Wi-Tribe 4G Broadband Launched

wow… really 4G? hmh.. sounds like the food suppliment. :-D

Kidding aside, this is a good entry to the just 3 provider not counting the bayantel wireless… the big 3 are basically locked on just one price plan, since they can control both the price and the service that they provide to the customer. With Wi-Tribe/WiMax they might think twice and offer more to their existing customer and prospective customer. Specially if Wi-Tribe/SMC start flexing their marketing muscles.. and I do mean flex!!!

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It’s too expensive! Albeit they are using the latest technology, it doesn’t matter if it’s priced the same as any other wi-fi/broadband offering. Internet should become cheaper & cheaper every year because these telcos recover part their initial capital every time they milk the cash cow->this is us. I hope that the cost of Internet becomes regulated soon by the government else we would be stuck with this kind of price cartel. Internet promotes progress, & I wish that progress becomes cheap soon…

I wish bandwidth providers will start approaching this from the other way around: start offering it on the areas that does not get enough coverage and then work from there towards the already “serviced” market. I know it means an increased cost but it means going from a captive market and expanding to the “leftovers” on established markets, rather than going the other way around.

ciao!

Yea i see their ads all over gilmore when i pass by :)

oh and here’s another blog entry

http://magos-biologis.blogspot.com/2010/02/is-wi-tribe-covering-up-something.html

showing how to reduce the lock in period to 3 months, however, the wi-tribe official website seems to have covered it up

and BTW, AFAIK the cap is either off or increased if you have a trial account

typo, 6 months not 3 months

They did a testing from my apartment and they failed miserably. The device didn’t even made a connection. Like most of the DSL providers, I think it still depends on your location. I live in Mandaluyong.

Beta testing in Mandaluyong. 1 bar. Virtually unusable. Considering that there’s a bunch of Wi-Tribe posters near our house :D

4G? i don’t think so.. They might as well stick to the actual technology instead of misleading the public. As far as I’m concerned 4G is reserved for LTE.

@Adrian I suggest you let them test it from your house. There’s no universal experience for this. I’m just not too comfortable with this. Do they have their own cell sites or do they piggyback on other networks. If so, what if their user base increase? It’s too risky to dump your current provider for this one. Unless your provider is really that crappy.

4G refers to the fourth generation of cellular wireless standards. It is a successor to 3G and 2G standards and must have data rate of up to 100 MBps for high mobility such as mobile access.

As of the moment, 4G or Long Term Evolution (LTE)is only available in 2 countries, Sweden and Norway. So, not yet available in Phils.

@MIKE

4G would generally refer to both Wimax and LTE but also refers to any wideband wireless technology even WiBro which is a non-standard wireless from S. Korea.

Hey Abe it is kinda cheap though I will still go for SkyBroadband it is 12mbps.

Look like not all of Metro Manila is covered. They better boost the signal first.

3GB capping? does that mean i have to share 3GB with my family. even if i get it for my own use i might consume it in less than a week. possibly in a day even. gawin niyo naman 10GB! pero teka… unlimited nga pala ako ngayon… tsk!

4G and yet i get 1mbps? i can get that with 3g. other telcos even offer higher speeds with the same speed or even faster with 3g. unlimited pa. 1mbps nowadays is …basic.

If i pay you in full for the equipment you still lock me in for 6 months? thats ridiculous! you better let me go whenever i want to. and you should give me a lower monthly rate. i paid you in full! it covers the cost for the equipment right? locking me for 6 months is not enough a reason for me to pay you P4000 outright. who are you kidding?

wi-tribe… you’re not giving us a reason to transfer. you’re giving us a reason to laugh! i bet other telcos are laughing at you right at this very moment. sana gumawa na lang kayo ng parehas na offering baka lumipat pa kami sa inyo for “reliability” because of wimax.

you guys better turn this around… what a waste. no competition. only a dumb person would ever fall for this… or might as well… make such a package.

Visited the booth in Mandaluyong Circle and had a speedtest (.net and io) try. It only registered up to 800kbps. They insisted I try it with their own speedtest url, but it was still around that range.

For me, that speed is the same as the one that I am currently subscribed with. I’ll settle with what I have, for now.

According to the sales lady, they’ll soon offer a 12mo and 6mo lock-in period, but you’ll have to pay 5K for the modem and 2.5K, respectively. But I wonder if they’ll increase their speed soon.

And btw, for those who gave feedback, thanks for sharing the 3GB download cap. Upon reaching that, they’ll cap you down to 512kbps.

i am one of the agents of wi-tribe here in las pinas. to tell you the truth nawalan ako ng gana sa company na to. why? to become a sales agent you must first subscribe to their service or else you will not be able to sell their product. FTW!!! to think na hindi pa covered yung area namin. parang pyramiding scheme… and the 3Gb cap is such a total failure on their part! most of the websites today are rich in multimedia content. pano na kung manood ka ng youtube in HD? saglit na saglit lang yung 3GB na yun. and to be fair sa kanila 1am to 7am libre na download to sawa ka na kasi hindi mababawasan yung 3Gb allocation mo… I hope na baguhin nila ang marketing strategy nila para ma push ang product nila.

Oh, and I got the service in November when they launched the trial.

the marketing “whiz” lost his magic?

Well that’s disappointing. I have been looking forward to it since I badly need a back up ISP. Globe and Smart both fail miserably in our area and Sky broadband isn’t available yet.

SUPER BAGAL NG CONNECTION even though d2 pa ko sa pinakamalapit na coverage 5/5 bars na bagal pa!! grabe talaga!!! so disappointing!!nag lagay pa ng CAPPED

Why say 4G then you can only give a limit of 1mbps and 3GB Cap limit?

My house is that of line-of-site with a Smart tower in our place (around 1.75KM away, because I also have a canopy antenna-too slow), I just use a 3.5G HSDPA stick and it can give me full 2.0mbps burst rate speed. You can only give a variable 1mbps, it could be 1.0 or lower.

Another thing, wimax is a wide ranged wi-fi. As far as I know, 1 wimax router has a range of almost 50 Kilometers or 30 miles. That is why it has a better connectivity. Makati is not too far away to Mandaluyong, but as I read this blog, I see a post that he is having a poor signal.

This technology should then be improved because it could be a shame if it is not.

No Sky in our area (San Juan). I want something like Sky, P 1,000 a month, faster than Globe. Maski not as fast as Sky, me kasama ng landline, tapos wireless so I can bring it everywhere. Now that’s the perfect broadband for me! Kase Smart is not that reliable or fast yet.

if ur living in madaluyong, the neaest node of wi-tribe is in california garden along Libertad St.,
they set-up a facility atop of one of the buildings there in california garden..if u are nearby in that area most likely you’ll get the max speed.

Actually I applied for the plan already… Fair Usage? it’s fair if you are a professional and that internet usage is crucial to check mails or do banking stuff, but for young lads like us, putting a 3gig cap is just B*LLSH@#T! they should have advertised “Wi-Tribe… for professional use only and not for young users who loves to download, play streaming videos, and do online gaming!” this is one crappy service I tell you, it’s not worth the price. I feel cheated. To think I’m just watching videos in youtube. fair usage, yeah right, bet this company won’t make it in the long run if they run such crappy rules.

base from their website, you only have to download stuff during off-peak hours 1am-7am, yeah right as if everybod is awake do that.. I wish SMC could read this message and take drastic measures about this “Fair Usage” crap, and this 3gig cap, or change their ads and stop manipulating people.