The Curious Case of Wi-Tribe Bandwidth Cap

3GB? that’s just 2 high quality video (piracy? :) ), a few Linux distro, etc.. too small…

Hmm…that’s not even enough for one modern game from Steam or Impulse!

hey is it tru this wii thingy is 4G not 3g..

Thanks for the info sir abe! I think the government should look into this problem with the telcos. Para maging HAPPY rin kami…

Isps keep saying unlimited then they have fine prints stating there is a cap.

-Sent via YugaTech Mobile App

@wixster Any link for that? Or ETA at least?

Wonder if they can monitor encrypted torrents?

para ka na ring nagapply magpakabit ng kuryente sa Meralco pero sasabihan ka nilang pang-washing machine lang yung electric service nila. eh di laba ka na lang ng laba.

seriously, they cannot tell us what to consume online. people dont signup with ISPs just to do P2P, they also download podcasts (video podcasts especially can reach MBs lalo na pag HD), stream radio, watch online videos and people actually buy LEGAL content online. please lang noh.

I will stick with wired connection. :)

smart already have a teaser on their new service hspa+ at 20mbps.

I would love to see that HSPA+ up to 20mbps from Smart. There they go again. My message lang to you telcos out there: Can we stop all these “up tos” and just give us the truth. And it’s not just Smart but everyone else. Tried almost everything. Smart, Globe, Sun (Sun is the best so far – but I still have to experience going over 600kbps) and I haven’t really gone “up to” their promised speeds.

This cap is frustrating and unfair to those of us who use the internet resposibly.

I for one purchase software (like games) online. For example, my purchases from STEAM get tracked and metered. HOW THE HELL AM I SUPPOSED TO DOWNLOAD A 15GB GAME THAT I PURCHASED ON A 256KBPS LINE WHEN I GET CAPPED? Also, emails downloaded into my email client (Outlook) count too! I regularly get large attachments (e.g. pictures, documents, etc) for my business transactions! I just got the wi-tribe service last Saturday and I’m already at the limit! YAARRRGHH! And what about the other people in my household who use the internet?! They have emails, downloads and whatnot too?! This cap is DRACONIAN! Also, once you sign-up, you can’t get out until you finish the contract or pay a ludicrous amount for it.

To be fair to the service, it does indeed get to 1MBPS speeds consistently and I do get a good signal where I am (Paranaque). But please, if anyone from Wi-Tribe management reads this, increase the cap from 3GB to about 20GB (as what the author of this article suggested). Not everyone is illegally downloading stuff from the net. Some of us actually use the service for WORK!

FALSE ADVERTISING.

LIED, CHEAT AND STEAL.

NO WAY OUT…

@ witribe subscriber

parehas tyo.
ang sure ko lng d k n makakapag garena
3gb per month???
s patch plng ubos n yan d n nga ako mkapag SF.
try mo basahin ung s facebook ng witribe philippines pra mlman mo mga issues.

Ragarding s cap its 3GB and its confirmed tawag k s 31-tribe.

Yari. naloko k rin regarding nga s cap.d k rin cnbihan.

@ witribe subscriber

(ok, wag na ko mag garena dito. My usual stuff is browsing the net, mga simpleng bagay like youtube, facebook. so kahit pala youtube lang kumakain na ng gigs, tapos magslow down na ang connection???)

Yes try to use the USAGE CALCULATOR of Wi-tribe on their website.you can estimate your internet usage.
AS I can see you only have 8 hours of video streaming and you will reach the 3GB CAP.

(hindi lahat ng tao may time alamin mga ganitong bagay. gago talaga yung salesman na yun trabaho nya dapat banggitin sa akin yan.)

2 booth of witribe says its 1mbps.not informing the 3gb cap and its speed throttle down to 256 kbps.

Regarding on your positive request.
The Signal strength definitely have no problem.even in the 1 bar signal u will acquire 1mbps.

Consistent in 1mbps.(without the existent of 3GB cap)

I suppose lahat kayo are residential subscribers? You talk of downloading so much and resent the fair usage policy but have you thought about how much your paying for the service? The fair usage policy is meant just as it is, fair use. Para naman other residential subscribers who are paying the same rate as you do would still get enough bandwidth for their average use. If you read the policy again, the 3GB cap before you’re throttled is when you’re doing P2P. If you intend to go beyond that, get the next higher package, I suppose. For the excessive users who only cloud the minds of average users…Enough complaining that you’re being robbed. Btw, hindi ako taga wi-tribe. I just do not agree with the other people on this thread.

