Globe to enforce 1GB per day Bandwidth Cap

1 GB/day…that’s too little! That means one cannot download, say, a DVD image from MSDN. That’s a perfectly legal use of bandwidth.

Serious users would do well to avoid Globe. I wonder if this applies to existing subscribers/contracts? Can these subscribers terminate their contracts because of this change?

Wow. 1GB/day seriously? Oh my. I think I need to find a different ISP then. I am currently with Globe for their 2MB package and I am working home based.

I think that’s not fair. What if I need to download images or files from my clients? That’s a total BS. :(

Any news for Telcos that won’t proceed with this data cap?

i might as well pull out my subscription from globe

globe sucks! bad 3G signal then this 1GB capping!

bakit nilagyan nila ng limit. Hays. . . Bka madaming magpalipat o lumipat ng ISP. .

Now, I’m being penalized for such an abusive user for managing sites, streaming videos and audios minus the necessary downloads – ie; patches over a gazillion bytes..I don’t know if this data capping covers Tattoo Postpaid USB Sticks and to think the 3G signals goes on and off affecting my surfing habits..

capitalism rears its ugly head again. this further restricts the available modes of production for internet workers who are home-based. 1Gb per day is not enough for Filipino graphic designers and developers to be really competitive against cheap South Asian labor.

ayan na. next will be smart. wala ng sun to counter them.
“if u want more, then pay more” that’s their policy now.

I’m about to get a subscription plan from Globe, then this! Ok plans cancelled. (Smart please, wag ka susunod)

Now, I will not use Globe for LEGITIMATE Digital Downloading due to BANDWITH CRAP CAPPING!!!

We are now in Stone Age of Digital Technology for this CRAPPY CAP…

I actually proposed this scheme to a telco employee if there really is a significant strain on their network:

1. Put a “maximum” cap on the network traffic, but for download ONLY. But not 1GB, something like 1.5GB or 2GB.
2. When the subscriber reaches the cap, instead of totally shutting down the network connection, cap the speed instead. So instead of getting [insert your download speed here], the subscriber only can download at 25kbps.

That seems to be a better “fair use” policy. Especially since the service is labeled as unlimited. That way, both the telco and the subscriber both win. The telco doesn’t have as big a strain on its network and the subscriber still is able to connect to the internet, although at a lower speed.

What do you think?

when this will be implemented? we are currently subscribed to globe broadband + landline postpaid?

I ”’HOPE”’ PLDT won’t do what GLOBE did…

if they lose subscribers (which will happen, of course), they will certainly reverse their actions. im sure they have a back up plan when this happens.

I would just like to know if this policy also apply to DSL subscribers of Globe? or just for those using wireless?

This sucks big time. 1gb a day is not enough for software programmers like me. They should increase their prices instead of doing this so they could do more system upgrade to accommodate their subscribers.

Quit hoping that other ISPs won’t do this crappy bandwidth caps. NTC has obliged every ISP to have this policy. No more torrent monsters on the internet. sigh.

So all of computer cafes with Globe subscription will be out of business? Real nice.

If NTC wants to promote better service with regards to Internet, then they should force PLDT to unbundle its copper loop. This will provide better competition in the market, allowing small players to put a toll on PLDT and other big ISPs in providing way better internet connection.

Tama si Sir Mon, ganyan dapat gawin nila.

ang malas naman bago palang akong subscriber ng globe broadband landline bundle.

A VERY LAME EXCUSE TO IMPROVE GLOBE’S INFRASTRUCTURE… WHY PUNISH SUBSCRIBERS WHEN THEY’RE ABLE TO PAY MORE THAN THE BANDWIDTH LIMIT???

IMPROVE YOUR SYSTEM! NOT PUNISH THE SUBSCRIBERS!!!

So when they say “unlimited” in the advertisement, it’s not really unlimited..

pag naimplement yan sa globe magboycott o paterminate na kau ng internet services ng globe. sigurado mappressure yan na alisin.

ginagawa lang tong excuse ng globe para di na sila gumastos para iupgrade yun equipments nila for bandwidth capacity.

sino naman maniniwala sa kanila ng 5% lang daw ng subs nila ang abusado?
e ang dami ko nga kilala na wala masyado alam sa computer at internet na ang lakas sa youtube/streaming at mp3s download.

