If you are looking forward to get an Internet connection in the Philippines, most likely you'll hear these two major competing Internet service providers. I will going to give you a quick breakdown for each, as I had experienced subscribing in those both service.
PLDT
Pros
- quick in response to customer support.
- multiple ways to contact support: landline, public pldt phone (free) and email
- convenient payment system
- comes with a landline phone
Cons:
- connection slows down and gets crappy after 4-6 months
- router is always getting disconnected
- when you have your subscription disconnected, reconnecting fee is PHP 800
SkyBroadband
Pros:
- cheaper price
- has a 1 month trial option
- router always gets online
Cons:
- connection quality is low, its either slow or very choppy
- uses proxy server which makes hard to connect to websites outside the country
- hidden payments
- connection quality becomes crappy right after you had subscribed
- speedtest results is ok, but because of their forced use of proxy server, the connection is extremely slow
If you are going to see the pattern, yeah, its seems common to ISP to degrade the quality of service after several months of usage. This is one of the things I truly hate with ISP. For now, I cant see any single ISP in Philippines that is really reliable without emptying your pocket.
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