(Some comments on the witribe forum.)

BE REALISTIC….

I would DEFINITELY AGREE with you if they marketed WiTribePH as a backup/secondary internet account primarily for the laptop/mobilePC/netbook afficionados who ALREADY has a primary internet backbone at home (whether it be cable/dsl/wireless) and use their service WHEN OUTSIDE the house

The 3GB cap is also perfect for the push email (ala blackberry/outlook) and powerpoint presentations for a SINGLE user

Let me give you a scenario for a typical household of 4 using 1 computer assuming everyone gets 3 hours a day of internet usage

given:
1mbps with 3GB cap (downstream+upstream data)
256kbps is the throttled speed after the 3GB cap is used
30 days is comprised of 22 weekdays and 8 weekends (2 days for saturday sunday)
1GB = 1000mb

assumptions:
user 1 = surf for 3 hours (100mb) + youtube on the side (30-50mb) = 150mb
user 2 = surf for 3 hours (100mb) + limewire on the side (30-50mb) = 150mb
user 3 = online gaming for 3 hours (150mb) + streaming music on the side (50-80mb) = 230mb
user 4 = surf for 3 hours (100mb) + downloading stuff for work (100mb)= 200mb

Total for the 4 users for a day for the pc = 730mb downstream data

then allow for 5 percent upstream for the packets as this is a norm (730mb x 0.05) = 36.5mb

Total bandwidth consumed by a family of 4 using 1 computer for 12 hours PER DAY on a weekday (assuming again they all share equally amongst each other) = 766.5mb

766.5mb x 22 days (monday-friday) = 16863mb or simply 16.86GB!

now,

lets further assume that internet usage is HIGHER during weekends (typical filipino setup = everyone’s at home and everyone wants to be on the PC LONGER during saturdays and sundays especially during nights)

766.5mb x 8 days = 6132mb + 67% (each member gets 4.5 hours instead of 3 )

(3 / 4.5=0.667 X 100% = 67%) so total online time and bandwidth allocation grows by 67% or so

67% of 6132mb = 4108.44mb

6132+4108.44 = 10240.44mb

so we’re talking 10240.44mb or 10.24GB of data being consumed SOLELY during weekends.

let’s add everything up..

16863mb (22 weekdays) + 10240.44mb (8 weekends) = 27103.44mb or 27.1GB PER MONTH if only 1 PC is being used and being shared by 4 family members throughout the month.

Imagine how the numbers will GROW if EVERYONE in the household had their own PC linked through a wired/wireless router..

Surely everyone will have their own time on their respective PCs since they’re no longer bound to share the computer with anyone else.

So do you think 3GB per month cap is such a big number for a family of 4 ? Think again.

Whoever person/team thought of the 3GB cap either thinks its still the early 1980s when the internet was still in its infancy, all websites were text based and the term ‘gigabyte’ is only known to scientists and IT firms.

WAKE UP! its 2010.

Websites are flash based and have streaming content even without you downloading anything which already is bandwidth intensive.

3GB is easily consumed within the first few days of signup.

let’s just again assume someone from the family subscribed during a weekday (lets assume its a monday)

3000 (3GB) / 766.5mb = 3.91 days or simply .. if you get your connection up and running monday afternoon or in the evening .. by thrursday night or friday whole day people in the household will already be complaining of slow speeds.

now this is fun .. lets assume someone from the household subscribes over the weekend (friday afternoon) and the fun of the family starts friday evening..

766.5mb + 67% of 766.5mb (its the weekend remember?) = (766.5mb+513.6mb) = 1280.1mb

friday night = 766.5 mb
saturday whole day+night = 1280.1mb
sunday whole day+night = 1280.1mb

total for the weekend = 3326.7mb.

now the cap happens at 3000mb.

So whoever is left on the PC late sunday afternoon till evening will DEFINITELY CALL the 31-tribe number and complain why suddenly when everyone else enjoyed fast surfing just this sunday morning, he got tagged as ‘it’.

