As promised last month, Globe officially announces its prepaid fiber internet offering with GFiber Prepaid. An offering that will be competing against Converge’s Surf2Sawa, Globe’s GFiber Prepaid aims to offer fiber-speed internet to the masses, where affirdability and flexibility is the priority. How to apply for GFiber Prepaid? Globe also addressed that, by digitizing the […]
One of the nice initiatives that the government has made is rolling out several free WiFi sites for everyone to use. While there are supposed to be a total of 11,000 free public WiFi sites nationwide, the DICT revealed to Congress that only 3,900 of these sites are working. The cause? The previous government did not […]
Converge is not the only one that wants to make fiber internet accessible with prepaid offerings: Globe also wants “sachet internet” accessible to everyone as it will be launching prepaid fiber offerings by June. This was confirmed by Globe President Ernest Cu in a virtual media briefing, as they are looking for more accessible ways […]
Review Verdict: The Sony LinkBuds S for this review in the Philippines is a fantastic choice when it comes to premium wireless earbuds. The lessons learned from the pricier but legendary WF-1000XM4 carry over here; featuring splendid ANC, all-day comfort, terrific sound, and an application full of customization options. Pros Light and comfortable for all-day use […]
PLDT continues its reign as the fastest broadband provider in the Philippines, as Ookla’s Speedtest Awards for Q1-Q2 2022 gave PLDT a speed score of 77.91, which is almost 9 points ahead of second placer Converge, which got 68.91 points. Rounding up the Speed score rankings is Globe at 3rd place (43.39%) and Sky at 4th […]
PLDT announced a new set of home internet plans with Fiber Plus. The new plans start at Plan 2399, which offers speeds of 200Mbps. Plan 2999 gives you 400Mbps, while PLDT’s top-end 1Gbps plan is available upon request. Aside from offering fast download speeds, all PLDT Fiber Plus plans come with a 1-year subscription to […]
The Netflix ISP Speed Index is an in-house service available in all countries such as the Philippines. To simplify, it’s a bandwidth measuring system that uses the streaming service’s servers to assess network quality. We’ve seen Netflix do this before with the presence of Fast.com, but this ranking goes beyond and mostly compiles data from […]
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 […]
After complying with the requirements of the National Telecommunications Commission (NTC), Starlink is now officially registered and ready to provide internet access service in the Philippines. Starlink, a company owned by business magnate Elon Musk, has finally secured a certificate of registration in the Philippines. In the said certificate, the company will operate under the […]
Confirming initial speculations that Elon Musk’s Starlink is coming to the Philippines this 2022, the Starlink website corroborates with this, with the Philippines slated to have its service in the fourth quarter of 2022. Reuters further confirms this, as the Philippines will be the first country in Southeast Asia (the second in Asia next to […]
The Philippines lags behind other countries for February 2022 in Ookla’s Speedtest Global Index report. In its report, the Philippines dropped two places in mobile at 94th place, and one rank down in fixed broadband at 68th place. In terms of speeds, the country’s mobile download speeds si at 18.79Mbps, which is a slight increase […]
With a boom in new housing and condominium projects all across the country, more and more Filipinos are making investments into permanent, long-term real estate solutions. This is partly due to the fact that remote work is now more socially acceptable than ever, with the threat of the virus turning Work From Home arrangements into […]