Capping is OK. Those who consume more should pay more. Just don’t call it ‘unlimited’ if it is capped.

THIS IS SUCH A CRAP! I will be switching back to SMART!

@BackToStoneAge: your suggestion is one that makes sense, though at this point there might be other factors that we may not know of.

@bryanflurry and John Salcedo: the notion of “unlimited” has been answered before in a previous blog post. Unlimited does not denote “bandwidth”.

i’m a freelancer artist/ film maker and phtographer. i watch tutorials, upload videos on vimeo and browse photos in flickr. so what will happen when they implement this. This is such, they are the ones who is the leading syndicate here in the phil.

rage quit.. pldt na tau… lag naman talga dota kapag globe eh…

That’s stupid. Why in the hell would they do that when in the first place, they should be doing some rate limiting on their subscribers as so not to reach extreme bandwidth amounts. Sheeessshhh… Globe DSL suxxx bigtime anyways

this is moving backwards. just when cloud services are beginning to take hold our local ISPs are pushing for this? i use online backups myself, in one service i use, i have about 100GB of data stored online. that doesn’t even include my online albums on picasa for images and videos. i have 80GB of storage for that. this move is short sighted. they are crippling their users. things like dropbox, google docs, amazon cloud, itunes, offline email backups, and web albums are legitimate services that require a lot of bandwidth. people are starting to use them. just because 95% of their subscribers might not be familiar with these yet, doesn’t mean they won’t be in the future. they should instead be working on tech to increase their capacity instead of blaming their users. things like google music, and google OS are coming up. this is only going to get worst.

lipatan na ng isp… unli tapos my limit???
tae kau globe… parang di nagiisip yung nakaisip nyan ah… =(

If Globe Broadband is going to implement 1GB Bandwidth Capping, it’s suicide for them. They think Filipinos are ignorant and doesn’t know what capping is and that is why they would like to implement it. Honestly, they cannot directly define what “abusive subscribers”. They cannot directly pin point who are those 5% subscribers at all. If this is a start of changing their business plan, the hell do we care. If Sir Abe can get an interview from Globe to directly determine what this capping crap is for (if for all Broadband user, including Tattoo, WiMax and other shits from Globe), then from that point we can surely decide to stick with Globe or to get another Internet Service Provider. The technology frontier for the Philippines is moving backward. Seriously. The Internet service is not good. We are way behind the world.

@Sir Abe, if you will give us an update. Please.

Makakatikim ng EDSA revolution ang mga nagpapayaman na yan.

I think Globe Philippines should really implement the 1Gig bandwidth limitation per day.
So I can see on my life time how the Globe Philippines will be bankrupted and closed down.

do it Globe Philippines I dare you. and I will watch and documented you how you go down and get bankrupted.

It seems Pnoy is biting the hand that feeds him. Ang daming niyang boto nakuha sa kumpanya nila sa internet noong eleksyon. Baka bumaba ang popularity rating nya. Time to Twit and facebook about this!

di nio ba narrealize na nagpapauso lang ang globe para sumunod ang ibang telcos sa kanila. pag inimplement to ng globe at di masyado nabawasan ang subscribers nila e sigurado baka sumunod ang ibang telcos/isp.

let’s see what will happen, dapat alisin lang din nila ung fine sa cancellation ng subscription.

I’m a Smart broadband user and kahit hindi ako affected for now, I’m really concern about this stuff kasi baka Smart/PLDT naman yung susunod, OR we will get more congested because dami yung lilipat.

what about internet cafe subscribers? surely we cant control what our customers are doing

I think that this is fair. Seriously, how much data does one use in a day. If you’re downloading loads of torrents then 1gb is not enough. I find it funny how a lot of people whine about it. Do the math. 1GB * 30 days = 30GB a month. Filipino’s are just too spoiled with unlimited “whatevers”. And what price do you pay? Slow congested networks with speeds “UP TO” 1mbps. You’d be luck if you get 256kbps on that. You also get a lot of dropouts and at the end of the day, you’re web browsing experience is slow because you want “unlimited.

