Sky Broadband 即将推出其互联网服务的新产品——一项特别宽带套餐，提供高达5Mbps的网速，月费仅需Php999，并设有 15GB 上限。
如果您并非重度用户，且在家上网时间不多（主要是查看电子邮件、Facebook 和 Twitter，偶尔看看 YouTube），那么这看起来确实是一个非常有吸引力的方案。
电信业内人士称，约80%的宽带用户每月实际流量消耗不超过15GB，因此该替代套餐适合他们。
如果 15GB 对您来说不够用，Sky Broadband 还提供另一档套餐——5Mbps 带宽，月费 1,999 比索，并设有 35GB 流量上限。
如果您认为您的带宽使用量超过此额度，您仍可选择每月999菲律宾比索的1Mbps无限制（或无限）带宽套餐。如今，人们有了更多选择，可以根据自身使用模式挑选合适的套餐。
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.
kukulit! parang mga hindi nagbabasa, nakalagay na nga “if you’re not really a heavy user and don’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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I am using sky…Dati umaabot speeds ko to 3-7mbps..pero simula nung january 3mbps na lng…Dahil siguro jan. hehehe…
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 :(
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.
some movies are more than 1Gig so 15 Gig is small.
I think the reason why people doesn’t consume more then 15gb per month is due to the sh*tty slow & intermittent Internet service.
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.
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…
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
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.
at 5mbps i could use its bandwidth cap in 2 days
lols… if you’re hardcore downloader 15gb is not enough!
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.
so ideally sino dapat ang mag avail ng ganyan kabilis ..atsaka bakit pa may 15Gb cap..whew!
BOOOOO Walang kwenta 15gb cap.. kaya nga gusto mabilis net para makapag download ng mabilis
I torrent a lot so this won’t work for me. Also, that 5mbps speed happens in the “ideal” world only.
That “up to” 5mbps means 0 to 5mbps. Don’t be fooled.
Ano ba yan? Complain ng complain… kung ayaw niyo then stick to your old plan…
I couldn’t agree with you more.
you’re doing it yourself. :)
No thanks. I’d go through that bandwidth in 2-3 days.
Ok na sana yan pero mas ok siguro if 20GB usage at that same price.
“Telco insiders are saying that around 80% of broadband users don’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
iba iba ang mga internet usage pattern ng mga tao, hindi lahat puro downloads, streaming at online games ginagawa katulad mo.
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
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.
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).
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.
As if you can explain.. ni wala ka ngang opinion na naka post? lol. Try to post something first dude. XD
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..
this is a good offer. wi-tribe is a joke. :)
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
Is it nationwide or in some selected areas only? http://jonaflormicfren-jonah.blogspot.com/
ayos na sana kaso bakit may 15GB cap, eh di parang wala rin :(
… 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!
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 :(
nice observation! …. kaya mas okay pa rin sa PLDC? este PLDT?
parang hawing sa A4TECH yung logo ni yuga.
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!
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.
baket walang inet na below Php600 per month??? compare to other countries parang mahal ng internet sa pinas?!
Certainly not for me who consumes 30-50GB downstream per month.
Make it 500 per month and you got yourself a deal.
What a shitty offer!! Sa ibang countries 100mbps less thatn 2k pa! Hayup kayong mga telcos! Ginagago nyo lang ang mga pilipino.
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.
BTW… panu ba malaman kung ilang GB per month conumption mo? answer naman oh! hehe
consumption* pala haha
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
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
@jedd – business-wise, it’s not a good idea.
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.
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.
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.
@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.
the 15GB cap is combined upstream and downstream right?
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.
That’s a lot better than Wi-tribe’s offer of 2MBPs @ P1999/month with a cap of 12GB!
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.
if u exceed u get cut off! addtional 100 pesos per 1gig
ok na sana yan, pero based on experience sa lahat ng mga network di naman umaabot ng 1mbps ang signal nila. this is just another trap.
mag sun prepaid broadband stick na lang kayo mabilis at tipid pa. ako sun gamit ko sa desktop ko bilis bilis mag surf…
may signal po ba yang di2 sa panabo city?
pwede na hahahhaha nice!
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..