However, they still have limited coverage in Metro Manila, Bataan, Pampanga, Tarlac and Bulacan.
While the top 2 are the biggest players in the market, there is a lot of opportunities for the 3rd to the 7th players. That’s not counting the smaller ones that may just need a sizeable investment to grow and scale.
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abuzalzal says:
Globe is screwed.
Of course PLDT is still the best of the lot, walang throttling at capping
Sam says:
If you really want unlimited and uncapped data service, go for PLDT Home DSL (not Ultera, Bro or Fibr).
meh says:
Bayantel and Globe are the same and will have the same policies,
Witribe has stupid data caps,so they are useless
Sky has terrible service, throttling of torrents, and other services , also useless. Same as destiny.
Smart now has lte data caps, restrictions
Pldt dsl leaves the only real choice for now, but once you have no where else to go they will do the same
I dont know about Eastern, i know in makati a few businesses used them and it was slow/no good
john says:
wew. the best na talaga sana ang globe. when i have a friend who needs internet connection, i immediately recommend globe kasi sa budget friendly plans, good customer service at stable & reliable internet connection. pero sa bagong plans at FUPs nila, malabo na na irerecommend ko sila. pati ako theres no chance na maguupgrade ako sa plans nila. PLDT at skybroadband panalo dito kasi sa kanila bagsak ang mga future customers. crazy talaga yung new plans nila, seriously.
Easy E says:
Sky and destiny have merged already di ba?
Sana dinagdag nyo na rin yung info about the type of access, basic subscription packages, fup conditions, coverage area (complete), etc para lalong informative.
asterisk says:
eastern telecom IDS is the best.
Mackoy says:
Before my ISP was Bayantel. 1MBPS / 999. Well, sinubukan kong mag upgrade to 3mbps bundled with phone. Pero tinarantado nila ako. Nagbigay lang sila ng phone pero yung speed ko hindi nagbago. matindi pa niyan. may 400 pa na additional per month ko tapos. meron pang mga hidden chargers like activation fee. Simula nun hindi na ako nagbayad skanila. Lumipat na ako sa SKY. Ok sa una yung sky, pero hindi siya ok sa torrent. kaya direct download na lang gingawa ko pagdating sa movies. So far mabilis talaga.. lalo na sa youtube.. pero may mga time lang talaga na walang connection.. hindi ko to recommend sa mga nag oonline game kasi may mga certain websites sila na mabagal.. facebook mabagal at mataas ang ping.. pero pag google naman ok lang ..
junjun says:
isa lang masasabi ko.. wala ng magandang ISP sa pilipinas… dina makapasok ibang isp, kasi silasila nagmamanipula ng internet sa buonfg pilipinas…
Jem says:
USELESS ARTICLE. Alam na naman ng nakakarami ang pangalan ng mga ISPs na yan. Akala ko pa naman may speed/offerings/price comparison na gagawin. Eh ililista lang pala. Total waste of time to open and read through which is why i just had to take the time to post this to vent my frustration.
SLOW NEWS DAY BA? WALA BA IBA MA POST KAYA PATI SIMPLENG PAGLISTA LANG NG MGA ISP EH PINATULAN NA?
kikko says:
ICT Converge user here for 8 years and counting! Though I had bad experience with their techsupport over the phone. Their internet doesn’t have cap.
sarah says:
we’re stuck with lousy isp.
Adrian says:
For 3 years bayantel gamit ko 1mbps/999php. 6 mos ago I upgraded it to 3.6mbps\3kPhp, as of now I have no issues and stable naman sa torrent and downloads.
hush hush says:
LTE globe gamit ko sa shop ko. Last year lng ako nagpakabit. Ask ko lng i aaply dn ba nila sa old subscribers ung new polocy nila sa internet? Psagot po.. Ok kasi sa torrent ang globe. Yung smart LTE ko ang bagal ng torrent max 50kbps. Pero d nmn ganun dati.. Full speed nun umaabot ng 4mbps tlga.. Now wala n direct download lng mabilis. Wala akong msabi..
ortigas says:
eastern madalas gamit ng mga companies.
