I can't imagine to live in the Philippines without the Internet. Luckily, Internet access via DSL is available on most islands in the Philippines, may it be over the good old Telephone Landline, direct cable or wireless over the mobile towers.
If you stay on a very remote island however, you may experience some speed problems, in fact you will have to test which provider (Globe or SMART) serves you best.
You may also have access to the Internet by a satelite dish but the cost for that is about 15,000 Peso a month.
If it comes to prices, this are the packages currently available at Globe Telecom:
P 795,- Internnet only 512 kbps
P 995,- Internet only 1 Mbps
P 995,- landline & Internet, 384 kbps
P 1295,- landline & Internet, 1 Mbps
P 1995,- landline & Internet, 2 Mbps
P 1895,- Internet via Surf Stick & SIM Card, Prepaid, P 5,- per 15 minutes
P 1995,- One time cost. After that, they charge P 10,- per 30 Minutes to be paid in blocks of 30 minutes
Further offers are available with a fixed modem/router with speeds from 512kbps up to 2Mbps and unlimited access to the internet. All come with a one time setup cost start from P 999,- up to 1500,-
You should also know that:
if you order a telephone landline only, the monthly charges are 500,- Peso already.
Even the slowest connection of 384 kbps is fast enough to make phone calls with Skype
The DSL signal is available most of the time. Last season (October 2008 - April 2009), we had only very few problems with the signal but don't ask me about the years before..., very bad.
If you can have a Landline & DSL connection in your house in the province, depends on wether there are free access points in you area or not. When I had my connection done, four years ago in 2005, they had to connect my telephone line to an access box about 300 Meters away from the house.