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Liberty Broadcasting now offering wi-tribe broadband service for P998/month

Posted on: 02/01/10 by Alora Uy

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The wi-tribe brochure

There's a new telecom player in the Philippines, and it's backed by none other than the maker of our pambansang beer. Liberty Broadcasting Network, Incorporated – a partnership between San Miguel Corporation and global telecommunication giant Qtel [Qatar Telecommunications] Group – is now offering wi-tribe, their 4G broadband service.

Wi-tribe uses WiMAX to deliver multimedia services and applications and broadband with speed of up to 1Mbps. The introductory plan costs P998 (with two-year lock-in period), P3 more than Globe Telecom's 1Mbps Broadband WiMAX plan. If you're looking at a six-month or one-year contract, you need to shell out an initial fee of:

  • P4,000 (for the CPE unit) + P998  = P4,998 (six months)
  • P2,000 (for the CPE unit) + P998 = P2,998 (one year)

The offer is initially available in some parts in Metro Manila, but Liberty is rolling out their service to other parts of the metro (and even nationwide) in the coming months.

When we first heard about San Miguel's plan to dip their hands into the broadband cookie jar, we didn't expect they'd have a soft launch of their service this soon. Well, we didn't know any better. We were scouring Greenhills for some cellphone accessories when we chanced upon the wi-tribe booth at the Theater Mall. We're glad they proved us wrong. More telecom players mean fierce competition, and that should be good for us consumers, right?

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Wi-tribe's booth at Greenhills Theater Mall

Wanna know if they're already servicing your area? Call wi-tribe at 31-tribe (31-87423).

 




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  1. Therese Panganiban: I remember Manny Pangilinan's Metro Pacific bidding on the National Transmission Corp. (our system for transmitting energy from power generators to distributors) against San Miguel. Back then, it made a lot of sense for the Smart/PLDT boss, because the Transco was also a key infrastructure to strengthen broadband in the Phils. I didn't understand why San Miguel was so keen into it though, as they were known more as an F&B company. Now I understand.
    February 1, 2010 at 3:58 pm

  2. benjie: hay naku perfect to! para bumabaa naman ang plans ng broadband noh!!
    February 1, 2010 at 5:52 pm

  3. Wi-Tribe: # Wi Tribe Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 7:53 pm

    http://www.yugatech.com/blog/telecoms/wi-tribe-4g-broadband-launched/?#comment-299689 Bago Kayu lumipat check nyu muna ang FLAW ng Wi-Tribe ang dami SOBRANG BAGAL 4G na 3G ang connection very small pa coverge http://img404.imageshack.us/img404/7679/witribe.jpg
    # Wi Tribe Says:
    February 18th, 2010 at 7:58 pm

    may 3gig cap pa meaning for the first month limited lng ng 3gig ang browse or download mo

    February 18, 2010 at 8:12 pm

  4. Jerico: I subscribe on this 2-weeks ago, pumunta sila sa bahay for demo with the new modem. Upon setup ay naka-access talaga agad ako sa Internet pero SOBRANG bagal, they told me that limited lang talaga yung initial bandwidth until ma-register yung Modem. Until today ganon pa din yung performance, kahit isang browser lang nakabukas ay mabagal pa din. I tried to use during midnight & madaling araw pero hindi pa din acceptable yung performance.

    My bad,nagbayad agad ako. Wala pala silang money back guaranteed tulad ng WiMax of GLOBE.

    Meron din silang site na pinupuntahan showing na umaabot yung bandwidth between 700-800 Kb/s , pero kapag pinasok mo yung console ng Modem hindi pa umaabot ng 50kb/s yung actual performance. Sabi nung agent ay bibilis din daw after ma-register yung modem, pero 2weeks na ganon pa din. Yung webcam is not working if you're using Skype or YM dahil sobrang bagal.

    -Disappointed user.


    April 22, 2010 at 2:57 pm

  5. joel paciente: i impres n mabilis ang internet nyo pero ilang araw lng nggmit ang unit ko my pumunta mga ahente ng cutomer service sapilitan pinalitan angnunit kon wlang phintulot ko di maganda ginawa ng wi tribe agent nyo s customer service pinalitan nila ang aking unit di mganda ang takbo bumagal tumatawag ako sa customer service ble wl sa inyo ayusin nyo service nyo
    May 22, 2010 at 1:04 am

  6. marfin: hi good day po, fyi ok na ok ang wi tribe mga ulupong kyo di lang kyo marunong gumamit ng unit.bka yang pc nyo obsolete na kya mbgal or mdaming mga viruses na nakatira.sa akin mbilis tlga kht my virus na lappy ko. rakam wahid ang wi-tribe for me.

    p.s. pwede mag aply as encoder?
    June 17, 2010 at 8:43 am

  7. eliz: I am so depressed with your service, sa una sobrang kulit ng agent to encourage you, follow up to death para mag install... at kapag nakabayad ka na...nabentahan ka na...the next day hindi na maka connect, sobrang slow ng customer service...nalang ang signal...naka ilang ikot na ang modem sa unit, one bar lang ang signal...ayusin nyo naman service ninyo...
    June 18, 2010 at 4:14 pm

  8. Mel: Its so disapointing that a company handled by san miguel corp. has prodused negative outburst me included. Sa una mabilis ang connection but what the salesman forgot (Intentionally I presume) is that there is a 6gig download capacity. (Good for 1 week lang sa type ng trabaho ko yun) per month. Shame on me, nagpaloko ako sa wi-tribe and this is what I get, isang manipis na tower as a display on my table. . . hangan display lang kasi after the 6 gig cap, your speed will go down to as low as 50kbps. . . eh mabilis pa dial up sa inyo, pati YM di kayang buksan.

    June 30, 2010 at 5:53 pm

  9. Mel: To those who are still undecided on which broadband to use, better think twice on using wi-tribe. They have a 6gb cap download per month. Kung nagbubukas ka ng internet ng 1 hour per day at wala kang gagawin kungdi facebook lang siguro pwede ka sa wi-tribe otherwise isang malaking sakit ng ulo ang wi-tribe. . . WHY oh WHY did I subscribe... To the readers, better tell your friends about the 6gb cap after which the speed will go down to below 100kbps. . or else suffer the same faith that the so called "ka-tribe" is now suffering. We're just waiting for this issue to blow up in there faces (Liberty and San Miguel).
    June 30, 2010 at 6:08 pm

  10. Scam-tribe: sipsip ang isa jan ampf! ako naka plan 1998 ang na-cconsume ko ngyon 19gb 128kbps nlng, na dapat ay 512kbps base dun sa bracket pasok pa sa 512kbps ung 19gb.. di ba kadayaan na to?
    August 25, 2010 at 9:23 am

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