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My old Globe Wimax

My old Globe Wimax

Earlier this year I was literally forced by Globe Telecom to ditch my Wimax internet in favor of their new LTE modems.

It was not a pleasant experience. I don’t write much about my Globe Wimax/LTE in this blog. I focused more on my mobile data especially their unfair usage policy (FUP).

TL;DR version – I endured bad connection with Globe Wimax. Just when it was getting fixed, I got forced into a Globe Tattoo Home LTE plan. No more unlimited internet, still the same set of problems. Only worse.

A Rocky Start with Globe Wimax

To provide a backstory, I got my Wimax connection in June 2011. Right at the bat, I experienced slow browsing, intermittent connection and even selective browsing. I was an online article writer at that time so you can just imagine my frustration as I could not complete tasks which ended up me getting fired from 4 clients. I wanted to cut the Wimax but I was threatened with a disconnection fee of the whole 24 months (to which they now deny) of monthly recurring fee of 995 pesos every month. That was a total of … continue reading this entry.

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