The Philippines going backwards, really? American subscribers have unlimited internet and guess what? Their networks are congested. And some companies like AT&T are imposing Caps now. European countries as well as oceanic contries such as Australia and NZ have been always imposed caps on their internet usage. You get about 50GB on adsl2+ a month while they charge you roughly US$20 for 1GB of monthly mobile internet a MONTH. Compare that to your 1GB a day. Shocking isn’t it. Makes you wonder how Globe/Smart/Sun make money out of their service considering that most subscribers clog up their network in order to download the latest episode of Glee to see if Charice Pempengco is on it.

At the end of the day, Globe has the right to do whatever they think would benefit their customers. It’s not as if damning you all to no internet at all. Remember when they first started offering SMS to the philippines for a flat fee. What happened? You always got the “Message sending failed” Why? Because the network was congested with people sending text out to the point a lot of subscribers get frustrated. It wasn’t until they finally started charging P1.00 a text that the service became more reliable. A 1GB a day limit would be good for people who occasionally use their mobile internet in a day as well as making the money they paid worth it. It will also deter those people who “Abuse” the service which causes congestion and headaches to other subsribers.

ang solution sa ganitong problema, para walang capping at walang network congestion, alam naman nila capacity ng network nila eh, dapat kapag nasa 80% na ng capacity nila ang puno, mag upgrade na sila, kasalanan ng mga telcos yan, over subscription kc. puro profits ang iniisip, gus2 nila mag provide ng quality sa services nila and this is how they would do it by capping the bandwidth? thats BS. problema nila ipapasa pa nila sa mga nagbabayad na consumer.

kasi naman they are over saturating the market with their usb sticks. dsl nga lang palpak na. mag lalabas pa ng mga internet stick at kung ano ano pa. talagang hindi kakayanin. tpos ngayon maglalagay sila ng bandwidth cap, at ang sisi ibabaling sa mga consumers.

pero ang mga advertisements nila eh download this.. watch this on youtube… etc.

nun hindi na kaya ng system nila cap na.

nun una pa lang kasi hindi na pinayagan ng NTC un mga unternet usb sticks na yan hangang hindi na aayos ang problema sa mga dsl lines ng PLDT/Smart, Globe at Digitel/Sun.

for me the point is, Technology is evolving. Soon, developers will not release their software thru DVD anymore… download na lang. Like sa appstore ngayon..you can download the games without buying the DVD.. jsut need to download on the appstore.. pano pa un kung ung game eh 4GB… tsktsk..

I agree with some of the those who comment that PLDT’s purchase of Sun Cellular has something to do about Globe’s bandwidth cap. But I am still holding on PLDT’s word that Sun’s “unlimited” services will stay.

As I have mentioned when I posted a comment about PLDT – Digitel deal there should be a another strong 3rd player.

San Miguel Corporation’s LIBERTY TELECOM is a potential 3rd player. They operate interet service provider WI-TRIBE. Sadly they impose a bandwidth cap on their services but its understandable since the their network is still small. Good news is San Miguel found a partner in Qatar Telecom to invest in Liberty Telecom. This will give them more capital and expand their network. I hope they could offer cellular telephone service.

Another potential 3rd player is Bayantel. The Lopez-led company only offers landline and DSL service in selected areas of the country. Their application to roll out a cellular network is still pending in NTC.

For now PLDT’s empire is only our hope for our unlimited services to continue. There are still benefits on this PLDT-Digitel deal. the combined network of Digitel (Sun Cellular) and PLDT (Smart) will be better. Let’s hope and pray that PLDT will keep their word.

im using “smartbroken”. nakakapagod tumawag sa smartbro customer service kung bakit sobrang hina ng connection (hindi BROADBAND! parang dial-up 5okbs) dito cotabato (dahil ba probinsya?) siguro same scenario with globe din sa iba’t ibang lugar. ang daming pabiling broadband kit pero hindi lumalakas ang broadband. ang alam ko sa globe, wimax ang solusyun nila to control the bandwith purchased by the customer. yung broadband kit, the more the user the more the congestion. pang mahirap ata ang broadband kit. pero libre ang “smartbroken”. -tunay na pang masa.

fb: renz gubaton

What happens if you have an urgent download that exceeds a 1gig file and you only have globe tattoo as the last option?

i just got a word from someone who worked at globe broadband there were no announcements today regarding this policy.

damn you GLobe..

guys how long na kayo subscriber ng Globe broadband? have you received any “loyalty rewards” from them like cellphones or printers like what SmartBro is giving?