and also WiFi City. good fibr optic provider
PLDC says:
PLDT is now using Caching Proxy which sucks. http://www.lagado.com/tools/cache-test
http://screencast.com/t/qEjuNqit1
http://screencast.com/t/M6tRipdF
The proxy employed I think is utilized to save upstream bandwidth(uploading data to the network) and improve customer response times by caching. Caching is used to access commonly “accessed” data. When a user is trying to access a web page that has already been stored on the “cache server”, they will be sent the stored version instead of downloading the web page again. This helps reduce network and Internet traffic congestion as well as saves the company on bandwidth costs.
ramirez says:
Sky all the way. It’s the only way I can get 112mbps. Steaming in HD, no problems at all.
Pampango says:
Marami nagrereklamo sa ICT Converge. Kumuha ako ng digital cable service nila pero hindi ko kinuha yung internet dahil notorious ang service nila dito sa Pampanga.
leypascua says:
WifiCity must be the best ISP I tried so far. They mainly cater to business users in central business districts. They claim to have end-to-end fiber connection from your site to theirs and support is really superb. They can optimize routes upon request (and within minutes while you are in a support call with them!) They are quite expensive though.
http://pascuasfreestylekitchen.ops.ph
kris says:
PLDT user here. So far kontento ako sa speed, single user most of the time, minsan gadgets lang.. Plan 990 a month (internet+landline) 2mbps a month :D (for old subscriber ata itong 2mbps) pag new ka 1mbps lang :D
Anyway, wala talaga prob. :) once in a blue moon lang sila mag maintenance.
ace says:
Hi to All:
I prefer Globe over the other providers out there. I am waiting for a representative and it doesnt take forever unlike the others I need to stay on the phone for 45 minutes to 1 hour just to have someone on the phone and they hang up on you, rude and no callbacks if you get disconnected. Imagine that.
Friendly reps are on Globe and they are calling you back. :)
They value you and your money.
Thanks,
Ace
muta says:
Hey, someone seem to forgot Google Fiber… >|<… *|*… Ay, panaginip lang pala… Accept and move on, albeit slowly… hehe
keps says:
G – rabe
L – oading
O – h…
B – agal
E -h !!!!
Ex-Alodian Knight says:
High Tier
PLDT
Wi-Tribe
Bayan
Mid Tier
Destiny
Sky
Globe
Low Tier
Eastern
yen says:
Before bayantel dsl kame. Naalala ko noon kbps plang speed namin noon. Pero stable naman connection noon. Then after magkaroon ng interruption lagi sa connection pag may tumatawag sa landline madalas drop rin internet. Lumipat kame sa globe. Maganda offer ng globe dsl before. Then 1mbps na kame agad. Kaso ang hindi namin gusto sa globe before madalas napuputol ang connection. Then pag tatawag ka sa customer hotline. Mga 3days to 5 days before pa pumunta. Tiniis nalang namin. Then nag upgrade sila sa 2mbps,3mbps na 1299pesos libre na calls sa globe landline to mobile, globe or tm mobile, update lang pinapagawa namin sa account hindi namin gusto mga hidden charges dahil sa wifi router. Then may tumwag samin lotalty sa globe. 5Mbps upgrade at 3months namin hindi babayaran at pwede padowngrade pag hindi nagustuhan. Pag okay ka naman 1599pesos monthly. Landline bundle na yung dsl at free call sa globe mobile. So far okay naman yung speed.. kaso up to now, panget pa din customer service nila. Pag may tech ka aabangan pag wala la internet connection, mga 3 to 5days bago pumunta, kaya matagal kami walang net. Pinapa adjust nalang nmin yung bayad namin pag matagal kame walang net. Problema kasi sa internet namin before, walang internet pag umuulan. Pero ngayon okay na.. pagpunta nalang ng tech matagal.
