I wasnt able to blog yesterday since i was too busy. Oh from the moment i woke up and after doing my daily rituals...i found myself situated on a soft couch fronting my work netbook. I bashed away at its keyboard with a jumbo cup of coffee on my right side...even if i am left handed.
After four cups of coffee later i was not yet done with my commissioned work chapter. Four tv series episodes and six hours of sleep later i continued. Just around lunchtime today i was finished finally...yes with two cups of coffee that is.
Work done for the week! Now i browse the net and see terrible news. Broadband capping!
I did remember years ago when i got my first broadband connection. So happy i was that i could now stay home and work. I used to go to my dad's office to use his office connection. Funny thing is that the office connection was only 512kbps. So what at least i could get download speeds of 30-40kbps compared to 3kbps dial up LOL
So when i got my first broadband connection at home it was like heaven. Still they could only offer 512kbps but who cared, i was used to dial up for so many years. 512kbps was like Christmas everyday already.
I could remember when i had dial up. I stayed away from big files. When i saw a file 100Mb or more i would immediately turn the other way and drool. Geez 10mb would already be an hour worth of download ahahaha.
When i got broadband oh hell yeah! 100Mb was no sweat at all. So being a part of the first lucky subscribers to wireless broadband i did enjoy 1mpbs connection...yep 1mbps even if i paid for 512kbps.That was because the nodes were still empty.
Two months later, the system was obviously overloaded. Speed check...200kbps! WTF!!!! Several complaints ensued and imagine they told me this lame reason..."Your plan is 990 pesos a month for a plan that IS UP TO 512kbps"
Whew!!! So below 512kbps it is still justifiable? CRAP!!! Because they used the words "UP TO"
Holy crap!!! But of course i understand, up to 512kbps nga naman. Pero BS na yung 200kbps! If it was 450-500kbps it is more understable and acceptable. Pero 200kbps and you tell me justified kasi "UP TO"? UP YOURS!!!!
So they managed to fix it naman...a decent 400kbps during daytime. 300kbps during peak hours and beyond 512kbps during off peak AKA 1am onwards. So ano gusto niyo madaling araw kami mag internet ganon? Tapos sa umaga tatanga nalang kami at maglalaway? BS!!! UP YOURS!!! ahahahaha.
One year of complaining and still nothing! Then there were rumors that the local phone company was expanding and their DSL services would be now available citywide. Bwahahahahahaha!!! Hell yeah! They scampered and did upgrades. They were threatened. And yes i did feel the change. I got contant 500 to 550kbps the whole day and 600kbps off peak hours.
Dati kasi, 6am to 8am...40kbps average speed download. 8am onwards it goes down to 35-40kbps. At 3PM, 20-30kbps and most often reaches even 10kbps in the evening.
With their upgrade...i got a decent 45-60kbps the whole day. TWO YEARS LATE!!!
I got connected with the local telephone company, i called my old provider to tell them i would now disconnect from them. "May we know the reason sir?" he asked. "Super slow internet connection" i said.
"Sir would you like me to waive your present bill. Yes sir free usage for one month and then i will send a technical representative do check on your line so we can make it better"
"Sorry you are two years late. I have been complaining ever since. I just stuck around with your BS service since it was the only one available at this area. Sorry you are two years late"
Now i have a 1mbps connection. Did a speed check on the first day of connection....1.1mbps...1.04mbps...it goes something like that. Several days later....0.97mbps...0.95mbps...0.94mbps...now wait here what the hell is going on? READ THE FINE PRINT!!!!
Oh there it is...."SPEED UP TO 1MBPS" holy crap! Here we go again ahahahaha. Well at least it is justifiably close to 1mpbs!!!
With 1mbps connection, a 100mb file is chicken feed. Ahahahaha. I actually did a torture test on my connection. In one day i was able to download 7GB worth of files. Well not one day but from 6am up to 10pm lang naman. Pero 7GB? ahahahaha
With my old connection...i could manage 1GB only...two years later with their so called upgrade i could get 2-3GB for the whole day. With my new connection i get 3GB for half a day...well 6am to 12am that is ahaha oh yeah 4 hours.
But i love my new connection. Seriously that is. The sad part is that why do i have to pay for the phone? Ahahahaha. Sabi nila kailangan daw kasi may kasamang phone line. So instead of 999 for 1mbps i have to shelve out a few extra cash for the phone line ahahaha. Wow ha. Ang alam ko naman pwede lang internet e kung gugustuhin nila that is ahahaha. Oh well sayang din yung display na phone sa living room. Pag bored pinaparing ko siya using my mobile phone just to hear it work naman and know what i am paying extra for ahahahaha.
BROADBAND CAPPING!!!! This really gives me shivers. Hey its been only 9 days with my new connection and i read that they are going to cap the broadband usage? Holy cow!!!
Well i read that its possible that the cap is 100GB a month per user. So i did some math and that is like 3Gb a day only! Then i did some thinking. Its not everyday i get to download something really. But what if there are lots of things i want to download on that month?
With my torture test i got 7GB in one day...and they are going to cap me with 3Gb a day? BULL FROG!!!
