DITO caught me!

[@GadgetAddict]

Update: My connection returned to normal speeds after around 24 hours. I'm now back to 100Mbps off-peak and ~80Mbps during peak hours. So I guess the 10Mbps throttle isn't permanent, but dependent on how you use the network.

[@wenwengaming9900]

they said if your network is slow their tower in your area are going on optimization

[@colorklimax]

Nice! Good to know. I think, DITO did mention about their FUP but wasn't clear about this throttling unlike in Globe. DITO better be doing that temporary speed throttling, cuz, I'm given to understand that DITO, per NTC's auditing/requirement, has to commit to a 27Mbps DL speed. (that's what I've read in our forum)

[@atalakeanumonarshi129]

It looks like Dito has a limit of around 50 gigs or so before the FUP ( Fair Use Policy ) kicks in. Still, that’s better than my unlimited plan ( Smartfren Telecom ) where the FUP kicks in just after it reached 1GB. Also the speed is only 10Mb/s off-peak ( not limited ) so you could imagine how slow it will be if it got limited during peak hours :-/

[@GadgetAddict]

Their franchise requires them to maintain a minimum speed of 27Mbps but not to give unlimited data. So I think it will be just like GOMO eventually. Where there’s no speed throttle for consumable data plans but there will be a speed throttle for the unlimited plan I guess we won’t know for sure until they announce their plans/promos

[@richardbarile788]

@@GadgetAddict DITO doesn't have a frequency for 3G & 2G since their is no available for them to license. Globe & PLDT already have those frequency.

[@keiou]

I agree we need more competition in the Telco space. The subscribers benefits with competition.

[@bagoh4]

Weve been screwed over for so long by the duopoly. Hopefully they would launch their fiber Internet service in our province id switch in a heartbeat.

[@GadgetAddict]

Yeah I'm also hoping they're going to be offering residential fiber :)

[@colorklimax]

I knew someone who lives in London. He only pays 12 pounds (less than 800Php) a month for unlimited calls and texts with a 50gb data cap (speed around 200Mbps). Ergo, those two telcos are complete BS. We used to have PLDT ultera, 7Mbps, 40gb data capped @1299 monthly. And that's just internet.

[@lolmetro592]

​@@GadgetAddictnow is the time to test their new 5g plans

[@ivansandoval1842]

You deserve a million subscribers man!

[@GadgetAddict]

Close to a million on Facebook :) I didn’t really update or maintain my KZbin account for a few of years so it doesn’t perform very well anymore.

[@rolepaga8294]

True. We will benefit from the business stand point. Let's just wait for Globe and Smart to upgrade instead. 😁

[@GadgetAddict]

Globe already created GOMO which has some great offers. Smart created Magic Data which isn't as good, but better than what they previously offered. Plus Converge, PLDT and Globe all upgraded their Fiber customers. So people are already feeling the benefits. Bad luck if you're a DSL or Postpaid customer though, because the telcos need to continue milking you, to subsidize their Fiber rollout costs.

[@rolepaga8294]

@@GadgetAddict The GOMO and Magic Data are great; but... Oh my!! I am a DSL cust. What are your suggestions i f I am working from home with 2 towers, a laptop, and 3 phones? I'd appreciate your response. Thank you.

[@rice6682]

@@rolepaga8294 pldt haven't upgraded your plan for free? If you are still using dsl they will upgrade it to fiber for free and you will still pay for the same amt w/ no extra chrage/s.

[@rolepaga8294]

@@rice6682 I appreciate this. Thanks.

[@emypena]

Lets hope for a stronger Dito telecoms. I live on an area where PLDT service is on the 5 Mbps speed and Globe is cell service is spotty... No our place is not Metro Manila but not a faraway province either. Only a strong competition will force Globe and PLDT to do a better service.

[@AmazingPhilippines1]

Interesting. When T-Mobile came to the USA so many years ago prices finally started coming down so hopefully, we see better coverage, speed, and lower prices.....finally.

[@uglyduckling1169]

agree with you 100%, some of us inaabuso ang pag gamit ng data. my PLDT gave me 80-90 mbps without additional charge. average of 85mbps dowload and 50mbps upload.

[@cwadversity1540]

Youre so lucky Me: 7mbps connection not stable

[@Adrian-fy1zx]

Do you have any tutorial or walkthrough on how to setup DITO in your iPhone/Android phones?