German BratWürst says:
I still choose Globe Home Bundle Internet. I tried PLDT Home myDSL at 10Mbps speed and paid 4,600 a month but fail to trigger the actual speed and I got only 6.7mbps paying 4,600 and it cost very expensive plus move override payments. I choose Globe Home DSL at 15 Mbps speed and only cost me 4,999 old plan and got 13.8 Mbps speed and static ISP without data capped. Maybe, data capping applies only to regular plan holders but not applicable to premiun plan holders. Rest assured, why should I pay 3,000 pesos for 3-5 Mbps? The same with my GLOBE Mobile Data Plan paying 6,799 and got 6-8Mbps LTE speed and 12Mbps for 3G without data capping and TRUE data unlimited plus call and text unlimited to all network. It comes with 5,000 consumable for Roaming. I never ask for more. I still choose Globe Home DSL. I don’t know about all these companies mentioned. I am only subscriber of both PLDT and Globe. Sad to say I cut my subscription to PLDT.
bob says:
“Destiny also offers residential internet, starting with 1Mbps for only Php799 a month. Plan starts at Php1,299 for 1Mbps.”
WTF is this? C’mon people. Learn to read your own publishing before putting it out for everyone to read.
Capped says:
If you want uncapped data from globe, go with their mobile data plan. Had mine set at 999 with 5gb cap with anti-bill shock of 1500/month.
4 months in, i’ve never experienced any throthlling. I admint that i use my phone to dowload torrents and glad that im in an area where lte is available. Unlike their old plan, once you reach 1gb for a day, they will put u on 2g, this one, they’ll just charge u 2php/mb until you reach 1500, when they stop charging u.
I usually get my bill and see that i have used about 60gb of data and only pay 1500/month. Cheap, considering i get almost 23mbps at night and up to 7mbps during peak hours.
krabbs says:
Been using PLDT since 2010, naexperience ko na rin ang mabagal na speed, high pings and low bandwidth, yung customer service nila swertihang may makausap ka kasi sobrang tagal bago merong sumagot sayo. Ngayon dumadalas na ang downtime ng net namin (from plan 999) nag upgrade kami ngayon telpad plan na.
WifiLeecher says:
Sir, yung PLDT Plan999 (total bill will be P1700) is already 3Mbps. Yung plan na 1Mbps with phone is their Plan990.
BigGamingBoy says:
ConvergeICT I have unlimited download, I just downloaded Alien Isolation(24GB) only took 2 hours and 10 minutes. ALso Have downloaded over 2tb this month and its only the 24th. I have over 240 steam games, get the best deals on them at http://Isthereanydeal.com use a VPN if the steam downloads are USA only. CONVERGEICT is the best isp for gamers in the Philippines.
razbernardino says:
Too late na nung malaman ko to. Just a week after na nagsign up sa home lte. Anyway, sa globe tattoo gosurf plans nalang yung anti bill shock na 1500. Iniba na ng bloe yung mobile plans at force ka mag 499 unlicall and text muna then add packages. http://spideylab.com/reviews/globe-lte-home-broadband-plan
Francis Suan says:
How about converge? I just found their ad on speedtest.net
Alvin says:
Hello. I just want to share this recent tech news from Yahoo. This is about Fusion Broadband, a broadband bonding company that can give you throughputs of 100Mbps to 200Mbps depending on your current internet connection. Their website is http://www.fusion-broadband.com. Fusion Broadband aggregates multiple broadband connections of any type, and from one or more internet service providers, to provide a faster, more reliable broadband service at a much lower cost than most alternatives.
Here it goes:
http://finance.yahoo.com/news/fusion-broadband-launches-asia-pacific-220000421.html
MELBOURNE, Australia, Oct. 26, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Fusion Broadband, Australia’s leading broadband bonding specialist, is marking its fifth year in business with the launch of an Asia-Pacific partner programme, as it continues to expand its footprint in the region.
Fusion Broadband aggregates multiple broadband connections of any type, and from one or more internet service providers, to provide a faster, more reliable broadband service at a much lower cost than most alternatives.
With a solid base of over 80 partners in Australia, Fusion Broadband now aims to sign up 24 new partners throughout South-East Asia. The company’s initial focus will be in the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam, as well as in New Zealand and New Caledonia.
Fusion Broadband is seeking expressions of interest from IT service businesses, managed service providers (MSPs) and internet service providers (ISPs) whose business clients have a critical need for enhanced broadband services. Broadband bonding provides small and medium-sized businesses with speeds, stability and connection resiliency that have previously only been affordable to larger enterprises.
