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RED Fiber Broadband by Cignal



  • Cignal, Meralco subsidiary launch new broadband service

    ABS-CBN News
    Nov 17 2020 02:18 PM

    MANILA - Cignal TV and Radius Telecoms, a subsidiary of Manila Electric Company, announced on Tuesday that they are forming a new pay TV and home internet service called RED Broadband.

    Radius Telecoms is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Meralco, which is part of Manny Pangilinan-led Metro Pacific Investments Corp.

    Cignal is a wholly-owned subsidiary of MediaQuest Holdings under the PLDT Beneficial Trust Fund, which is also part of the Pangilinan conglomerate.

    Radius and Cignal said RED Broadband is offering to consumers unlimited fiber internet and pay TV starting at P1299 per month.

    The new service competes directly with Sky which also provides pay TV and home broadband services.

    Earlier this month, Pangilinan said he had dropped his unsolicited bid to acquire Sky amid worries that antitrust regulators may review the deal.

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  • perfect timing!

    sakto sky and converge down
  • Will they resurrect the now-defunct Red Mobile?
  • I believe red mobile was a smart subsidiary while red fiber is under meralco so magkaiba. Red mobile was also telco, red fiber will be similar to sky which is internet and tv.
  • di ko lang maisip bakit kailangan ni MVP na gumawa pa ng isang broadband service. meron na sya PLDC saka SMART broken, magdadagdag pa ng isa pero ano guarantee na hindi magiging bulok ang service na yan para hindi ma cannibalize yung existing market nung former broadband providers. lolz
  • ^They would sell bundled cable and broadband service, unsure if coax since PLDT has Fibr Plus with Cignal via fiber lines. If they can only sell a satellite-based internet that would definitely sell
  • PLDT Fiber line pa din ang gagamitin ng Red Fiber Broadband...
    Since Pldt offer Cignal, add on sa fiber plans nila...
    Naisip nila na mas maganda introduce a new company that offers broadband and TV HD channels that can compete SKY with the same flatform... karamihan kasi Sky are using old coax.... limited pa din ang fiber...
  • Good alternative. Wala kasi silbi sa akin yung free landline. Mas maapreciate ko yung free cable tv with my fiber internet.
  • Red Broadband plans, download speed, add-ons, and boosts

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    -- edited by rudy on Nov 22 2020, 08:34 PM
  • Mahal din pala. Kala ko pa naman mas cheaper sa pldt fibr.

    -- edited by phobia on Dec 08 2020, 05:58 PM
  • kamusta naman mga naka red fiber dyan? meron na ba?

    sulit yung plan1299 nila w/ cignal bundle 10mbps, saka yung 10mbps 1149 internet only
  • Their Internet-only plans are a bit pricey https://cignal.tv/red/ home plan

    * 1549/month unlimited 20Mbps
    * 1849/month unlimited 30Mbps
    * 2849/month unlimited 60Mbps

    PLDT Asenso Plans https://pldthome.com/biz business plan

    * 1599/month unlimited 35Mbps
    * 1999/month unlimited 55Mbps
    * 2099/month unlimited 60Mbps

    -- edited by filipinX on Jul 18 2021, 09:13 PM
  • Considering this. May subscribers / users na kaya dito sa TPC? :)
  • Meron sa Mandaluyong. They have better plans now - internet only and with cignal tv.

    https://www.redfiber.com/csp?id=planning_page
  • How's the serbis?
  • yung 1st two weeks ko dami downtime, ngayon naman medyo ok na
  • Hi im thinking of getting this one. Hows the service bagal kasi ng pldt mag dispatch ng mga tao nila. Ito rin ung radius telecom no? Meralco internet.
  • ok naman yan radius telecom, yan gamit namin sa company, PLDT din backbone nyan
  • PLDT din backbone nyan


    Nope, they have their own infrastructure. They don't rely on PLDT
  • Nope, they have their own infrastructure. They don't rely on PLDT


    pldt backbone nyan. radius telco is under meralco, and meralco is under mvp company, kaya nga brand name nyan is RED, same ng RED mobile before, hawak ng smart, lol
  • Former network engineer ako sa Radius. Kaya alam ko ang infra nila.
  • Anung kulay ng cable nila? Dito sa Antipolo near Ynares, may nagkabit 2 years ago, Green (I assume PT&T kasi yun yung logo sa van nila). 2 months ago naman, Blue. Walang logo yung van, Wala pang mga napbox.
  • Former network engineer ako sa Radius. Kaya alam ko ang infra nila.


    dalawa lang naman major telco sa pinas, san yan naka rely? globe? under mvp group yan, lol
  • @banono27

    A question about Radius' SME fiber network.

    Where does it connect with PLDT's network in terms of within the Philippines and international under water cable?

    I am thinking of terminating my Globe fiber because its so unreliably slow at 10Mbps
  • @filipinX
    as far as submarine/international cabling, it's a duopoly between pldt and globe. converge bitfrost cable is targetted on 2024.
  • For the sub sea cable they order the gateway link thru IPC (MPV Group). It was located at RCBC. Meron din via Globe Data center which is in Makati din. Kita din naman to sa webpage nila ung mga data centers nila. I am not sure kung ano ano sub sea cable na ung mga dinaanan nila.

    PLDT and Radius inter connectivity is used as last mile connection only. for example. If PLDT has no network/infra in a certain area, and radius already had one. PLDT will tap radius to provide the last mile connectivity and vice versa.

    In terms of routing. they are not relying on PLDT. So kung may routing issue si PLDT, not affected si radius. https://bgp.he.net/AS55821#_peers.

    In terms of physical infra in Luzon. They have own infra and shared infra with Meralco. But they are expanding their data centers outside Meralco. They don't rely with PLDT for their connectivity of their data centers. They have own Fiber cables and sometimes they also use Meralco Fiber.

    Mas tama pa sabhin na ang backbone nila si si Meralco rather than PLDT.

    All info above are during my days with them. Maybe they had new projects or agreement with other telco.
  • kamusta naman kaya itong RED FIBER? makakasabay pa kaya to sa mga plan offering ng pldt & converge? sana mag revamp din sila, sayang yung CIGNAL bundle
  • anyone knows kung may sarili silang NAP boxes or gagamitin PLDT NAPs? May flyers na sa condo namin for Red Fiber but we only have 4 NAP boxes (pldt / globe /sky /converge) per floor.
  • May sarili sila NAP box. Kaya lang naman ako ng apply sa Red Fiber kasi si PLDT, di pa din ako malipat sa FIBER. Wala daw available sa Box. 2 years na.

    Yung NAP box nila nakapasok pa sa loob subd namin.
  • ^ anong itsura ng NAP box ni RED FIBER? kamusta naman speed nila and routing?