Still suffering from ISP dis-connectivity

Over at PTB, Arnold is taking a spot survey from readers on the status of their ISP’s connectivity. For my end, it’s still spotty. There will be times that the speeds are decent (though not at par with normal) and there will be times that it’s totally useless to go online.

I have PLDT myDSL which is the worst hit. Surprisingly though, Smart Bro seems to be doing much better than expected.

So, I went out and tried several AirborneAccess hotspots but couldn’t login. Then I discovered that my free account from them already expired last December 31. Time to use that Globe WiZ backup but none is in sight.

Again, Smart 3G/GPRS saves the day. It’s not really that fast but feels better than dial-up (97kbps via 2Wire).

How’s everybody else’s connection nowadays?

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

28 Comments

nel animo says:

18 years ago

I’m using mydestiny cable internet and so far….. so bad
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joseph says:

18 years ago

Smart Bro died a day after the cablebreak, the next day it went back to normal. Our office connection uses satellite via AZCom. Their connection is always bad. now its worst.
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LadyVi says:

18 years ago

we’re on ETPI here in the ofc. earlier today our connection was intermittent, but our IT guy did some tweaking lang sa server then ok na sha.

on the day of the cable break, we were down for about an hour, then when the connection went back it wasn’t that bad either. although there are some sites na mabagal talaga magload.
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vance says:

18 years ago

slow during night but sometimes fast. There are servers that I can dl at top speed pero mostly mabagal.. On morning slow ang surfing pero decent naman ang pagdl.

grr. tpos na sira pa yung barkong magaayos ng cable hehehe, so tatagal pa ang pagdudusa.
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bikoy says:

18 years ago

I’m also using MyDestiny cable internet and it’s much much slower than normal, on any time. I can’t even access sites like YouTube.
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drive by shooter says:

18 years ago

PLDT myDSL is currently moving as fast as an obese turtle on sedatives… it isn’t making me happy.
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Juned says:

18 years ago

Mine is pretty much normal at office and at home. No problems with my YouTube connection here at home and at the office. Using Bayantel DSL.
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Mike Abundo says:

18 years ago

You know your PLDT DSL connection is bad when can’t get to anything hosted by Google.
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Carlo says:

18 years ago

@Juned

Bayantel isn’t affected. I haven’t heard any complain about their service and so as Eastern Telecoms.

My Globelines broadband connection is still bad even our DS3 Globe GIX (Globe Internet Exchange) at the office is still lousy.

How many more weeks of DIALUP speeds? *sigh* :(
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Mike Abundo says:

18 years ago

The slow repairs are part of a conspiracy to kill the local problogging industry! Big business wants all full-time probloggers to go back to white-collar slavery!
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