On Mon, 2008-02-11 at 11:23 +0800, Orlando Andico wrote: > That's rather strange. I don't use WeRoam, rather I use Smart 3G, > which I understand is the technology underlying WeRoam. So long as I > have a 3G or 3.5G signal, the performance is quite acceptable. Kinda > like a low-end consumer DSL (128kbit). Tolerable for what I do. I can > even run our VPN software and access Metalink over it.
It's possible that Dido is actually using "classic" PLDT WeRoam, which is GPRS/EDGE only, not 3G/3.5G. GPRS and EDGE have the horrid latencies and pathetic bandwidth that Dido described in his previous email, while 3G and 3.5G are like "low-end consumer DSL" as you describe. The latency of 3G/3.5G is still not as consistently decent as DSL, but is very usable even for interactive sessions like SSH. I would actually say that 3.5G is more than just "low-end consumer DSL" when you have decent signal. When I've got decent signal, my Globe Visibility HSDPA allows me to download at speeds exceeding 100KB/s. Uploads are capped, though, so BitTorrent is so painfully slow I don't even try anymore. Cheers! -- Federico Sevilla III F S 3 Consulting Inc. http://www.fs3.ph
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