Recently, Globe has been sending out reminders via SMS to some of their subscribers about the Fair Usage Policy that they are enforcing. A number of our readers have sent us reports about the daily bandwidth allocation and throttling regulation.
The FUP basically provides an allowance of 1GB per day or 3GB per month, whichever comes first. Once the allocation is used up, subscribers will moved to their 2G network. That means you still get “unlimited” mobile internet but it will be slower.
This FUP applies to all surfing promos and data plans for Globe postpaid and Tattoo Lifestyle Sticks.
It does not cover surfing charged with regular browsing rates (Php5/15 minutes) and those using PowerSurf.
This mechanism is designed to reduce the speeds of only the 3% of users who are responsible for generating large volumes of traffic in Globe’s network.
You can read the full details of Globe’s Fair Use Policy here.
Globe may be having second thoughts on implementing this based on the initial response. Also the URL is inaccessible. HAHA!
“Oooops!
Looks like the page you are trying to view does not exist; it may have been removed from the site, or perhaps you mistyped the URL.
You can try checking the navigation bar above or the links below to find what you’re searching for. “
Once I got the message I spent like 2 hours berating them on it. They can’t just put up that limit since when I signed the contract for my plan, there wasn’t anything that pertained to any FUP at all.
I have a copy of my plan contract here and unless if they made a new contract and forged my signature, I’m not buying their BS.
Furthermore, most android phones have DATA monitoring. Just with FB alone, you’ll hit 3GB in a week especially if you are fond of looking at the pictures of your friends.
That’s not mentioning VoIP from Line, WeChat, Viber etc.