Mas ok ang marketing strategy ng Smart ah..giving cellphones and printers to their loyal subscribers..

We have to make this international and make them scared that their name will be tarnish as surely it would when the world finds out. Are we in a sub developing country at the bottom to be receiving service like this?

SPREAD EVERYTHING THAT IS WRONG WITH THIS CAPPING to everyone you know.

They can’t just do this without any consequence.

as it stated here
http://newsbytes.ph/2011/04/04/globe-moves-to-cap-internet-data-volume/
“The study further claimed that 23.8 percent of global Internet traffic is piracy-related and nearly one-quarter of the traffic on the Internet involves the unauthorized distribution of copyrighted materials such as movies, TV shows, music, and video games.”

maraming dada ang globe, internet nga eh. diba? unlimited. they are trying to manipulate our internet surfing..

you can stream HD vidoes in youtube eh panu na yan, isang buong HD na clip mawawala na? wala din kwenta pag nacacapp ka..

well, better to switch to SmartBro and SunBroadband..

no capps at all..

download torrent lang sa sun may capp.. pero ok na. :)

Don’t like – don’t buy it !?!

Now there is a DUOPOLY in the Philippines telecommunications market, choosing to leave or stay with Globe is academic!

Rather than build more infrastructure to cope with greater customers they just want to gouge Pinoy consumers with ridiculous download limits.

The fact that you find this acceptable is astonishing.

Too bad for me.. kakalipat ko lang sa Globe last month… arrrggggghhh…

So the only choice eh lumipat sa PLDT.. sana wag gumaya ang PLDT.

here’s the simple solution.. ban the abusive 5% and keep the 95% subscribers happy?

grabe naman! why are they like that! they’re making the consumers suffer! its not our fault that the lines are crowded. What’s the point of unlimited surfing when there is a limit??? haha! kalokohan kayo!! NTC why are you siding with the telcos?? parang monopoly na rin un! take it or leave it when every telco will be implementing the same rules?? telcos provide more networks!! pano di magiging crowded eh accept kayo ng accept ng subscribers?? cmon!!

ayaw kc nila mag bgay ng sobra kc bka humina ang kita nila…la nmn kc magagawa ang pinoy kundi magtiyaga sa connection na binibigay nila na speed

ganon… ung school/university dapat ang i ban nila at computer shop maraming users n cra ulo, lagyan nila ng level cap.
dapat kong implement man nila ang 1gig/day start lang dapat ng 8am-10pm. and d rest free n dapat kc sleep n ang tao at wala naring negosyo n open s gabi.

Good thing I only use globe for back-up as a connection.

It doesn’t matter kung 30 minutes mo lang gagamitin per day ang service mo. Yun eh kung may connection ka. Kung sa loob ng 30 minutes magamit mo na yung amount ng DATA CAP. Tapos na ang SPEED mo. Worse… mawawalan ka ng connection until your next cycle.

To cite an example kahit di ka mahilig mag-download (“irresponsibly” tulad ng sinasabi nila) –

YOUTUBE– nood ka ng Music Videos usually HD para maganda quality… BILIS NG CONNECTION mo, walang lag. Isang video roughly 3 to 4 minutes. Ang amount ng DATA niyan is roughly 60 to 70 MB. So in 30 minutes, makakanood ka ng around 10 Videos. Sabihin nating ang bawat isa is 60 MB, 10 videos is already 600 MB. which will leave you 400 MB’s left FOR THAT DAY. Siguro naman sa bahay ninyo, hindi lang ikaw ang nag-i-internet? Sa madaling salita, Kaya mong maubos yung DATA CAP mo in less than 3 hours. Eh paano pa kung may nag-o-online gaming sa inyo. FACEBOOK? bawat REFRESH mo ng screen download na naman ng DATA ang PC. Bawat Picture na tinitignan mo kumakain sa DATA CAP mo.

