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Globe DSL switches from daily to monthly data caps

Abe Olandres March 16, 2015 · 1 min read

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New subscribers of Globe Tattoo DSL will have a new subscription offering which puts the daily data cap to a monthly cap. Old subscribers will continue to follow the old plans while renewals or new subs will be offered monthly caps ranging from 10GB to 500GB per month.

The entry level subs (Plan 999, Plan 1099) will be given a monthly data allocation of 10GB while higher plans (Plan 9999) will be given 500GB of data allocation per month with a top speed of 150Mbps.

The old daily caps are allocated as such:

DSL 1Mbps: 3GB per day
DSL 2Mbps: 5GB per day
DSL 3Mbps: 7GB per day
DSL 5Mbps: 10GB per day
DSL 7Mbps: 10GB per day

Once the caps are reached, the line is then throttled to 64Kbps.

Note that Plan 999 and Plan 1099 are available in LTE only. Additional data volumes can be purchased at Php50 for 1GB, Php200 for 5GB and Php300 for 10GB.

Globe sends official response here.

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254 Comments

dyimmy · 11 years ago

Wawa naman ung mga nagwowork online. Oh wait. May smart at pldt pa pala. Sana hindi ito gayahin ng PLDT.

Wag na magreklamo. Magswitch na lang tayo. :)

wasabikick · 11 years ago

Well, I hate to break it to you but I’ve had my fair share of experience with PLDT. Eventhough wala ngang data cap, it’s masked by consistent disconnections especially every night. Ang tagal dumating ng tech nila at ang daming dumb excuses pag may network problem. At yun ibang town walang access ng PLDT. That’s why i’ve switched to Globe. Okay naman service nila eh, until this one came. Oh well, terminate nalang after my subscription. :)

GLOBOBO · 11 years ago

BOBO nyo globe dapat lang talaga senyo i hack at i bug. proud pa sila sa bago nilang advertisement kala mo costumers ang makikinabang ahahaha.booglets!

Vienski · 11 years ago

Kapal muks ng Globe. Kala ko pa naman for the better yung upgrade nila. This is ridiculous. I am encouraging everybody to drop your Globe internet plans kung meron kayong ibang option para maramdaman nila na hindi talaga tayo masaya.

ardiboi · 11 years ago

This applies to new subscriptions lang di ba? Kaya ayokong ipaputol tong data plan ko sa bahay na over 4 years na.

Unless ipatupad din nila yan sa old users, magwewelga na talaga ako. Hindi nila pwede icahnge yung plan ko ng ganyan at wala yan sa kontrata namin ng Globe.

’em · 11 years ago

Pre kahit old subscriber ka kung may pinachange ka sa plan mo, magma-migrate ka sa bagong scheme

yoku-o · 11 years ago

At least they announced this, PLDT quietly reduced ULTERA’s 30% after daily volume limit speed to 256 kbps. And they don’t mention this to new subscribers.
http://i.imgur.com/fdufDCm.jpg

abuzalzal · 11 years ago

Omaygad!!!

These are most absurd internet data plans ever!!!

Aanhin mo ang 7mbps kung 1 gig per day lang yung alloted sa yo?

Akala ko namalik-mata lang ako ahahahahaha, Anyare Globe? Sinapihan ba kayo ng espiritu ng kabobohan at kasakiman?

Gaki · 11 years ago

It is as if they want their customers to jump ship. No one in their right mind would agree to this. I think we will see a steep decline in their subscription in the coming months.

Bradpitty · 11 years ago

Calling anonymous hacking team. Its your time to shine!

Bradpitty · 11 years ago

Calling anonymous hacking team. Once again its your time to shine!

Mads · 11 years ago

The data capping policy allows Globe to maintain the quality of its mobile internet service

Mads · 11 years ago

The terms and conditions under Globe-customer contracts cover a provision on Fair Use Policy for unlimited services. This allows Globe to provide everyone with the same quality of service across the network.

abuzalzal · 11 years ago

Yeah, As If, galing sa puso yung sinabi mo.

