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We were supposed to start the SkyBroadband free trial last October 16. But they called last October 15 and rescheduled the installation on October 22. Yesterday, they came and installed it. We paid the Php1000 deposit and submitted a photocopy of my SSS ID. According to them, they will call us on the 11th day for them to know if we will continue with the subscription.
Speed test yesterday at around 3:00PM showed 0.99Mb/s download and 0.45Mb/s upload speed.
Ping test gave them an A grade.
Here’s what an A grade means:
An excellent result! Expect all Internet applications to work very well assuming you have sufficient bandwidth. (Source)
It’s too early to decide. Let’s see if they could sustain the speed for the next 2 weeks. If the speed is stable, rain or shine, then, I might switch.
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October 23rd, 2009 at 6:03 pm
Look’s promising….
It seem’s na mabilis talaga ang sky kasi nga wala pa maxadung subscriber.
I’ll wait for the next update po.
Thnx
October 23rd, 2009 at 9:33 pm
mukhang pede.. medyo mabilis na din.. sana consistent sya, baka sa simula lang mabilis (hope not though)..
October 24th, 2009 at 3:36 am
thank for the info, i may relay it my kid.
October 24th, 2009 at 10:26 pm
Hi Marhgil! Which Sky Broadband Plan are you testing? Plan 1.5 Mbps?
Thanks,
Manuel
October 24th, 2009 at 11:27 pm
@ManuelV… plan 1 Mbps. i’m not a sky cable subscriber eh.
October 25th, 2009 at 5:18 am
Looks good… thanks for this info sir! Pls update us kung stable and speed nya, Smartbro’s connection sucks big time! paputol putol nakakabanas. Baka itry ko tong sky broadband.. free trial naman sya eh hehe
October 25th, 2009 at 4:00 pm
Thanks for the info, Marhgil! Okay pala ang Plan 1 Mbps. When they say upload speed of up to 512 Kbps, the 0.45 Mbps result you got is quite good. I hope the performance stays the same or even improves after the trial period ends.
October 30th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
Within Manila area lang ba ang pwedeng magsubscribe?
November 7th, 2009 at 8:24 pm
Did you continue your Skybroadband subscription, Marhgil?
November 9th, 2009 at 7:06 pm
@ManuelV… yup! i already continued the subscription. already disconnected my Smart Bro.
December 2nd, 2009 at 7:34 pm
hi there i am using globe internet plan 1mbps. and this is what i got from speedtest.net
) you can try it out. 
)
http://ogiereynoso.blogspot.com/2009/11/hacked-internet-connection-of-globe.html
big fan here ogs:)
January 4th, 2010 at 10:03 am
Here in Batangas, Globe Tattoo is a more reliable connection than Smart Bro. In LPU, we have acquired a 4Mbps Globe leased-line for our internet. We are having problems with our PLDT DSL. Very unreliable connection and speed. Our 3.5 Mbps only gives around 2.7Mbps maximum.