Partner Programme Benefits
The Fusion Broadband partner programme consists of five tiers and is designed to benefit IT service providers, system and network integrators, managed service providers (MSPs) and internet service providers (ISPs) of all sizes.
Depending on their level of participation, Fusion Broadband partners are eligible for a range of financial incentives, technical support and marketing assistance. Partner options range from a base-level commission programme for small reseller partners and extend through higher margin white label bonding options to fully integrated bonding solutions within large service providers’ own networks.
Key functions such as bonding configuration management; aggregation hosting and network management; IP address supply; customer billing; customer portal and technical support may be provided by Fusion Broadband or the service partner, depending on the programme tier, with higher margins available for those businesses taking on more control of the bonding service.
New Revenue Streams
The broadband bonding service provided by Fusion Broadband is an enabling technology that also opens up the possibility of new revenue streams for its partners.
“High-throughput applications such as cloud software, remote access and voice over IP (VoIP) services require a high quality broadband connection. By bonding together two or more broadband connections to create a faster, more reliable broadband service, Fusion Broadband partners can now offer their customers a variety of third party software, applications and services that were previously not possible due to technical and speed limitations,” explains Jason Maude, founder and managing director of Fusion Broadband.
For More Information
For full details of the Fusion Broadband Partner Programme, please visit http://fusionbroadband.com.au/partner-programmes/.
Alternatively, call Fusion Broadband directly to speak to one of our business development managers:
Australia: +61 3 8609 1497
Philippines: +63 9179 007 410
About Fusion Broadband
Established in 2010 by technology veteran Jason Maude, Fusion Broadband is a broadband bonding specialist with its headquarters in Melbourne, Australia and a regional office in the Philippines. Fusion Broadband aggregates multiple broadband connections of any type, from one or more ISPs, to provide a faster, more resilient service that is ideally suited to running bandwidth-hungry applications such as cloud services, remote desktop, video, VoIP and off-site backup.
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Dan says:
Wala na bang iba?
Alvin Reuel says:
https://www.facebook.com/Fusion-Broadband-2037280*****836/
benson says:
guys any comments on eastern telecoms? I’m planning to get landline and dsl bundle. I want to find out first if its stable and if the speed is okay. for residential use only. lock in period 24months kasi kaya medyo nagiisip.
SlowCheapNet says:
Single digits Mbps is very slow!!!!
Jason says:
Never go for Sky Broadband. Never.
1. I live in Makati.
2. Tried using SkyBB 60mbps/2899 plan for 3 months.
3. Had trouble for 2months. Asked assistance through both phone and E-Mail.
4. They sent me technician. Specifically told me they couldn’t fix the issue
5. Sent them E-Mail again since you can’t reach their CS Agent through phone unless you spend all your luck worth winning a lotto.
6. Got reply saying they have created a job order for me and I will be re-visited by another technician
7. Promised technician never came
8. Sent E-mail
9. Ignored
10. Sent E-mail again
11. Ignored again
12. Sent E-mail asking for disconnection
13. Got a reply saying “May we offer to check your connection”
14. SKY BROADBAND SUCKS MAJOR DICK
15. Now in the process of disconnetion – If they asks for penalty of any sort I will show them all the E-mails I’ve sent them that’s been ignored.
16. SKY BROADBAND SUCKS MAJOR DICK
Jason says:
Never go for Sky Broadband. Never.
1. I live in Makati.
2. Tried using SkyBB 60mbps/2899 plan for 3 months.
3. Had trouble for 2months. Asked assistance through both phone and E-Mail.
4. They sent me technician. Specifically told me they couldn’t fix the issue
5. Sent them E-Mail again since you can’t reach their CS Agent through phone unless you spend all your luck worth winning a lotto.
6. Got reply saying they have created a job order for me and I will be re-visited by another technician
7. Promised technician never came
8. Sent E-mail
9. Ignored
10. Sent E-mail again
11. Ignored again
12. Sent E-mail asking for disconnection
13. Got a reply saying “May we offer to check your connection”
14. SKY BROADBAND SUCKS MAJOR DICK
15. Now in the process of disconnection – If they asks for penalty of any sort I will show them all the E-mails I’ve sent them that’s been ignored.