Pustahan tayo hindi ka pakawala ng Globe hehehehehehe

Sam · 11 years ago

Data capping should only apply to wireless data service and not to wired connection. This is evil.

AreYouKiddingMe · 11 years ago

Tanga ka ba Mads? FIXED LINE nga pinaguusapan dito hindi mobile internet! Isip isip nga muna nga bago mag comment!

Janvier · 11 years ago

senator bam aquino is also raising the issue on the slow internet connection in the country..according to some sources, Japan has the fastest internet connection in Asia..grabe! tayo ang pinakakulelat! :(

happy · 11 years ago

Bye bye legit digital download steam, psn, xbox.

Digital games this days are huge this day from 10gb to 50gb. Imagine buying nba 2k15 on steam/ps4/xboxone an you have to wait 4 months for it to finish downloading! And you cant even play it with your online friends because of the data cap and your whole family is using fb or youtube on thier mobile device

Gino Roscom Gonzales · 11 years ago

So for the new subscribers na may 10gb ang download limit..

Youtube + Facebook users will eat it up within weeks of usage.. (buti kung weeks lang)

Office workers working on a budget net will cease to work, pano ka mag ttrabaho ng mabute kung capped net ng buong office sa 64kbps..

Gamers will suffer because normally the Triple A games now have atleast 10gb worth of data that needs to be downloaded.. eg: 11gb for skyrim 80gb for Elder Scrolls Online..

8 months mo dodownload yung game..

Imba brains :v well old user naman ako so di ako affected, worried lang ako sa future ng new subscribers..

Although okay naman yung offer nila sa 25gb net with 100gb limit and above not all can afford it..

Hope they do something about this weird caps..

Ian · 11 years ago

They think the people are stupid. “Hey, let’s make bandwidth more expensive BUT keep the current prices so our subscribers won’t know the difference and we get more money!”

This is just sad. I hope congress makes internet access a utility so that it’s properly regulated. If not, when plan renewal comes, we might opt not to and be internet free until this happens. Renewing with this current pricing is just not logical.

wasabikick · 11 years ago

Yeah. I agree with you. It’s just plain outrageous. The PH internet is going nowhere and this is making it even worse. -_-

Zobel · 11 years ago

Pati Smart prepaid throttled na. Baka bumalik na lang ako sa cable TV at lagyan ko ng TV tuner ang PC to record shows. Walang kwenta mga telco sa Pilipinas!

Vince · 11 years ago

The plan is outrageously unjustifiable. FB and Youtube videos alone are so huge these days. Ok sana if 200Gig a month ang bandwidth limit, not 20G. lol patawa talaga ang globe.

Kim · 11 years ago

am i seeing it correctly that 2mbps is php999 and 1mbps is php1099?

Capman · 11 years ago

Good luck downloading Star Citizen when it comes out. 100gb? It will take you a year. LOL Globe is trash now. Switch to PLDT

SpiderWak · 11 years ago

“Globe is trash now”. Kailan pa naging hindi basura ang Globe DSL?

Tim · 11 years ago

meron nang petition ng going around social media yesterday. eto ung link oh.

https://www.change.org/p/globe-telecom-trash-the-new-globe-tattoo-home-dsl-plans

XTN · 11 years ago

We should raise this to NTC. Sino pwedeng gumawa ng petition sa change.org? Damn! Kinalkula ko 333mb lng per day ang allocation ko from 5gb per day. Anong klase to? Putang ina? Panu nlng pag bumili ako ng laro sa steam tulad ng shadow of mordor na 10GB + edi 1 month pa bago ko malaro un? PUTANG INA??!??!?

