PLDT Home remains undisputed as the fastest broadband network in the Province of Pampanga. Dominating telco rivals, PLDT recorded top upload and download speeds of 65.38 Mbps and 72.03 Mbps respectively as verified by Ookla® of Speedtest Intelligence® data for Q4 2021.
PLDT Home’s speed leadership in Pampanga enables the province to thrive in economic activities that leverage work-from-home productivity. This includes remote work, virtual schooling, and remote entrepreneurship. With 276,203 speedtests initiated by 73,671 internet users in Pampanga, the telco giant’s speed leadership was particularly strongest in parts of Angeles City and San Fernando City, as well as in the municipalities of Floridablanca, Mexico, Baliuag and San Ildefonso.
“PLDT is relentless in its mission to deliver the fastest and most superior home internet services to key Philippine provinces like Pampanga, which is among the fastest growing economic powerhouses in Central Luzon. Indeed, the increased demand in the province for PLDT’s fastest broadband connection has been encouraging. As such, we’ve invested heavily as well in our capabilities to install, upgrade and repair so that Pampangueños can enjoy better digital life with future-ready homes,” says Butch G. Jimenez, Jr., Senior Vice President and Head of PLDT Home Business.
Fastest fixed network win
PLDT’s speed dominance in the country has been consistently recognized by the Ookla® Speedtest Awards™ having swept the fastest broadband award for four (4) consecutive years. The latest Ookla®Speedtest Awards™ Q3-Q4 2021 data showed PLDT garnering an overall nationwide speed score of 77.24, a huge jump from its speed score of 27.28 in the second half of the previous year. Speed Score is a measure that takes into account both upload and download speeds.
To find out the network speed of ISPs, Ookla® compares data gathered from millions of consumer-initiated tests taken on Speedtest® platforms. The data include tests done by Filipino internet users on various networks using digital devices connected via Wi-Fi and fixed networks. Each top carrier accounts for at least 3% of the sample size in the geographic area.
The telco giant’s aggressive network expansion and migration nationwide continue to power its speed upgrades and broadband service improvements.
In the second half of 2021, PLDT Home launched its biggest speed upgrade for customers with thrice as much speeds versus the previous broadband plans. In November of the same year, it launched the country’s first-ever 10,000 Mbps fiber-optic service in the Philippines, putting the country alongside first-world nations that have access to such ultra-fast home internet speeds such as South Korea, Japan, Sweden, Norway, Italy, New Zealand, and USA.
PLDT Home continues to set the bar for the future of home internet connectivity in the Philippines as it provides access to future-ready innovations including top-of-the-line Smart Home solutions such as wifi mesh devices, and entertainment and security services bundled with its flexible broadband plans.
All these innovations are powered by PLDT’s widest network in the country with its fiber infrastructure expanded to 743,700 kilometers, extending its reach to 13.9 million homes passed, and with over 5.77 million fiber-powered ports.
To date, PLDT Home has connected over 3.6 million subscribers, proving to be the most trusted telco of Filipino families for fast internet speeds for work at home, online school, and family entertainment at home amid the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic in the country.
For more information on PLDT Home, visit www.pldthome.info/PampangaFastest.