Sky Broadband offers 5Mbps at Php999

Abe Olandres March 19, 2011 · 1 min read

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Sky Broadband is set to launch a new offering for their internet service — a special broadband plan of (up to) 5Mbps at only Php999 a month with a 15GB cap.

Now that looks like a very attractive offer if you’re not really a heavy user and don’t spend a lot of time surfing at home (mostly people checking emails, FB and Twitter with a little bit of YouTube now and then).

Telco insiders are saying that around 80% of broadband users don’t really consume more than 15GB of traffic a month, then this alternative plan is for them.

If 15GB is not enough for you, Sky Broadband also offers another tiered plan — 5Mbps at Php1,999 with 35GB cap.

If you think you use more than this amount of bandwidth, then you can still stick to the un-capped (or unlimited) bandwidth plan at 1Mbps for Php999 a month. People now have more choices which plan fits their usage pattern.

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Abe Olandres

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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.

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286 Comments

Lezuric · 15 years ago

How I wish this can be available in my area too.. Myself as a heavy user does not really consume more than 10gb a month..

muymuy · 15 years ago

hi. I haven’t tried this yet. But I’m planning to. I think the reason why ISPs don’t give the advertised burst speed to the fullest is because of those downloading illegal stuff 24/7. The bandwidth cap is a logical move to apply fair usage policy. So, I think sky will be able to give those subscribed in the 5mbps plan up to 70% of the advertised speed. Sky should.

koSinggawLu · 15 years ago

kukulit! parang mga hindi nagbabasa, nakalagay na nga “if youâ€™re not really a heavy user and donâ€™t spend a lot of time surfing at home” =))

btw, 5Mbps is the port speed. it’s the speed between your modem at home and the switch of your ISP. connection rate to the internet is another thing. that will depend on the CIR set by the ISP to their 5Mbps subscribers.

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Daniel · 15 years ago

I am using sky…Dati umaabot speeds ko to 3-7mbps..pero simula nung january 3mbps na lng…Dahil siguro jan. hehehe…

reichnamjel · 15 years ago

base on experience, di niyo rin ma aapreciate yung 5 mbps nila na THEORITICAL speed.

nag subscribe kasi last May 2010 sa 6mbps unli plan nila. and walang kwenta. mabilis lang pag youtube (di lang naman youtube ang ginagamitan ng internet). on all other things, mahina, para kang naka dial up. lol. ang pangit pa ng customer service. pag tumawag ka sa kanila, sasabihin lang na gagawan “raw” nila ng paraan. pero ala pa rin.

summary:
i only had SKY broadband for a MONTH, disconnect ko na agad, binalik ko personally yung modem nila kasi ayaw nilang kunin sa bahay (di ka nila i-didisconnect kung hindi masauli yung modem) Php 4,999 pa nun ang 6mbps plan. sinayang ko lang pera ko sa kanila :(

Joe · 15 years ago

Alam niyo ang kulit niyo!!! sinabi na ngang base sa study nila eh 80% of internet users consume less than 15 GB. If you think 15GB is low, then you must be one of the 20% who downloads a lot, then it is not suitable for you and not designed for you, then use other plan and stop barking-up the wrong tree.

Gerald · 15 years ago

some movies are more than 1Gig so 15 Gig is small.

erickkk · 15 years ago

I think the reason why people doesn’t consume more then 15gb per month is due to the sh*tty slow & intermittent Internet service.

razorous · 15 years ago

I’m actually not sure how much I use in a month… I think it would be great if Sky Broadband could give us details of our monthly usage (im currently subscribed to their 1.5mpbs), then personally inform customers that would fit great for this new offering.

donclark · 15 years ago

another false hope ng mga ISP…iiyak ka lng sa P999 mo..better try hacked wimax, TOR or VPN para libre..tsk tsk another false advertisement…

YOPINTECH · 15 years ago

Im a user of SkyCable I subscribe 1.5mbps but they give me 1mbps.. kaya imposible ata yan YUGATECH ..