Neue · 11 years ago

I have Shadow of Mordor in my Steam library and it was almost 40GB. lol

wasabikick · 11 years ago

Eto yung petition. Recruit ka pa ng marami! :-D
https://www.change.org/p/we-want-cheaper-faster-more-accessible-and-reliable-phinternet

v · 11 years ago

star citizen is predicted to be over 100 gig, not including patches

ecaps24 · 11 years ago

Wow… This is becoming worst from bad. I’m currently paying 999 for 3mbps 7gig per day data cap.

ivan sarmiento · 11 years ago

64kbs throttled speed.. LOL

Good Luck!

tukmol · 11 years ago

dami ata pakawala ang globe dito :) .. anyway.. medyo overkill ata yung plan.. parang sinabi nila na wag ka mag youtube o mag streaming, surf, social , at hooq lang gamitin mo.. ok lang mag cap sa mobile internet, pero sa wired dsl.. medyo di ok.. ano yung upgrade na ginawa nila na pinagyayabang ng globe.. upgrade sa system para pang capped, hays.. lumalala na… sana mag karon talaga ng 3rd or 4rt player sa internet, para magkaron ng maraming pagpilian..

maryanne · 11 years ago

Affordable pa naman, at least you can still avail of the volume boost add-on in case you’re a heavy internet user.

AreYouKiddingMe · 11 years ago

So you are willing to pay 1099 and up for FB, Twitter and Instagram use? Hahahha! BTW, I am not a heavy bandwith user (don’t download torrents, play online games etc.) pero I think these new plans are just so absurd!

NotaSheep · 11 years ago

… WHAT THE FUCK!!! (it needs to be said and check below to understand why)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ilMx7k7mso

bobby · 11 years ago

Ui may kasamang HOOQ ang DSL plan! Parang nagkaNetflix narin whoo!!:D

Cherry · 11 years ago

Para sa mga bagong subscribers naman pala to eh. Hindi pa ako nakaranas ng data cap sa internet ko

Globe Sucks · 11 years ago

Never expect any good thing to happen on Philippine Telecoms! we have the worst and slowest repairing and installing service here, now we will also get the worst internet quality, We always break the world record! wow!

dumudurog ng buga · 11 years ago

“Once the caps are reached, the line is then throttled to 64Kbps”

patay tayo dyan… di hamak na maganda ang sa Home bro Ultera 999 pag cap ka na +/- 900kbps

Reader · 11 years ago

Check the website now. Naging 256Kbps na. Sneaky din si PLDT.

P.S. Ampanget ng comments box system dito, Yuga. Paki-migrate na sa Disqus, please. :D

bobby · 11 years ago

Ui may kasamang HOOQ ang DSL plan! :D Parang nagkaNetflix na tayo whoo!

narfnarf · 11 years ago

Capping? Ppffttt. I use Sky. So yeah, no cap. ????

adrienne · 11 years ago

At least Globe didn’t promise “unli” internet. Mas malala pa data capping ng Smart: http://www.yugatech.com/telecoms/smart-starts-capping-data-plans-from-3-5gb-to-18gb/

’em · 11 years ago

We are talking here of fixed-line broadband service and not mobile data.

jaye · 11 years ago

Kahit papaano mas okay na to sa Smart at PLDT! 500 GB per month oks na. Dun sa kabila 10 GB-18 GB lang haha no thanks. Sa Globe parin ako

wintz · 11 years ago

di mo ata naintindihan sir .. bale yan 500gb data cap na yan is for 9999 plan thats 10k per month .. :3

HMD · 11 years ago

jaye, gisingin mo utak mo, 10k/month yng tinutukoy mo

ralph · 11 years ago

Nothing beats pldt dsl

zhizoicz · 11 years ago

pinaka masasagasaan neto eh yung mga computer shops, imaging 20-50 computers sabay sabay nag youyoutube… nako mga 10-15 days lang cap na….

zhizoicz · 11 years ago

*imagine

zhizoicz · 11 years ago

grabe garapalan ah, the reason kaya wala cap ang dsl eh kasi meron tig isang independent line ang bawat subscriber meaning di sya kagaya ng cable internet na the more ang gumagamit lalo bumabagal…. tinodo ang pag gatas sa customers bwiset

martindy · 11 years ago

yan ang globe! papaputol ko na un line ko dyan. kahit mag bayad ng termination fee.

https://www.change.org/p/globe-telecom-trash-the-new-globe-tattoo-home-dsl-plans

support the link nalang para naman kahit papaano may boses tayong mga subs. boycott na talaga ako sa mga telco plans. unless ibalik nila un unlimited without throttling.