16. SKY BROADBAND SUCKS MAJOR DICK
benson says:
Eastern Telecoms installed my phone line and dsl in about a month time. They had to prepare the facilities going to our building. Installer was friendly and at first the connection was not stable so this guy really found ways to get me a good connection. Have been connected for 2 weeks now. So far so good. happy with the installation. Subscribed for 6mbps and speedtest results wih either a 6.1 or a 5.8, :) thank you Lord!
Frank says:
I have Converge in Angeles. Very poor service for gaming. Max speed is 2Mbps which is fine for me when it works.
Issues: No way to contact the company online when having issues. Have to either go physically into the local office and wait in line 2 hours or try to get through on their crappy phone system. Texts for help are commonly ignored. This gets old as the service hours down about once a week so contacting Converge gets painfully bothersome.
The internet service itself is ok when it is working with one major issue it is over subscribed. During peak hours the service drops packets up to about 10% which makes the connection pretty unusable. When contacting Converge support the techs have no idea what packet loss is and can only state “No problems Sir”
Overall a pretty incompetent company.
Emelia garcia says:
Paano po mag upply SA interet ung 799 po
Hello says:
Umm sir all of this given ISPs are shit, is there any else??? Look, 1Mbps is NOT OK. Its basically a snail running an wifi. Please, give more decent WIFI Providers.
*FYI I tried most of this and this are shit, mostly PLDT with its stupid customer service.*
Fyi says:
Globelines 8mb Dsl line has high Latency
Calls to tech support go to a call center staff by people with a check list with no computer knowledge at all.
Trying to explain latency by using trace routes and pathping to see the hops your data goes thru is not covered on their tech support check list.
The Download and Upload speeds pretty much all they can handle.
While visiting web pages like facebook you might not notice a problem but once you connect to a online game you see the problem high latency instead of 200ms which seems to be the best they can manage you are playing with 1000 to 20,000 ms latency which means when you hit a button you wait for 30 seconds before your character reacts.
My problems are always in Makati where my data bounces from one server to another then another before it leaves for Hong Kong or Singapore or whatever, Somewhere in those multiple hops in Makati i get packet loss which does not show up in speedtest.net so it’s beyond the capability Globelines tech support.
Tech support can’t even understand what you are talking about so good luck getting it fixed or them filling out a trouble ticket when they can’t grasp the concept.
Had serveral so called techs inform me that i was over my data cap limit when in fact i was not and proved it by speedtesting the connection. If it is not on the paper they will just say anything to get off the phone even if it does not make sense or address the issue.
Vin says:
Hey ms ok regular plan799 ng globe (consumable 1299) have a gosurf999-8gb then 300php consumable, my line from globe use it for internet only inside globe lte portable wifi or pede gamitin basta lte device para mag benefit sa globe lte site, usually mga non lte device d mapakinabangan globesites, swerte malakas lte signal samin and also sa mga frequent location na pinupuntahan ko, data ko umaabot 100gb no throttling, bale plan799 plus 501php on top of bill lng for data anti bill shock, bill ko monthly w/o calls 1300php only, di pino promote ng globe yan dahil interest ng company, pag tatoo data sim bibigay ng globe gosurf999 plus 501ontop if bill kya 1500php, you can save 200php for plan799…:-)
wiljohn says:
anu po magandang plan na pwd sa pangmalayuan sa tower.longranged connection pero malakas?
gamitq kasi as of now ee yung 1299, ng globe lte broadband .. ang hina padin .almost 40ft antena na yun ..
ICTLOKBUConverge says:
Pinaka nakaka P***tang*na yung ICT Converge. Ang panget sa GAMES!! lag naddc pa pag peek hours. tapos lakas pa mag padala ng bill pota halos d ko na nga magamit ng maayos! panget pa ng costumer service!
Sash says:
If You search a provider with the wurst service and unstabile connection then take Pldt, there you are welcome to pay for that.