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| 30GB monthly data allowance for Philippines Major ISP's cheapest internet plan |
In this world, it is a fact that "the cheapest will never be the
best". People have to pay more to get
more. This is what society and corporate companies taught us. Wherein, in order for
us to get the best internet connection for home, we need to pay higher monthly
premium for us to get faster internet.
Does it means that "cheap" is substandard? It is a question of how you "utilize" your connection.
Due to lack of product information on a said internet package, we tend to get the
"cheapest" one since it's still an internet connection and we think
that the connection given to us will be sufficient enough to maximize our
internet needs. This is one common problem for subscribers like us, we tend to rush signing up for the cheapest internet package
without knowing if the certain packages suites our need, or it's just good for
one person. Most heavy Gamers and heavy users are aware on this fact. For this
reason, they never settle for less when it comes to their internet connection. Often times, gamers research for the most suitable
connection for their gaming requirements to maximize their gaming rig's
performance and "lagless" gaming before signing up or upgrading into
another internet connection.
If you are one of the individuals looking to replace your
old Internet Connection to a more suitable one, you probably need to read this
article first to learn on how to fully maximize your usage without spending too
much money on value added services.
The Basic Plan
Most internet plans
today has their own "Data Limit" which means, you are only limited to
a certain data per day. The Cheapest Internet package of Big ISPs in the Philippines
is 3Mbps for 30GB a month which is equivalent to 1Gig Data Allowance per day.
Since it is the cheapest plan there is, most of people subscribe on it.
But the question is... Would it be enough for your usage?
Let's find out below:
Determine your Usage
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| 1GB daily allowance is equivalent to 390 post on facebook, 2 hours of video streaming, 20 songs download, 100 emails and 13 hours of web browsing |
The most important thing when it comes to knowing what internet package
plan should you get, is to determine if your preferred plan would be suitable for
your daily consumption. Some people misunderstood that the 1 Gig Daily Data
Allowance, they are thinking that the plan is more than enough for a subscriber... Well, according to my usage, I say that it will never be
enough, especially If you are a heavy user just like me.
Here are the few questions you need to ask yourself first
before signing up in any package
- What Sites do you visit?
- What are your hobbies?
- How Much hours do you visit the web?
- Do you use YouTube for Music Streaming ?
- Are you shopping online?
- What games do you usually play?
- Do you download Movies often?
Daily Consumption
Cheat sheet:
For business related matters, your daily 1Gb will be equal
to 10,300 E-mails.
For Rockstar wannabe, your daily 1Gb will be equal to 260
Songs.
For Movie Geeks, your daily 1 GB will be equal to 1 hour HD
video stream.
For social butterfly, your daily 1 GB will be equal to 2100 Facebook
Posts.
For researchers, your Daily 1GB will be equal to 68 hours of
Web browsing.
Cheapest Plan's Daily
1 Gig Data Cap
If you wanted to utilize all, then this chart would help you
balance your 1 Gig of Data usage. You can use AT&T Data Calculator to
customize your usage.
Therefore your daily 1Gig will be equal to 100 e-mails, 13 hours of web use, 390 Facebook
posts, 2 hours of SD video and 20 songs. Pretty quite few for a day right?
That's why you need to monitor your usage for you to enjoy your internet usage,
or unless get a "Internet Provider
with no cap".
*Data Consumption Cheat
Sheet (Laptop)
1 email without attachment = 35KB
1 email with attachment = 300kb
1 hour Surfing the web = 15Mb
1 Social Media Post with photo = 500kb
1 minute of Video streaming (SD) = 4Mb
1 song downloaded = 4Mb
Purpose of Using Internet
The rule of thumb when it comes to choosing the best
internet package for your usage is to first determine the purpose of your
internet connection. This would allow you
to know what package should you get even before you replace your old internet
connection. By knowing the purpose,
you'd have an outlook on how much data would you need in order for you to
effectively utilize your connection.
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Work / Freelance Work
Cloud workers (Freelancers) work require
stable and fast internet connection. Cloud workers are using the internet as a well of information,
as well as to contact their boss from overseas from time to time. Usually, these cloud workers do not settle for
the most basic internet connection since they will utilize large internet bandwidth for their work.
The suggested internet connection for Freelance
depends on what kind of online tasks they are doing.
Here are the suggested internet connection
for different field:
1.
Cloud
Video Editors - Average of 5-10Mbps (For faster uploading and downloading
of Videos)
2.
Freelance
Writers - Average of 1-3 Mbps (It is
important to have slightly better internet connection for researching purposes)
3.
Graphic
Artists - Average of 2-5 Mbps. (For faster uploading and downloading of
files)
4.
Online
Assistant - Average of 512kbps - 3Mbps (Doesn't require internet data that
much since most tasks are Online Booking.)
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Online
Business
Online Businesses such as online shops
require moderate speed internet connection since online business doesn't really
require a lot of downloading and uploading. Most tasks being perform in online
businesses is exchanging of product photos, e-mail, and uploading of product
photos.
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Leisure
Leisure is defined by utilizing the
internet solely for entertainment purposes. It requires a lot of internet data.
Leisure has found their way on the internet as early as year 2003, when social
networking sites such as Facebook, Google Plus, Twitter, Instagram, and YouTube
given us the right to enjoy leisure at its best by visiting their websites. These are just few leisure sites designed for
users to kill time and share enjoyment, but In 2013, most of "Smartphones and tablets" apps are purely dependent on large data usage, in which;
all of the websites and apps will be internet dependent.
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Communication
People nowadays are utilizing the internet
for communication.
Messaging tools like Facebook Messenger,
WhatsApp, Viber, WeChat and other messaging platforms doesn't use too much data
in order for it to operate. An ordinary Skype call requires at least 256kbps
internet connection or 31.7 kbps download speed in order to avoid the call from
dropping. While a video call will
require at least 1Mbps in order for the video to be streamed.
Here are the Average Data Use per minute of
Messaging Apps:
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Kakao
Talk - 319 Kbps
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Facebook
Messenger - 333Kbps
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Line -
374 Kbps
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Viber
- 497 Kbps
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WhatsApp
-740 Kbps
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Skype
825 Kbps
Now you know have a guideline on how your data consumption was computed and you may now know how much data are you spending each day. Then, we'll let you to figure out the right internet plan that will suit your need and your budget.