tanashiri · 11 years ago

Pilipinas, pinakamahal na internet, pinakamabagal na internet at may pinakamadamot na ISP in terms of data caps. :(

Xeno · 11 years ago

How is this better than PLDT/Smart? I’m currently on PLDT MyHome DSL and I am able to download everything I waant to download without worrying about all this data cap nonsense. (And that’s at a 500kbps max speed on torrent downloads which I know is not that fast but it is a DSL so I get a consistent and relible connection. Plan 1099 by the way)I know some people complain about downtimes in PLDT’s service but personally I haven’t experienced it yet.

rabbitkun · 11 years ago

hhaayyy worst internet :/ sa Japan there’s this fiber internet service called Nuro which is 2Gbps, medyo mahal yung installation which roughly 20k php pero monthly is roughly 2k php lang per month

Gerby Sagayno · 11 years ago

Heavy users eat up most of the bandwidth allocation for other customers that’s why I’m all for data capping. Isipin niyo na lang, bumili kayo ng isang box ng donuts hati hati sa bayad pero ung matakaw naka tatlo!? Dapat lang i cap yan!

rape · 11 years ago

Hi Gerby,

Minsan gamitin din po natin ang utak natin ano po?

Wala dapat na datacap lalo na sa internet. Palibhasa kase utak 3rd world ka.

Isipin mo, kung kuryente ang may cap? Kapag na-reach mo na yung monthly kilowatthour mo eh gagawin ng meralco bentilador na lang atsaka 2 bulbs na lang pwede mo isaksak, then next month ka na ulet pwede magsaksak ng kahit anong appliances kasi na reset na.

Isipin mo sa tubig, kapag nareach mo na yung metro mo ng isang buwan eh gagawin nila 2 timba na lang ng tubig per day ang bibigay nila sayo.

on top of that, same padin ng bayad per month.

You are a paying customer and pwede mo gawin lahat ng gusto mo sa internet connection mo. Kagaya ng kuryente at tubig nyo, kahit ano pwede mo isaksak na appliances 24/7 at kahit ilang dram pa ng tubig meron kayo pwede mo punuin!

Ang problema sa globe dapat ayusin nila ung infrastucture nila para maacommodate lahat ng subscriber hindi yang lalagyan nila ng cap for fair use ek-ek. kalokohan!

Tsaka next time po, gamitin din natin ang utak natin ha?

Ktnxdie.

Wala · 11 years ago

It’s suppose to be a box of donut… for every subscriber.

NotaSheep · 11 years ago

You sir, is what we call “The Sheep in a herd” who bleats nonsense because you BELIEVE whole hardheartedly without research, just as 70% of the consumers sadly…

abe santos · 11 years ago

Even though data connectivity is becoming more of a necessity nowadays, it is still not as basic as water and electricity. Mas mahigpit ( ng konti ) ang gobyerno sa mga public utilities kaya nga hindi ka basta basta na lang putulan ng linya ng tubig o kuryente eh.

To “RAPE” · 11 years ago

Ang tanong… meron bang unli-utilities??? San ka makakakita ng P999 unlitubig, unlikuryente etc? Lahat may limit, wala nang libre.

You think anyone could’ve predicted that data use would skyrocket to what it is now? Electricity could come close, but water usage or rice consumption isn’t multiplying as fast as internet usage is going. They will lose in terms of resources, and they will need to protect their brand and make changes. We’re actually pretty late in the game, the rest of the world is on data caps.

Congrats, you’re a regular idiot.

ogag · 11 years ago

rape mas engot ka ang labo ng analogy mo. kuryente at tubig? metered mga yan hunghang, you pay for your mileage kaya walang cap. bobo pota.

Abuzalzal · 11 years ago

putang ina mo bobo, negligence ng telco yan kaya mabagal, nagbabayad tau ng tama dapat sila magupgrade ng utilities nila para di bumagal, hindi ung consumer ang maghihirap dahil sa kagagohan nila, walang competition sila2 lang kaya kayang kaya nilang controlin ang presyo ng mga ganid na telco na to. Fuck em all

XaMiner · 11 years ago

To Gerby Sagayno:

Please watch this first ng maliwanagan ka.