I laugh with bitter sarcasm when the call center agent says “As we see on our records, you have already utilized 100% of your 3GB cap .. please wait for the next month to refresh your bandwidth cap to 0%. Thank you for calling WiTribe! have a pleasant evening!”

Then everyone else in the family follows suit, complaining come monday afternoon when kids from school will want to surf online, on which pages will load with the consistency of molasses during winters in Minnesota.

hell, if a kid in the household just downloads a single 3GB game online then obviously the bandwidth is already capped at that point

I think they should rename their policy as unfair usage .. because they designed it to be unfair to begin with.

I’ve mailed them using the customer support for their consideration to raise the bandwidth cap. Hope they consider.

THANKS YUGATECH FOR POSTING MY SCREENSHOT(GOOGLE MAP) OF WI-TRIBE COVERAGE.

Wow…I’ve just read a multitude of comments at Wi-Tribe’s facebook profile discussions.

Sabi ng isa sa mga subscribers na tumawag sa customer service, yung 1AM to 7AM window is a LIE.

The 1AM to 7AM un-metered slot is a hoax.

Bad-trip, nag-DL lang ako ng 3.5 GB file from 1AM to 7AM…kinagabihan, capped na yung speed ko.

Another case of false advertising…

this is the tipid pc wi-tribe thread. Read the comments and judge for yourself.

http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=172606

How is it that Wi-Tribe defender pop like mushrooms out there? anyway!!, im one of the subscriber that not satisfied to their service, we paid them to use what we expect 1 mbps and unlimited use of internet, thats what all user want High Speed Connection, and what did Wi-Tribe did!?, wait their GOOD Service, for how long???.. thats why so many user commented very negative, do you all think people waste their time just for nothing?? of course not there’s a reason for that, and that is Very SLOW like Dial-up Connection and thats Wi-Tribe.

bago ako kumuha ng wi-tribe nkita ko na ung forum na may 3GB na limit tapus naging 6GB na pag nagamit ung cap babagsak ung speed mo ng 512kbps o 0.51mbps pababa.kumuha din ung mga pinsan ko kasi nakita nila na mabilis naman.bago kayu kumuha alamin nyo muna.nagamit ko na ung 6GB ko 2days lang sa TORRENT ng DOWNLOAD ako ng malalaking files talagang sinakto ko ng 7GB para magkaalaman. tinatry ko kung gaanu pa kabilis pag naubos na ung 6GB na cap.noong naubos na dahiil sa download ko sa torrent.maganda din sya sa torrent kc mabilis magdownload.try ko mg speedtest lumabas 0.50Mbps nlang minsan 0.34Mbps pero di ko gaanong ramdam ung pagbagal sa youtube lang may onting pag buffering pero ok padin.stable ng 1Mbps pataas ang speed mo kung d mo pa nagagamit ung 6GB na cap.sana nga tanggalin na nila ung cap para di na mgdalawang isip ung mga gustong kumuha.
at ung peek off hours na 1am hanggang 7 am kawawa naman ung sa iba na nagpapakapuyat pra di mabawasan.pero ako talagang natry ko ayus nmn khit gamit na ung 6GB.nasasainyu naman yan kung kukuha kayu sa kanila o hindi.

I received this email today from a subscriber:

“I got your email address in an unsolicited email sent by wi-tribe customer service dated March 26 (Manila).
We’ve filed a complaint to DTI against wi-tribe for :

– Not issuing of Official receipt upon purchase
– Misrepresentation of product and services as advertised
– Violation of privacy of subscribers by sharing personal email addresses of its subscribers via mass email
We would like to demand the increase of capping limits, otherwise, return our payment without any conditions.

Please support us by sending your complaint to DTI:

http://www.dtincr.ph/cpapp/index.php

We will be filling a separate complaint to NTC about this. Please feel free to repost or pass this message to your friends. You might just help them save 998 pesos.”

@Jimbo – look for Tina Moran at Facebook. She has an ongoing mediation with wi tribe after her complaint was processed by DTI. You can see her in this discussion>

http://www.facebook.com/#!/topic.php?topic=15598&post=60146&uid=439100335507#post60146

Ang dami palang nagrereklamo sa capping ng wi-tribe. Wala bang magrereklamo regarding sa reliability at speed ng wi-tribe kung casual user ka lang? Ako kasi subscriber ng Sun Broadband pero sobrang bad trip na ako sa Internet nila dahil HINDI AKO MAKABROWSE man lang ng mga websites palagi. Puro na lang page timeouts at page cannot be displayed kahit na anong oras o araw pa.

