Globe and Smart Broadband

I've been noticing that quite anumber of hits to my blog site concerns myprevious post on the Smart and Globe broadband we have at home. When I posted that, our Globe account was still new. So, after a couple of months of using it and after a year of SmartBro, what can I/we say?

For SmartBro, my bro's been using that mainly for his online gaming. I rarely use it now except when Globe keeps on acting up and he's not using that account. I did, however, notice that he's complaining quite recently. Well, not as much as we complain about Globe. There are times the connection drops but gets connected again fast and it's affecting his game. If that was me, it would've been ok as I just normally surf, post of forums, upload stuff, and download torrents. My sister has no problems with using it so I guess I can sayusing it is still ok.

Move on to our Globe broadband account. My sister got the 1mbps packaged with a landline. The landline isn't cheap. You have to pay per minute to contact non-globe landline numbers. And the charge is more expensive than PLDT's prepaid landline. As for the internet connection, the speedtest shows 1mbps download speed, alright, with 300+kbps of upload speed. It's connected to our wireless router so that I can use it, too. The problem is that there are quite a lot of times the connection gets terminated and takes time getting reconnected. I'm not sure if it's a router problem but we did use the router with the Smartbro account before and we didn't experience this kind of problem. My sis has alsosaid that when she paid her bill at the Globe center, quite anumber of people were complaining about terminated connections -- during the times we experience the problem also. So, it might not be our wireless router after all. Quite disappointing, really. I hope this problem gets solved.

Just recently, I've read on a certain forum that SUN has started to offer 3.5G broadband services. Those who got one seemed to like the service so far. So I hurriedly searched Sun's website only to find out that it's being offered in Makati, Manila, Mandaluyong, Quezon City, Las Pinas, Paranaque, Pasay, and Pasig only. 3.5G broadband plus unlimited calls and text, it's surely quite a value for money. Sad to say, I'd probably have to wait for a couple of months or even a year for that tobe available here...