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  1. DavyL200

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    Thought you were getting adsl up there?
     
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    So did I but PLDT wanted 11k+ to set it up. Told them to p*ss off.
     
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    That's why I stayed on Smart Bro cable is cheap enough, except here:rolleyes:
     
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    Did you ask globe? I remember your post that they wanted 3k for the cable for adsl!
     
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    Yeah well:
    1. They told me P2,800 when they first came to do an "assessment" after I first applied.
    2. Two weeks later, and after I called them twice and went to their office once, another team came out and did a second assessment.
    3. Another week goes by, my application gets approved and they told me to go to the PLDT office in Robinsons.
    4. Went to Robinsons office the next day and they asked me to sign a paper saying I agreed to the charges for the install (before they told me what the charges were).
    5. I told them I wasn't signing anything until I knew what the charges were.
    6. I sat there for 30 minutes twiddling my thumbs while they tried to figure out what they were going to charge me.
    7. They came back and told me P11k+.
    8. I laughed, said no, and walked out.
    9. PLDT called me the next day saying they were going to send another team out to do a third assessment the next day.
    10. The next day they never showed up. PLDT never called again.
    So now I'm looking at an "alternate method" for getting the install done. It will happen but Filipino time is really working its magic on this one.
     
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    You need to man up and stand up to the arseholes dustin! The wire they use for adsl is cheap sh*t copper coated crap which is cheap as chips to buy. We got the install guys to re route our adsl to a closer box for nowt,we gave the field officer some serious grief though and he gave in and we got it done!
    Send the wife mate as I'm sure she will get it sorted lol :tongue:A good tip to the install guys usually works well.
     
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    Even though I'm against corruption hehe!
     
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    Australia's telecommunications giant Telstra Corp. Ltd. is seizing the opportunity to capture the Philippine market that has long suffered from one of the world's slowest internet connection speeds.

    "Go the Philippines and experience for yourself the sort of lousy service you get from the incumbent operators and you will see that the opportunity there for a new operator to provide a much better quality service [is significant]," Telstra CEO Andrew Penn said during an Investor Day on Thursday.

    Listed on the Australian Securities Exchange, the telco is negotiating a partnership with San Miguel Corp., the largest diversified conglomerate in the Philippines.

    "We are doing a lot of work there and supporting San Miguel to date in terms of the design and the network rollout if that were to go ahead. Therefore, we are also very cognizant of how we allocate and how we invest our resources," Penn said
    - See more at: Telstra sees opportunity in PHL's 'lousy' telco services | Money | GMA News Online
    And not just the slowest internet,I reckon it's the slowest at doing anything positive to help the people of this country!
     
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    The experience with PLDT has been a nightmare. It's been 1.5 months and they haven't done a f'n thing but try to extort money out of me. p*ss on them. My landlord says the internet (she has a better plan from PLDT than I signed up for) isn't any better than what she had with Globe LTE and it goes out frequently (hers was out all day a couple days ago). At this point, if PLDT won't do the install for free they can keep their f'n DSL. I'm not in any hurry to get locked into a contract for 2 years with those thieves.
     
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    Metro Manila (CNN Philippines) — Although not yet confirmed, it's getting more likely that a joint venture between San Miguel Corp. (SMC) and Australia's largest telecommunications firm, Telstra, will push through.

    During its Investor Day presentation on Thursday (October 29), Telstra's top executives were bullish on business opportunities in the Philippines. Should it materialize, the deal will establish a third major player in a Philippine telecom market currently dominated by just two firms — PLDT (through its subsidiary, Smart) and Globe.

    "The EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization) margins in the Philippines have been relatively strong. And were we to complete a deal, the partner is a very strong partner both in the perspective of its business interests in the market and also its spectrum holdings as well," explained Telstra CEO Andrew Penn, who was referring to SMC.

    Given that Philippine law sets limits on foreign ownership of companies operating in the country, Penn said that Telstra would be limited to just 40 percent stake in the joint venture. At this stage in the negotiations, he estimated that the investment would total to "less than a billion U.S. dollars."

    Penn was also upbeat on the kind of service that Telstra would provide.

    "The Philippines itself, from a mobiles market perspective, is interesting because there are only two incumbent operators — and obviously, one never underestimates their competitors. But there are many markets in the region where there are six or seven or eight operators."

    'Lousy service'
    "Frankly, let's face it. Go to the Philippines, experience for yourself the sort of lousy service you get from the incumbent operators, and you will see that the opportunity there for a new operator to provide a much better quality service over an LTE network, over a better spectrum," Penn said.

    "I think there's a significant opportunity. Now of course, any new venture has got its level of risk, that's why we considered a measured [approach] with it."

    Penn also explained why Telstra chose to establish a presence in the Philippines over Myanmar.

    "Why not Myanmar? We think that the Philippines offered a better immediate opportunity for all the reasons that I've mentioned."

    "We've been doing a lot of work there in supporting San Miguel [SMC]… in terms of the design and the network roll out, if that were to go ahead."

    Emerging Asia
    For her part, Group Executive Telstra International and New Businesses chief Cynthia Whelan mentioned Asia as a "geographic priority" for the company.

    "t sits at the intersection of two powerful opportunities: the emerging middle class, urbanization taking place in many countries across Asia, coupled with increasing demand for technology as the costs of smartphones and other devices decline."

    "Asia is now home to half of the world's Internet users who are creating and consuming digital products and demanding better connectivity."

     
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