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Offline YeahWhatever

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Philippine Internet. Help.
« on: July 11, 2011, 09:32:34 PM »
So I'm in Manila. And want to subscribe to a faster connection. Right now I'm using Sun Broadband (P799) and its max dl speed is 200kbs and up speed of 30kbs during night time only when using torrent.
My budget for internet is P2,000 per month. PLDT is out of my choices because they need Government ID/ Working ID which I don't have both and I'm just a college student.

Here are my two choices:
SKYBROADBAND (Plan 2 mbps)
http://www.skybroadband.com.ph/

bayanDSL (Plan 1999)
http://www.bayan.com.ph/lolatechie/plans.html

Can you guys help me which is better for downloading. And if the subscription doesn't require Government ID/ Working ID. Thanks :)
And if you have other recommendation of internet connection please add them.
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #1 on: July 11, 2011, 09:49:04 PM »
http://forums.bakabt.me/index.php?topic=27834.0

All PH ISP's suck for downloading. but to contribute, smartbro plan 999.

to help you choose though, i'd personally go for Sky.


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« Reply #2 on: July 11, 2011, 10:44:14 PM »
Interesting topic, will read more when I get home.

Yeah, all PH ISP sucks just by comparing to other countries. However I'm fine if I can get around 500kbs of download speed just like in the cafe shop I was in. Though they were using PLDT, maybe 5mbs. And that's what I'm after the 500kbs download speed(or close) in a P2,000/month budget.

After reading that cables are better than telephone lines, I'm also thinking of Sky. But I still want to hear more from you guys so I know what to expect and not get discourage after I subscribe to them for a lock period of 1 year.
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« Reply #3 on: July 12, 2011, 04:58:22 AM »
Doesn't Skybroadband have caps?

I'm using PLDT and I'm getting ~1.5x the speed (download) I'm paying for. Not good for uploading though.
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« Reply #4 on: July 12, 2011, 05:58:51 AM »
By caps is it like a limit to how much you can download?
I don't think SKY has those promos and offers unlimited access from the link I posted.

Hehe my friend told me about those shady deals which lets you get higher speed from what you are paying.
Too bad I can't subscribe to PLDT. Makes me envious.
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #5 on: July 12, 2011, 07:22:43 AM »
settle for smartbro, XD
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« Reply #6 on: July 12, 2011, 09:21:47 AM »
yes skybroadband has a flat 25GB cap even at the 12mbps lines, though i dunno if they'd cut you out after you reach that limit or charge you higher per additional gb.

well anyway, to sum it all up, say hi to philippine's bad(if not worst) companies.
« Last Edit: July 12, 2011, 09:23:21 AM by kitamesume »
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #7 on: July 12, 2011, 10:38:08 AM »
^WHHHAAATT :o
That sucks, I've skimmed thorough their website even terms&condition and says nothing about caps.
Well Ill believe you more since this is Philippines. Thanks for telling me. How about Bayantel/ BayanDSL anyone knows
if there is a cap/s?

from my utorrent, Transfer Cap says:
Uploaded+Downloaded: 40.4 GB
and 1month has not even ended yet.

@Kyrdua
lol I'd pick my Sun799 still over your smartbro plan 999
Sun has the nearest signal site (or whatever you'd call it) in my area.
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« Reply #8 on: July 12, 2011, 10:42:03 AM »
I can tweak my canopy though... The default upload speed should be less than 20 kbps but now I get 36 kbps... Still sucks but an improvement if I do say so myself...


I think smartbro decreases the price of their unlimited broadband connection service (Wi-Fi not Wi-Max) from 999 to 799..

Also, I think Sky has a plan wherein there is a plan 999 wherein you get up to 5 mbps but with only 15 GB Usage! :-\
http://www.lifeat5mbps.com/
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #9 on: July 12, 2011, 10:44:47 AM »
Quote
from my utorrent, Transfer Cap says:
Uploaded+Downloaded: 40.4 GB
and 1month has not even ended yet.

that's not your ISP transfer cap. that's just utorrent's usage history....


also, holy shit 799's better than bro?!
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« Reply #10 on: July 12, 2011, 10:48:06 AM »
Quote from: Kyrdua on July 12, 2011, 10:44:47 AM
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from my utorrent, Transfer Cap says:
Uploaded+Downloaded: 40.4 GB
and 1month has not even ended yet.

that's not your ISP transfer cap. that's just utorrent's usage history....


also, holy shit 799's better than bro?!
Ummm.. I think Smartbro-Ken also have 799s because I am paying 799/month for my bill... But I dunno if it is also up to 2 mbps since their website sometimes says 2 mbps for Wi-Fi but last time I checked it was 1 mbps... FUck smartbro!
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« Reply #11 on: July 12, 2011, 10:59:31 AM »
I haven't tried smartbro. I just think I will have better connection speed with the nearest Signal site for me.

