PLDT: Bringing sub-standard broadband to the masses
by redeuxx on Mar.04, 2009, under Internet/Networking News
The Inquirer reports that PLDT, the leading telecommunications provider in the Philippines is nearing it’s one million subscriber milestone. PLDT … bringing sub-standard broadband to the Philippines and providing it’s gaming customers headaches with it’s high ping.
MAKATI CITY, Philippines–Telecommunications giant Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company (PLDT) said it is close to hitting the one million mark for the number of broadband subscriptions.
The company reported about 980,000 subscribers for its wireless and fixed line broadband services as of the end of 2008. Of this figure, 547,000 subscribers are from PLDT’s SmartBro wireless broadband service, PLDT said.
SmartBro’s new prepaid kit Plug-It recorded 124,000 subscriptions since it was introduced in April 2008, the company said.
PLDT’s fixed line MyDSL service added 168,000 new subscriptions, bringing the total to 433,000 subscribers.
Reporting on the company’s 2008 revenues, PLDT President and CEO Napoleon Nazareno said total revenues from their wireless broadband and Internet services increased to 45 percent since 2007. This brings the total revenues from these services to P11 billion as of 2008.
The arrival of low-cost and Internet mobile devices and small-form factor netbooks drove the demand for broadband subscriptions.
“The availability of the prepaid model also made it easier for people to get broadband connection,” Nazareno said.
The company is also investing on the new High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) 850 cellular infrastructure that provides faster wireless Internet connectivity.
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March 4th, 2009 on 2:05 pm
I’m lucky my pldt dsl is stable. I can play in most Asian servers at playable pings. My experience with smartbro however is not so good. They (sales reps) just tell you that wherever there’s signal on your smart buddy mobile phone, you should get a good signal/internet speed. They should explain properly to their prospect buyers that they need to get to a cell site that can provide 3G signal or atleast HSDPA or Edge. Unfortunately, you only get 3G signals in the center of major cities in Philippines. Here in Cebu, I only get 3G signal at Fuente, Cebu Business Park and outsite SM city cebu. But whenever I report to my office, I only get GPRS, which is really really slow.
For those planning to get something for laptop while they are on the field, I recommend getting a smartbro and a globe visibility. That way you can get the best of both worlds because most of the time, where smartbro is strong, globe sucks and vice versa.