Converge Receives Ookla Award for Fastest Internet in the Philippines

After being recognized as the fastest internet provider in the Philippines, Converge formally received the awards from Ookla during the fiber internet provider’s Thanksgiving event on April 4. Ookla President and CEO Stephen Bye was present at the Thanksgiving event, where he gave the awards to Converge Co-Founders Dennis Anthony and Grace Uy.  To recall, […]

Fastest Fiber Internet Plans in the Philippines

Internet services need not only be reliable, but also fast enough to accomplish your daily tasks, whether it’s for home, office, education, or content creation. We’re looking at the fastest Internet Plans you can get right now in the Philippines, so check them out below. It’s no secret that Internet access has gone cheaper now […]

Free Things You Can Get on the Internet in the Philippines

They say the best things in life are free, and so are the things you can get on the Internet beyond social media and video streaming. We’re giving you some of the free things that you may find useful one way or another in this article. The Internet is such a wide and huge place […]

Cheapest Unlimited Fiber Internet Plans in the Philippines

Choosing your next ISP can be a challenge nowadays, as rising living costs can affect your budgeting for affordable fiber Internet options. This time, we’ll check on the cheapest Unlimited Fiber Internet Plans you can find in the Philippines as of this posting. READ MORE: Best Internet Providers in the Philippines (2024) It’s no secret […]

Is the Philippines Still Behind when it Comes to Internet Speeds?

The Internet has become a fixture in our daily lives. We use it to get connected with loved ones, get our entertainment, and even do our work. Several years have passed since we were ranked the second slowest in Asia, and we wonder: Is the Philippines still behind when it comes to Internet speeds? In […]

Best Internet Providers in the Philippines (2024)

If you’ve been monitoring internet speeds in the Philippines, it has improved slowly every year based on several tests. Between mobile and fixed broadband, more Filipinos are going for fixed broadband as their internet provider, with the abundance of more competitive postpaid plans that offer good download speeds and added freebies like subscriptions to streaming […]

Internet in the Philippines is Better but still Behind

As the Philippines is on its 15th month under the Marcos administration, Opensignal’s latest findings showed that while the internet in the Philippines has improved, the country still needs to catch up with its neighbors in Southeast Asia. For context, Opensignal explained that while the Philippines got improvements in average download speeds with an increase […]

Major Internet Outage in the Philippines? Google, Facebook Down

(UPDATE 2): PLDT released a statement to the ongoing internet problem: One of our submarine cable partners confirms a loss in some of its internet bandwidth capacity, and thus causing slower internet browsing. We are now working with our partners to provide alternate capacity that would restore the browsing experience in the next few hours. […]

Lag No More: Philippines Has the 5th Fastest Internet in Southeast Asia

Internet connection speed and stability have always been such a problem and hassle for us in the Philippines. But did you know that the Philippines is actually at the top 5 in terms of fixed broadband internet in Southeast Asia? Read more to find out which countries have even slower internet than us. According to the […]

Philippines Trails Behind Vietnam in SEA Mobile Internet Experience

The Philippines still has a lot to work on in improving internet speeds–especially for mobile. Opensignal has released a report detailing about mobile internet experience, and the Philippines is trailing behind across almost all of their metrics. Starting with the most obvious, the Philippines has the least consistent mobile internet experience with 52.4% excellent consistency […]

Ookla Reports Better Internet Speeds for Philippines in June

The result of this month’s Speedtest Global Index is out. Internet users in the Philippines would be glad to know that internet speeds have slightly improved. According to Ookla’s recent report for the month of June, the mobile median download speed is at 21.41 Mbps while the upload is at 5.55 Mbps. This is an […]

Will Starlink save the Internet in the Philippines?

Internet in the Philippines will be interesting with the impending entry of Starlink into the country. Their recent NTC approval signals that Starlink is right on schedule for their Q4 2022 commercial launch in the Philippines. While Filipinos are very excited about how Starlink can improve the Philippine internet, they have to understand that Starlink […]