So Globe Telecom came out today with another teaser for their LTE service. Dubbed, Globe Tattoo Black, the soon-to-be-launched LTE service also promises speeds of up to 42Mbps with a monthly service fee that starts at Php1,799.
And that’s all that we know of the Globe Tattoo Black for now. There’s no mention of the dongle (although we suspect it’s going to be the same Huawei 4G dongle), the coverage areas or if there’s any bandwidth cap.
The newspaper ad on the Inquirer today says it all.
If Globe is going to keep its motto “Live without Limits” as shown in the print ad, are we then to say that their LTE service will be unlimited? We’ll have to ask them this Tuesday during the round-table discussion.
It would be a big hit is they’d really offer unlimited LTE for only Php1,799 a month.
Update: Globe posted the details on their blog here.
Tattoo Black Plan 1799 is up to 28Mbps at Php1,799 per month.
Tattoo Black Elite 2499 is up to 42Mbps at Php2,499 per month.
The plan comes with a free Superstick dongle.
The Globe Tattoo Black uses both LTE and HSPA+ so the connection is still high even if you’re outside the coverage area. And both plans are unlimited according to Globe’s rep I talked to this afternoon!
Updated: There’s still no final list of coverage but the first city to get LTE is whole of Makati.
Their data cap is too low… these days 12-15GB per month of data cap is nothing. What’s the point of LTE if you are just going to use up all the bandwidth very quickly?
*Unlimited browsing is until January 31, 2013 only, after which data volume cap will be implemented: 12 GB for Plan 1799 and 15 GB for Plan 2499.
it’s written on their website..
The data cap of globe only applies to supersurf, wimax,and dsl. The rest of their products don’t have a data cap. Each product have it’s own cap.
source: globe’s fair use policy on their website
Can we order only one “Samsung Galaxy Note to China dual Zim for personal use? That can connect to the internet?
challenge for LTE-ready devices:
it drains battery dramatically.
consider that when you intend to use LTE on your mobile phone.
a back-up battery when charger is not accessible..
or a not-so high expectations of how long will your juice lasts.
Reklamo kayo ng reklamo, kung gusto niyo ng unlimited at stable na connection, kumuha kayo ng DSL line! O baka mas gusto niyo yung mobile wireless pa din dahil may hacks para libre ang gamit? Jeez, magbayad kayo! Ang mobile wireless hindi yan magiging stable kung hindi kokontrolin ng carrier ang data ng mga subscribers, magiging congested pa yan.
Kaya sa mga matakaw sa torrents ng pirated contents, ahem, kumuha kayo ng fixed line. Kung ayaw niyo magbayad then shut up, wala kayong karapatan magreklamo.
Asses!
I whole-heartedly agree. Fair-Use policy is created for the general welfare and not for a few. if you “REQUIRE” higher bandwidth/speed, you have to upgrade and pay the price accordingly.
may daily data capping na din ang fixed dsl lines ng globe (5mbps ko is 10gig per day, after nun 1.5mbps na lang sya).
pero mga old subscribers na hindi nag upgrade wala pang capping.
PLDT dsl – no capping :D