Eastern EvO DSL

[penmanila]

hi, folks--i got this from another mailing list i belong to, and thought some people here might be interested. don't contact me (i know nothing about eastern evo dsl)--contact the person directly (sorry but i don't have his email, paki-text na lang siya to ask.) thanks!

butch d.


To All Interested:

I am now connected with EASTERN TELECOM, the company
that pioneered DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) services
in the Philippines and we are now promoting our EvO
DSL Service, the newest and most innovative Internet
for personal/residential and/or small/medium
businesses use.

Customers have two options of packages:

A. EvO DSL INTERNET for personal/small businesses--

1. Personal 128kbps @ PhP1,700 MSF w/ PhP2,500 OTIF
(for 1 PC);
2. Pro 256kbps @ PhP2,000 MSF w/ PhP 2,500 OTIF (for 2
PCs);
3. Pro 384kbps @ PhP2,500 MSF w/ PhP 2,500 OTIF (for 3
PCs);
4. Extreme 512kbps @ PhP3,000 MSF w/ PhP3,500 OTIF
(for 5PCs);
5. Exreme 1024kbps @ PhP5,000 MSF w/ PhP5,000 OTIF
(for 5PCs).

B. Leased Standard DSL for small/medium businesses--
1. 256kbps/16kbps C.I.R. @ PhP5,000 MSF
2. 384kbps/32kbps C.I.R. @ PhP8,500 MSF
3. 512kbps/64kbps C.I.R. @ PhP15,500 MSF
All of above w/ One-Time Installation Fee OTIF) of
PhP5,000.

Above prices are subject to 10% VAT.

Network coverage: Eastern EvO DSL now available in
Central Business Districts (CBD) of Makati, Ortigas
and selected areas of Manila, Parañaque, Pasay,
Caloocan, Alabang, Quezon City, Cavite, and Cebu.

Please e-mail your name and/or company name and
addresses for confirmation of availability of the
service in your area.

Referrals and other help will be highly appreciated.

Regards,

Rene Bautista
(0927)4578254 // (+632)874-0183 (Res.)

[freelancer]

Yapi and I were going to make the switch, but EVO isn't available in our area yet.

[ginoledesma]

Eastern is quite slow to service in some areas. I've been waiting over 5 weeks for their supposed installation.

[El CaMOTe]

G :sick: L O:dry: B E:roll: DSL is yecchhhy ! Groan but in my neck of the woods (Shaw Blvd, Mandaluyong area), I do not have any other choices !!

*%$%^&^(&%$$##@# (read pissed !!)

[macuser101]

I am planning to switch to Eastern. I have two questions:
1. Will it be better than PLDT and Bayantel in terms of downtime and disconnection?
2. Which is better? Extreme 1024 or Leased 256?

Hope someone has exprienced on using all DSL services.

[El CaMOTe]

emailed EvoDSL last week, no reply yet

guess that means they don't have lines here in Shaw Blvd ...

GL:sick:BE

[Henjie]

Originally posted by macuser101
I am planning to switch to Eastern. I have two questions:
1. Will it be better than PLDT and Bayantel in terms of downtime and disconnection?

From experience, I have to say yes. ETPI is nearly rock-solid in terms of uptime and support (at least for their business DSL packages).

Dunno about Bayantel but PLDT had some issues with downtime, etc. (still has). Things are better now (except for the DNS issue of which there's a simple workaround) and its current myDSL packages are pretty attractive. Customer service is still as bad as they come though, hehe.

2. Which is better? Extreme 1024 or Leased 256?

If you're in the Makati CBD or Ortigas Center area, the best option is still Eastern's 256Kbps business DSL package for P5,500 (incl. VAT). Bandwidth is uncapped in those areas so the 256Kbps plan will actually yield speeds up to 1.5+Mbps/200+KBps. Just ask member vicicasas. :-)

The only issue I see with EvO DSL is that the packages have no CIRs. Therefore, it's conceivable that you won't get the max quoted speed 100% of the time (or even half the time). I believe this has already been observed by some EvO DSL users. I raised this issue with a couple of ETPI reps a couple of weeks back. Hopefully, ETPI will do something about it. I guess that's the compromise you get 'coz when it first came out, EvO DSL offers some of the cheaper residential DSL packages around. Then PLDT decided to double the speed of its myDSL packages for free. :-)


~Henjie

[jerrytieng]

DSL services is basically a price vs bandwidth game - meaning, whoever has the deepest pockets (for a protracted price war) and the biggest customer base (to better spread the cost of bandwidth) will win.

I'll put my money on PLDT, flaky services notwithstanding.