WiMax Round-Up: Globe vs Smart vs Wi-Tribe

“Likewise, only Wi-Tribe is very transparent with their bandwidth capping policies.”

-This means they salestalk you into a contract and after you hit the measly monthly cap your connections slows to a crawl. I hope ISP’s like this go bankrupt. Literally lying to their customers faces. Whatever happened to selling a good product and informing the customers sufficient info regarding the product for their SATISFACTION?

might you rephrase this:

“Likewise, only Wi-Tribe is very transparent with their bandwidth capping policies.”

cause in the real world, more people are being seduced by wi-tribe and its agents because of the bandwidth capping, MORE SO they CAP at 6GB, and as seen in TPC, sometimes that 6GB cap is not even followed, some were capped starting at 2GB.

I think thats not the definition of transparent.

At least globe has 25GB instead of Wi-Tribe’s 6GB, and Globe has faster capped speeds than Wi-tribe.

But on top of those two, Smart is still the winner since they have NO CAP, and is clearly the best choice of the 3. This is based at the survey of how many disgruntled consumers are out there for the three telcos.

I hope that Wi-Tribe kept their promises UNLIMITED fast reliable internet connection consistent speed of “1mbps” not the (512kbps and below) and 128kbps down to 5kbps speed, from what an average internet users always experiencing… or “MOVE UP the cap” from a descent limit cuz the limit is not descent at all.

My speed http://www.speedtest.net/result/887669168.png ;( still not happy

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I was able to test Smart’s WiMax and it seems more stable than SmartBro’s USB in terms of getting continuous connection. I got no hiccups even if I was getting 2 out of 5 bars signal. Though I can’t vouch if that “continuous connection” would remain if it goes mainstream in our area.

That 30-day money-back guarantee is hogwash.

After a month of seemingly great service from them, I’ve had a few speed glitches that eventually lead to hours and hours and even days of frustration with untimely disconnections, plus the outrageously high ping my connection has.

Of al the three ISP, I have used 2 service providers. Smart and Wi-tribe. I got the services of Wi-tribe since the signal was stable. The initial service and the signal was good. . . up until my 2nd week when to my shock, the 6gb limit had already caught up with my usage. When they say that the speed will go down, I was not aware that the speed will go down drastically to 60kbps. . . Imagine, dial up is even faster than this garbage.

Sad to say that Liberty telecoms and San Miguel is now leaving a bad taste in my mouth with the service they are providing. So to those thinking of using the services of Wi-Tribe. . . Better think twice and if you do decide to push through, prepare to experience hell.

I have no experience with GLobe and Smart BUT

I DO know what Wi-tribe advertising has done.

They advertise “Unlimited” but once you go check the exact details which are not shown in their brochures, they will set a “limit” of your “Unlimited” capabilities.

Someone sue them for False advertising. I hope they get what they deserve.

I am a client of WiTribe. As I presumed when it was sold to me, I could only go down until 512mbps only when my 6gb cap is reached. What happened in reality is that I went down till 98 mbps after reaching higher consumption (what? a dial up?). I’m full of regret at the moment because I am tied up to a contract.

wi-tribe don’t care at all. ill just finish my contract and cut this crap.

NAKAINIS ANG GLOBE WIMAX. IVE BEEN USING IT FOR MORE THAN A MONTH. I SUBSCRIBED FOR A 1MBPS PLAN AND YET UP TO NOW I AM HAVING AN INTERMITTENT CONNECTION AND ALSO ONLY .5 MBPS IS MY DOWNLOAD SPEED BASED ON SPEEDTEST.NET. IVE BEEN COMPLAINING THRU THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE HOTLINE 4TIMES AND EVEN TALKED TO THE MANAGER OF ONE OF THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE CENTER AND UP TO NOW ITS STILL THE SAME SERVICE THAT I AM HAVING WITH THEIR WI-MAX

remember d disappearing prepaid load? dahil nababalita, umabot ang issue hanggang senado!

Their is too much hype on this wimax stuff, i dont know if Sun broadband is on this league but so far im happy with their speed. I could reach 2mbps starting at 1am to 6am, still it depends on your location.

Sorry to be critical, but this article is useless. This is just info from their websites.

How about real world tests? What are the real world caps, speeds, area coverage? That would be an extremely useful article, as opposed to this which is only useful to people too dumb or lazy to visit these telco’s websites.

Again, sorry to be critical, I generally like this site but the quality of reporting in this article is really terrible.

Yung Wimax ng Witribe di ko alam kung worht it kasi sa Prepaid nga palpak sila e. Tapos ymag offer pa ng wimax. Pero ok na rin yung sinasabi nila may capping pero parang di sulit for an unlimited subscription.

I think I would want to try Wi-tribe since they offer 2mbps. Also the fact that they were owned by San Miguel Corp. They have the capacity also to improve.