First of all we got one of the most expensive broadbands in the world. And they cant even promise us a stable connection. There is always a fine print of the freaking words "UP TO"
You cant see a company offering "SURE 1MBPS....or EXACTLY 1MBPS" its always "UP TO" so to justify their incompetence just in case they screw up, which is often that is. Hahahaha.
Now you want to cap it? DUH! With the money i am paying a month with my new connection i would get a connection which is double or triple from another country, without CAPPING even.
What reason did the NTC say why they want broadband capping? For better internet connection nationwide. BS!!!
Sana bago kayo mag isip ng ganyan na ek ek, INVESTIGATE FIRST IF THE COMPANIES ARE REALLY GIVING WHAT THE SUBCRIBERS DESERVE WITH THEIR MONEY!!!! I AM NO SAINT BUT IMAGINE TWO FREAKING YEARS PAYING 990 AND GETTING WAY LESS THAN WHAT I DESERVE. AND THEY SAY "UP TO" SO IT IS JUSTIFIABLE.
BEFORE YOU CAP OR DO OTHER STUFF, YOU NTC PEOPLE SHOULD MAKE SURE THAT IF A SUBSCRIBER PAYS 999 HE REALLY GETS 1MBPS...NOT "UP TO"
DAPAT 999 FOR PURE, EXACT, NON FLUCTUATING 1MBPS. IF I PAY 1299 I SHOULD BE ABLE TO GET EXACTLY 2MBPS CONSTANTLY. YAN MUNA DAPAT ATUPAGIN NIYO BAGO KAYO MAG GAGAWA NG CAPPING FOR BETTER INTERNET.
BASURA!!! BETTER INTERNET MY PWET! KAHIT LAGYAN NIYO NG CAP, MAJORITY NG SUBSCRIBERS LUGI NAMAN SA BINABAYAD.
BEFORE YOU CAP BROADBAND, MAKE SURE FIRST THAT THE SUBSCRIBERS ARE GETTING THEIR MONEY'S WORTH.
Buti nalang nakita ko sa ANC, the Senate is investigating about Internet connections. Hohohohoh Broadband that is. So i expect the companies to shape up para di sila mapahiya.
I cant imagine a donut shop advertising, 100 pesos for a box of donuts, up to 10 pieces. When you open you have only 9....or even 8...and they can say its justifiable kasi sabi naman sa ad na "up to" e ahahahahaha.
Diba mas maganda bumili nung sure na may sampo ang laman? COMMON SENSE! ahahaha.
Now people will say iba naman ang internet e. Di mo naman pwede gawin constant yan e kasi madaming external and internal variables involved. BS!!!! Wag kayo magrarason ng BS na ganyan.
If a company wants a subscriber to get 1mbps constantly they can do that. They can even assure that if they want to. Kasi ang problema, pag isang facility or equipement, sabi doon ay it can serve 60 subscribers with sure 1mbps connection.
Ang ginagawa ng iba ay...61...pwede yan...63...65...in short overloaded na sige parin ng sige kasi sayang yung bayad.
Imagine they should set it at 60. Bakit nag overload? Kasi beyond 60 that means new equipment. Panibagong gastos. Pero konting overload lang...extra kita na yon! Kasi po ganito yan. Say may 70 subscribers sa isang area. 60 lang yung capacity ng system for efficient internet connection. Pag 60 lang ayun assured na 1mbps lahat. Maybe fluctuating kasi nga po copper lines parin ang gamit ng Pinas.
Just like our place, kokonti palang kami. So i am having a fair and decent average of 0.94-1.04mbps connection. If they overloaded then i am sure i would be getting around 700kbps-900kbps at only feel 1mbps during off peak. That is just a hunch and hopefully they dont overload.
Unlike my old connection, the tech guys admit that the node was overloaded ahahahaha! Paging the Senate!
So as i was saying, pag may 70 subscribers na...magdadalawang isip sila. Kasi there are 10 extra subscribers...will they buy equipment just for the 10 subscribers? Or will they just tell them to wait for the expansion and not let them connected.
Sana they be decent to tell them to wait for expansion. Minsan kasi mapilit din yung iba. "Bakit sila nakabitan. Ayan o ang lapit lang. Bakit pa kami mag aantay ng expansion e katabi lang namin sila?"
E KASI PO NAUNAHAN KAYO! PERIOD!
So if they see that there is like 40 to 50 in the waiting, ayun new equipment. Expansion time. Then they can re-route the lines. Para ang magkakapitbahay from the same equipment na tapos yung malayo na dun na sa new system...or however that goes.
Sana ganon para maganda ang internet connection pero sad to say....with ten extra...they fit them in. Sige kabitan na yan sayang ang kita. Tutal di naman techie masyado yung 60 siguro so di sila mag complain that much. Hahahahaha. Honestly ganito naman talaga dito sa Pinas diba?
Or they wait for complaints to pile up and then they say "Okay bad move nga" ahahahaha.
So what my new provider is doing nationwide is really great. Imagine they do advertise that there are 1000 connections available for first come first served basis. That is really good. Dapat may order.
How i wish they dont overload the system here at our place. With my old provider, aminado sila they were overloaded. Just recently did they add nodes and upgrades.
The senate should investigate this. Overloaded nodes and systems. For sure when they do this biglang gaganda ang connections sa buong Pinas. Oh trust me on this one.
Ciao!
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