Ngayon ang posibleng mangyari, either babagal ang CONNECTION SPEED mo to PREVENT you from getting more data (useful or not)… or MAWAWALA ang BANDWIDTH connection mo entirely until mag-refresh ang system to give you YOUR DAILY ALLOTTED 1GB.

Ang tanong… Nasaan ang UNLIMITED USE doon? Mawawalan ng saysay yung “advertised speed” nila kung may LIMIT ang USAGE. Kung ganun din lang, huwag na nilang ipagmayabang yung speed kasi mabilis man ang speed or mabagal, sa sandaling magamit mo na yung daily DATA allotment mo regardless kung 30 minutes mo lang ginamit or sa isang maghapon ang connection. Tapos ka na for that day.

Kung FINITE pala ang Bandwidth nila, bakit sila nag-o-offer ng UNLIMITED use na over capacity ng system nila?

BANDWIDTH CAP => Scrapped as of January 2011.
DATA CAP => Loophole na gusto ng mga telcos na ipatupad.
FAIR USE POLICY => Para kanino? Para sa kanila siyempre. Yan ang SERVICE!

no matter how much they say, no matter how they spin it, no matter how much they manipulate the data that claims to support their claims….

data capping is not a solution. they take on that many subscribers and yet they expect not to get an abuser here and there? DUHHHHHH. they should be lucky that they’re only getting 5% according to their “studies”, more like manipulated data to me.

they’re an ISP, abusers should have been taken into account when it comes to their “service”.

they’re just too lazy and too cheap to shell out a little extra for the added load on their system and the added cost for maintaining all those many additional subscribers. not to mention the cost of bandwidth that the additional subscribers take on. they just wanna maximize their profit and minimize their cost. just like any business. matitigil den yan coz bandwidth will always go up, even more so that there are more and more subscribers that are being taken on, ON THE SAME bandwidth they are paying for. kalokohan eh!

1GB/day is already being generous, sa states nga 2GB/month!

bon says:
Thu, July 21 at 3:18 pm
1GB/day is already being generous, sa states nga 2GB/month

bobo mo naman. 250 gb cap sa states per month!

They are punishing the abuser subscribers and non abuser because they are ISP abuser.

TO ALL SUBSCRIBER NG GLOBE LANDLINES BUNDLE NA AFFECTED SA REDUCTION OF INTERNET SPEED HWAG KAYO MAG BYAD NG INYONG BILLS AT KONG NEED NYO TALAGA INTERNET FOR MULTIPLE COMPUTER AT WALANG IBANG WIRED BASED INTERENT SA INYONG LUGAR GAMIT NALANG KAYO NG DONGLE AT BILI KAYO NG 3G OR 4R ROUTER,,,MAS MABILIS NA NGAYON ANG SMART AT SUN DONGLE AT MAS MURA PA MAPA PREPAID OR POST PAID MAN..YAN ANG GINAWA KO DAHIL PISTING GLOBE YAN…AT HANGGANG NAN-DYAN PA IYANG FUP NG PISTING GLOBE NA YAN,,,AYAW KO SA KANYA,,,

(Your usage has been detected to be above normal terms of use. Your Super-Unli subscription has been deactivated. Your calls and texts will now be charged under regular rates. For information visit http://www.globe.com.ph/fup) PESTING YAWA NAG SUPER UNLI PA AKO 4 HOURS LANG PALA GLLLLLLLOOOOOOOOBE W_D F+ K wahhhh

We don’t know the veracity of Globe’s revealed data but if true e di i-ban nila ang 5% abusive customers. Ang dali naman nila ma identify yan. But I think the poor service will prevail kasi they spend a lot in advertising rather than in infrastructure. Smart ganoon na rin MVP spends so much on basketball than improving Smart’s services.

Wow ha, bakit nyo pa tinatangkilik yung serbisyo ng globe kung puro kayo reklamo.