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Mobile 3G is now cheaper than DSL!

Just realized that since all the telecom players (Sun, Smart and Globe) are now offering unlimited 3G internet and subsequently lowering the prices down, 3G is officially cheaper than DSL.

Let’s look at how much a 1Mbps to 3Mbps residential DSL costs nowadays:

PLDT myDSL 2Mbps: Php1,995 (DSL only)

Globe Broadband 2Mbps: Php1,995 (DSL w/ free Landline)

Bayan DSL 1.5Mbps: Php1,699

Sky Broadband 2Mbps: Php1,999

From the list above, we can see that all of the current DSL offerings that’s “up to 2.0Mbps” have prices ranging from Php1,699 to Php1,999. That should give us what’s the current market prices that’s acceptable to broadband consumers.

Now let’s look at a rundown of unlimited mobile 3G by the networks and see if the prices are cheaper or not:

Sun Wireless Broadband 2Mbps – Php799

SmartBro Plug-It 2Mbps – Php999

Globe Tattoo 2Mbps – Php1,200

It’s pretty obvious now — 3G internet is now way cheaper than DSL. Remember when unlimited 3G used to be Php3,000 per month? That’s a price cut of 60% in 2 years. It doesn’t even consider the fact that 3G speeds used to be 384Kbps. I’d say 3G internet has become 92% cheaper if we take speed and price considerations into account.

Even at current rates, a 2Mbps unlimited 3G subscription is 60% cheaper than an unlimited 2Mbps DSL line. The only reason why people still think it’s expensive is that they don’t use 3G internet as much as they do with DSL.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

59 Responses

  1. Avatar for not really not really says:

    Unlimited? smarts HSPA+/3g is capped at 1.5 GB A MONTH. I really wouldnt say its unlimited. Normal use is a very broad spectrum.

  2. Avatar for Home made 3G booster Home made 3G booster says:

    Have you try to increase 3G signal using homemade materials. Improve 3G USB Signal Homemade

  3. Avatar for chien chien says:

    Sun modem mobile naman po ang gamit ko. Mabagal xa pag gabi pero pinagtiyatoyagaan ko na lang. 799php lang xa per onth. Unlimited usage. Kaya po ang solusyon ko, maghanap ng tweaks para s connection. Naniniwala kasi ako na may pag-asa pa tong sun. Via proxy or internet accelerators o kahit DNS.

  4. Avatar for dane dane says:

    @noypi

    do you use dynaweb?

  5. Avatar for Rygel Rygel says:

    yes it’s cheaper. but only that. we use sun broadband as our primary ISP at home (we don’t move it around). it does reach the promised 2MBPs most of the time… but try downloading, watching youtube and you’ll see how they “control” the speeds. Sun claims they don’t “cap” speeds… but seeing a speedtest result of 1.67MBPs and simultaneously downloading a program update at 10-20 KBPs is annoying to say the least.

    their speed is all for show. activities that actually take advantage of the speed are “controlled” – which makes me wonder why they offer the high speeds in the first place.

  6. Avatar for fjordz fjordz says:

    hopefully, the mobile 3G signal will be consistent…

  7. Avatar for noypi noypi says:

    Unlimited USB type Internet connection

    globe tattoo(basta hindi ma expire sim)
    Sun Cell(minimum 2 pesos load)
    SmartBro(min 2 pesos load)

    kayo n bahala pano nyo gawin, its so very easy. my globe tattoo is unlock i can use sun and smart sim. im currently connected to smart 3g/hsdpa. unlimited my download is 30kbps(congested) to 250kbps( mga 1-5am)

    Do you know how to use proxy?

  8. Avatar for karissa karissa says:

    everything depends and matters.
    the speed, the price and most of all the SERVICE.

    I just commented on one of Abe’s recent post on my problem with a huge telco this holiday season.

    No matter what internet connection you prefer bottom line is…Ayusin nila service nila!

    Because if you’re a paying customer, you should get what you’ve paid for and should be treated equally regardless of your subscription.

  9. Avatar for rorymabangis rorymabangis says:

    Waltermart Makati now relaunched their FREE wifi service at the 5th floor. You might want to check it out as few people know of it. This might come in handy if you ran out of load on your USB braodband stick

  10. Avatar for mnel mnel says:

    i still prefer a dsl connection because it’s more reliable than a 3G service. I live just across St. Luke’s when I’m in QC and I couldn’t get a decent signal most of the time.

  11. Avatar for tuldok tuldok says:

    Sun Broadband Wireless better than DSL? Gimme a break…Most of the time, sobrang bagal ng browsing speed, lalo na ng DL speed.

    http://i189.photobucket.com/albums/z277/tuldok89/traffic-shaping.png
    ^ look at how the speed is capped at 30kB/s

    I have used ShaperProbe from http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools#diffprobe, a tool which detects whether an ISP does throttling on an Internet connection.

    http://syntacticprogrammer.files.wordpress.com/2009/12/shaperprobe.png
    ^ Here’s the screenshot

  12. Avatar for Sonofa Sonofa says:

    I subscribed to an unlimited Internet thru sun broadband Internet and till now I have yet to expect speeds that exceeds 400kbps… Compared to my bayantel dsl speed of 700+ Kbps and 1.2mbps at burst speed wala paren sinabi Ang sun

    -Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

  13. Avatar for Jack Abat Jack Abat says:

    Yes it’s true, the problem of 3G Networks are the consistency and reliability of thier service.
    So watch out for the upcomming of the 4G technology here in the phils. It will provide better quality of service to the subsciber compared to the 3G and 3.5G technology.

    For more info, you may contact me :
    091754*****
    5023307

  14. Avatar for Mike Lopez Mike Lopez says:

    I think the only selling point left for DSL is reliability. If 3G signal is good in you area then it’s definitely the way to go.

  15. Avatar for mindyQ mindyQ says:

    if a telco will offer say a P499 monthly plan for unlimited wireless/3.5G internet but capped at 512kbps i’ll consider it. i just need basic access for internet browsing and email on the go.

  16. Avatar for driftracer85 driftracer85 says:

    Probably, a good remedy for wireless 3G/3.5G is to upgrade and have more servers and IP addresses perhaps?

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