Globe caps SuperSurf at 800MB per day

i think globe knows that 800mb per day sucks thats why they didnt put it as the name of the promo or even as a slogan of this promo. they knew it themselves that it may cost them the market if the consumers immediately know that it has an 800mb cap, its an obvious turn off.

I’ve used globe prepaid during the sign off of NU 107 and I did not make it ’til 12 MN… The cap back then was 1GB and lasted more or less 5 hours of media streaming… now it’s 800 MB… it’s not unlimited after all… it’s deceiving that TelCo’s does not include their Fair Usage Policy in their ads!

Do they have capping on postpaid unli plan?

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i using globe tatto and aply to unlimited surf for one day tapos bigla nlang na disconect and i call the customer service and they explain thier policy and i said alam ba nyo ang ibig sabihin ng unlimited, nakkagilgil tapat sa ads plang sabihin nila ung totoo.Dapat huwag nilang gamitin ung salitang UNLIMITED kng maging limited or disconect karin sa bandang huli. para sa akin mapa globe o smart parihas silang huwad. gayahin nila ang Mang Inasal yan ang tunay na unlimited (rice)

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rory

Matagal ng may cap ang globe. Nasa website nila mismo http://www.gameops.net/2010/09/globe-telecom-adds-metro-to-super-surf.html

solution:
use “opera turbo” feature in opera browser. i’m sure that you’ll get lower bandwidth since opera turbo compresses all images when you browse the internet.
at least, this is a way for extending your browsing life.

@lolipop
the 1.5gb from smart only applies for their postpaid galaxy tab and n8 unli internet plans.
doesnt apply for prepaid.

and besides as yuga states he only discovered it at the smart website. he didnt experienced it first hand. also who knows if its implemented now.

Due to the limited frequencies assigned to Globe and other telcos, you should not expect to have unlimited data downloads. Unlimited here means you can stay online indefinitely while you are subscribed to the “unlimited” service and haven’t gotten over the maximum bandwidth (sounds ironic).

Mobile telco’s aren’t designed to accomodate heavy downloads. If you are a heavy user, it’s better to have a wired connection.

kakainis tlaga ung 800mb cap. ngaun di na ako makadownload ng torrents. mas maganda ung smart on this. un nga lang wla akong 3g signal dito samin. kaya bumili pa ako ng globe tatoo. pero day 1 pa lg of use prompted na ung 800 mb warning sms. tas kung kelan ka talaga na consume dun rin sya mag resume. ang tagal ko pa nag antay.

yeah right @ commenter mas maganda pa gumamit ng proxy. kaya lg mejo mabagal kumpara sa original setting.

Maiba tayo ng topic sir Abe but related to internet din.. Have you heard http://www.wi-free.com? LEGAL po bang gamitin sa pinas?

800 MB is pretty small these days. Imagine manood ka lang ng youtube ang laki na ng bandwith na macoconsume. What if whole day kang online – I’m sure you can consume more than the 800 MB cap. D ka na rin makakadownload ng movies (download lang ng legal at walang copyright infringement ha :D )

Not happening on me on Postpaid SUPERSURF which is 1,200 on top my bill. I’m using iPhone internet tethering to my MacBook. I downloaded more than 15GB a day. Speed still up to 3Mbps and i get about 2.5Mbps.

@mindyq
cge gumamit ka ng dsl while driving, at the school, mall etc.

I want to try the sun unlimited broadband next time
sana naman mas ok and d madalas mawalan ng signal bars everytime i use myglobe tatto0 usb broadband”,

@daninjakitten

a limit to their unlimited service? the irony..

Technically, you can stretch the Globe Tattoo capping from 800mb to 1,600 Mb per day. That is if you’ll load at some point of the day, say at 12pm, you’ll be able to surf and download for 800 Mb before Globe temporarily stops your subscription. Then, when midnight comes, you’ll be able to start surfing and downloading again till 12pm the next day as your subscription will be terminated on that time whether you reach another 800 Mb or not for the next day.

At this point, you could load and register for another SUPERSURF50 run and basically just do the same till the next day.

I know this because I am experiencing it first hand and daily with my prepaid Globe Tattoo on my laptop.

I use to get furious about Globe capping my Prepaid Internet Connection but after reading Smart’s way of capping, I guess I have to settle with the “lesser evil.” ;-)

buti na lang ako, naka vpn at proxy, cap? dinudugas tayo ng mga telco, tama lang na gantihan natin sila.

internet freedom means free internet access!

@frozenpyro
Totally agree with you. I have had several run-ins with Globe about their so-called unlimited surfing, and some of my emails apparently even made it as far as middle management. The last time I was in contact with them (a few months ago) was when they disconnected my prepaid Tattoo SIM without even warning me because they said I went over their limit on the unlimited service. Of course, I threatened to sue them and to report them to the Ad Standards Council, but unfortunately never got around to it.

Well, pasok pa rin naman yata ang complaints ko sa statute of limitations ng violation nila (as far as I know; will have to check, though) and I downloaded the pages on their site, so wala silang ligtas if I decide to push through with a lawsuit or a formal complaint.

@Abe, when you mention mobile internet here, are you just talking about the internet you use with your usual call & text line or does this also encompass Globe’s Tattoo Broadband / SmartBro prepaid?

From the looks of the Smart cap, mobile browsing would pertain to the likes of Smart Buddy and Smart Gold. Not to SmartBro because the expected usage here is totally different. I would assume that the cap for Globe is also just meant for the net that comes with Globe’s prepaid/postpaid call&text lines. Globe Broadband would have a totally different usage altogether.