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On Monday 26th July 2010, @boplaksnakelot said:

satisfied with the series of speed test for tonight hoping this one will be STABLE as stated..

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wi-tribe agent here. Honest answers to your queries. give us a call. no selling, promise.

“check my speed test, satisfied for now since the 1Mbps stable speed has been achived http://bit.ly/c45J3B”

good for you. tell us what happens to your speed when you reach the cap

The NTC should heed the FCC’s and Ofcom’s example.

http://www.technewsworld.com/story/FCC-Raises-the-Broadband-Bar-70480.html?wlc=1280330416

FCC Raises the Broadband Bar

The Federal Communications Commission has drastically increased the minimum upload and download speeds it considers worthy of the word “broadband.” Now, 4 Mbps up and 1 down are the bare minimums; before, they stood at an anemic 200 Kbps for both uploading and downloading.

http://www.out-law.com/page-11258

Ofcom lets consumers terminate broadband contracts for lack of speed

I was hoping that these networks exhaust the 7.1 mbps capacities of hsdpa first before switching to another technology.

Also, the other side of competition, lower rates = lower service quality.

Globe is not transparent with their wimax bandwidth cap.

We are using globe’s 1 mbps wimax plan. At first I thought that it was their usual system upgrade but since the trending in these past few months was I was just reaching 30kbps or 30% of the 1 mbps plan I started researching and found out that a lot of the wimax 1 mbps subscribers are having the same issues I’m having with the internet capping.

I do admit that I always do online streaming(youtube). But what globe and the other providers are doing is not right.

Your paying your hard earned 955php for the unlimited 1 mbps plan they promised. Then these greedy providers will suddenly throttle your internet down to a measly 30kbps slower than your 90’s 56kbps modem connection.

This is pure bull.

Are Globe Wimax and Wi-tribe available in Davao City? Hope someone could provide an answer.

Im trying to be prepared for the cap limit of 300kbps since It’s enough to maintine my online characters while “afKing” alive. i have been reading online reviews but none of the telco’s seems to provide satisfactory service

I’m a user of witribe (1MB P995) since Oct. 22, 2010. I’m within brgy commonwealth quezon city. I’m near litex/manggahan area. For me i don’t question the cap of 6gb coz its not a problem to wakeup at 1am :-) to stretch my bandwith up to 4 tomes. But here’s the fucking catch. Even if im still within 6gb> download threshold. I have not achieve download speed greater than 130kbs. Those guys who posted earlier were lucky to achieve higher bandwith. My settings are all good, location should not be in question coz my modem is located 30 ft above the ground level besides it’s located in an open area our top floor.

Even on their supposedly happy hour. I experienced inconsistent speed ranging from fucking 10kbps to 130kbps. That happened all within the GB cap, which is so crap. I hate it.

To witribe i’m so dissappointed. the moment i finished all my torrent downloads. i will stop paying. Which is very near. Damn you. a 56k modem is better than your deep shit 4G modem.

To all: 130Kbps is so much lower than 1Mbps. you do the math. Witribe doesn’t deliver.

before applying for a wimax of a certain telecoms, if you really want speed, check if there is a nearby tower antenna of a specific ISP at your place because if there is 100% that you will have a burst speed in your internet connection

I agree with Ram. Kung mahilig kang magdownload ng malalaking files, never go for WI TRIBE. Tingnan mo na lang kung sinong may mas malapit na tower, Globe or Smart.

Pansin ko lng sa globe and smart kapag pumatak na ang 25th of the month bumababa sa kalahati ang speed like 0.45- 0.55mbps na lng. Nag reresume ang maximum speed na 1mbps sa 5th of the month or kapag nakapag bayad ka na ng bill. May shop ako for the past 1 yr yan ang napansin ko.Automatic na binabawasan ng network ang speed kapag matatapos na ang buwan at babalik ang maximum speed 5 days after ng panibagong month.

Wi-Tribe is such a big liar they advertise Unlimited and consistent speed pero na experience ko ang super bagal na connection dahil daw high ang usage ko ito pa I qoute ” 5. Kindly limit automated software updates
• Your PC/Laptop operating system and other software may have automatic updates turned on, which means it is using your Internet connection even when you are not aware of it.
• Ensure you turn off any automatic updates on software you are using, and only allow updates that you need.

” so panong naging unlimited when they say LIMIT ???? contradicting dba sana wala na mabiktima

HAHAHA! all these wireless technologies sucks! pati support and service. Actually wala naman monitor ng account nyo eh, yun lang kapag mareklamo ka at lagi ka natawag sa hotline! i’ve been a TSR for telco for 2 years and luckily araw araw maraming problema! buti nalang, nakalipat na ako ng trabaho. i still prefer for “wired internet connection” like PLDT or digitel if you have available option.