Philippines beat China, India in Net Speeds

.9Mbps nga but i think on selected areas only like metro manila. How about in other places in the Philippines? I think our ISP here needs some regulations, even though you have 1Mbps for 999 you only get 2/3 or even half of what your paying,my friend have the 3Mbps by globe and it was fast and no loading on youtube,fast download but it was like surfing with 1.7 to 2 mbps,you really cant get the real speed of 3Mbps. The worse is on mobile Internet plans,you’ll be paying 1200 a month, phones have the lowest consumption in Internet usage, except to those people whs using their phone as a modem all the time.
You know guys i think as a consumer and a subscriber we need to get what we are paying for.

@mon

san b ung provinces na yan? Regarding po sa price, iam just comparing it sa ibang network, just like Saunalahti,they can give unlimited web surfing for 31 days for just 12 EUR on top of your plan. I think talking about the price will do no harm to anyone, its just not right for me not to value money regarding this matter. Iam not a rich guy like you,im just a person who wants justice in every way i can.

oo nga.. sa iba nga eh hindi na eexpire yung load nila. bakit kaya d kayng gawin nang smart and globe yan..

Hindi naman surprising and news nato.ang kakaiba kung may tatalo na sa South Korea

@mon

ayos sa comment ah. bat matalino ka?

back to topic: masyado ng napagiwanan ang isp natin compared sa western countries.

mas matataas ang offering ng isp nila compared satin. siguro kasi mayamang bansa sila. kulelat ka nga kung may 1 to 2 mbps connection ka sa US. kasi parang ang standard ata dun 10mbps pataas. o sa mga mayayamang taga dun lang yun. nabanggit kasi ito ni kevin rose sa isa sa mga session nila sa diggnation. wala lang just sharing.

@mon pare na turn off ako sa comment mo. bobo

at least… hindi tayo ang ang nasa huli…

wow tindi ng speed ng south korea ah.

Wow. Viet Nam’s is almost twice as fast as ours.

there goes Mon again.. anyway… I think that 0.9Mbps is an average for the whole country. But I think this can change anytime as long as the ISP here can provide a faster and reliable connection.

Speeds here are a joke. Argue all you want out of inexperience, but anyone who’s been to a country with even half-developed infrastructure knows we’re comparing trash to trash. Who wants to be compared to some of the most poorly developed countries in Asia? I had a real 3Mbps over 5 years ago while living in the US at $30 a month. It’s only the complete greed and ineptitude of the ISPs that keep this country begging for an extra kb where it can get it. Two hardly working megabits for the equivalent of US$35 in a country where the average person barely earns $5 a day? Absolute garbage.

amazing buti na lang hindi pa talaga nahuhuli ang pinas!

sa mga nagrereklamo about sa speed ng broadband.

It’s a residential subscription. The speed will always be the port speed you have subscribed to. Yun ang connection mo papuntang sa network nila. Ang problema baka E1 lang ang connection nila palabas ng network nila, dun ka talo :)

Pero kung talagang gusto mo ng dedicated 2mbps para sa 2k pesos mo per month parang hindi naman mangyayare yun diba?

Also ang termination papuntang US ay medyo mahal. Considering ang isang e1(2040kbps) ipls connection papuntang 1 wilshire costs about 1800 usd (based sa quote na pinadala sa akin ng pacnet noon pang panahon ng kopong kopong) now pagka terminate ng connection mo sa US syempre maghananap ka ng ka peering mo and another cost na naman yun.

Kaya mahal ang internet connection natin dito sa pinas dahil napapaligiran tayo ng tubig. sabihin na natin may undersea cable tayo pero ilang gig lang naman ang kaya nung ibigay? :)

south korean…well nuff said,

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i have always been a prepaid subscriber until last year. i was enticed into getting a postpaid plan (with globe) around midyear of 2009. i chose the G-Flex 1800 since i can use internet out of my MSF. sadly, the network is all about advertising and not delivery. Im in butuan by the way. the internet is so slow and by august this year, i can no longer connect when im at home, only when im in downtown. that’s too bad for me coz of the 24-month lock up period. without the internet, i am forced to use my P 1,800 monthly fee on calls/texts and that is not worth it given the fact that they are now offering superplans and myfully loaded plans. i am boycotting Globe after my lock-up period. i know, i sound bitter. i wouldn’t if i were not made to believe that their service will be consistent. nagtiyaga ako sa napaka slow na connection then tuluyan pang nawala. sayang naman ng pera ko. if only these telecoms could deliver what they promise, it would not hurt me to shell out as much as P1,800 a month or even more. but then again, i realized, they’re really only after my money. also, when they’re new plans (my fully loaded and supers) took a hit in the market, i began experiencing service lags and connection problems. sometimes, i cannot connect to another number which i had no problem calling before. if this is not bullshit then i do not know what it is. it would have made me feel better if i could avail of the fully loaded plans but maintain my MSF but no, they won’t allow it. so im stuck with a plan that costs more while new subscribers get something better – way better. i do not know how they come up with that marketing plan but as far as im concerned, it is totally unwise and very discouraging. it seems to me that the concept of customer care is alien to them. had i stick to prepaid plans, maybe i wont have to experience these things and feel real bad. i thought that if i had become a postpaid subscriber, i’ll get better treatment but frankly, there was no felt difference in the service. i even got to have an altercation with one Globe agent (through their hotline) and he sounded so opposite of someone brilliant and smart. he kept yapping about “that is our policy” when my point exactly is how come their policy is this and that. i kept rereading the fine prints on the contract (yes, i have the patience to read those) to find something in support of their claims and mine and nothing seems clearcut. well, it is indeed true that consumerism in the Philippines is a long way behind other countries and by the looks of it, i might not live long enough to see its dawn and im still 30.

dammit! it all started with net speed but now i’ve written too much already.

totoo mas mabagal ang India saten. kaya nandito na ung mga BPO na dating andun.