Sa tindi ng kalbaryo ko sa Sun, mas gugustuhin ko na yang 6GB capped Internet ng wi-tribe kung reliable naman ang connection nila at nakakabrowse naman ng mabilis. At least sa ganyang scenario, alam mo kung ano ang limit mo at the same time ay nagagamit mo ang Internet mo. Mahirap pag puro unlimited na lang ang pinagsasabi ng mga Telco, akala natin totoo un pala hindi naman kaya ng network nila ang dami ng subscribers. Gaya na lang sa Sun ko, 6 months na akong nagcocomplain sa hotline nila pero wala silang magawa kasi nga congested na raw ang area ko. So magtiis na lang ako di ba at maghintay na matulog ang mga subscribers na malapit sa akin para naman makapagbrowse man lang ako ng Facebook.

Although hindi ako subcsriber ng wi-tribe, nakikita kong nasa right path sila by implementing this speed cap. Bakit kamo? Lahat kayo gusto ng unlimited Internet with unlimited bandwidth. Sa tingin nyo ba kayang i-provide yan ng wi-tribe o iba pang wireless broadband providers? Hindi! Imposible yan at limitation yan ng 3G o 4G technology dahil shared bandwidth lang yan per cell site o 3G site. Hindi yan kagaya ng mga wired DSL connection na direkta kang nakakonek sa server ng ISP mo at talagang pwedeng maallocate ang dedicated bandwidth sa yo.

Maliit nga ang 6GB speed cap kung tutuusin, sana man lng gawin nilang 20GB yan para maging mas acceptable. Pero after ninyong ma-cap, makakadownload pa rin naman di ba? Yun nga lang mabagal na yata ang speed (256KBPS). Ang dilemma kasi diyan, kapag tinaasan nila ang data allocation per month, lahat ng users sabay-sabay na gagamitin yan at ang resulta syempre ay poor network performance na. Malamang makaexperience na rin kayo ng mala-dialup na speed in the future kung hindi nila iiimplement ang download capping na iyan.

Mas acceptable na sa akin yang ganyang policy kesa naman sa Sun Broadband o Globe Tattoo na hindi makabrowse. Kailangan lang ay linawing maigi ng wi-tribe yan sa mga subscribers at isama nila sa contract para alam ng mga tao at hindi nagugulat na may limits pala ang subscription nila. Talagang mabubwisit kahit na sino kapag nag-sign up ka for “unlimited” Internet tapos malalaman mong 6GB per month lang pala ang pwedeng mong madownload ng mabilis at pagkatapos ay babagal na ang connection mo.

http://www.dtincr.ph/cpapp/index.php

DTI SITE

Thanks “Yen”

Hope they take out the bandwidth capping thing, i agree with Iks, they are not supposed to dictate the consumers on what we can and cannot do otherwise be penalized by downgrading our bandwidth allocation… by the way, counted the ung whole 24 hours (no 1 am to 7 am exception) sa computation, this was confirmed by the CC rep when i called wi tribe….

http://img130.imageshack.us/i/witribe02.jpg/

wrong link above sorry

http://img15.imageshack.us/i/witribe01.jpg/

I did a little research on wi-tribe pricing all over the world currently wi-tribe is available in 3 countries Pakistan, Jordan and Philippines each of them have different prices for services and they have different allocation(cap) for each plan. I did a comparison with their 1mbps plans and here’s what I’ve found out in the Philippines we have a 998php for 1mbps with a 6gb cap while on Pakistan they have 1mbps plan with 15gb allocation for 1600Pr. Jordan on the other hand does not have a 1mbps plan so I’ll tackle that later. 1 Pakistan rupee = 0.525921659 Philippine pesos doing the math we have 1600Pr=841.4746544Php(kitang kita na ang layo sa presyo natin pero mas sulit sa 15gb na limit)

Jordan offers 1.5mbps with 10gb monthly cap worth 286 JD annually and since 1 Jordanian dinar = 62.5677951 Philippine pesos 286 JD = 17894.3893986Php lets divide this by 12(for monthly) this will be equal to 1491.19911655Php lets multiply this by 2/3(to get a rough estimate of the price if they are offering 1mbps) we will have 994.1327443666667php as for the monthly cap we multiply it by 2/3 again to get a feasible allocation so we will have 6.67gb.(pati ditto talo ang mga pinoy mas malapit man ang presyo di hamak na mas malaki kahit papaano ang allocated limit). Ayoko na magsalita pa baka mahalata nyo na wala akong magawa.. biktima din ako ng wi-tribe ang akin lang maging fair sila.

