Last month, I subscribed to Globe’s Mobile Broadband service and was kinda impressed with it. Barely a month, however, my Globe Visibility’s been making some shutters here and there already.
At first, I just let them pass. But now, the connection problems are becoming more and more frequent, it’s starting to bother annoy me already. The promised 3G connection is not being met (I usually get GPRS/EDGE connection only), and sometimes I can’t even connect at all. The worst thing is, I’m still paying the same amount (plus VAT pfft) but not getting my money’s worth. Boo.
Just now, after about three hours of trying, and moving around the house to see where I can get a good signal, and a call to Globe’s 24 hour customer support (which didn’t really help at all), I finally got a (lousy) GPRS connection. I tried searching for HELP online and found myself back to Marc’s post about his own Globe Visibility subscription. This time, however, the thread’s grown longer, and I realized that I wasn’t alone after all.
Really now. I can just imagine how many bloggers (and IT professionals) are subscribed to Globe Visibility. Aren’t they aware of what angry bloggers can do?
Angry bloggers -> bad reviews -> bad publicity -> indelible mark (in the form of pages and pages of cached information) to their company brand.
Something has to be done about this. Globe? Help? (Francis? You there?)
reah says:
im thinking of subscribing..should i or should i not? =)
May 15th, 2007 at 2:39 am
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May 20th, 2007 at 6:36 am
Jeff says:
I had a lot of problems with Globe visibility. So i do not really recommend it.
Had a chance to participate in a survey group of an outsource company regarding globe’s globe visibility. Most of us subscibers are not ok with globe visibility. We all voice out our experience. Can’t believe globe actually didn’t do anything about it.
As i said on the survey….”it is a false advertisement by globe”. I know how 1MB speed is…I am a network engineer.
By the way, vista is already ok with the huawei 220 card. Just not tested for backwards compatibility to xp once upgraded. Firmware upgrade is a risky thing.
May 23rd, 2007 at 2:09 am
Junelle says:
I’ll wait till broadband gets into my place :))
not even Smart Bro could reach (with the tagline - kahit saan sa pinas abot) … Di ako sa bukid nakatira … sa isang baranggay lang 
1 baryo away from the City … not too far … but hard to get a good internet connection here … I feel so lost 
I bought a LOTE within the CITY for this reason … and a house yet to build :(( expenses … expenses how could I live with this …
Will it be the same? The globe wireless broadband …
My place is really far from the city
October 24th, 2007 at 12:08 am