Around 3K postpaid subscribers reach 1GB per day

Ok, Globe now has throttling. Ok, they want to start throttling after 1GB/day or 3GB/month. I will not even contest their claim that only 3% will be affected. I will give them that. In return I want to be able to change my plan from unlimited data to consumable especially since they have me under contract. Knowing this change in their policy, I want to have control on how I spend the money I pay them on regular basis month after month. Their screwing unlidata postpaid subscribers over. Forcing us to be limited with the service we get in a policy change that is one sided, benefitting only Globe.
Heck, if I buy a new prepaid sim everyday and load it with the minimum amount to have one day’s worth of supersurf, I get 24 GB total spending only 2400 pesos, maybe even less. That’s 100 pesos per gigabyte versus the 300 pesos per GB I now get under my post paid contract. I signed up for the postpaid plan under contract because it was supposed to give me better value for my money. People sign up for unlidata for one reason alone, if Globe unilaterally makes that reason moot, Globe should provide the same subscribers the option to choose where their money will be better used.
All these bloggers who insist that Globe’s FUP for customers under contract is actually “fair” are either not thinking things through or really are just paid lackies.

Mga abusadong subscribers, lipat kayo smart at sun para yung maiiwan sa globe, solo yung BW. Wag lang kayo magulat pag nag strictly FUP din si Smart. Lipat na lg kayo ibang bansa nyan… kaso may FUP pa din! Wahahaha. Saan na kayo ngayon?

Reklamo kayo sa NTC. Sabihin nyo bagal mag DL ng torrents nyong sang katutak na pirated movies, etc…tingnan natin ano gawin sayo. hahaha.

Suggest ko lg sa globe, tanggalin ang cap. Walang trottling. Disable din lahat ng torrent downloads. Para legit DLs lahat yung mga maiiwan.

Ano say nyo? Hahaha.

I don’t dislike this FUP. I think it is good to have one.

The only issue that I think most people are complaining about is the fact that with Globe, after LTE or 3G, it goes down throttled to 2G.

So far, I see no false advertising on this part since data use is still unlimited, just slower.

Like what I said, I’m still happy with SMART and SUN, especially because for now, they don’t strictly impose down throttling to 2G kasi even with their reps, after LTE, it will just go down to 3G.

I use an LTE wifi and 3G phone and both haven’t failed.

Again, you get what you paid for. Yes, for postpaid users, it may sound that we should be getting the upperhand but the fact is that, mejo lugi din ang telcos sa atin especially if we stay within our plan amt ksi they invested on the phone na binigay sayo for their service, unlike for prepaid users na ineexpect lang nilang magload ng magload.

In any case, kung hindi naman talaga for work or wala kang pambayad, e d tipid tipid sa data usage.

Kung mahalaga naman sau for work, business, or may pera ka, e di magbayad ka na sa mas “consistent’ na service.

Basta for me, I’m sticking wSmart and Sun. I just use my Globe for casual text and calls.

Just for transparency, as it seems both globe and smart are using the same global economic model and alot of people here are bashing why our telcos are implementing caps but other countries are not. fyi, other countries in asia, as well in the us and canada already have data cap:
for better understanding, this is the CURRENT FUP for wireless carries in the US :

Verizon Fair Use Policy :
Plan Details $45 Data Allowance 250 MB /Data Overage $15/250 MB Voice & Text Allowance Unlimited Unlimited
Plan Details $60 Data Allowance 1 GB /Data Overage $15/500 MB Voice & Text Allowance Unlimited Unlimited

Sprint Fair Use Policy :
Plan Details $79.99 Data Allowance 12GB Data Overage $0.05/1MB
Plan Details $49.99 Data Allowance 6GB Data Overage $0.05/1MB
Plan Details $34.99 Data Allowance 3GB Data Overage $0.05/1MB

AT&T Fair Use Policy
Plan Details $14.99 Data Allowance 250 Data Overage $14.99/250MB
Plan Details $30.00 Data Allowance 3GB Data Overage $10/1GB
Plan Details $50.00 Data Allowance 8GB Data Overage $10/1GB

T Mobile Fair Use Policy :
However much you use the internet, you’ll never get charged extra
We’re the only operator to offer you a fixed price for browsing and emailing on your mobile broadband connection with no limits and no extra charges.
Your plan will come with an allowance which varies depending on the plan that you select however we will not charge you if you go over your allowance. If they go over their allowance we will not charge any extra or prevent them from using the internet however we may restrict their usage on downloads and streaming.
If you’ve bought a tablet, iPad or iPad 2 on a pay monthly plan, you’ll get 1GB of data to use a month. But, great news for night owls; you’ll also get an extra 1GB ‘quiet time’ allowance to use between midnight and 10a.m.

** this is the current pricing plan and data allowances for each mobile carrier in the US.

if we will be looking into the price and plan ranges in the us; i think what globe and smart currently implementing is atleast fair and can still be considered “unlimited”. However, as what others pointed out, they do need to improve speed consistency and reliability; as well as lte distribution across the country.

one main focal point is the fact that once we reach the specific cap, the speeds are throttled and bottle-necked: it is neither stop nor are we charge overages for going beyond the existing data caps.
for heavy user, there is always dsl and t1 line. mobile data was never meant to replace a hard line internet connection.

