PLDT FIBRE ANYONE GOT ANYTHING TO SAY ON THIS .

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Jollygoodfellow
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4 hours ago, Huggybearman said:

It only has one usable port to plug in a computer or other device such as a media hub.

You can get an adaptor to increase this 

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GeoffH
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3 hours ago, Jollygoodfellow said:

You can get an adaptor to increase this 

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Those are cable splitters, they need to be used in a pair with one at each end of the line and they're generally used to avoid having to run 2 long runs of network cable (saves cost).  They work to split a cable because only half of the pins in a Cat 5E cable are used.

 

They won't work for giving an extra usable port to a router for that you need a network switch.

5 Port 10/100 switch

You can get gigabit ones but it's probably not needed for home use unless you're copying a lot of big media files.

 

*edit* you will also need a short patch cable to go from the router to the switch then you can plug other devices like printers, Network Attached Storage devices, computers, wireless access points or a different router into the switch with more patch cables.

1 meter long network patch cable (you can buy other lengths)

 

 

 

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Michael Perez
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I've got the 50/50 PLDT Fibre connection and it is reasonably reliable, but I seldom get the quoted speeds whe connecting to sites outside of the Philippines.  This is mostly due to the backbone connection from the Philippines to HK not being very fast.  It's up and down.

I also turned off the Wi-Fi on the router and connected it via Ethernet cable to my own Wi-Fi router, a TP-Link Archer C7 that I bought from Lazada.  The C7 is top rated and moderately priced.  It gets great range and I can connect as soon as I hit the front gate to my compound. :)

PLDT's main cable to HK was recently damaged, so that's played a bit of havok with speeds, but it seems to be stabilising over the last week or so.  Fingers crossed.

And, as others have indicated, many installation issues can be remedied with the strategic application of snack money. :D

That's my experience.  Your mileage may vary.

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GeoffH
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14 minutes ago, Michael Perez said:

This is mostly due to the backbone connection from the Philippines to HK not being very fast.

 

The northern islands of the Philippines has backbone connections to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan as well as Hong Kong.

The southern island if Mindanao only has a link via Guam to the USA plus some links between the larger northern Mindanao cities and the Visayas.

This cable map web site is interesting viewing if you're into that sort of thing :)

 

Submarine Cable Map

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Michael Perez
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9 minutes ago, GeoffH said:

The northern islands of the Philippines has backbone connections to Japan, Singapore and Taiwan as well as Hong Kong.

As I understand it, PLDT routes its traffic through HK.  The two major providers use different backbones.  There's been a fair amount of criticism about the duplication and lack of peering and load balancing between them, given the already limited and overloaded connections between the PH and the rest of the world.

But my days as a network admin are thankfully in the past, so my knowledge of such things is purposefully and blissfully casual and limited. :)

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jimeve
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On 6/16/2018 at 6:22 PM, Dave Hounddriver said:

@jimeve Just got it hooked up and said their modem is not good for any distance, nor for going through walls.  It is suspected they are trying to avoid having 2 neighbours share one connection.

An update. got a technician in to hook up an extender to my guest house. He tried to get my desktop on-line wireless but struggled as the modem is on the 2nd floor and my desktop on the ground floor so run a LAN cable to my desktop. Speed 20 Mbps upload 18 Mbps, guest house 19 Mbps, Smart tv 20 Mbps. Tv runs smooth, Netflix ultra. 

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Lobstered
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I wanted to get pldt fiber when I moved into my house in Bacolod but they refused to install it as I was only here on a tourist visa.

In the end I had to go with Globe who are terrible. It is only cable internet at 15mbs. The download speed is not too bad but the upload speed is normally less than 1mps

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davewe
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On 6/17/2018 at 8:14 AM, sonjack2847 said:

Well don`t hold your breath,Has anybody tried a signal booster? My friend has one and his signal has improved a great deal.

 

Whenever this subject comes up (questions or complaints about Internet in the Philippines) I try to stay out of it. It ruins my credibility cause I can't make the universal statement that the infrastructure sucks here. But since Kevin called me out I will say that I have had PLDT fibre for 10 months and we've been very happy with it. Not that I test it all day long but the speed is quite consistent. This said our needs are modest; it's only the 2 of us, our house isn't big. we're not gamers, and we finally have our porn downloading addiction under control :)

 

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hk blues
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I have Globe wired, not fibre. It's perfectly fine most if the time, with occasional cut-outs lasting a few seconds which requires rebooting of the modem -.a pain. Speed 10mbps is enough for us. Slow speed when we hit our data cap but 100php boosts it back up. Like most things here, 99% of the time it's perfect but boy, that other 1 % drives me crazy!

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Happyhorn52
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I live in a two story apartment with thick concrete walls. My speed is fine but the WiFi signal is weak in the downstairs rooms. Where do I place the repeaters or inline adaptors to boost the WiFi speed downstairs?

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