Current Rates:
PayManila Forum
February 05, 2012, 02:47:30 AM *
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
News: Proper way to send PayPal funds to us (verified members only)
 
   Home   Help Search Calendar Login Register Chat  
PayManila Forum > Member's Lounge > Local and Global News > Technology, Gadgets and Stuffs (Moderator: eckhosoft) > Anyone using sky broadband?
Pages: [1] 2   Go Down
« previous next »
  Print  
Author *Topic: Anyone using sky broadband?  (Read 1905 times)
0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.
fernando
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 46
« on: January 30, 2009, 02:16:21 AM »

Anyone using sky broadband. Its just arrived to my area and they are giving me a 15 day trial. Excited to try something faster and hopefully more reliable. Using smart bro now. Its decent but its not fast enough to watch streaming movies online Smiley
Logged
starapple
Junior Member
*

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 39
« Reply #1 on: January 31, 2009, 01:11:02 AM »

I'm using Smart Bro as well. I don't think we have sky broadband here already. Gotta deal with Smart. lol
Logged
Ping
Administrator
*****

Game Points: +2072/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4,472



WWW
« Reply #2 on: January 31, 2009, 06:42:26 PM »

I am using SmartBro as well.

Not that great, but they are all just the same, aren't they?

 blush2
Logged



LR exchanger  |  Great Deals PH  |  Need PayPal funds?  YM paymanila
askepott
Verified Member S
*

Game Points: +26/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 123


dreamsicle
« Reply #3 on: January 31, 2009, 09:22:40 PM »

if you're using smartbroadband and have morethan 1 pc at home (or is using a router), i highly recommend using linksy's wrt 330n or 300n. it'll make your broadband 12x faster ;D
Logged
--
Ping
Administrator
*****

Game Points: +2072/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4,472



WWW
« Reply #4 on: February 01, 2009, 01:58:14 AM »

Really?  I am using DLink Router.  Feels like SmartBro is crawling when all the 4 PCs are turned on...

Do you need special setting for the LinkSys router?  What do you mean 12x faster?!?  As in 12x faster?!?


 heat
Logged



LR exchanger  |  Great Deals PH  |  Need PayPal funds?  YM paymanila
askepott
Verified Member S
*

Game Points: +26/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 123


dreamsicle
« Reply #5 on: February 09, 2009, 10:40:22 AM »

yup, ping! my technician recommended that router Smiley pretty pricey but i think it's worth it naman Smiley
Logged
--
adenip
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 11
« Reply #6 on: February 09, 2009, 08:41:32 PM »

they say that PLDT is the lesser evil  diablo
Logged
fernando
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 46
« Reply #7 on: February 10, 2009, 05:22:03 AM »

Any opinions on sun broadband? I tried to access speedtest on their demo computer and the download speed is greater than 1mbps, pretty good considering the monthly fee is 799 only.

They also say 'unlimited usage' Im not sure if unlimited usage just means unlimited hours or unlimited bandwidth. If unlimited bandwidth ( read unlimited torrent downloading) its a good deal pricewise.
Logged
adenip
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 11
« Reply #8 on: February 11, 2009, 06:16:23 AM »

i am now using sun broadband, so far so good, thou i am only using it in 3 areas namely marikina, makati and ortigas, let me just remind you that if you like downloading stuff in your system, this baby will slow you down. and yes it is unlimited. (usage)
Logged
Ping
Administrator
*****

Game Points: +2072/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4,472



WWW
« Reply #9 on: February 11, 2009, 07:04:18 AM »

Wait, what is the difference when you say unlimited bandwidth and unlimited time usage?

Kindly educate us?


 scratch_ones_head
Logged



LR exchanger  |  Great Deals PH  |  Need PayPal funds?  YM paymanila
fernando
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 46
« Reply #10 on: February 11, 2009, 10:25:47 PM »

Hi adenip sounds good. Im planning on only using it at home btw. Hope it has a stong signal in rosario pasig area. Ping unlimited time usage means you can stay connected 24 hours a day if you like and you wont run out of hours. Unlimited bandwidth means you can upload/download as much as you like without limits.

For example sky broadband with all their hype about being 4 times faster than the fastest dsl..etc..RESTRICT bandwidth. They dont officially say so, but they greatly reduce download speed when you are using torrents which is the same as restricting bandwidth. people on 3mbps sky broadband connection are experiencing about 20 to 30kbps for torrent download.

This is the main reason why I will NOT be changing to sky broadband.
Logged
nidaime
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 33
« Reply #11 on: February 12, 2009, 02:54:20 AM »

What a waste. I was thinking of switching to Sky Broadband's 2k per month 3mbps since it's cheaper to my current 3k per month 3 mbps DSL plan with PLDT.

Fernando is right about Sky Broadband trottling the bandwidth of their users who download torrents. This is the main complaint of other Pinoys in other forums. This reminds me of what the ISPs in the USA are doing. I guess I'll just stick with PLDT DSL for now inspite of frequent disconnections when I'm using it(around 1-2 per hour) but at least my download rate is around 200 kbps.
Logged
Ping
Administrator
*****

Game Points: +2072/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 4,472



WWW
« Reply #12 on: February 12, 2009, 03:24:54 AM »

Thanks for the info.

Ang marketing style talaga ng ibang companies, deceiving talaga minsan....



 diablo
Logged



LR exchanger  |  Great Deals PH  |  Need PayPal funds?  YM paymanila
adenip
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +0/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Male
Posts: 11
« Reply #13 on: February 12, 2009, 08:37:45 AM »

really PLDT DSL is the lesser evil among all the provider   diablo
Logged
neverdainty
Verified Member 1
*****

Game Points: +2/-0
Offline Offline

Gender: Female
Posts: 23


WWW
« Reply #14 on: February 12, 2009, 06:16:06 PM »

im using sky broadband.. its good. uptime is soooo much better than Globe. I only have Globe to compare it with. haha
Logged
Pages: [1] 2   Go Up
  Print  
« previous next »


Share this topic...
In a forum (BBCode) 
In a site/blog (HTML)

 
Jump to:  



Posting Disclaimer: The author of the any messages posted here at PayManila forum is exclusively and entirely responsible for their own opinions. They do not represent the official opinions of PayManila, its administrators or moderators. PayManila is not responsible, and will not be held liable for the content of such messages posted here.

Advertising Disclaimer: We are not related to, nor do we endorse any product or service being advertised on the site.
best self tanner

Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP PayManila.com -  © 2007-2010 All Rights Reserved.
Powered by SMF 1.1.11 | SMF © 2006-2009, Simple Machines LLC 		Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS!