Sky Broadband offers 5Mbps at Php999

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.

Abe Olandres

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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143 Comments

roiji says:

14 years ago

pwede na hahahhaha nice!
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Name: SemS. says:

14 years ago

may signal po ba yang di2 sa panabo city?
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leeto says:

14 years ago

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.
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reyrenz says:

13 years ago

mag sun prepaid broadband stick na lang kayo mabilis at tipid pa. ako sun gamit ko sa desktop ko bilis bilis mag surf…

Jon says:

14 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.
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bobot says:

13 years ago

if u exceed u get cut off! addtional 100 pesos per 1gig

Rygel says:

14 years ago

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

14 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.
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someone says:

14 years ago

the 15GB cap is combined upstream and downstream right?
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Chris says:

14 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.
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erik says:

14 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.
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Jhay says:

14 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.
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