[@MarcRitzMD]

I'm pretty sure that they (telcos in general) are positioning 5g as people's primary internet. Globe has such a product in some areas where they offer a 5g-router and unlimited 5g-based internet.

[@GadgetAddict]

I don't think we should use the words "Globe" and "Unlimited" in the same sentence. They have a pretty horrible track record of using that word with very low limits lol Ultimately wired-fiber will still be the best option for most people. But only if their area has it and only when the telcos fix their "no slots available" problems. Although they say they're working on upgrading DSL customers, I don't know if they're really in a rush, considering the huge premiums those customers are paying. 4G / 5G with higher limits will be a good alternative for those who can't get wired connections. I suspect it's more of a crutch for Globe / Smart since it's easier and cheaper than offering wired connections.

[@Claro1993]

I do hope that DITO Telecommunity offers 5G internet at no additional cost.

[@franco2.090]

Great video sir. 👍🏾 Hope you make another bike lanes in MM video. 🚲 God bless 🙏🏾😊

[@kabayanhustler]

The more competition the better. This will challenge other telcos to provide better services. It's long overdue. DITO is a game changer.

[@MarcRitzMD]

Please keep us updated on whether they are you unthrottling you after some days

[@nreaction]

great video about dito.

[@rice6682]

That makes sense my plan on my dsl was upgraded w/o me asking for it, if i upgraded my plan before that,it will cost me quite a lot. Pldt upgraded my plan for no cost at all and my internet was 15-20% faster than before and im still paying the same amount. They already knew its coming and they cant do anything about that. They're trying to do some perks to upgrade their services and cost us more and we're doomed because of the lock in contract. These telco companies finally met their match and they know its time up for them, they"ve been choking us for so long. Hmmmmm i wonder what will happen on their stocks and that i have to focus on rather on this internet its already a done deal.

[@TheStandardBearer]

Interesting information. Thank you.

[@marklee95]

Those who thumbs down are globe & pldt employees :)

[@Prodbywhyme]

nah i just seen him making dumb comments on another video

[@empoyvergel3654]

True bro...

[@louiesBloggingPH]

Me too i understand with data fair.. Is for the good every user... Dito subscriber.. To all heavy data user pless put of your mind there are limited just save sometimes data even the human life are limited not unli life..

[@DrJBall]

Sir Can i ask you something? where did you bought that simcard here in Luzon? Appreciate your response one of your subscriber here ☺ keep it up

[@colorklimax]

For now, if you live in Luzon, the only way to get this is to ask someone who lives in select location in Viz-Min to buy it for you and shift it to your location. I've seen some being sold Online but I Do not recommend it. DITO has yet to give a exact details to when will they start the rollout in Luzon area. I just hope they'll also start it up with the 199Php unli package.

[@navarropuff187]

Can't wait until Dito starts providing Fiber line internet to homes. That will give PLDT and Globe a run for their money.

[@Harklein]

I believe that this "Fair use" limiting the speed is the aftermath of having such slow internet speeds with wired broadband connection versus mobile broadband for a very long time. Ever since the release of wireless broadband connection and making it super fast versus wired broadband connection, it instilled to the masses that you should take advantage of the "Fast" broadband connection you have while you still can because your wired broadband connection speeds sucks for it's price compared to the mobile price. But now that the speeds have bumped so much that wired broadband connections are much faster than wireless mobile internet connection, the mentality is still there for the old folks and that's why "Fair use" is still a thing.

[@GadgetAddict]

I think you're right, to a degree. But the problem is that a LOT of people still can't get fast wired internet. The telcos aren't in any rush to upgrade their DSL customers to Fiber. The telcos are milking their DSL customers who are paying 2-3 times as much as Fiber customers, while getting a MUCH lower speed. It's also as if the DSL customers are subsidizing the cost of the Fiber rollout. How many years now and we still hear "no slots available"

[@안젤로가브리엘]

Thank you for a great info, and where did you bought your DITO sim? I want to test it too.

[@paulitopaulosequilla5999]

25GB consumable data with speed throttling? Sounds bs to me. I would understand if it's unli data with throttling. That's why since yesterday I am only getting not above 10mbps compare before 90mbps and up. I only use my DITO SIM for speed testing as I have Converge WiFi at home. I just don't get it. Btw, new subscriber here and thank you for the info about speed throttling. I was looking for this. 😁

[@zodiacfml]

nice. next problem to solve is the cost of electricity. the country is generally low income but the cost of electricity is more than twice in most first world countries, absurd. i think the current administration has looked into that with those news of reviving the Nuclear power plant but quite awkward considering China is producing so much cheap Solar Power products and simply dump those in our country for cheaper electricity.

