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 Php999 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 Php999 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 Php1,000 for 2Mbps and Php1,500 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 Php999 with 1Mbps, Php1,099 for 2Mbps, Php1,299 for 3Mbps, Php1,699 for 4Mbps and Php2,099 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 Php799 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 Php999 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 Php2,600 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.
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!
Glad to hear that. I stopped using SKY and started using Globe for now. Not the best but better than the crap I had.
How much is the rates that you had acquired on eastern tel po? Thanks
Jamie
we got the 6mbps package. Php1,053 2years tie up. comes with free 2 extra months.
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
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
thats bad…
applied for Eastern Tel last week. Still waiting for them to install. I hope we can give good reviews for the underdogs naman :) Meaning: I hope I made a right decision here. :)
@Bendon
I totally agree with you on giving the underdogs a fighting chance and I wish Converge ISP answered my queries before I was left no choice but to go for this horrible, scam of a company (Sky). I tried to reach converge via E-Mail and phone calls. Even tried to apply online providing all the necessary infos. Sadly they neglected my application tho. No body got back to me.
AGREE dont go for SKYCABLE
Single digits Mbps is very slow!!!!
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.
https://www.facebook.com/Fusion-Broadband-2037280*****836/
Wala na bang iba?
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 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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How to avail this internet service? I am using sky broadband and I am getting so many complaints with the people I talked to on the line because the connection is not clear. I have been calling overseas over 120 countries and good internet connection is a requirement. How much does it cost? do you also offer unlimited internet surfing?
How about converge? I just found their ad on speedtest.net
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
Bat dito naicomment. Reply @Capped.
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.
bro san area mo and anong plan mo sa converge?
sana naman maging nationwide na yang converge at iba pang mabibilis para makatry din kami
Sir, yung PLDT Plan999 (total bill will be P1700) is already 3Mbps. Yung plan na 1Mbps with phone is their Plan990.
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.
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.
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, swerte malakas lte signal samin, 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 1299php only, di pino promote ng globe yan dahil interest ng company, pag data sim bibigay ng globe gosurf999 plus 501ontop if bill kya 1500php, you can save 200php for plan799, ?????
This is not that practical though. I’m paying globe 1600 per month for 150GB data allocation at 15mbps and slows down to 5mbps if naubos na ang 150GB.
“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.
Still not edited until now.
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.
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.
High Tier
PLDT
Wi-Tribe
Bayan
Mid Tier
Destiny
Sky
Globe
Low Tier
Eastern
G – rabe
L – oading
O – h…
B – agal
E -h !!!!
Hey, someone seem to forgot Google Fiber… >|<… *|*… Ay, panaginip lang pala… Accept and move on, albeit slowly… hehe