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.
Been using bayantel evdo. FYI – Its not fast but really consistent pag may coverage around metro manila. Mga Php 999 per month but you get unlimited downloads at 0.5-0.6 mbps and walang usage cap! Have bro (usb) and tattoo but inconsistent speed. Unbelievable that they deliver this speed without cap wirelessly. Was supposed to get wi-tribe as a faster alternative until I saw the usage caps!!!
San Miguel is a reputable company, hope they don’t destroy it over a small subsidiary.
Let the Image do the Talking!
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guys lets all create a DTI complaint para matauhan ang wi-tribe
For complaints, these may be directed to the NTC at
http://portal.ntc.gov.ph/wps/portal/!ut/p/_s.7_0_A/7_0_9D?cID=6_0_HG&nID=7_0_S2#
Cannot access pdf of NTC complaint submission form (public assistance). Its an official doc, I think they need to undertake some action when a certain number of complaints is officially received (i.e. discuss complaint with telco). If you have time, you may have to follow through with the complaint at NTC to get the problem addressed. Maybe better if you can show that those who demanded a refund due to the cap limit was not granted by wi-tribe (documented) before the complaint is filed at NTC.
Bad side of Wi-Tribe is that You have “Limited Bandwidth” per month.
Plan 795 only has 6GB Monthly Bandwidth and if You use it all up, Your connection would be next to nothing for the rest of the month.
I suggest you do the research muna. Wi-Tribe’s website says it all about the capacity, the speed, the terms and conditions, etc. The image showed by user Dan is maybe on a case-to-case basis. Good thing is that the sales agents offer free demo before they will let you subscribe to their service.
“Cap replied on Apr 6th, 2010 at 11:36 pm (90)
and ayan pang isa na iba iba ANG RATE ng WI-TRIBE ang mga nalalaman ko “may Official Php998/1MBPS†“may Unofficial na Php999/2MBPS†tapos eto nanaman na “Unofficial Php799/2MBPS†ANU BANG WI-TRIBE NA TOH PINAGLALARUAN BA TAYU??, MALAKING KALOKOHAN TOH, AT KASINUNGALINGAN!! TSK! TSK! TSK! TSK”
San mo ba kase nakuha yan? Refer to their website nalang.
“U.N. Owen replied on Apr 23rd, 2010 at 10:35 am (105)
Bad side of Wi-Tribe is that You have “Limited Bandwidth†per month.
Plan 795 only has 6GB Monthly Bandwidth and if You use it all up, Your connection would be next to nothing for the rest of the month.”
As far as I know they don’t offer Plan 795. They have Plan 998. Even if they have a 6GB capacity, at least you experience the advertised speeds. Do you think you get more than 6GB with the speed of other service providers?
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i’m a youtube addict, a p2p loader as well. if i am going to switch to wi-tribe, will my life be ruined because of 3GB cap?
a 4G with 1MBPS speed?
one posted that his wi-tribe connection is worse in diliman, i am from diliman so i’ll take his word for it..
@Myks nag search po ako para lng dyan and I found out na meron ngang Wi-Tribe Sales Agent na nag papasubscribe ng 2MBPS na for less, para lng dumami yung subscribers nila!, and nag IM ako sa isang sales agent nila and honest naman na sinabi nya na Oo may mga Sales Agent na nag papasubscribe ng 2MBPS na for less, and isa na sya dun… and meron din yung di nila nilalagyan ng CAP limit…
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@Cap, AFAIK, everything in their website is OFFICIAL. So kung may problem ka sa Wi-Tribe connection mo (if you really are a subscriber, that is), better to contact them first before directing the complaint to DTI. My suggestion lang.
@Myks: seems na supporter ka ng wi-tribe or baka employee ka nila… on my case i’ve tried to contact the support, email and even talk to the sales rep na ngbenta skn ng plan and to no avail. mali kasi ang presentation sa akin ang sabi kasi sa akin ay downloads lang daw(p2p) ang covered ng cap nila so i thought ok sya but it turns out mali ang sinabi sa akin and lahat pala covered. now nagreklamo na ako sa DTI and i suggest kayo din gumawa na din nito and better yet pati sa NTC mgreklamo na din kayo…
Pak u wi-tribe mga manloloko kaung plos…
ganda ganda nung first 5 days mga putangina nyo…
mamatay na kau… mabilis pa dial up sainyu mga gagu…
I did a little research on wi-tribe pricing all over the world currently wi-tribe is available in 3 countries Pakistan, Jordan and Philippines each of them have different prices for services and they have different allocation(cap) for each plan. I did a comparison with their 1mbps plans and here’s what I’ve found out in the Philippines we have a 998php for 1mbps with a 6gb cap while on Pakistan they have 1mbps plan with 15gb allocation for 1600Pr. Jordan on the other hand does not have a 1mbps plan so I’ll tackle that later. 1 Pakistan rupee = 0.525921659 Philippine pesos doing the math we have 1600Pr=841.4746544Php(kitang kita na ang layo sa presyo natin pero mas sulit sa 15gb na limit)
Jordan offers 1.5mbps with 10gb monthly cap worth 286 JD annually and since 1 Jordanian dinar = 62.5677951 Philippine pesos 286 JD = 17894.3893986Php lets divide this by 12(for monthly) this will be equal to 1491.19911655Php lets multiply this by 2/3(to get a rough estimate of the price if they are offering 1mbps) we will have 994.1327443666667php as for the monthly cap we multiply it by 2/3 again to get a feasible allocation so we will have 6.67gb.(pati ditto talo ang mga pinoy mas malapit man ang presyo di hamak na mas malaki kahit papaano ang allocated limit). Ayoko na magsalita pa baka mahalata nyo na wala akong magawa.. biktima din ako ng wi-tribe ang akin lang maging fair sila.