He2x Check it out this how to use ipad.
http://yopintech.blogspot.com/2011/03/how-to-use-apple-ipad.html

Game Rumble · 15 years ago

A lot of people I know download 2GB to 4GB size of data(file) a day. This is surely a no-no for tech people.

nigel · 15 years ago

at 5mbps i could use its bandwidth cap in 2 days

otepsphere · 15 years ago

lols… if you’re hardcore downloader 15gb is not enough!

Lorenz · 15 years ago

Just went to the official site of that offering (www.lifeat5mbps.com), and just found out that:

[1] The bandwidth top-up rate – if 15GB/mo. is not enough – is PhP100 per additional 1GB, and
[2] They have another 5Mbps plan, this time with a 35GB bandwiith data limit, at PhP1,999 per month.

otepsphere · 15 years ago

so ideally sino dapat ang mag avail ng ganyan kabilis ..atsaka bakit pa may 15Gb cap..whew!

meow · 15 years ago

BOOOOO Walang kwenta 15gb cap.. kaya nga gusto mabilis net para makapag download ng mabilis

Pipo · 15 years ago

I torrent a lot so this won’t work for me. Also, that 5mbps speed happens in the “ideal” world only.

Karl Mac · 15 years ago

That “up to” 5mbps means 0 to 5mbps. Don’t be fooled.

Sonofa · 15 years ago

Ano ba yan? Complain ng complain… kung ayaw niyo then stick to your old plan…

Operation Super · 15 years ago

I couldn’t agree with you more.

bim · 15 years ago

you’re doing it yourself. :)

David · 15 years ago

No thanks. I’d go through that bandwidth in 2-3 days.

adam · 15 years ago

Ok na sana yan pero mas ok siguro if 20GB usage at that same price.

NineSwordz · 15 years ago

“Telco insiders are saying that around 80% of broadband users donâ€™t really consume more than 15GB of traffic a month..”

Oh really? =/ ano nagpakabit ka ng net para mag chat at e-mail lang? ugh please.. haven’t they heard the words STREAMING, ONLINE GAMES and DOWNLOADS? dumb a@#$%les.. XD

jet · 15 years ago

iba iba ang mga internet usage pattern ng mga tao, hindi lahat puro downloads, streaming at online games ginagawa katulad mo.

NineSwordz · 15 years ago

Lol I know right. FYI lang bro.. kahit magbukas ka lang ng website.. you’re still consuming “bits”.. meaning you’re downloading parin, kahit konti2x lang. Even bigger with flash-based websites.

So what if meron 1 desktop + 2 laptop sa bahay mo. With your so-called different usage pattern ng mga tao in 1 household, I don’t think kasya yang 15GB mo dude.

P.S. I don’t play online games anymore.. solve na ako sa mga emulators. lol

bim · 15 years ago

and it begs the question, why the hell do you need 5mbps for you to make status updates on facebook, twitter or youtube? para bang naglolokohan lang tayo. They offer 5mbps to those who don’t need it and and offer 1mbps to those who actually need 5mbps. That’s retarded.

roiji · 15 years ago

it’s possible really.
not everyone knows how to play or do play online games.
there are even some people who doesn’t know how to play youtube videos.
and there are people who only download things from yahoo mail (attachments).

Operation Super · 15 years ago

I think the only dumbass here is you. If I explain it, I think you won’t be able to comprehend it so why bother.