Guys update lang natin yung info sa page na to.

6GB cap total Upload+Download.
Browsing, Gaming, Patching, P2P, HTTP, Image uploading at lahat pasok dito.
After nun below 512kbps na lang kayo, some people are actually experiencing 200kbps below.
Walang 1am-7am free download, di nila implemented yun; I ask an Agent for it.
200php for 1gb extra kung gusto ninyo pede daw.
Kahit hindi ka P2P downloader, under pa rin ng Cap.

Soure: Tipidpc.com

Update guys.

After reaching the 6GB cap, it will go down to 128kbps.
I checked my account in wi-tribe.ph and that was my speed after reaching the cap.
And it is sad to know that there is no free download/upload from 1am to 7am.

Mas maganda pa dial-up, libre kpag madaling araw.

Wi-Tribe = FALSE MARKETING and nothing but LIES.

eh ung discussions nga s page nila s facebook nwala nrin s tingin nyo d b SCAM?

Isa rin ako s naloko ng walang kwenta at sinungaling n broadband n yan.

@vin go to myportal.wi-tribe.ph username yung mac address sa CPE mo then password witribe (for first login) tas doon makikita mo lahat wag ka maniwala sa website nila na sinasabi undermaintenance yung portal… this is their way para maipit ang mga subscriber nila para magbayad ng late fee…

anu ba mas mganda globe wimax o wi-tribe?
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???

nkita ko lang na sa globe wimax walang cap
ung iba nga lng my problema sa signal.
nkita ko rin sa you tube nila na stable ung connection at ung upload speed nila mganda din talagang 1mbps.anganda pa ng modem nila may design kumpara sa modem ntin.mukang cover ng dvd.
mrun tower ng wimax globe malapit samin
syang naka witribe nako 2 years pa.

DONT EVEN WASTE YOUR TIME WITH WI-TRIBE. After more than 10 days since date of purchase, and after having done all the troubleshooting by their tech support, here is my email to them.

Hello Wi-Tribe,

Yesterday, May 12, 2010, Mr. TATS of your technical support visited my wi-tribe unit in Malabon and made some troubleshooting. I believe you have his report by this time, that I have 4 to 5 bars lit on my modem. I had to bring the modem to my house in Mindanao Avenue, Novaliches to test the connection further. But until 11:30 pm of that same day, my connection even got worse, speedtest.net won’t even push through (how can i even send you the images of my ping, speedtest and tracert).

That’s it for me. I am done with your LOUSY SERVICE. I am now TERMINATING our business transaction. I am demanding a FULL REFUND. Return to me the amount of Nine Hundred Ninety Eight Pesos (Php998) and I will return your modem. Or you can spend more than 998 filing lawsuits. Unless you can guarantee that you can fix this intermittent connection problem by Monday, May 17, 2010.

mga pare lumalala ung capping nila e2!!!!
mga pare lumalala ung capping nila e2!!!!
mga pare lumalala ung capping nila e2!!!!

Move Up Plan 998
Move Up Plan 998
Move Up Plan 998
Usage Speed
First 6GB up to 1 Mbps
Over 6GB to 8GB up to 512 Kbps
Over 8GB to 10GB up to 256 Kbps
Over 10GB up to 128 Kbps

Move Up Plan 1998
Move Up Plan 1998
Move Up Plan 1998
Usage Speed
First 12GB up to 2 Mbps
Over 12GB to 16GB up to 1 Mbps
Over 16GB to 20GB up to 512 Kbps
Over 20GB up to 256 Kbps

pauntiunti nila binabawasan ung bandwith

e2 link ng site ng fair usage policy
http://www.wi-tribe.ph/fair-usage-policy/

ANG BAGAL TALAGA NG WI-TRIBE 128KBPS NA LANG YUNG SPEED NAMIN KELAN ULI BIBILIS YUNG WI-TRIBE NAMIN MGA WI-TRIBE AGENT PABILISAN NYO NAMAN WI-TRIBE NAMIN

There’s more Wi-Tribe Complaints here!

