Working Remotely From Boracay: Internet, Power and How It Compares With Siargao and Cebu

nomads.com publishes scores built from member reviews. Its Boracay page, last updated 3 October 2026, gives a 2.98 of 5 score, rank #908 and 144 reviews, about 600 remote workers “currently”, a 6-day average trip and a 5 percent return rate¹². It rates internet “Slow” at an average of 10 Mbps and free Wi-Fi in the city “Bad”, and notes that individual users report up to 300 Mbps at some accommodations¹².

Sources:¹² for Boracay,⁴ for Siargao,⁵ for Cebu. The scores and ranks move as reviews arrive. Siargao’s page also lists about 600 remote workers, the same as Boracay’s, and at least two coworking spaces⁴.

Sources disagree nomads.com’s “Power Grid” field says “Great” for Boracay¹. The news record shows a blackout of at least 18 hours on 4-5 May 2025 and one of about two days on 13-15 September 2025⁷⁸. Siargao also carries a “Great” rating, while its own page text says power cuts, blackouts and brownouts are common there and that some coworking spaces have Starlink and generators⁴. The field does not separate these places, so do not use it to judge reliability. Plan around the news record, detailed in Boracay power outages in 2025 and 2026.

The practical reading follows from the dates. A work day lost to a daytime cut is a different problem from a 48-hour outage. Before booking, ask the property whether it has a generator, whether it starts automatically, whether it runs air conditioning and Wi-Fi, and for how many hours. A message to send is in Do Boracay hotels have backup generators?.

No independent speed test for Boracay appears in the sources used here, so the figures above are the best available and are survey-based. The other evidence is dated or comes from the companies:

• Government, 2022. The secretary of the Department of Information and Communications Technology said in 2022 that internet access on the island was slow, and announced a “WiFi For All” plan. No speeds were given⁹.
• Converge, 2023. Converge launched fiber broadband on Boracay in May 2023 for homes, small businesses and enterprises. Its chief executive called the offering better than competitors’, which is a company claim¹⁰.
• Globe, 2025. Globe said in a release reported in May 2025 that it had more than 30 outdoor 5G sites on the island. That is Globe’s own claim¹¹.
• Starlink, 2022. The National Telecommunications Commission registered Starlink in the Philippines in May 2022, with advertised download speeds of 100 to 200 Mbps. The report is national; it does not say how Starlink performs or is used on Boracay¹².

Whether a given hotel’s Wi-Fi matches any of this is a question for the hotel. A hotel’s claim of a Wi-Fi standard is not a speed.

No standalone coworking space on Boracay could be confirmed. nomads.com says there are two and lists a hot desk at US$153 a month, quoting a reviewer; the names are not given on the page³. Baybayin Hub, a company that appears in nomad guides, describes itself on its own site as a retreat and events organizer. It lists a Boracay workation retreat for 22 to 29 May 2026 and shows no permanent coworking space and no Starlink mention⁶. A retreat is an event with dates, not a place to walk into on a Tuesday.

Siargao scores higher on every nomads.com measure above, and its page reports frequent power cuts and says some coworking spaces run Starlink and generators⁴. Cebu averages 10 Mbps like Boracay, is ranked #210 and is described on its page as slow⁵. For access, season and arrivals, see the Boracay or Siargao comparison.