suddenly globe's postpaid fair use policy/ bandwidth limit = 3 days of data with bandwidth in a month

[chino5150]

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This means customers on an internet promo and plan who exceed 1 GB a day or 3 GB per month (whichever comes first) will experience browsing at 2G speeds. source: Fair Use Policy |Plans and Promos | Mobile Internet - globe.com.ph

Dear istoryans, if you're planning to sign up for a postpaid data plan with globe.

DON'T!

First of all, their technical support specialist are rude as hell; they will not tell you frankly that they can't fix your account, they try to make you drop the call with a trouble shooting they will give you, put you on hold for so long that you'll just drop the call, or talk you into circles which leads to endless conversation because they think you're dumb.

Second, as a medium-heavy data user since i'm always out, globe's 3g data has been already unreliable for the past few months and just made my data plan useless because i only get to use it for 3 days in a month with a 1gb bandwidth limit on those days. This means I wont be having any data for the rest of the remaining 27 days of the month that I paid for.

Globe's 3g is already slow and globe's network automatically limit your account to 2g speed when you reach the bandwidth.
Globe's 2g speed limit has barely data on it. Most of the time, their 2g speed limit can't even load a simple page on a browser. This is the portion where you would rather not go online due to frustrating results.

Third, internet providers are supposed to offer subscribers with either fast data plans with bandwidth or unlimited data plans with fast but slower connection. NOT surprise subscribers with a data plan they didn't signed up for.

Finally, I didn't even bother getting a new phone along with the data plan when i signed up for the contract about a year ago and yet, their billing still wants me to pay their termination fee with this valid reason.

In conclusion, this is an unfair use policy since I didn't sign up for a 3 days a month data plan with a bandwidth, SO SHOULDN'T YOU!

[Syd_M]

Globe is committed to providing you with fast and reliable mobile internet service. That's why we've taken steps to implement an Fair Use Policy designed to reduce the speeds of only the 3% of users who are responsible for generating large volumes of traffic on our network which greatly impacts the service we offer to other paying subscribers. These customers often have file-sharing software or peer-to-peer/torrent apps on their phones or tablets, and download large-format files such as music, videos and movies consistently.

This means customers on an internet promo and plan who exceed 1 GB a day or 3 GB per month (whichever comes first) will experience browsing at 2G speeds.

That's a load of bull. I can easily exceed 3GB/mo without using torrents or downloading music, videos or movies. Mobile apps alone consume huge chunks of background data, and that's not even considering things like GPS and map applications. And then there's streaming videos such as on YouTube, image uploads on Instagram and Facebook, cloud backup applications like Dropbox and Google Drive, etc. And what about email attachments? Frequent sending and receiving of email attachments, such as many business users do, also consume a portion of data. There are many valid uses wherein one could hit the data cap limit. This new FUP of Globe's is very ill thought out.

[orochimaru700]

nag abusar ni mga ISP dri sa pinas, liman ka without prior notice pa mag change2x ilang FUP, f*ck that FUP, salig ang mga buang ky walay lain mosulod isp's dri sa pinas, pwede pa lng unta mkasulod dri ang verizon, comcast, AT&T, etc...

[beyee]

I've been a subscriber for 14 years now.
10 years, prepaid
4 years, postpaid

I've had bad experiences with the network but mas na hiyang Naman jud ko sa Globe
but when I received their advisory last week, I got furious at first because I am an
ALL-NET user and paid heaps monthly for it and now naa nay limit as per usage?

Kinsa Dili ma-inis ani? I'm planning to change my plan na, instead of ALL-NET ko, I'll
have some calls unlimited nalang, naa btaw wi-fi... Basta bad move ni as Globe

[aljy]

Askang batia gud ani..plano pa nman nako mokuha ug simcard sa globe bna postpaid apra net lang..tsk2x.

[dlareG]

bag o ra gani ko nipait ug prepaid USB stick sa globe and planning to get the 999/month nga supersurf, is it the same?

[naGgeR]

ok ra unta naay CAP basta ig surf nmo LTE speeds gyud unta GRABE KA HINAY MO LOAD SA PAGES 3G sa GLOBE uy MAGKAMANG!!!

[sanpablo]

nag abusar ni mga ISP dri sa pinas, liman ka without prior notice pa mag change2x ilang FUP, f*ck that FUP, salig ang mga buang ky walay lain mosulod isp's dri sa pinas, pwede pa lng unta mkasulod dri ang verizon, comcast, AT&T, etc...

Veriozon and at&t kai 2gb lng a mnth. U have to pay more f u exceed r henayun pd nla net nmo. Only sprint ang truly unlimtd. But almost $110 ang mnthly.

[coolnezz]

Unlimited 4G/LTE Messaging & Data Plan Php.1500
Unlimited 4G Plans - Prepaid 4G LTE Speed | Virgin Mobile

[sanpablo]

naa gypn na cya cap ang virgin mobile....ila na ge fine print. ang sprint ang truly unlimited gyd nga d mo henay ang speed gyd. ang virgin kai prepaid na cya. naa rmn pd prepaid ang verizon nuon ang att.