Share and Join this FACEBOOK PAGE with your friends, so they can be made aware before signing up with Wi-Tribe!

http://www.facebook.com/pages/Wi-Tribe-Complaints/12007712*****70

bagal nito!! anak ng p#$*(%na ibabalik ko na ito!

Naku naman! Kng nalaman ko lng agad tong site n to d nko ng witribe! 1month ko n gmit witribe and napakapngit ng resulta 128kbps kpg lumagpas s 10gb haha! Unstable p madalas mawalan ng signal pero nkalagy s network connection eh connected p rin kainis grr! Balik nln ako s globe!

@bev

go to cypher’s link

wag nyu na pansinin Stupid yan eh :)

bat ganun ang bagal prang nadaya yata ako ahh…d ako mkpaglaro ng on line games

NO the government will never investigate these abuses by the telco’s….

most stockholders, shareholders and owners are politicians or related to politicians….

well, guys nag shift n ko sa pldt dsl.so far so good. Kaya lng lgi cla advance payment. cgurista. wala n witribe sakin. pina pull out ko na.kaya yung mga sising sisi sa product ipa pullout nyo nrin kesa sumakit p ulo nyo jn. kc sobrang stressing xa.ms mhal p yung kakatawag nyo to follow up. since n bgo yng isp n yan, ms mtaas ang possibilty sa problema kya get rid of that.

Papayag ako sa CAP nila yung yung:

3GB gawin nilang 128GB
6GB gawin nilang 256GB
12GB gawin nilang 1Tera

Kung ganyan willing ako magbayad ng per GB kapag nagexceed ako.

WTF !!!

FALSE ADVERTISEMENT

LYING SALES AGENTS

BAD COMPANY

P%$&#*%&*(#&na babalik ko na!!

mga problema sa witribe mga sales agent nila.just be honest nmn…nd yung nanloloko kayo ng mga tao.dhil pinagppaguran din ng mga TAONG ito ang mga perang binbyad sanyo. And as one of the subscribers we are not paying for nothing or just wasting our money for making ourselves angry. magtrabho tyo ng maaus. in a way n wala tyong inaagrabyadong ibng tao. nd lng para mkbenta at mgkapera. i know how hard to earn money kya khit anung work n lng para mgkpera. peo we know nmn if we can cause harsh sa iba db? be fair enough . pare pareho lng tyong kailngan ng trbho at ngtratrabho para mgkapera. but the best thing to do, is to do it right. wag nyong hayaang gmitin lng kyo ng mga abusadong negosyante buwaya.dhil sooner or later nd lng trbho mwawala sa mga sales agent n ktulad nyo kundi mga tiwala ng mga taong nsa pligid nyo. dhil kasama kayong ilulubog ng kumpnyang pinaniniwalaan nyo.

who knows bka mga agent mismo nila gumgmit nun….sbukan lng tlga nila mgdemand ng pera sakin at gugulantangin ko cla……….yung recbo nga pla ng witribe nd ko npncin ewalng date…pirma lng ng agent ang kumuha dto……pero since n wala nmng ibng me authority n kumuha nun dto kundi tga wi tribe din…kya wag nilng ipagpilitn ang gusto nila nuh…ayucin nila service nila at nkakagulo cla ng bhay. kya sa mga mgpapakuha ng unit make sure n tignan nyoang date kung me nilgay at name..