[@Vonneti]

Not gonna happen until we go nuclear. So many are opposing it

[@grapesofwrath1984]

How do you put credits/load on it?

[@GadgetAddict]

You can load DITO by card or gcash through the official app.

[@juniorjunior9118]

SMART AND GLOBE are now panicking to offer the best promo, because they know that DITO is not playing around. Also, SINGTEL are already established their presence with GOMO. Hope to see many more in the coming years before Duterte steps down.

[@214sioeh]

👍👍👍

[@elninoiable]

How do you load up on that sim?

[@GadgetAddict]

DITO and GOMO can be loaded by card or gcash through their official apps.

[@EmilePolka]

@@GadgetAddict this is something that they need to fix quickly, not all people use gcash or something similar. its actually much better to use Smart sim with their no expiry data compared to GOMO, with Smart, you can tell your nearest loading station what to avail and your done, with GOMO and possible DITO, there's like steps 2-5 to get it done and probably most people that is now techy enough would probably bother dealing with it. heck you cant even use the app to top-up other SIM cards which I dont see a reason why you cant do that.

[@GadgetAddict]

@@EmilePolka smart magic costs more and gives you less data. DITO can be reloaded through retailers if you’re in an area where they already officially launched. But they haven’t launched here in NCR yet. So the only option for me would be card or gcash.

[@mikeski7389]

please review smart 5G unlimited data in giga life app. its works for 4G LTE?

[@GadgetAddict]

The Smart 5G Unlimited promo is for 5G only. They give a small amount of data for 4G but it's not unlimited. Most people can only get a 5G signal OUTDOORS. Since 5G doesn't penetrate buildings very well. Plus 5G is only installed in a few locations. And how long will Smart really keep the promo going? It seems like like a PR move.

[@DavidDiaz-so5kj]

what's the cost? is it monthly?

[@GadgetAddict]

They haven’t announced the plans they’ll be offering yet. Right now it’s P199 per month for unli internet, calls and SMS. That’s their special introductory offer.

[@DavidDiaz-so5kj]

@@GadgetAddict wow that’s amazing!! FYI my wife always asks why you do the traffic videos. Is it somehow part of your career? Like a civil engineer?

[@GadgetAddict]

I do all sorts of videos. Whatever interests me :) my Facebook page is much more active than here on YT

[@darkshadowify]

country i am in right now 10mbps is a laxury 🤣🤣🤣

[@GadgetAddict]

Even if I get throttled to 10Mbps, it's FASTER and 10x cheaper than what I'm paying for PLDT DSL. So no complaints here lol

[@j0beth]

its sux when it has data cap

[@wenwengaming9900]

its a speedcap not a data cap

[@wenwengaming9900]

i using it for 24 days its still the same the speed are normal

[@j0beth]

@@wenwengaming9900 its data cap since he said it @ 0:50 when he used the certain amount of data and exceed, penalty will be given which is lowering his speed connection

[@wenwengaming9900]

@@j0beth its only for the violators ive been using it for 25 days now

[@jesssimbajon7076]

@@j0beth It doesnt suck, because they have more data allocation that is better than globe and smart.

[@bumbay4268]

Good morning bro

[@DenzHappyFeet]

Dito works fine at iphone 7

[@grazelyntumpay]

kumpitisyun binipit kunsumer...

[@today1471]

i will not boycot dito . im sick of the signal of globe and smart and their expensive promo.

[@murvynsalvana]

cool! ;)

[@patrick4044]

takot sa Dito na china daw, pero Xiaomi ang cellphone hahaha

[@DaneNanahara]

nver vote drilon and hontiveros and POE next election they hate to progress..

[@lvill3633]

they're just tryin' to drive phone purchases...

[@GadgetAddict]

I don't think it's that. More the fact that they're still rolling out and testing their network. IIt hasn't even officially launched here in NCR yet, so we're not really meant to be using it.

[@lvill3633]

What I don't get is why do they have to require users to give their IMEI? That surely is, fishy 😑

[@hoybastien]

Not really. They still support 4G, which most of our phones are. Although, 5G is available only for 5G-capable phones, which is applicable to all networks. Heck, my iPhone 8+ does not even support 5G.