Globe Telecoms Fair Usage Polocy (FUP)

[oj88]

I'm quite surprised that nobody seems to be talking about this here so I thought I'd start one.

To the uninitiated, Globe recently updated their FUP for most of their unlimited data plans in that, you only have 1GB a day or 3GB a month to play with at LTE or HSDPA+ speeds. Once you hit the limit, your connection gets throttled down to "2G speed".

I'm sure a lot will agree that their "2G speed" is useless. So the "unlimited" tag is both misleading and a blatant lie.

Might as well call it "Globe's Fair Use Fallacy".

Here' the FUP: Fair Use Policy |Plans and Promos | Mobile Internet - globe.com.ph

And here's Globe's infographic justifying the FUP, which I find ridiculous:

[testament11]

Pure BS. Bakit kelangan i-cap ang connection. Tsaka hindi yan fair use policy, kasi it is unfair!

Tsaka what if kelangan ko mag-donwload ng isang 2GB video na legal, eh di after ng 1GB, gapang na ang connection. Tapos may natitira ka pang 1GB allowance for the whole month. What if naubos mo na in just 3 days yun 3GB, for the next 27 o 28 days eh gapang na connection mo? Di naman pwede yun. Di naman lahat ng tao may DSL sa bahay.

[crazy_boy]

nakikinabang kasi sa bandwidth ng mga paying customers ng globe is yung mga naka register for Free Facebook

[brainmafia_310]

Kapal mg mukha ng globe. You paid for that speed kaya di dapat i cap. Mali ingerpretation nila. Sa ibang bansa you pay for 1. Speed and 2. Data.

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[170kphlang]

ober da bakod na.

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[ali_diego]

nagiging viral na toh....well,dapat lang.... pumasok ka sa restaurant na unlimited rice, yun pala, extra rice lang bibigay...FUP my *$$......

[170kphlang]

hindi ba ito ground for false advertising?

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[flakez]

Badtrip naman un. Dati diba 1gb per day ang data cap nila? Nanghinayang pa kami dati kasi sa smart meron din pero for whole month naman. Hindi ko matandaan kung 4gb ba un. Pag naubos ko naman throttle down to 3g kaya ok lang.

[niky]

If you're an active YouTube user and/or uploader and if you use your e-mail to transmit work (as I do), 3GB per month at full speed is insufficient. Per article, I have to transmit about 100mb worth of pictures. And graphics drafts (if layered) are around 50mb each. And then there's YouTube, which, if you're surfing on a weekend, can easily pass 2-3 GB in one day.

[BratPAQ]

Off topic :

Sa smart 1.5gb daw every month ang cap, pero more than 1 year na ko lagi over dyan sa cap pero di ako nakaka experience ng slow down, pag madaling araw pa nga umaabot 7mpbs yung non-LTE phone ko.

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[Stoner]

Implementing things such as caps yet their normal speeds are a joke.

Indicates HSPA or HSPA+ but browses like GPRS.

So yes, I am switching...

[Manilablock]

Both Smart and Globe have marketted that they are modernizing their network, kaya nga meron ng LTE.

Reading behind the false advertisement lumalabas e hindi modernization ang ginawa.

[miLes]

Both Smart and Globe have marketted that they are modernizing their network, kaya nga meron ng LTE.

Reading behind the false advertisement lumalabas e hindi modernization ang ginawa.

pati ba smart may cap din?

[A121]

Both Smart and Globe have marketted that they are modernizing their network, kaya nga meron ng LTE.

Reading behind the false advertisement lumalabas e hindi modernization ang ginawa.

Too bad the marketing department has found a way of milking more money from the subscribers.

Nagtataka lang ako bakit yang NTC eh wala man lang ginagawa?

[crazy_boy]

^may cap ang smart, but not implemented. kaya bumili na ako ng LTE home router kahapon, para mag LTE broadband nalang ako sa bahay. ayaw ko na ng Globe wimax namin, laging napuputol then minsan hindi pa na-reset system after ng cap.

[rhadski]

Badtrip namang Globe to. kung kelan ako nagpostpaid e saka sila nagimplement ng cap. dati sa prepaid lang sila may cap. ngayon pati postpaid meron na din! PFFT!

[kimbon]

kung naka unli data plan ka di ba di apply itong 3GB cap / month? Pero pag na reach mo naman ang 1GB in a day 2G na lang ang connection mo. The next day at 12:01am balik na ulit sa LTE ang connection mo? Tama ba?

[slapz]

meron din ang SmartBro. just experienced it last month. Kapag 12pm to 10pm, super unusable ang internet. FUP nga din daw nila. Di lang ako sure kung ilan yun. Local ISP nalang siguro ang kukunin ko next time. And check nalang din ako mabuti nung contract.

This is actually unacceptable. Kung sanang 50kbps na downloads kapag exceeded na, eh okay pa sana, kaso unusable kasi talaga.

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[rhadski]

Tama. kung sana mga 50kbps na download speed lang, okay na sana sakin. kaso d man lang umaabot yung download ko ng 10kbps ngayon. hayahay talaga! buti na lang 1 year contract lang kinuha ko sa globe.

[luis_]

kung naka unli data plan ka di ba di apply itong 3GB cap / month? Pero pag na reach mo naman ang 1GB in a day 2G na lang ang connection mo. The next day at 12:01am balik na ulit sa LTE ang connection mo? Tama ba?

Yung connection mo magsstay as lte/3g pero yung speed ng connection mo magiging 2g speed.