Globe claims to provide one of the cheapest data in Asia

Globe Telecom posted on their social media an insight about the current state of mobile data in the country in terms of pricing. Have you ever wondered how much are we paying compared to our neighboring countries?

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According to Globe, postpaid and prepaid users of their network pays about Php 119.6USD 2INR 173EUR 2CNY 15 and 48.76 per GB, respectively. Making it the second cheapest in their, just next to India’s Airtel and Indonesia’s Telkomsel. Of course, there’s a fine print behind the computation — 4 points to exact:

All prices are converted to PHP
Rates cover 1GB – 2GB pricing for postpaid and 300MB – 1GB for prepaid, both inclusive of free content bundles
Country rates based on published rate in other telco’s site
Prices as of June 9, 2016

Upon checking GoSurf’s rates, the pricing above is not directly visible to the rates published but as indicated by Globe, the calculation already includes of the free content bundles for games and streaming app. Any thoughts about this?

Daniel Morial

This article was contributed by Daniel Morial, a film school graduate and technology enthusiast. He's the geeky encyclopedia and salesman among his friends for anything tech.

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49 Comments

depot says:

9 years ago

ginawa pa tayo tanga ng mga eto hahaha mga globolok
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Easy E says:

9 years ago

Globe, desperate much? Lol

globegreed says:

9 years ago

Sana nag focus nalang sila sa comedy. Galing nila mag patawa.
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Ako says:

9 years ago

Papa Daniel, I don’t have any thoughts sa article mo. I only think of you.
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kabebegirl says:

9 years ago

Hahaha Landi neto. Akin lang sya.

Andrew says:

9 years ago

To be fair to Globe and Smart, yes, they are cheap on the mobile internet compared to the other countries. Reliability wise, I’m not so sure.

And on another note, if this is what they are publishing as a reaction to have better internet, they are not addressing the problem. The problem is the fixed line internet speed (DSL, fiber, etc) and not mobile.
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kilog says:

9 years ago

nasayang na naman ang 700mhz huhuhu,
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misterbean says:

9 years ago

It may appear that globe provides one of the cheapest data but it doesn’t show the whole picture.I think there are other factors to be considered here: quality of service, number of customers and usage.

Parang kung bibili ka ng adobo sa carinderya,most likely mas mura kumpara sa adobo na mabibili sa isang resto assuming na naka aircon, comfortable, at mas maganda serbisyo kapag kumain sa resto. While other resto will provide cheaper price kasi mas madami kumakain sa kanila compared to others.
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FTW says:

9 years ago

Now I’m curious. How about Broadband or wired internet connection subscriptions? Tsk2.
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BabyP says:

9 years ago

Mema lang ang Globe, sinungaling ang mga deputs, I have their myLifestyle postpaid plan 1799 with GoSurf 10GB data per month and it’s not 120 Pesos per 1GB, it is actually 180 Pesos per 1GB. And their postpaid data plans ranging from 1GB to 2 GB are not also under 120 pesos because their GoSurf 299 with 1.5GB is actually 199 Pesos per 1GB. Saan na naman humuhugot ng kakapalan ng mukha ang mga deputs na mga may ari ng Globe na yan?
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MrOrange says:

9 years ago

I have the same Plan 1799 it’s actually more like 1999 that i’m paying but my data allowance is only 5Gb. their breakdown is 999 (5Gb Data + 499 (base unli Call & Test) + 299 (Duo), so considering just the 999 for the data = 199.80 per Gb. Am curious how you got the 10Gb or is it an iPhone plan.
BabyP says:

9 years ago

@MrOrange
myLifestyle plan is a flexible plan just like Smart’s All-in plan, you can avail either the GoSurf 1799 with 10GB (that’s what I have) or you can have any other “Surf pack” like the GoSurf 999 with 5GB (the one that you have) as long as it is covered by your credit limit. I just happen to maximize my consumable amount of 1799 with the GoSurf 1799 and plus some extra for call and text from the “Classic pack”.
Bords says:

9 years ago

Sige nga sama mo handset cost mo sa computation…
mamalou says:

9 years ago

@Bords
How sure are you na may handset na kasama yung plan niya? Hindi ba pwedeng SIM only yung plan? Saka FYI, handsets are subsidized by telcos with or without partial cash out depending on the plan and most postpaid plans are fully consumable from the whole monthly service fee amount you are paying every month.

Cheapaeng says:

9 years ago

Cheap? Put tank in a moon globobo, ikaw rin talino!
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Mr. Juan says:

9 years ago

mura nga, pero ang service sa ibang bansa mas mabilis katulad ng speed ng internet nila.
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