The big three telecoms Smart, Globe, and Sun have been investing and promoting heavily their 3G wireless networks. I still remember when wireless Internet was limited to GPRS and the telecoms were charging an arm and a leg for each kilobyte. Nowadays all three telecoms offer unlimited wireless broadband plans although the quality of their service leave much to be desired.
Competition is the only way for consumers to receive better service and over the past few months two more companies have introduced their wireless offerings. It has to be pointed that this actually only means that a lot more profit can still be made from the telecom sector.
The first is BAYANBROADBAND from Bayan Telecommunications. What’s interesting is their “truespeed” guarantee. They are claiming that their customers will get 100% of their subscribed speed. No more UP TO… whatever speed bullshit.
The second is Wi-Tribe from Liberty Telecom (a partnership between San Miguel Corporation and Qatar Telecom). Their current plan appears to be similar to other telecoms. They use wimax technology (which for practical purposes seems to be the same as 3G) and unlike other telecoms seem forthright about their fair usage policy or cap limit. I’ve personally been victimized by Sun’s broadband policies. They claim to give you up to 2 or 3 mbps wherein reality you’re limited 99% of the time to less than 250kbps.
Hopefully, we consumers can expect more from the different service providers as the competition intensifies and not just end up with an oligarchic monopoly.
Mark Lim
11th Entry
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