Comments on: Globe caps Visibility users to 5GB a month

By: onyok

onyok — Wed, 12 May 2010 03:39:58 +0000

why does my globe visibility dnt work on windows 7?

By: Obed

Obed — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 15:56:58 +0000

Would it be possible if they put a plan for torrent downloaders? Like give then additional payments? Nah, I guess not…

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Tue, 24 Jun 2008 10:35:44 +0000

[...] problems? We’ve heard them cap bandwidth allocation to 5GB before (not sure if this was pushed thru). If it’s true that 10% of subscribers are eating up imore [...]

By: JC John SESE Cuneta

JC John SESE Cuneta — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:59:11 +0000

Hmm, you have a very valid point schmirck. Right now I am thinking of getting one of these services for “work” purposes.

Now I have to think 10 times before I waste my money on such services… as someone said before you “disability” not “visibility”.

We have a very serious problem here then. Limit it to 5gb and kill your SURE-PAYING people who use it for their businesses? Or keep it unlimited and let the network suffer outages?

They should start offering “business” plans then. Or “work” class plans. But how can they guarantee those who acquire “work-class” plans and “business” plans will be trustworthy? Make it expensive? No one will use it. So back to the drawing table.

Well, I’ll hold-off my money for now. Globe’s sale turned stone, thanks to blogs and comments ^_^

By: schmirck

schmirck — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 08:53:36 +0000

i couldnt believe that some people praise globes initiative of putting a 5GB cap… i thought this was an unlimited internet anywhere anytime??? (check their ads late 2006)

There was a month when i downloaded more than 12GB (well, in the better days)… no P2Ps.. they were more like installers and software updates.. because that’s part of my “work”.. and that’s the primary reason why i got Globe Visibility…

Also, i have to stay online 24/7 to support my clients.

So, am i abusing them???

i’ve been getting crappy service for 7 months, and i’m getting billed 2K for each month for service that i do not get…

if those f**kin globe execs would come to look at it this way, i think i’m the one being abused here.

and the d@mn government isn’t doing anything with these non-delivering service providers… with the taxes i pay… >sigh

By: DAEMON

DAEMON — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 01:54:40 +0000

We are paying 2k , and we are not getting the promised speed. And they are blaming the subscribers for the slow speed. What will you do with a high speed internet if not for downloading. Kapalpakan ng globe. Anong gagawin mo sa internet pang browse ng globe.com.ph lang LMAO.

By: Rey

Rey — Mon, 30 Jul 2007 05:30:14 +0000

Pano kasi ang daling hackin ang network ng globe, dami ko ngang kilala na they calling this trick as “FBT” Free browsing trick, they’re using it and i think those guys adds on the expenses of globe. Maybe globe should consider a time based rate for now, and a affordable for the prepaid users, because prepaid users who use HSDPA or GPRS services pulls the network’s limit. Tsaka,”abusing” is not the right term for this, dapat sabihin nating, “di umabot ung inaasahang tubong malaki ng globe. hehe. Plan ko pa namang kumuha na visibilty this october. How dissappointing cause im a kind of user who would exceed 5GB a month, im a gamer kasi. Online games needs a lot of simultaneous upload and download.

By: bingo

bingo — Tue, 24 Jul 2007 03:04:05 +0000

dapat siguro hindi globe visibility … globe DISABILITY ang tawag sa service.

By: Miguel

Miguel — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 04:59:43 +0000

Can’t blame those 10% users, since Globe is marketing Visibility as a broadband service and they would use it as such.

What happens if you exceed the 5GB cap? Extra charges?

By: yuga

yuga — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 07:01:39 +0000

Yup, I agree. I think it’s a good move on the part of Globe. By capping the big users, they can better serve the entire userbase with adequate bandwidth. They just need to be transparent about it and the customers will understand. The commodity has limitations and if everyone tries to optimize the use of the service, I think the bandwidth issue will be addressed properly.

By: ral

ral — Sun, 22 Jul 2007 06:10:40 +0000

5GB sounds fine. I only used to use 2GB a month. Reliability is more important. Have since moved on to Smart 3G. I guess I never really need the speed nor do I stay online that much. Smarts P10/30 mins. does limit user “abuse”.

By: n95 newbie

n95 newbie — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 05:04:14 +0000

pls tell the Globe exec’s to make 3G more affordable similar to smart. charging it per KB is really really expensive.

By: max

max — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 04:55:09 +0000

.. IF they could deliver the advertised service …

By: dave

dave — Sat, 21 Jul 2007 01:02:08 +0000

I’ve had Globe Visibility for several months. At first it was great and I got up to 900kbps. Then there was the period where it was practically non-functional. And for the past several weeks it is only operating at dialup-like speed, even though I have an HSDPA connection.

The 5 GB cap would be fine with me, if they could deliver the service with decent speeds.

I couldn’t in good conscience recommend Globe to anybody given what is, in my opinion, very poor service.

By: jhay

jhay — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 22:49:22 +0000

One simple question, “How many Pinoys owns a laptop?”

Shelling out 2-grand on an a 3G connection is quite simple, but something from 30K and above is another.
Unless laptops, notebooks and other mobile devices become much more affordable for the public, services like these would really be in danger of being discontinued.