NineSwordz · 15 years ago

As if you can explain.. ni wala ka ngang opinion na naka post? lol. Try to post something first dude. XD

utara_panaka · 15 years ago

Well you just can’t have everything. May trade off palagi. Hindi naman tayo high tech kagaya ng ibang bansa. Kung gusto mo mabilis mag migrate ka na lang. Dial up na lang muna hahaha..

invn · 15 years ago

this is a good offer. wi-tribe is a joke. :)

anonymityy · 15 years ago

ah base sa comment ng mga users dito
di pa sila reliable besides duon at as conspiracy ang bagal ng net sa pinas
this is a big ass bs promotion
sana hinde madame mauto para hinde ito magtagal
kaya ko nasabe dahil sa 15gb usage limit
sa ibang bansa ang 1k naten makaka10mbps na
kung unlimited iyan kukuha ko bukas na bukas rn
kaya naman nila gawen unli 5mbps lalo na iyon ibang isp talgan iniisahan nila mga customers nila kasi hinde na sila naligayahan sa tubo nila

Jonaflormicfren · 15 years ago

Is it nationwide or in some selected areas only? http://jonaflormicfren-jonah.blogspot.com/

Winziph · 15 years ago

ayos na sana kaso bakit may 15GB cap, eh di parang wala rin :(

F. Lee · 15 years ago

… 80% download less than 15GB per month because that’s all they could download…

I have an unlimited 768 Kbps connection that only works at that speed at around 2 in the morning till about 7 a.m. and I dl about 6-8GB a month. With 5Mbps, 15 GB would be used up in maybe a week.

Unlimited with a guaranteed consistent, even if lower, connection speed is still better.

Virgin Media in the U.K. I believe offers 50Mbps connection speeds. Now that is fast!

roiji · 15 years ago

i am currently a subscriber of their 3Mbps.
Maabot mo yung subscription speed mo kapag nagtotorrent ka na ng mga files na maraming seeds (100+).
Pag nagdownload ka rin ng files sa big sites like Google (GMail)mabilis ang DL speed mo.
Pati sa pag load ng pages mapapansin mo na mabilis ka.
Instant streaming din ang YouTube at 480p lalo na 360p. Di mo naman need mag 720p kapag maliit lang ang monitor mo at kapag di ka mag full screen at kung kitteh lang naman titignan mo.
Kaso madalas mag down ang proxies nila lalo na pag bagyo.
Di pa efficient ang pag reroute ng mga proxy servers nila.
Last time I checked they have 7 proxies.
Pag down, most of the time 2 proxies are down :(

otepsphere · 15 years ago

nice observation! …. kaya mas okay pa rin sa PLDC? este PLDT?

amang · 15 years ago

parang hawing sa A4TECH yung logo ni yuga.

alex · 15 years ago

ok sana kahit 5gb lang, basta assured ka sa speed na 5mbps.

EH nung nagpakabit ako ng 3mbps nila, swerte ka na sa 1.5 mbps. Youtube mo pa nag bbuffer.

Kalimutan mo na rin mga rapidshare at torret. kasi pag iccomplain mo, sasabihin nila illegal yan at wala sila gagawin.

Ayun, bumalik ulit ako sa PLDT DSL.

5mbps?! haha! ayusin niyo muna infrastructure niyo!

Enrico · 15 years ago

Skybroadband’s service is more disappointing than the competitors!

I have a client who got their 12mbps corporate plan with bundled cable tv, but sad to say their download and streaming speed is just same as my 1mpbs at home!

Funny because we were expecting to watch youtube videos without any lags but the buffer still exist. i think they are capping it, we are downloading files from our ftp server at only 100kpbs, buti pa sa 2MB ng pldt or smart ko sa bahay tlagang mka pag download ka ng 150kbps na consistent.

So after a year my client just dumped skybroadband then switched to another ISP.

carmz · 15 years ago

baket walang inet na below Php600 per month??? compare to other countries parang mahal ng internet sa pinas?!

Mikko · 15 years ago

Certainly not for me who consumes 30-50GB downstream per month.

Mr.A · 15 years ago

Make it 500 per month and you got yourself a deal.

SHITTY OFFER · 15 years ago

What a shitty offer!! Sa ibang countries 100mbps less thatn 2k pa! Hayup kayong mga telcos! Ginagago nyo lang ang mga pilipino.