Buti pa ang dsl unlimited bandwidth na mabilis pa sa streaming at online games as well as downloading torrents etc. So pls witribe increase naman po your fair usage, to be fair to your consumer also, hindi rin naman biro ang P1000/month sa napaka babang 6gig fair usage, 6gig is for only 4 or 5 movies, omg!

uhm….. is witribe blocking the torrents downloading? can’t download pero pag usb stick na broadband ko nakakapag download ng torrents

ang sb smen 8gb ang cap? takte anu b yan..scammer pla mga 2.. wla dng cnb na 2yrs agd2 at kht pputol mo eh mgbbyad kp dn.. kapal nmn.. uu alm q gnun ang business pro wag nmn sna garapalan.. gs2 q ngang itpon ung router nla sa inis dhl 6days plang after ng heavy rain eh wla ng signal.. na ddiscon nq!! takte anu b yan.. ngaung pang 8th day ng lecheng wi-tribe n yan skn at wla xang cgnal pro ng dmtng kht 1bar mblis.. bka gs2 nio mag react sa cnsb ng mga tao about jan sa bnbenta niong kcnungalingan at hnd kaaya ayang produkto..22o yang cnb ni busy student.. wlang kwenta mga agent nla tnwagan q ang hot line nla “31-tribe” da number is not yet in service wew.. tindi nio.. pxnxahan tau kng nxt 24months dn kme mgbbyad..

Mas gusto ko pang ng 512kbps na internet o burstable speed tulad ng sun.atleast un tumutulak at wlang sakit ng ulo.

kesa sa wi-tribe na pababa ng pababa ang speed at pag ginamit mupa ng ginamit mawawalan ka na ng connection.
naranasan ko to super putol putol ng connection ko ambagal pa.gus2ng guto ko ng ipacut to kyya lng daw may babayaran pa.

Try Globe Broadband/ Tattoo (apparently that’s their branding now). Very much satisfied with speeds so far…a shocker for me since i always thought those Tattoo sticks were slow like SmartBro and Sun. It was wonderful to see 1.2mbps in my office area.. Sweet.

Hi there, just wandered by. I have a Minnesota 4g website. Lots of information out there. Looking for something else, but very nice site. Have a nice day.

” FYI Lahat naman ng ISPs ay may capping. Di nyo lang alam kasi di nyo binabasa yung terms and conditions nyo. It is mostly under “Fair Usage Policy”. Based on my experience ha.”

NOT TRUE. I have PLDT DSL and ang dami dami ko na download and no change sa speed. And afaik wala din ang smart. May congestion pero walang cap ang smart

However the evidence seems to be that not all experiences are bad. There are some areas with good service. Same thing for PLDT DSL and others. I happen to be one of the lucky ones with PLDT DSL and you are one of the lucky ones with wi-tribe

“I find it hard to believe that you had not experienced any slowdown, not even once.”

If PLDT DSL had a monthly cap then I would find out that my speed would always be slower at the end of the month. well that never happens to me.

I’ve had PLDT plan 999 ngn in san fernando pampanga for almost a year and previously I had pldt plan 999 legacy for several years in manila. Never have I experienced a slowdown at the end of the month which is what you would see if PLDT DSL had a monthly cap.

However, I rarely exceed 30-40 gigs a month so if the cap is larger than that I may be mistaken

Then as I have said, you must be so lucky to have no slowdown whatsoever. A lot of people I know agree with what I have written. They too have experienced sudden decrease in speeds at some point. Noticeable, in fact, that they too had to call up PLDT about it.

With regard to the monthly cap, I already pasted the terms and conditions regarding their monitoring of the bandwidth. If there is indeed no cap then I find no purpose in their including that statement as it could have just been omitted. And yet, there it is. Unless, you would like to disagree to the fact that it is written on the Terms and Conditions that you have signed yourself and that I am just hallucinating.

Because I did read the terms and conditions, since I myself am a PLDT myDSL subscriber, I know for a fact that it is definitely written there. Until now, I am still a subscriber to their internet service and up until now I still experience the same problems from time to time.

What I am pointing out my dear friends is that there is a cap. Deny this truth or not. Experience it or not. The cap is there. And why is it there, same like when you are in a computer shop, when someone uses the bandwidth and hogs it, the rest pays for it. (We all know that specially if there are some playing online games and someone suddenly watches youtube.) Although any other ISPs have their very large backbone to the internet with the amount of subscribers that they have, if one or more would hog their resources then the rest pays. If they do not look after each and everyone’s usage who gets the blame on slow downs? It is them. This is for their protection. This is also for the protection of other subscribers.

ang alam ko mga sir/mam capping sa wireless lang sa wired wala daw eh.

