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Philcom DSL Speed March 5, 2007

I don’t understand Philcom DSL. This morning I tried to listen to an audio stream and it was breaking up.

So I ran a speed test and got 935 kbps! Wow, that’s the fastest I’ve ever seen here. I’m feeling good; then I immediately ran another and got 190 kbps. Hmmm. I immediately ran six more tests in succession and they were all between 160-190 kbps.

I never saw the high speed again. I’m puzzled now. And disappointed.

Update: I just ran a seventh and got 236. They are all over the map, but the distribution is pretty consistently skewed to the low side with a very fat tail.

Update: Here’s the Dslreports.com log of my speed tests. I’ve run more tests than this but I often forget to login and those don’t get captured. E.g. you won’t see the 935 kbps test here (or a bunch of the 50’s).

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rapit0y 9 months ago 1 point
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as indicated on the website of philcom, the speedtest only shows you the latency from your modem/router to their server. it doesnt mean that you will be getting the same speed when you access sites outside the domain of philcom. i am not a philcom employee. just another net bum who happens to pass by your blog.

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Hyacinth 4 months ago 1 point
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im a philcom subscriber in malaybalay city for almost 3mos and i have noticed that they don't have stable connection. i think its because they only have 1 server and shared with every offices and residentials here in malaybalay. im using 2wire.com and speedtest.net to run for a speedtest. 2wire gave me a result of 20 - 50 during peak hours(10am-10pm) while non peak hours its 300+. i registered as plan384kbps and after a month i upgraded it to plan700kbps which the speed distribution is still the same with plan384 and no improvement at all. since im locked for a year membership i decided to cut my internet and only phone line remain.

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PhilcomSucks 3 months ago 1 point
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if you are planning to get residential internet. make smartbro as your choice. dont bother asking information about philcom/sotelco,they have the same answers that pldt and globe are the source of their connection which is pretty crap. i was a philcom user for a month and its a disaster especially when it comes to browsing. i always get disconnected in my messengers and cant even chat properly. i have plan 512kbps. seriously its plan shit and really regretful.

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