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.
Hey Guys,
the technician didn’t came, Let’s bring this down to DTI… Let’s file our complaints together para mas mabigat gravity. They really can’t live up to their promises! let us set a date and gather as much people that we can.
mabuti pa palang itong bayan dsl na dsl kahit gegewang gewang hindi naman nawawalan ng signal ng maghapon…
buti na lang di pa ako nagsubscribe niyang wi-tribe… tsk tsk tsk..
anu ba mas mganda globe wimax o wi-tribe?
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???
nkita ko lang na sa globe wimax walang cap
ung iba nga lng my problema sa signal.
nkita ko rin sa you tube nila na stable ung connection at ung upload speed nila mganda din talagang 1mbps.anganda pa ng modem nila may design kumpara sa modem ntin.mukang cover ng dvd.
mrun tower ng wimax globe malapit samin
syang naka witribe nako 2 years pa.
anu ba mas mganda globe wimax o wi-tribe?
globe wimax vs wi-tribe.???
nkita ko lang na sa globe wimax walang cap
ung iba nga lng my problema sa signal.
nkita ko rin sa you tube nila na stable ung connection at ung upload speed nila mganda din talagang 1mbps.anganda pa ng modem nila may design kumpara sa modem ntin.mukang cover ng dvd.
mrun tower ng wimax globe malapit samin
syang naka witribe nako 2 years pa.
I’ve tested the sample gadget located at Waltermart Makati. Bago ako lumapit the old sales lady whatsoever keeps on bragging about its features and I was really surprised. it took 3 minutes to open youtube site, it took more than 5 minutes to view the complete 3min. video at yung pinaka masayang moment, ultimo magbukas ng email…. napakasimpleng gmail acct. took 99yrs. to be over exaj. so Wi-tribe 4G MABUHAY ka!!!… sa kalokohan.
Why tribe? Wi-Tribe can suck the mother fucking life out of my hairy balls. Their mother fucking service sucks, if I see their boss I can just shot him right on the face
Guys,
nakausap ko yung customer support nila about their pathetic ping test and speed test results…. punta daw sila sa bahay to check the unit… almost 1 month na ko gumagamit ng wi-tribe and my average speed is no more than 200kbps and grabe latency 300+ms. I’ll keep you guys posted kung ano mangyayari. punta daw sila sa May 9
im glad im hearing compliments for wi-tribe
my only wish is that you’ll not be joining us sooner or later in our grouches!
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My speedtest using Wi-Tribe 4g just now is…
download: 1.49mb/s
upload: 0.25mb/s
Screenshot
http://www.speedtest.net/result/806512713.png
since launch, my brother got the 1mbps already (around march 2010). we are 4 at home — only me and my brother is the heavy user (spell torrents).
for the record, last month was the worst. around april 25, our surfing speed was averaging around 128kbps.
well, we called witribe and they told us that 128 is the threshold. sana taasan nila yun 6gb.
overall, im happy na they are doing what they promise.
naka-experience na ako ng sobrang lala. gano kalala? walang internet. zero kbps speed. antagal ko nagtiis dun sa ISP na yon. pag may nagtanong chaka ko sasabihin.
@Dell
Thank you! The article is enlightening!
More power to us!
Hmm muntik na din ako kumuha nito.. buti nalang nabasa ko tong forum regarding the cap. mababa nga sya. Tska masakit sa ulo ung contract. Bakit di nyo pala itry na tawagan ung agent at sabihin nyo may kukuha ulit dahil sa ganda at bilis ng serbisyo nila, sabay hagis sa kanila ng modem pag dumating. Suggestion lang,hehe.. Thnx for the forum kahit d ako biktima sasali din ako laban sa mga bastardong eto. =)
Para d lumalala yung init natin sa wi-tribe Please Read this http://yopintech.blogspot.com/2010/05/top-ten-brain-damaging-habits.html
As of now, I would tend to agree that Smart is getting better. In fact, I am now using Smart Unlisurf 200 and today Monday is my 5th and final day with the service. What is my verdict with Smart’s service? BETTER AND MORE ENJOYABLE NOW.