Sun also say it can reach to 2mbs, which happens during night time only during 1am-6:01 exactly everynight. And that's when my download speed can reach to ~220kbs.
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« Reply #12 on: July 12, 2011, 11:11:58 AM »
Well since your download can reach that high since mine is 200 kbps below, your upload speed may be 20 kbps or less since I can hack into my motorola canopy and I can change the value of my QoS (Quality of Service) in terms of sustained uplink and downlink data rates respectively but the total of both sustained data rates must be 2000 kbps or less since my canopy has a maximum throughput of 2 mbps aggregate...
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #13 on: July 12, 2011, 01:18:15 PM »
Not only there's a cap to SKY seems like there are issues about their connection from the past 2months onwards.
See Wall Post and comments from this:
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001911246419

Seeing I'm running out of choices. Will it work if I use two plug&play kit? Like two SUN at the same time so I can double my downloads?
Or that's just dumb?
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Re: Philippine Internet. Help.
« Reply #14 on: July 12, 2011, 02:44:56 PM »
you cant, but theres a trick to be able to do it, you`ll need two routers that supports the broadband wireless like the TP-LINK TL-MR3420 and two lan slots on your computer as well, when the two pops up on your computer, rightclick the connection and set it to bridge mode.

this applies to wired broadbands as well.
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« Reply #15 on: July 12, 2011, 06:59:23 PM »
Quote from: kitamesume on July 12, 2011, 02:44:56 PM
you cant, but theres a trick to be able to do it, you`ll need two routers that supports the broadband wireless like the TP-LINK TL-MR3420 and two lan slots on your computer as well, when the two pops up on your computer, rightclick the connection and set it to bridge mode.

this applies to wired broadbands as well.

That won't work for load balancing.

What you need to do, is download pfsense (or other Linux router that supports this), install it on a spare PC or a virtual machine, then set up load balancing on the two connections.

I have used this (to combine DSL and Wi-Fi) and yes, it increases downloads and upload on BitTorrent. However, when you download a file from a single server (like HTTP), you will only get single speed.
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« Reply #16 on: July 14, 2011, 10:32:25 AM »
Of all the frustrations of smartbro-ken, I have "persuaded" my parents to upgrade to skybroadband but I would have only 6 mbps plan....

Now, perhaps all of the discussions about skybroadband having caps in upload/download, I would try to be more aware by inquiring to them about this... I am changing ISP next week... Although damn... there is a fee on disconnection for my current ISP... oh well, that's life...

I have looked on some forums about skybroadband plan 6 mbps having high upload speeds but I think even with the caps and stuff, the data uploaded/downloaded would still be more in sky than smartbro's lame canopy-based sustained data transfer rates... Also we may include the Air Delays and jitters (since I am a bit far from the base station) of the canopy!
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« Reply #17 on: July 14, 2011, 11:19:03 AM »
start asking how they'd deal on people that passes the cap, i.e. bayantel disconnects you, pldt throttles heavily and charges you by per/gb basis additionally, eastern telecom slightly throttles and charges you by per/gb basis additionally.
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« Reply #18 on: July 14, 2011, 11:39:07 AM »
SO you are saying all PH ISPs have caps??? Damn it...
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« Reply #19 on: July 14, 2011, 03:14:33 PM »
Quote from: ichigoTAN on July 14, 2011, 11:39:07 AM
SO you are saying all PH ISPs have caps??? Damn it...
No. Most wired plans don't have caps nor throttles heavy users. Wireless is a different matter. They have to place caps/throttle wireless otherwise the service will seriously be degraded.

Get a wired plan if you don't want have cap/throttling issues.
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