Jeff Jularbal · 15 years ago

Kung ang gamit lang namang ng internet mo ay mag t-tweet,mag p-post ng status sa fb eh di advisable to lalo na kung may pldt landline ka.
Mag add ka na lang ng for abour +250 eh may net ka na para sa fb twitter etc.

daniel · 15 years ago

BTW… panu ba malaman kung ilang GB per month conumption mo? answer naman oh! hehe

daniel · 15 years ago

consumption* pala haha

Jemuel · 15 years ago

it is very expensive. internet and electricity in our country is very expensive

buti pa sa singapore., mura ang rates at super high speed. taga sa presyo telco’s dito

adam · 15 years ago

Mahal din ang rates sa Singapore I remember our PUB consumption is around 350 sing dollars sa internet naman 60 sing dollards.Pero kasi kaya sa sweldo unlike sa pinas. Share ko lang Anti Asian/racist Rant

Igatech · 15 years ago

I admit that his comment is inaccurate. But it is not Anti-Asian (he’s comparing two Asian countries. It’s more like it’s anti-Phil.)

More importantly, his comment doesn’t have anything to do with race. Stop being too PC to the point that you see slights where there are none.

Jedd · 15 years ago

Lol! What good is 5mbps for when all you do is tweet, email, facebook, and a little youtube? The market interested in faster internet are ones who do more: they youtube a lot, view internet videos in HD, they download a lot. They torrent. They are into big media. they may be filmmakers, video people, photographers, graphic designers. And that 15gb cap is a little tight.

someone · 15 years ago

Look at the statistics. The telco(s) pointed out that “80%” of their subscribers do not consume more than 15Gb of data.

This plan caters to them, the majority of subscribers.

It’s only logical that the 20% who consume more bandwidth should have to spend more than what the majority of subscribers are paying for.

Jedd · 15 years ago

They should charge P600 or less for these people then. The 80% who aren’t really using and taking full advantage of their internet subscriptions. Instead of giving the tweeters, emailers, facebookers more speed which they don’t really need, give them cheaper fees.

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 15 years ago

@jedd – business-wise, it’s not a good idea.

jedd · 15 years ago

I’m just pointing out that this is a farce deal. This is essentially what they’re telling users: Need a lot of bandwidth? Want to enjoy HD video, download from App stores? You get 1mbps. Just tweeting, email, and Facebook? We’ll give you 5mbps!!!

It’s not giving users anything of value per their usage patterns contrary to what you say.

Jhay · 15 years ago

Sounds tempting and it may be practical for users who just check their email, FB, Twitter and a few YouTube videos, the faster speed could easily tempt them to stay online longer and do more things.

erik · 15 years ago

Why would you want to take this offer? Just for their theoretical speed? If for some reason someone forgets to log off or your kid downloads a tv or movie and forgets about it then what?

I say stick to the unlimited so there are no worries.

If you want a bucket type system maybe just count the downloads as an alternative.

Chris · 15 years ago

@Myke:

You will be disconnected automatically, and you will need to “top-up” your account.

It’s P100 per GB.

@jon:

If 20GB — you will be charged P999 for the first 15 GB and P500 for the 5 1GB topup.

someone · 15 years ago

the 15GB cap is combined upstream and downstream right?

Myke · 15 years ago

15GB is just 1 Steam full game for game, so what happens if I reached the cap? Am I back to 1Mbps?

If that’s the case, it’s OK..hopefully they get Bulacan coverage soon.

Rygel · 15 years ago

That’s a lot better than Wi-tribe’s offer of 2MBPs @ P1999/month with a cap of 12GB!

Jon · 15 years ago

Yeoch. Kung 20gb yan, sold ako. That’s more or less my minimum monthly usage. So what happens when we go overboard the 15gb? Do we pay more or just get slower speeds?

This is interesting.