It’s finally working! After doing some tests in our area, on our laptop, our data card and our sim card, it was determined that our sim card was defective. Double whammy! I had a defective sim at a time when the network was badly congested. Globe has replaced my sim and I am able to surf the net from home at last. The speeds I’ve encountered are at 800+ kbps. Normal but not as speedy as before. It will pick up, I was assured once the system gets “robust” again. I like that word — robust. I do hope that Visibility gets a robust boost soon.
To those who are still experiencing problems, do have your sim checked in case this is one of the barriers to your surfing. Thanks to Globe for helping me out on this.
In other news, I’ve put something new in my sidebar — embedded music from Imeem. Some music to read this blog by. Thanks to missyosigirl for the lead.
Hi! I'm Toni Tiu,
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at Wifely Steps since 2003. This started as a blog to help newly weds adjust to married life. It has evolved into a home and parenting blog. I write about things close to my heart -- good eats, good reads, family, marriage, and the little things that make everyday happy.
Linnor
June 6, 2007 at 12:35 pm (17 years ago)Haay salamat! For a while there I was already getting worried about network congestion… 😀
missyosigirl
June 6, 2007 at 1:30 pm (17 years ago)last week during preps for our company outing, one of my officemates brought his visibility along. akala ko nga papalya eh. buti na lang hindi.
yey, i love imeem! 😀
kaoko
June 6, 2007 at 2:32 pm (17 years ago)That’s good to hear. I’ve been a Globe DSL subscriber for years and despite the recent backlash about their service, I’m still sticking to them because it’s still relatively better than PLDT myDSL, as my boyfriend, a myDSL subscriber (not by choice but because it’s the only company servicing his area) attests.
Although I do hope Philippine DSL companies clean up their act. While I see some effort from Globe, I can’t say much about PLDT.
sha
June 6, 2007 at 2:57 pm (17 years ago)buti kayo may internet sa boat ko wala but am enjoying the fast wifi connection here in london… am back to france sun though i already got a call to fly in friday.. all well toni.. picking up again
Robin Lim
June 7, 2007 at 12:48 am (17 years ago)I am glad to here that your ordeal is finally over. It has been a long time coming. It seems like it started to get better for most users around Friday last week. I do not know though if there was really any effort on the part of Globe Telecom or if they just waited for the market to de-congest itself and increased the rates to discourage new subscribers.
I do hope that the internet service providers do clean something to stop the seemingly unending complaints about slow speeds, after all they sell us based on speed. I posted an article in my blog, comparing Globe Telecom HSDPA rates as against the same services abroad, and even the higher rates are lower than what you would be charged for a metered (1GB per month) HSDPA connection.
The need to make products “affordable” would have an effect on the quality of service. It is a difficult balance.