nakakainis talaga itong wi-tribe yung DOUBLE THE SPEED promotion nila is what we called “false advertisement” parang yung sa amin 1mbps speed ng net ko sabi nila i full payment daw gagawing 2mbps never naman namin na achieve dito sa QC nung nagpadala ng technician sabi hindi daw kinaya ng system nila kaya daw hindi ma-reach yung promised speed tapos 2-4 weeks na mabagal internet namin sabi may maintenence daw kasi sa Quezon City sobrang tagal maayos eto pa nagkanda late payment namin kasi HNDI SILA NAGPAPADALA NG BILLING STATEMENT sasabihin pag tumawag ka may problema sa courier services nila hay naku sa kabwisitan mo gugustuhin mong ipa cancel service sabay babanatan ka may 24 month po kayong contract hello???? ipapaputol ba namin service kung satisfied kami? hindi na nga kami satisfied hindi nyo pa inaayos mga inirereklamo namin may karapatan naman kami ipa cancel service nyo (wi-tribe) lalo pa at puro kunsumisyon lang naman dala nyo sa aming mga consumers

guys wag masyadong mareklamo sa cap na yan dahil kahit san meron nyan..hanap na lang ng ibang telco na walang limit like globe wimax.i am working with one of the US telco’s (Sprint with Nextel). We imposed cap limit of 5gb/month to our subscribers, yun nga lang they would still get the same speed kahit na nag eexceed na sila sa limit nila kaso nag chacharge kami per kb kapag nag exceed na..i juz dunno kung ganundin dito sa atin.binabawasan lang ata nila ang speed mo kapag nag exceed ka na..lipat na lang ng ibang telco yung mas established..buti na lang nabasa ko tung site na to coz i am planning to go to market-market later to visit witribe stand up kiosk coz i am planning to switch to witribe..i changed my mind after reading this thread.i will stick na lang sa globe tattoo mabilis pa surfing ko at di nag bubuffer kapag nanonood ako ng online movies o naguutube ako.problema nga lang ako sa torrent 5days din bago natapus ang download ko peru di naman lagi naka online sa isang araw 2hours lang dahil pagud sa work.weekends lang ako nakakapag whole day ol..peru ok na rin to kesa sasakit ulo ko sa witribe.ill stick wirh globe..baka try ko rin sun kasi mas mura sila.

Thanks for the a new challenge you have disclosed in your article. One thing I’d really like to comment on is that FSBO human relationships are built with time. By bringing out yourself to the owners the first saturday and sunday their FSBO is usually announced, ahead of masses commence calling on Mon, you create a good relationship. By sending them equipment, educational resources, free records, and forms, you become the ally. By using a personal desire for them along with their situation, you make a solid interconnection that, most of the time, pays off if the owners decide to go with a real estate agent they know plus trust — preferably you actually.

just to add to this thread. there might be others who are saying wi-tribe is ok since the last time this thread has been clicked. but to date, june 13, 2012, wi-tribe’s service here at our place (deparo, caloocan city north) is as irritating as trying to demand payment from creditors that have been trying to hide upon your arrival. wi-tribe allows selling of their services by their asshole agents to areas that are far or those that are not covered by their signal umbrella.their agents bring in false coverage maps that will fool likely clients, just like us, from subscribing. later when you complain about slow speeds, they would suggest that you retern the wimax modem for a usb type modem so you can be more mobile. their solution to slow speed is to divert to a usb type modem and relocate your computer to an area that their signal would be stronger. hahaha, what a great suggestion. no wonder wi-tribe’s service is this slow, their employees are also slow. you don’t need to be a rocket scientist to feel when your usage is slow.

i was really surprised because, for me, when your launching a new business, you should be customer oriented. you should be truthful in transacting with probable clients, showing them the pros and the cons if they would subscribe to your offer. wi-tribe should also turn down clients if they know that that they could not meet the minimum requirement to make their customers contented.

but alas, what would you expect from Chinese entrepreneurs that would kill people for money.

Wi-tribe is so slow…. F*ck*ng slow.

witribe is the slowest ISP here in the Philippines!

para sakin it still depends on the location.. kumbaga hiyangan lng din nman.. I have wi-tribe here in Antipolo, subscribed for 1Mbps. I usually do speedtest, and I can have .8Mbps and even .9Mbps in the morning and .6Mbps pag mga bandang hapon at gabi.. Problema ko lang e ung bandwidth kasi madownload ang kapatid ko, which is a problem for every wireless ISP I guess?