I actually deferred writing about it last December as requested by telco insiders but looks like the cat is finally out the hat. Wi-Tribe Philippines did a soft launch recently offering WiMax broadband internet in Metro Manila.
We already knew that this new telco challenger, Liberty Telecoms, is a partnership between San Miguel Corporation and Q-Tel (Qatar Telecoms). The service is called Wi-Tribe and ads have been published on newspapers and flyers recently (I got a flyer yesterday).
Wi-Tribe is offering WiMax broadband internet for an introductory price of Php998 per month with up to 1Mbps bandwidth. There’s a 24-month lock-in period.
As a comparison, Globe Telecom introduced WiMax last year with a starting plan of 512Kbps for Php795. It now offers 1Mbps WiMax for Php995.
A number of beta-testers have been using the Wi-Tribe service for several months now. If you’re one of them, let us know you impression of the service. You can download their application form here.
The San Miguel and QTel partnership is a solid one that could prove to be a formidable challenger to the current broadband internet market. We always welcome competition.
tae tong wi-tribe
i cannot do my assignment
i cannot do my project
i cannot download application
what a nice broadband for students.
haha
ang laki ng modem sarap ibato.
WI-Tribe Mahiya naman kayu sa 1000php ko
ontime akong magbayad peru mabagal pa din.
tapus na ung contract q sa smart
kaya bago ako kumuha uli ng bago
ng try ako kung anu ung maganda sa lugar namin
nang hiram ako
WI-TRIBE sa pinsan ko at
SUN naman sa kapitbahay ko.
4G ung wi-tribe
3.5g naman ung SUN Broadband
etu nangyari
sa subok ko
MABILIS ang SUN Broadband sa normal na pag iinternet at maasahan
kya lang MA-LAG sya sa CAM sa ym
ung WI-TRIBE naman hindi ako makapag internet
laging ERROR TCP
SUN ang kinuha ko.
un
lang
BAW!!
grabe din bagal eh
sakin laging ngdidisconect na ung modem ko kada 5 minutes magdidisconnect tapus hirap na sa pag connect uli.
*inaabot ako ng 30 minutes pra sa pag connect tpus wla nanaman.d 2loy ako makagawa ng project q.ginawa ko ngrent nalang sa compshop.
*ng txt ako sa agent nila di na ngrereply.
*ng email din ako sa cutomer service nila sabi
lang tatry daw nilang ibalik yung 1mbps na speed next month. ibabalik? e di ko na nga nagamit ung 6gb ko dahil laging nagdidisconnect.sayang lang ung 6gb ko.
ng email uli ako sabi mag MOVE MORE nlang daw ako kung gus2 kong bumilis ung speed ko.tae di muna nga nagamit ung 6gb tpus magmomove more pa anu to nakawan ng ALLOWANCE?
*laging delay pa ung bill nila.
*kung ayaw nyo sumakit ulo nyo wag na kayung mgsubscribe sa wi-tribe 100% sasakit ulo nyo d2.
puta tong wi-tribe form 1stday of month to last day of month e2 speed ko
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1007640549.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1007642415.png
Twitter: corbylove
says:
FYI yung mga ahente nila eh di talaga connected sa mismong wi-tribe.mga tauhan lang sila ng mga nag-apply na distributor ng said product. kumbaga sa nagbebenta ng load sila yung mga retailers o suking sari sari store natin.
at karamihan dyan(di naman lahat)gagawin ang lahat, kahit manloko para makabenta lang.kasi dun sila kikita ng commission.
sana wag mangyari yung ganitong may CAP sa smart at sun. sa globe kasi sinisimulan na. yung unlisurf naka-CAP na rin ng 1GB. WTF!!!
Very disappointing service and I intend to go back to my old provider. Very poor connection and it is annoying because time is wasted.
Meron ba syng 2 year lock-in period?
Panu pag gustu na talaga syang ibalik kc sobrang bagal na talaga?
Sobra kasing inconsistent ng speed nya..
pls help.. :D
Fact: Try browsing wi-tribe’s portal using wi-tribe vs other ISP. It will be faster using your other ISP.
Fact: You have to turn off your modem, then turn it on again so that the discount will take effect. IMO, this should be unnecessary and just plain stupid on wi-tribe’s part.
Fact: It can go slow up to 64kbps. Hello dial-up? An effect on this is that your 3G broadband modem can beat the supposedly better 4G.
Fact: It sucks to be me because I subscribed to wi-tribe.
Fact: You can’t use bittorrent during peak hours.
Plea: Help spread the word to lessen the suckers in the Philippines
CAtherine SAmala is the worst supervisor of witribe. Thank you for your INACTION.
PLease report all your complaints against witribe.
Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
G/F, BIR Road, East Triangle EDSA, Diliman , QC
or email at ospac@ntc.gov.ph
or call 926.7722 / 921.3251
Commissioner Gamaliel A. Cordoba
National Telecommunications Commission (NTC)
G/F, BIR Road, East Triangle EDSA, Diliman , QC
or email at ospac@ntc.gov.ph
or call 926.7722 / 921.3251
Wi-tribe is WORST ISP ever. Slower than dial up. Here’s the proof: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1189842585.png
well i’m a wi tribe user pero di ko na experience yan kaya nag tataka ako sa mga sinasabi niyo pero well its you opinion.
mabilis naman siya on my side played World of Warcraft with it to and ang ping ko sa WoW (Retail server guys Slyvannas server US) my ping is only at 60 up to 90ms kaya nang laki mata ko, dati sa bayantel it was 100 to 350ms
about naman sa youtube mabilis siya diretso ang pag load pero may pa stop stop parin pero minsan asin diretso siya na uuna pa yung red bar matapos.
