Globe Visibility
This is supposed to be the “ultimate in mobile internet” with speeds up to 1.4Mbps (via HSDPA). With this new plan from globe, you have unlimited access to connect and surf through HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi and dial-up depending on what’s available in your area.
To get started, you need a Globe Visibility SIM or a regular Globe SIM, a HSDPA Data Card or a HSDPA USB Modem, a laptop with a PCMCIA slot or USB slot, and a network signal (HSDPA, 3G, EDGE, GPRS, Wi-Fi). It is best to connect to the internet via HSDPA or 3G. This will give you the fastest speed. If you are unable to obtain HSDPA or 3G signal in your current location, you may connect via EDGE or GPRS, although these will give you slower speeds versus 3G or HSDPA. GPRS is comparable in speed to a dialup connection while EDGE is around twice the actual speed of dialup. For more information on how to avail of this new service go to Globe 3g site and also read their FAQ.
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November 1st, 2006 at 2:01 am
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September 25th, 2008 at 11:19 pm
I have been using Globe Visibility for 1 yr and 3 months, what a disappointing service. Very slow, very spotty, very moddy connection. Sometimes it is workinng… most of times I am below 1kbps (1000 bps). Wow my dial up is faster than Globe Visibility and I am paying 2000.oo php per month…..
Please don’t subscribe to Globe.
I have called their tech support and wow they seem to not know their product. I claimed for refund and they told me that I have to call another department to do that… what a bureaucratic system they have. Are they using 8080 computer? Or they are just so inefficient?
Then I asked what could be the problem and they told me that field support will check……… for how long?????????? I reported a complain two months back and I don’t have any updates yet…. I even called them almost every week and no update. What a very irresponsible company. They only need my money…not what I am paying for.
I ask if I can disconnect my service because they don’t meet our contract speed anyway. And they told me …NO……….. Why? Because they need your money……
So bottom line, don’t ever ever ever even think of getting this product nor Globe products. They just don’t care about their customers. What they care is only money….
October 8th, 2008 at 11:04 am
my family in the philippines is using that globe visibility for 1 mo. only & we found out that the connection is so slow.the company should check first the consumer’s palce before they will promote and sell tha said thing & the most important thing what they should do is to tell everything , the contract,the policy FIRST. not after they will received the payment.you should make such things that can satisfy the consumer not the mney that we are going to pay, because honestly i am paying nothing with that connection.
now i want to return the connection but the company said that we are going to pay 10k to break the contract, in which we knew it after we paid everything.
December 11th, 2008 at 1:50 pm
Let me share some of my experiences with Globe Visibility. I have been subscribed to Plan 2000 for 1 year and 11 months. When I first got the plan, I only used it periodically when my DSL at home or in the office was offline. July 2008 I decided to use my Visibility full time in my office since I just realized I was paying P2000 for backup internet access that I rarely used. Then the problem started. The 1st week I used it was delightful! Fast speeds, easy to browse, strong signal, always connected to HSDPA. Just like a regular DSL connection. Then suddenly on the 2nd week, no HSDPA signal, just GPRS, a total waste of time to use…… Called up the hotline and they promised to address the problem. I think it was 2 days later when the signal came back up, albeit just UMTS so about 384 Kbps. Then the next 2 months or so the signal seems to just disappear during the day ( I only use it between 10AM to 4PM). After repeated calls to the helpdesk, I was assured that someone was suppose to call me up for further updates on the problem. No one ever called. November, spotty signal with an addition to Load page errors and load page timeouts. I think they implemented some kind of cache or proxy to load pages. After calling the helpdesk, which now seemed like a phonepal to me as I call them up 2 to 3 times a day, again the answer is they will have people look at the problem and give me an update. To be honest someone actually called me up October on my cell phone…… I was in Singapore at that time so I could not give them any feedback on the service. Mid November to the present, loss of signal, page load error, pop mail timeout, no Yahoo messenger because of latency problems and HSDPA signal only available from 11AM to 2PM (if I get a signal). I was fed up. I asked for a credit for all the months that I’ve been having problems with Visibility and they gave me P6,000 credit. Too bad they charged me another P2,000 last November 24. My 2 year period is up on January 3, 2009. I had them automatically disconnect my line that date with the credits going into my regular Globe Line. For those thinking about getting the Visibility, be it the post paid or the pre paid plans, DON’T WASTE YOUR TIME!!!. For anyone who wants to hear more horror stories about Globe Visibility just write me a request at jethrogibbs@gmail.com
December 16th, 2008 at 9:06 pm
well they said they dont have any contracts anymore WEEW … is it true ?
December 20th, 2008 at 10:18 pm
I agree to all your negative comments. Globe is rushing things up just to compete with smart bro but with disappoint results. I bought my visibility ZTE modem a month ago and Oh my goodness. It reminded me of my 52kbps dial up. What they say that its 2 Mbps max speed is a lot of baloney. Believe me dial up is much faster. There’s no such thing as HSDPA signal. It’s sooooooosl0w….I regretted I believed those sweet talking call center agents who c convinced me to buy this useless modem. We’ll I lost it anyway when I surged in an internet. Good riddance, Woe to the one who stolen it. Maybe he thought it’s a good steal. I believe he threw it anyway.
December 28th, 2008 at 6:29 pm
Hello Guys im Katie 15 years old, im kinda thinking about asking my parents about upgrading my internet life, coz up to now im only using dial up and i dont have plans to avail any DSL packages from PLDT or Globlines just to surf, download some few stuff, upload some pics at my site, but im so interested to have one of those SMART BRO or Glove Visibility broadband prepaid kits. But i dont have any idea “which is which” ? I live in San Juan and i dont have any idea if the signals coming from both SMART or Globe is ok here but all i want to do is, if possible jack those modem thingy on my laptop while im spending time with my friend’s house who also lives here in San Juan and if im in my room i’ll jack it to my PC and surf the internet and do my usual thing like im doing with my dial up connection.. Any help or suggestions will be highly appreciated. thanks!
December 28th, 2008 at 6:47 pm
Hey guys its me again, as i read through the posts here, I think Globe isn’t giving the service the Masses deserve with regards to their VISIBILITY thingy, well as for me it my choice only boils down to SMART BRO Pre-Paid kit?.. umm.. any suggestion about it guys? Is it fast and stable? And whats its download speed?
does it vary from day to night? Please reply asap. thanks! :-)
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:24 pm
mas mbagal pa sa dial up
January 3rd, 2009 at 5:25 pm
luge pa sa lod z bgo mkaopen inabot ng 48 yrs
January 5th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
ausin nio nga yng internet nio