hehe ayos dito! meron ata ahente na nagtatangol hehehe bka hindi pa bumababa ang connection mo sakin 1mbps dati ang sarap mag surf at games ngaun 50kbps na lang bwisit kaya d2 na lang sa site na to ako napunta
langya un agent ayaw ng sumagot ng phone un costumer service naman hintayin ko na lang daw mag refresh next month para bumalik 1mbps speed or mag move more ng P200.00 per gigabytes langya sabi ko pa terminate ko na lang line kesa maghintay ako ng 3weeks kelangan daw bayaran ko 24months na lockin tsktsktsk
stone age tribe panahon pa ng ninuno ko sistema nyo daig pa dial up. hindi kayo marunong magpaliwanag dapat una palang sinasabi nyo na sa mga subscriber na un cap na 6gigabytes monthly allowance ay hindi lang sa pagdownload pati sa pag browse pa lang kasama na lalo na pag lagi sa youtube o mga games sa facebook langya 6gb monthly usage allowance nyo pang 2 to 3 days lang yun. kaya pala hindi kayo nagpapabalik ng ahente para sa billing takot siguro kayo ihagis sainyo modem nyo
hi po sa lahat,
ano young sinasabi ng isang poster na may 14 days money back guarantee? totoo ba ito? sana totoo para ipacancel ko na ang aking subscription, how true is this?
thanks po sa lahat at good luck sa ating mga naguyo hayyyyyyyyyy
ok this is good at the start but after reaching 6gb capacity boom welcome to hell!!! speed connection sucks after 2weeks of usage due to 6gb capacity limit. dont be fooled
nagfile na rin ako ng complain sa DTI!!!
hindi pupwede n ganito for the rest of my subscription period (24 months)
ni hindi man lang ako makapag open ng gmail account ko kaya balik na me sa sun broadband prepaid!!!
mantakin nyo un nag sign up pra sa up to 1MBps nila tapos bagsak ko pala eh sun broadband prepaid?
nakakahiya ako at nakakahiya lalo ang wi-tribe
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@ginta
ganyan din ang sabi sa akin ng customer service
pag nagpaterminate daw ako ng contract eh babayaran ko 998 x 24months + 5000 for the CPE
hayyyyyy mga ulupong sa lupa!!!!
sana matulungan ako kahit papaano ng DTI!!!
magcomplain na po tayong lahat sa mga tamang ahensiya ng gobyerno!!!KARAPATAN NATIN ITO BILANG MGA CONSUMER!!!
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I live in Marikina and currently, marami akong nakikitang booths ng Wi-Tribe so I got interested. Buti na lang, I did my research before approaching them. I saw that they have had bad reviews, but I was still willing to try (note: TRY).
So I called up an agent to demo it in my home. At first, sa labas namin tinry ung modem (as in labas ng bahay, naka extension lang ung power cord nya). Aba, 4/5 bars inabot ng signal pero napansin ko, bumabagsak din sa 3 bars pag ginagalaw.
So I thought, ok na rin. However, nung tinest ko sa speedtest.net, aba .5Mbps lang. Sabi ko, naka 512 Kbps plan ba yan ? But the agent insisted na 1Mbps ung modem na un.
Then we tried inside the house, pag pasok lang mismo sa loob, bagsak na kaagad to 2 bars ung signal. Ooops, right then and there, duda nako sa magiging performance.
Sabi ng agent, mas maganda daw pag sa mataas na lugar, so akyat kami sa 2nd floor. Hopya! bagsak sa 1 bar ! Hmn, kala ko ba mas maganda pag mas mataas ?
To cut the long story short, I declined the subscription, kasi I needed a reliable backup to my current connection. Eh di hamak na mas reliable/stable pa ung current ko kesa sa kanila. Unless siguro na meron silang unit na may antenna, malamang hindi usable indoors sa area namin to. Even then, malamang papa test ko muna at least ung signal bago ako magsa subscribe.