Is PLDT's 5 mbps fbr good enough for home internet?

[box_type]

Since wala pang "Converge" sa area namin and PLDT is very aggressive with their promos in our place I'm considering getting their 1,299 pesos/month 5 mbps "no cashout" promo. Question is, is this good enough for, say 3-4 people with just browsing activities ? but of course with occassional movie download...?

[MR_BIG18]

Since wala pang "Converge" sa area namin and PLDT is very aggressive with their promos in our place I'm considering getting their 1,299 pesos/month 5 mbps "no cashout" promo. Question is, is this good enough for, say 3-4 people with just browsing activities ? but of course with occassional movie download...?

Bitin yan...20mbps minimum if possible...

[CVT]

Since wala pang "Converge" sa area namin and PLDT is very aggressive with their promos in our place I'm considering getting their 1,299 pesos/month 5 mbps "no cashout" promo. Question is, is this good enough for, say 3-4 people with just browsing activities ? but of course with occassional movie download...?

I would recommend at least 10mbps - [at least 2mbps per person] bro..., especially with occasional movie download.

One of our kids has 5mbps by himself and he's "complaining"...

[chronicle]

Since wala pang "Converge" sa area namin and PLDT is very aggressive with their promos in our place I'm considering getting their 1,299 pesos/month 5 mbps "no cashout" promo. Question is, is this good enough for, say 3-4 people with just browsing activities ? but of course with occassional movie download...?

Short answer no.
But if in a pinch, pwede na. Gamitan mo na lang ng router na may qos capability para controlled ang sharing in the household.



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[shadow]

Sayang lang pera mo. Dagdag ka na lang ng monthly and go for the 20 or 25 Mbps.

You're gone be locked-in anyways.


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[CVT]

Hawa talaga iyang mga ISPs...

[oj88]

Nakow, bandwidth is highly subjective. If strictly browsing lang (text and pictures), 5 mbps is ok.

But who actually does "browsing-only" activities when every few seconds, you end up watching a YouTube video or some sort of video streaming embedded in social media?

It also depends on what kind and how many devices you own. PS4? They're known to download game updates on their own and that will eat up your bandwidth quickly to the point of it being unusable to other users. You have a Steam account? A bandwidth hog as well.

How about movie streaming.... 5 mbps could probably support 1 HD stream.

Bottom line, bandwidth is all about user experience.... the higher, the better. You can still do a lot of things with 5 mbps, but be prepared to have poor user experience depending on your household's internet consumption.

Anyway, try using this simple bandwidth calculator. It's not by any means accurate but it will at least tell you what your average internet bandwidth should be.

Bandwidth Calculator: How Much Internet Speed Do I Need?

[Egan101]

I have 3MBPs bundled with my cable TV at home. I can access Netflix, play PS Online, plus the usual phone browsing.

[MR_BIG18]

Nakow, bandwidth is highly subjective. If strictly browsing lang (text and pictures), 5 mbps is ok.

But who actually does "browsing-only" activities when every few seconds, you end up watching a YouTube video or some sort of video streaming embedded in social media?

It also depends on what kind and how many devices you own. PS4? They're known to download game updates on their own and that will eat up your bandwidth quickly to the point of it being unusable to other users. You have a Steam account? A bandwidth hog as well.

How about movie streaming.... 5 mbps could probably support 1 HD stream.

Bottom line, bandwidth is all about user experience.... the higher, the better. You can still do a lot of things with 5 mbps, but be prepared to have poor user experience depending on your household's internet consumption.

Anyway, try using this simple bandwidth calculator. It's not by any means accurate but it will at least tell you what your average internet bandwidth should be.

Bandwidth Calculator: How Much Internet Speed Do I Need?

Akin 54mbps daw....

[makelovenotwar]

I find it misleading that the internet service providers use "mbps(megabits per second)" when file sizes in the internet are in MB/megabyte.

[chronicle]

I find it misleading that the internet service providers use "mbps(megabits per second)" when file sizes in the internet are in MB/megabyte.

In isp world. Mbps talaga ang critetia. Even the link to upstream US or any other area, mbps. Even the point to point links for offices, mbps.


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[oj88]

I find it misleading that the internet service providers use "mbps(megabits per second)" when file sizes in the internet are in MB/megabyte.

Here's the best simple response for that...

Network speeds were measured in bits per second long before the internet came about

Back in the 1970s modems were 300 bits per second. In the 80s there was 10 Mbps Ethernet. In the early 90s there were 2400 bits per second (bps) modems eventually hitting 56 kbps modems. ISDN lines were 64kbps. T1 lines were 1.54 Mbps.

As the internet has evolved, the bits per second has remained. It has nothing to do with marketing. I assume it started as bits per second because networks only worry about successful transmission of bits, where as hard drives need full bytes to make sense of the data.

From: Why do we measure internet speed in Megabits per second, and not Megabytes per second? : explainlikeimfive

[papi smith]

I have 3MBPs bundled with my cable TV at home. I can access Netflix, play PS Online, plus the usual phone browsing.

We had a 3mbps upgraded to 5 now, we are 3 users, we can do 2 users watching YouTube and the other downloading all at the same time, most of the time. Of course we observe our daily data cap but we have never experienced being throttled down

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[makelovenotwar]

In isp world. Mbps talaga ang critetia. Even the link to upstream US or any other area, mbps. Even the point to point links for offices, mbps.


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Here's the best simple response for that...



From: Why do we measure internet speed in Megabits per second, and not Megabytes per second? : explainlikeimfive

I see. Thank you for the enlightenment.
Siguro nakadagdag pa sa pagkalito ko yung pareho ang tunog nila..mbps at MBps.

[jaypee10]

sa akin nga sobrang mahal ng bayad up to 5mbps lang 2,912 pesos kada buwan bayad ko pLdt

[valskie01]

sa akin nga sobrang mahal ng bayad up to 5mbps lang 2,912 pesos kada buwan bayad ko pLdt

under dsl plan? switch to their fiber plan 1899 25mbps if fiber is already available in your area.

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[shadow]

sa akin nga sobrang mahal ng bayad up to 5mbps lang 2,912 pesos kada buwan bayad ko pLdt

Anong plan yan? Kalokohan naman yan manloloko na pldt


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[maxpedition]

Alam ko sa fibr minimum 20 mbps

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[chronicle]

sa akin nga sobrang mahal ng bayad up to 5mbps lang 2,912 pesos kada buwan bayad ko pLdt

Sme business ba yan?

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[oj88]

sa akin nga sobrang mahal ng bayad up to 5mbps lang 2,912 pesos kada buwan bayad ko pLdt

As recent as less than a year ago, we were paying 3+k per month for a 15 mbps DSL line (10 mbps actual speed due to cable noise and distance).

As soon as Fibr became available in our area, we switched to Fibr Plan 2,899 with 100mbps. On a good day, we're getting close to 150mbps down and 200mbps up.