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

Ay wait, baka ayaw mo kasi mababawasan natitirang data allocation mo. hahaha :P

rape · 11 years ago

Hello again, 3rd world idiots!

3rd world idiot #1:
“Ang tanong… meron bang unli-utilities??? San ka makakakita ng P999 unlitubig, unlikuryente etc? Lahat may limit, wala nang libre.”

– Hello 1st idiot, Kaya ka nga nagbabayad ng bill mo para sa mga necessities na yan, just like internet. Mukang di mo naintindihan yung post ko. pakibasa na lang ulit. tanga.

“You pay for your mileage kaya walang cap. bobo pota”

– Hello 3rd world idiot, ikaw na may sabe, you pay for what you use. Eh bakit yung internet? anong pinagkaiba nila? You pay for what you use then may cap? Di mo ba nakikita yung pang gagong ginagawa nila sa consumer or sadyang bobo ka? Isip isip din sir at gamitin ang utak.

Milo Ricardo · 11 years ago

Sa Smart ba ganito rin? Natanong lang?

jhepoyskee · 11 years ago

alam ko may cap daily pag smart bro/ultera. pero pag normal PLDT Dsl walang Cap.

james · 11 years ago

i woluld only say that philippines has the most expensive internet service in the world!!!! these all telco companies are robbing us in the bright light of the day,, when pilipino people will wake up and take some actions ??????

please google about cost of the internet in other countries and you will find it out…

Czar Balayon · 11 years ago

Paano yung NBA league pass?

jm · 11 years ago

ahahaha. alam na this. from 3gb per day, naging 10gb per month. kaya nga nag DDSL yung mga tao kasi ayaw nila ng mababang data capacity, tapoz ngayon 10gb per month? para sa heavy user 3-5 days lang ubos na yan ahahaha ayos yan globe. abot mo ang mundo ahaahaa

eric jay · 11 years ago

Abot mo ang mundong limited. LOL

’em · 11 years ago

Sorry wrong URL above. Here’s the correct one:

https://www.change.org/p/globe-telecom-trash-the-new-globe-tattoo-home-dsl-plans

Francisco Dumawat · 11 years ago

I just switched from Smart bro canopy to Globe Tattoo plan 1599. Better faster and reliable. So far, i haven’t experienced data capping kahit Diablo ako errday! Or kahit mag stream ng dance videos.

Ethan · 11 years ago

Sa first month or 2 months mong subscription wala pang data cap yan, pero kapag tumagal na dun mo na mapapansin na bumabagal na connection mo. Samantalahin mo na yan hangga’t maaga pa. XD

rabbitkun · 11 years ago

data plans are getting worse :( isipin mo yung 5mbps na 10Gb per day (which is 10Gb x 30 days = 300Gb per month) eh 20Gb per month na lang, what the hell

’em · 11 years ago

There is an online petition that was created for this:

http://www.yugatech.com/telecoms/globe-dsl-switches-from-daily-to-monthly-caps/

BTW Yugatech, please include in your write-up that if an EXISTING subscriber updates his/her plan, he/she will be automatically migrated to the new data cap schemes!

Ezitech · 11 years ago

hindi naman automatic na malilipat sabi sa website na ito. Buti pa to mas complete

http://hungrygeeks.ph/every-byte-counts-globe-tattoo-ends-unlimited-dsl-offerings/

’em · 11 years ago

I didn’t say mama-migrate automatically. Once a subscriber make any change to his/her current plan (upgrade or downgrade), doon ka mama-migrate. Saang instances pwede ito mangyari? Kapag end of contract mo at gusto mo ng mas murang monthly fee, pag nagpadowngrade ka, automatically maga-apply sa’yo ang new plans. Or pwede ka din o-offer-an ng globe to upgrade at may kung anu-anong freebies kuno, doon applicable din ang new plans or biglang mong need ang mataas na speed, pag nagpa upgrade ka, new plans na agad ang effective sa’yo.

And this happens all the time! Mawawalan na ng flexibility ang Globe DSL subscribers moving forward, whether new or old subscriber ka.