See, I demand utmost silence and isolation when reading my emails, writing e-letters, chatting on YM, and above all when broadcasting through the webcam and making calls using the I-phone. There are also several internet cafes in the area and the rates are undoubtedly much cheaper, but the comforts of privacy are not there. Sure we have access to internet providers in this part of Southern Luzon but it’s such a hassle to come up with their requirements like proof of billing since I don’t pay any bills now (and I ain’t complaining, lucky me), and the nearest authorized internet dealer I could go to is a couple of towns away. I have my own desk-top computer but there was something missing that I used to enjoy in Manila, and it was the luxury of a hook up to the World Wide Web. I easily adapted to my new surroundings as quickly as I fell in love with it. I used to stay in Manila until I decided to relocate to Balayan, Batangas. To all consumers who are yearning for some source of online connection, be warned… DO NOT BUY GLOBE VISIBILITY PREPAID! Let me share with you my harrowing experience… Over in Quezon City, our Twitter friend Jerome Gotangco of Morph Labs had Twittered his own Speedtest results with PLDT WeRoam, pwning us all.Īs a Lee named Stan once said, “Excelsior!” Our elation over the results was shortlived, however. And although Globe advertises an HSDPA network, it looks like Globe HSDPA was nowhere to be found in our area (right in the middle of the Makati CBD). The Nokia smartphone is a plain jane UMTS (3G) device and limped on at 3G speeds. In this case, the Smart Bro modem happened to latch on to a Smart HSDPA signal in the area, which really goosed the broadband. ![]() Nokia E61i using Smart 3G (Buddy prepaid SIM):Īs with all wireless broadband tests, your mileage may vary depending on your location. Note that the tests were all conducted in a condo smack dab in Tordesillas Street, deep in the concrete canyons on Salcedo Village, Makati. This was also an opportunity for some Speedtests to pit the access methods against each other. It looks like we were going to rough it a bit, but nevertheless, “we knew we would survive,” to paraphrase Gloria Gaynor. This particular evening we had at our disposal a small menagerie of 3G phones, a bunch of prepaid SIMs, and a couple of USB HSDPA modems from two different providers: SmartBro Plug It Prepaid (ZTE MF622), and one from Globe Visbility (Huawei E220). The better to ‘walk the talk,’ as you might say. So if we had to survive a day or two without DSL, we could always whip out a number of wireless devices at the drop of a hat and access mobile broadband. Luckily we live in one of those peculiar households that is blessed (or cursed?) with a plethora of gadgets at any given time. She would have to refer the problem to someone else to diagnose, she said, and we wouldn’t hear from them until sometime tommorow. And typically, the customer support rep we got on the phone was no great instiller of confidence. Our PLDT DSL connection mysteriously went on the blink. It was shaping up to be one of those “bad trip” evenings. Photo: Benjamin Grimm and Bruce Banner square off in an argument over mobile broadband. ![]() Dvorak Karl Roy Kindle laglag bala Loren Legarda LTE Mobile Broadband mobile internet Multiply Nextcode NU107 Ondoy OPM Oprah PC Digest Persepolis Philippine Internet History Philippine politicians Philippines PhilMusic PhilNet Pilipinas Kay Ganda QR Code Rick Astley Satire Shamsey Siri Smart Smart BRO Smart Bro Plug-It Smart DECODE SMART Evolution Social Media spotify Steve Jobs Tabloids The 80's tocino Tonino Lamborghini Tourism Twitter Twitter in the Philippines WAC Weather Report Weng Weng Wordpress Top Clicks On Twitter: Tweets by jimayson 2D Codes 3G Aldub Always On Android Animation Apple Asus eee Ateneo batman Broadband Climate Change Columns with strange names Data Matrix Department of Tourism DOT DPWH DPWH sues Adobe Facebook Feature Phones Foursquare Friendster Globe HP HSDPA Internet meme Internet memes Jaco Pastorius jobs John C.
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