GLOBE Question

[misseksaherada]

You have activated vowifi and volte? That helps your call signal and sms signal by using your home wifi.

Naalala ko nung mahina pa signal sa amin. Hanap ako medyo mataas na lupa dahil may interview na tatawag for work. Nakaka kapit ako sa sanga ng puno habang nasa call para medyo mataas ng konti. Bagsak pa rin sa Interview dahil sa dami ng drop. [emoji23]

Smart postpaid ako dahil dyan kahit halos lahat ng katrabaho ko at kaibigan naka-Globe. [emoji23]

OT: Ako naman kaya naka-postpaid, alternative internet connection ko yung mobile internet. Kapag biglaan ako mawalan ng internet sa bahay habang naka-work from home at kalagitnaan pa ng meeting. Ang hassle kung prepaid, nataon pa na wala load maghahanap ng kung anong promo at mag-load.
Dagdag isipin pa..
"Kailan nga uli yung expiration?"
"Kailangan ko nga pala mag-load bago umalis ng bahay, mahirap maghanap ng load sa labas"
"Errr.. nakalimutan ko mag-load"

[Walter]

after about 20yrs of being a globe postpaid subscriber, I went prepaid when I can retain my old number.
lowest postpaid plan is 599 wd 2gb/mo, unli call/txt to all networks. thats it. OTOH, prepaid plan can be had for 99php 8gb unli txt/call all network valid for 7days. doesnt make sense why prepaid is cheaper than postpaid.

Lower priority on calls, data and SMS ... Unli calls usually get cut off in 10-15 minutes depending no network load ... essentially, prepaid is allocated the "unused" allocation of postpaid in the network ...

[Walter]

Simula nauso cellphone (nokia pa dati) hanggang ngayon, hindi na nag-improve ang signal ng Globe sa area namin.. Baka sa cell site? Basta kapag nasa loob na ng bahay, wala na signal.. Kailangan pa lumabas ng bahay sa part na walang bubong para makatawag or send ng text..
Buti na lang sa internet napakaganda naman ng customer service nila sa area namin.. Kaya kahit mahal yung plan nila kumpara sa ibang internet service providers nag-stay pa din ako sa Globe..

Get a signal booster ... check Lazada / Shopee ...

[battaglin]

The only reason I stay on postpaid eh ang daming OTP sa number ko. Iniisip ko baka makalimot ako eh mag expire sim ko.

But I have to be dead to forget to load for a year. [emoji23]

Is it easy to convert to prepaid? You didn't experience a lot of sales talk and convincing from their rep?

easy lng convert to prepaid sa globe. you hv to go sa globe store mismo, settle remaining bills lng.
yeah concerned ako dati kasi you cant use your old number. buti pde na ma retain.
hindi naman nagsales talk masyado to remain wd postpaid. just one pitch and I said No lng.

marami namang choices sa globe one ng prepaid promos. still way cheaper than postpaid.

[battaglin]

Lower priority on calls, data and SMS ... Unli calls usually get cut off in 10-15 minutes depending no network load ... essentially, prepaid is allocated the "unused" allocation of postpaid in the network ...

hindi ko alam yan ah. well di ko rin naman na-feel na 2nd class ang prepaid calls.
anyway Im not heavy on calls, and I almost never reach 15min talktime😀

[dr. d]

go GOMO !
heh heh.

[Walter]

hindi ko alam yan ah. well di ko rin naman na-feel na 2nd class ang prepaid calls.
anyway Im not heavy on calls, and I almost never reach 15min talktime��

Telcos will always tell you that postpaid and prepaid service is the same ... for light users and non-critical calls ... prepaid is fine ... also using prepaid ... take note during calamities or when system is overloaded (e.g., Christmas, New Year) ... postpaid numbers will connect faster and more reliably compared to prepaid ...

[Walter]

go GOMO !
heh heh.

The issue with GOMO is that "topping up" load to avoid getting disconnected is costly for light users ... for those who do not use up their data allocation within a year ... topping up will cost at least 299 ... compared to SMART Magic Data ... you can top up with only 5 or 10 pesos ... was mentioned somewhere that even if you're data is non-expiring ... your SIM card will expire after no load activity ... they say 1 year ... not sure if this is true or not ... have a GOMO approaching 1 year with 90% data unused ... will find out soon ...

[dr. d]

The issue with GOMO is that "topping up" load to avoid getting disconnected is costly for light users ... for those who do not use up their data allocation within a year ... topping up will cost at least 299 ... compared to SMART Magic Data ... you can top up with only 5 or 10 pesos ... was mentioned somewhere that even if you're data is non-expiring ... your SIM card will expire after no load activity ... they say 1 year ... not sure if this is true or not ... have a GOMO approaching 1 year with 90% data unused ... will find out soon ...

yes, it probably depends on one's usage.
my 300 peso load would last me at least 6 months of relatively heavy use. calls, texts, images and videos, zooms, vibers...
i rarely use my smart load anymore.
all told, my annual cellphone bill would be about 6300 bucks.

[BratPAQ]

The issue with GOMO is that "topping up" load to avoid getting disconnected is costly for light users ... for those who do not use up their data allocation within a year ... topping up will cost at least 299 ... compared to SMART Magic Data ... you can top up with only 5 or 10 pesos ... was mentioned somewhere that even if you're data is non-expiring ... your SIM card will expire after no load activity ... they say 1 year ... not sure if this is true or not ... have a GOMO approaching 1 year with 90% data unused ... will find out soon ...

I had a gomo expired after one year dami pa ng data. On my next gomo I converted most data to GrabFood vouchers or lazada vouchers. According to my computation mas malaki value ng voucher kaysa sa value ng data kaya pwede na pang ubos ng data before 1 year reloading.