What is your wireless connectivity to the internet?

**ghosthunter** · April 15th, 2009 08:34 PM

For those on the move or simply using a portable computer.

What is your current wireless connectivity solution outside of your home or office? Do you use coffee shop wifi or try connecting on unsecured wifi signals? You do use paid wifi providers like Airborne or do you use 3.5G broadband solution like those provided by SUN, Globe and Smart?

Aside from your current wireless solution, what is your preferred wireless connectivity to the internet?

**ghosthunter** · April 15th, 2009 08:41 PM

For me, until recently as two days ago, I was using wifi at coffee shops, malls, some fastfood places (burger king) to connect to the web outside my home and office.

Right now I am testing 3.5G broadband solution from SUN. It's a prepaid kit consisting of a USB dongle that is a 3.5G modem. Just plug it into a USB port, install it's included software and click on CONNECT.

Surfing speeds is pretty quick but I have heard that speed is highly dependent on the location as certain areas have higher 3.5G traffic already. Right now I am using the SUN 3.5G connection to post this message.

Access isn't that expensive... P100 for 300mins.

There is also a postpaid solution which would cost you P799/month. That sounds pretty good but I have three PCs at home which require some degree of web access. Until I can find a 3.5G modem I can connect to my home wifi router, my 3.5G experience will be limited to this pre-paid version.

**boybi** · April 16th, 2009 12:18 AM

On my laptop, I use Smart 3G or 3.5G through my cellphone.

On my PDA Phone, I use Globe 3G.

**ghosthunter** · April 16th, 2009 01:00 AM

Originally Posted by boybi

On my laptop, I use Smart 3G or 3.5G through my cellphone.

On my PDA Phone, I use Globe 3G.

Doesn't that get expensive if you use it extensively?

**boybi** · April 16th, 2009 09:07 AM

Smart costs only P10/30min. Just same as your Sun's P100/300min.

Globe's more expensive. P0.25/kb I think. But I only use Globe when I need to check on something immediately, while along the road, waliking in the mall, etc.

**testament11** · April 16th, 2009 09:31 AM

i use smart bro prepaid and it is my only connection through the net pag nasa bahay ako. pag nasa office, syempre yung nasa office ang ginagamit ko.

yup sir gh, totoo na ang speed is dependent sa location. pag walang 3.5g signal, sorry ka nalang kasi hindi mo magamit ang full potential at hindi mo ma-eenjoy ang speed. and it's true, speeds are up to that, 1.72mbps. one time, i got 1.9mbps pero madaling araw yun.

as for the rate, para ka lang nagrent ng pc sa computer shop kasi same rate din ang bayaran, 20 petot for 1 hour. not bad pero pag malakas ka naman mag-internet o magdownload ng malalaking files, talo ka dito. last holy week, i spend 200 petot everyday para lang makapaginternet. yun lang ang downside for me. pero overall performance, pwede na talaga kesa may dsl line ka pero see-saw connection.

**ghosthunter** · April 16th, 2009 09:48 AM

Originally Posted by testament11

i use smart bro prepaid and it is my only connection through the net pag nasa bahay ako. pag nasa office, syempre yung nasa office ang ginagamit ko.

yup sir gh, totoo na ang speed is dependent sa location. pag walang 3.5g signal, sorry ka nalang kasi hindi mo magamit ang full potential at hindi mo ma-eenjoy ang speed. and it's true, speeds are up to that, 1.72mbps. one time, i got 1.9mbps pero madaling araw yun.

Do you experience disconnections while you are surfing the web via the 3.5G broadband? Last night, I was disconnecting quite a bit. To get around it, I set Windows to override SUN's software connection control and "redial" when disconnected. It might not solve the disconnect problem but at saved me the effort of clicking "connect" over and over.

as for the rate, para ka lang nagrent ng pc sa computer shop kasi same rate din ang bayaran, 20 petot for 1 hour. not bad pero pag malakas ka naman mag-internet o magdownload ng malalaking files, talo ka dito. last holy week, i spend 200 petot everyday para lang makapaginternet. yun lang ang downside for me. pero overall performance, pwede na talaga kesa may dsl line ka pero see-saw connection.

Well, I don't plan to use SUN as my primary connection to the web yet. At home and in the office, I have full access to the wifi. I only plan to use this for when I am away from the home and office and where there is no free wifi access. It's more convenient than having to get wifi access via Airborne.

**oj88** · April 16th, 2009 10:18 AM

I have a lot of access options when I need to surf the Net outside my home:

1. Airborne Access - As a longtime PLDT myDSL user at home, I have free unlimited access to Airborne Access.
2. Wardriving - When option 1 is unavailable, I look for free-access APs.
3. Smart 3G - My last resort is to use Internet connection sharing on my WM phone at P10/30mins.