or maybe its just the speed that i got na 1mbps na dissapoint nga lang ako sa cap nila :| kakainis may download limit what the hell? pero yung speed is ok the cap lang ang prob ko xD
wait after 3months, you’d be cursing them just like us
hi,, ok ang wi-tribe kaya lang yung sinasabi ng agent ko na makakapag log in ako sa account ko up to now wala pa din,, bakit ganun.. they need my username pa.. nakakalito naman..
yung agent ko sabi nya pag my problema at mga katanungan ako contakin ko sya pero tinatawagan ko number nya after nila mag set ng net sa amin hinde ko na sila makontak.. bakit ganun naman..james and neil
putanginang wi-tribe yan. 4-5bars yung signal @ 1:30am pero puta, april 3 ngaun a, bgong reset ung 6gb ko. super basura. maganda lang sya nung bgong subscribe ako, scammer amputa. masagasaan sana ng truck mga anak ng mga naghahandle nyang scam na isp na yan. putangina. tanga lang mga may gus2 pa mgsubscribe dyn. siniraan pa nila smart bro nung nrerecruit ako, tama bng business etiquette un? Wi-Tribe deserves to be sued, makukuntento lang ako pagparusa sa kanila ihuhulog sa bulkan or ilublob na lang mukha nila, putangina nyo mga scammer. ..l..
I have experienced all this. I play MMORPG games and I used to have Sky Broadband connection with 512Kbps, I switched to Wi-Tribe (In the hopes of having a faster Internet) I got the 1mbps plan. It was good on the first week. I know it ate up the 6gb allowance by playing games and the speed went down to 128Kbps. But still, Wi-Tribe sucks. This is a really crappy internet connection. Cache clears every first day of the month but it doesn’t make much difference. Sky Broadband is faster, even the 512Kbps plan can beat the 1mbps plan that Wi-Tribe has even on the first day of the month. The only thing that sucks about Sky connection is that it seems like they have this system maintenance once a week and you lose internet connection for a day and goes back up in the afternoon. I hope the Philippines will have a better internet service provider… In other countries, the normal speed u can get is 20Mbps up to 100Mbps. I think I’d be happy with 20. I really need it. I play alot of games and never turn off my computer. And the thing is, Wi fucking tribe is wireless, so yeah, cable throws and receives data FASTER. Let’s all switch to PLDT my DSL with 6Mbps plan and raise a middle finger to Wifuckingtribe. Fuck the bonds they can ban me from wi-tribe and blacklist me I don’t care anymore and I am a very ANGRY customer and the customer is always RIGHT!!!
Oh yes. We love new technology, but not this one.
Passed 4gpp (i love this part)
Up to 1mbps speed (i have smart bro prepaid 3.5g up to 2mbps. Avg speed, 1.3mbps peak hours, 2.7mbps off)
6gb monthly allowance (this botoy guy said it’s higher than others. I used up 15gb a month with my smart bro prepaid, no throttling down happened)
Higher speeds higher bandwidth higher amount (smart bro prepaid, up to 2mbps. Witribe, up to 1 mbps. Bandwidth. Witribe, 6gb. Smart bro, in my case, i reached 12gb. Monthly allowance would be ???. Amount. Smart bro prepaid through unlisurf is somewhat expensive, but not twice as expensive)
Mr. Botoy, you said wired internet belongs to 3gpp tech, your witribe passed 4gpp which is a new tech. Does this mean old technology is better and faster than new tech, and therefore cannot be surpassed? Better do some heavy research about this all connectivity tehnology and witribe that you idolizes (and maybe you will use up your 6gb allowance before you finish researching and at the end, you may even learn less than before).
This may sound blasphemous for you, but WITRIBE SUCKS. An that’s the fact we all know which you don’t know.
Sucker!!!
MY WIMAX IS DOWN FOR A MONTH ALREADY. THE SIGNAL LIGHTS ARE BLINKING AND RUNNING. YET, THEY SAY THAT SIGNALS ARE REACHING ME BUT I DON’T THINK SO CAUSE I STILL CANT ACCESSS THE WEB. AND WHEN I CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE, THEY SAID THEY WILL SEND A TECHNICIAN WITHIN 2 WEEKS. THE HELL. THAT MEANS, WI TRIBE JUST FUCKED UP 1 MONTH AND 2WEEKS OF MY LIFE WAITING FOR THEIR STUPID TECHNICIAN.
IT IS FUCKING SLOW. I WISH I COULD SWITCH TO ANOTHER NETWORK BUT I GOTTA PAY THE REMAINING BALANCE FOR 2YEARS CONTRACT AND THE TERMINATION FEE SOMTHING.
I AM SO PISSED OFF. FUCK THE TRIBE.
WALANG KWENTA ANG WI-TRIBE.
MABAGAL.
1 MONTH KO PALANG GAMIT, HINDI KO NA MA-ACCESS ANG FACEBOOK AT YAHOOMAIL ACCOUNTS KO.
HINDI AKO MAKAPAG-DL NG TORRENT.
SUCKS BIGTIME!!!!
thanks s mga comments, mag-ssubscribe n dpat ako ngayon.. pldt dsl nlng
hi.. any idea on how to use a landline phone on a wi trbe wireless braodband modem???
Thanks sa lahat ng comment. I was tempted to grab a wi-tribe modem yesterday and the agent almost convinced me. But thumb’s rule for an IT person like me. Research….research….research…. Now I learn to appreciate my current Network. At least it’s connected, at least they have courteous and handy tech’s. It might be slower, but at least it doesn’t suck hehehe. Thanks guys.