I was a postpaid sun subscriber bago ako nag shift to globe. Bago ako nag shift, tinanong ko globe kung may CAP sila sa postpaid or not. Sabi nila wala daw sa postpaid, meron lang daw sa prepaid. It only shows na nagsisinungaling sila para makahikayat ng subscribers. Mabuti pa ibang telcos, upfront nila sinasabi kung may CAP Sila or wala pag tinanong mo, di nagsisinungaling.

Open up a petition online then spread the word sa lahat. Letche kasi eh, eto dapat ung isa sa mga nilalabas s news hindi ung puro showbiz. haha.

We’re actually still lucky compared to other countries which actually “caps” bandwidth to less than 3GB a month for postpaid subs. Singapore only gives around 2-2.5GB a month for roughly P1,000 a month. After that, you get no data, not even 2G speeds.

My only gripe is, our local telco’s services are inconsistent as hell! If they can provide quality and consistent connections, then I’d be happy with my 3GB allowance.

It doesn’t matter if they are downloading Terrabytes/Gigabytes of files, people have the right to complain because they bought the service as “UNLIMITED” and it should function as “UNLIMITED”, no “#GB cap” stated on their advertisement. If the network is congested, then it is globe’s problem for not being able to keep up with the service they promised to people which they payed for.

PLDT mydsl same price s globe no data capping unlimited the true unlimited,lipat n s PLDT, paputol ko n globe dsl ko

So how are we going to download our torrents now? Our movies, music, and apps are more than 1GB in size combined. We are paying customers. Let us download our torrents!

So it means that the network(s) can only accommodate only 2% of their total subscriber base. Also means that they have to improve their facilities by 50x more than what they currently can provide.
“Underserved” ang mga subscribers. At mali ang mga words na ginamit nila para sa mga plans na inoofer nila. False advertisement ang ginagawa nila ibig sabihin. Kailangan aksyunan ng NTC yan. Attn sir cabbarios.

2% of postpaid subscribers but the question is ilan nga ba talaga ang postpaid subscribers who uses the unlisurf ? magkaiba yan I think you need to research on that before making the analogy and a conclusion

Here’s my take on this.

1. Globe 3GB > Smart 1.5GB
2. We pay 999 for 3GB/month? What a ripoff!
3. If they’re really concerned for the 98%, I’m part of that majority, how come we experience effin slow speed despite having that LTE or H+ signal?
4. These telcos’ marketing is good but complete BS on their products and services. They shouldn’t add more subscribers if their infrastructure cannot support it.
5. Globe only offers LTE to us postpaid subscribers. Therefore, they shouldn’t throttle our speeds because we are paying for premium, and we are using a different infrastructure compared to prepaid.
6. These telcos should provide the public with data and the subscribers usage. This is to prove that, those 3% are really hogging and pulling down their service.
7. Enterprise users shouldn’t have caps, these are users who consume data for work and business. If they should implement caps, it should be at least 20GB
8. As for the EDSA and Network analogy… Since the author agrees with that analogy, therefore he agress that these telcos’ infrastructure is poorly equipped to handle the number of subscribers that they have.

People pay for the service at the same rate as a regular DSL line costs and they’re not allowed to maximize their worth?

If it’s unlimited data, then it should be unlimited. I myself am guilty of downloading torrents, I love being at work and able to download movies and series for my personal viewing instead of leaving a laptop or a desktop at home running.

Should I care if I’m using up too much bandwith and causing problems for other users who can’t connect because the network can’t accommodate them anymore? Hell no. My terms and conditions didn’t specify I would be signing up for a plan but need to be considerate of others. And that we would all be sharing a limited slot in one area. Because that’s not my problem. Network congestion is not mine nor any of the users (whether they are power users or casual fbtards) problems. The plans are marketed and advertised as unlimited. If I or anyone else want to download a 20 gig file, I/they have the right to do so cause it’s supposed to be unlimited.

I hate how Globe and a few people keep blaming the minor 3%. That we congest the network because of our torrent files or our music/video downloads. Blah blah blah. They should remember that that 3% are mostly composed of those that pay the more costly lines like 1799 or 2499, and we’re just getting our money’s worth.

In the end, Globe couldn’t keep up with their commitments so in typical business model fashion, they screw us all over by finding a technical loophole in the terms, bringing in some scapegoats by placing the blame on the 3% and then providing false reassurances to the masses.

Ingat ingat lang Globe, di mga tangang customer kaming mga 3%. Lol dame ko sinabe. Makalipat na nga lol.

Hmm we need more than 1GB ! :)

By the way, “taken care of” is the right phrase.

Or sana if they can detect or what kung paano ginagamit yung data.. Kasi hindi naman lahat sa youtube o FB lang gamit ang internet. Katulad ako, I exceed 3GB a month kasi most if the time, I work from home. I access a lot of our web based applications and do FTP transfers a lot as well…

you guys should watch:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyuIiG4c4Go

the article today looks like it came from a globe shill

Money!Money!Money! Just like Mr. Crabs, All they want is money! It just shows how incompetent the companies of Filipinos have. If you would look at other countries, the way we pay them on average of 2mbps for them, is equivalent to 16mbps on other countries.

wag na lang silang mag-offer ng 4g kung di naman maii-maximize ng customers ang pag-gamit, kalokohan yang argument nila, marami sa bumubuo ng 98% na mga customers na yan tinitipid lang ang bandwidth nila para di sila tamaan ng FUP.

tina-throttle down pa nila sa 2G, it’s just as good as just disconnecting your data flow, walang kwenta talaga.