Testing Sky Broadband in Makati
Is getting a subcription to Sky Broadband a good choice when you are living in Makati?
Currently, our internet connection here is powered by Sky Broadband and since I’m used to PLDT Mydsl, I want to test how it performs.
Speed tests done
(Via the sky broadband website)
Download Speed: 1531 kbps (191.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 476 kbps (59.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:00:49 PM
Download Speed: 1458 kbps (182.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 476 kbps (59.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:02:07 PM
Download Speed: 1518 kbps (189.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 481 kbps (60.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Wednesday, December 02, 2009 11:02:38 PM
(Via Speedtest.net – Location = Makati)
I’m quite surprised from the results. It is actually pretty high however why is my surfing slow? Should I test this from a different server?
Complaints on Sky Broadband
- Connection is unstable – the internet connection would drop frequently and the only solution we have is either to wait for it to return or keep on doing a reset of the cable modem. (I was supposed to publish this post yesterday but since the connection got dropped, I only got to publish it today)
- Cannot play online games – playing online games will just bring frustration because of the unstable connection. You will get frequent disconnections, and lag spikes.
- Torrent speed is slow – Given the bandwidth, I should be expecting 100KB/s but I have not yet seen any torrent I tried reach that speed. (Is it true to Sky Blocks Torrents with packet inspection?)
Overall, I’m not impressed. I’m sure when the lock-in is over, we are changing internet providers.
What do you think?
Disclaimer:: This is a personal experience based on the usage of Sky Broadband. Your experience may vary. ^_^
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I’m currently on Plan 3MBPs, okay naman siya. Although, you are right when it comes to online gaming. I can play for hours, pero, pag kami na ng girlfriend ko naglalaro, it tends to lag most of the time. Overall, the speeds are decent, I’ve been on this for about two weeks pa. So, I really just can’t say much. Still, okay naman, download speed ko sa torrent would be 300kbps pataas and I can download and watch videos at the same time without having to worry about loading time. Wag lang umulan.
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do you experience the same issue pag umuulan, nawawala ang connection?
The reason why browsing is slow is because mataas ang ping. Broadband kasi so ganun.. DSL has faster browsing kasi mababa ang ping or the transfer rate between the ISP and your computer.
And what about their rubbish cache system (like a website changes IP, it will still give you back a cached version of it to the previous IP). When they’re unable to get to a website, they show you a custom rubbish page (what? I’ve never seen that in France anymore since 1998 with the disappearance of crappy AOL…)
They filter/block some websites like Rapidshare and such.
Some domains of google don’t work (like I can access google.com.ph but not google.com, wtf?)
And of course like you said, connection is unstable and speed is very variable.
But can we find a good ISP anyways in the Philippines?..
Hinde lang SPEEDTEST ang importante lalo na kung mag online games ka? Equally important ang PINGTEST.
I’ve switched to GLOBE DSL.
Thank God I did.
Sobra bagal. Nagsend na ako ng email sa kanila.. 1 week wala pa rin reply. may screenshots pa ako ng torrent ko and also yung stream ko na nagdodownload ng game.. dati yung sa stream stable and hindi putol putol ang download.. ngayon laki ng gap na di nagdodownload paputol putol . Bullshit ang sinasabi ng sky broadband.