Could you just imagine what I’m going through right now? I’m paying 998 to pre-historic wi-tribe and on-top of that I’m spending hundreds for Smart just to get a DECENT and CONSISTENT service.
I can’t do anything but look for viable options/alternative that would pacify my intense desire to have a good and reliable service and ensure my satisfaction. After all I’m spending my hard-earned money.
BASED ON MY EXPERIENCE WITH WI-TRIBE SO FAR AND IF WI-TRIBE FAILS TO ADDRESS THESE PROBLEMS PROMPTLY AND APPROPRIATELY, WI-TRIBE’S BUSINESS IN METRO MANILA IS DOOMED TO FACE EXTINCTION IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS.
WI-TRIBE SUCKS!!! after 15 days of using it, it suddenly dropped my connection speed to 128 kbps. I called the hotline and they said that I already reached the 6GB limit. Sabi ko, WTF!, anu un? I was never informed that there was an allocated speed for internet usage. The salesman never mentioned it, the term and conditions never mentioned it. We pay 998php/month for 128 kbps? WTF di ba? The marketing style/strategy of Wi-Tribe is like a cake with poison. It’s more like a “TROJAN”.
Sasabihin nila na 4G and constant speed and then malalaman mo nlng na nareach mo ndaw ung allocated speed mo?
For those who are with teh same shoes as me, let’s file a complaint against this CRAP/JUNK at http://dtincr.ph/complaint.php
This is really psychologically getting into my nerves.!!!
sabi nila ngayung may 1 magiging maganda yung speed nila mmmmm… ganun pa rin yung speed ng net nila sa ngayun hayyy… talaga ….. he he he ..
Smartbro usb is better than what they offer. . .
If they’ll make the service a bit cheaper than smartbro , they might get lots of subscribers.
People are getting more practical as time passes by, so this is not the best option. .Just my opinion.
@humblecreature
sorry ngaun ko lang nabasa yung post mo… samonday tetext kita kung pupunta ako and kung may updates…
@wondershinobi
AFAIK kung hindi mo namemeet ang speed na 1mbps in speedtest from day 1 pwede mo na actually ibalik yan sa kanila and cancel to save you the trouble…(sana bilisan mo b4 nila maactivate ang account mo sa server nila)… sabi kasi sakin ng supervisor ng wi-tribe they only accept return of the product without the need to pay the 24-month lock up period kung mameet mo ang isa sa mga sumusunod
*not servicable lugar mo(1bar or worst ang signal)
*from the begginning ang bagal na ng speed mo and hindi mo naeenjoy ang so called 4g speeds(so run a speedtest dapat ang constant speed nyan ay .90-1mbps
@all
may 1 ngaun and my speed is not yet refreshed i called them and they told me na they are working on it… i told them na ang bilis nyo mgthrottle down ng speed ang bagal nyo mgrestore… i suggest you guys do the same kung ganito din ang issue nyo…(this will serve as evidence na sobrang crappy ng serbisyo nila)…just make sure to acquire the case number from the customer service
Just an update. I exit my Utorrent program and got 0.92 mbps..so ganun pala. By the way, sampaloc area here.
New subscriber ako ng Wi-Tribe, getting 3-4 signals at random instances. 2 days pa lang ako with them and I am crossing my finger after reading a lot of horror stories here. In a day, I consume 300mbps na upload/download speed, medyo kukulangin ata ako sa 6GB sana nga taasan nila yung CAP! I guess my only complaint for now is the fact that I am not getting 1 MBPS, naglalaro lang siya from 0.26mbps – 0.90 mbps..meron most of the time nasa 0.50mbps eh. So I am not getting their promised speed considering I am getting 3-4 bars – considered as high signal na siya.