Globe Catches Fraudsters

It’s not a secret that there exists an underground market for sim cards and devices that gives cheaper internet to Filipinos hoping to save on monthly recurring fees. The advent of social media has made it easier for black market vendors to target their customers (aka victims). Okay so I’m throwing a little shade on “customers” there. I know that there’s a saying in Philippines. “Walang manloloko kung walang magpapaloko.” Which roughly translates to:

Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi Budget Plan

4th UPDATE: Included the Time-based browsing
3rd UPDATE: Globe patches the Expert Mode

2nd UPDATE: Forgot to add the GIFT method

UPDATE: Globe is cracking down on bugging promo registrations. So it’s highly possible that these methods will no longer work soon.

Disclaimer: These methods were collated from personal experiences and comments from other people. There's a possibility that by tomorrow or in the near future, they will no longer work.

I just got several emails asking me about how I “budget” my data with the Globe at Home Prepaid wifi (GHPW). Full disclosure, I gave my GHPW to my grandmother. She’s not a heavy data user and is content with HOMESURF599 which gives her 15 gigabytes of data every 30 days.

I am currently using my original Globe Wimax account 1mbps unlidata. It has since then been upgraded/changed several times. First was the 1mbps for 15gb a month for 995 per month. Then 1mbps for 3gb/day as Globe LTE home broadband for 799 pesos a month. Currently it’s Globe at Home 10mbps 150gb for 1,299 a month. I’m using this plan because it’s cheaper than the Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi, not because I said GHPW is useless from what I wrote in a previous blog.

I understand that people don’t like to “spend” 599 pesos in one go or even spend for the 1,000+ home broadbands. So they’re using different techniques to “save” money. And some have asked me if their way is the best way to do so. I assume you already know how to load/register promos via the Globe at Home app (GH app) and the modem dashboard.

HOMESURF349 vs HOMESURF599

HOMESURF349 is the 10gb for 10 days promo. I’d just like to show how the promo is inferior to HS599.

HS349 x 3 = 1,047 pesos / 30gb for *30 days

HS599 x 2 = 1,198 pesos / 30gb for *60 days

Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi Guide 2017

UPDATE:

Please see this new blog post on how to register Globe at Home Prepaid wifi promos 

I promised myself not to blog about Globe anymore cause it just riles me up. But I tend to be very passionate about things that I rarely stop haha. Anyway, I’ve seen a lot of people send me PMs on FB, emails and even text messages about Globe’s prepaid home wifi (PHW). I thought about making a guide according to what I’ve learned so far. After this, I promise I’ll stop and focus more on other important things such as why Juuni Taisen irritates me but I can’t stop watching! Ahem.

PS: I may add pics and videos later… much later.

Beginners guide coming right up or you can go ahead to “How to Register to Homesurf Promos”

Or you can skip ahead to “Understanding Homesurf15”

What is the Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi

So let’s start with a little bit of intro. The Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi or as I’d like to call it prepaid home wifi shortened to PHW (for brevity) is a wireless modem and wifi router. This means it functions as a modem so you can surf the web but at the same time it’s a wifi router so you don’t need to buy another device.

The PHW modem does have a LAN port at the back so you can connect it to your laptop with a LAN cable. Globe boasts of a max 50mbps speed (averaging 20mbps for most people) but it comes with a hefty price tag. You have to buy the modem for Php 1,999. It comes with the PHW sim card which is a special sim card for reasons I will state later.

Homesurf with Globe At Home Prepaid Wifi Final Review–It’s not Worth It

UPDATE:

Please see this new blog post on how to register Globe at Home Prepaid wifi promos 

UPDATE: It’s been 2 hours now and I still cannot browse the internet even though I have 21 gb of data as shown by the Globe at Home Prepaid App.

2nd UPDATE: So I have to wait for 7 days to get a call. Bye bye 6gb worth of data. I regret buying this stupid thing. Oh well.

It seemed like a promising product at first. Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi looks like a relatively cheap promo when you consider that you can have 15 gigabytes of data for only Php 599 and a possible 1gb for only 15 pesos (HOMESURF15). However it seems as if Globe did not really specify how their other promos will react to multiple promos registered.

The Ephemeral HOMESURF15

A few days ago, I registered to Gosurf50. I was hoping on topping up with several homesurf15 so that I can enjoy livestreaming services from Netflix. Unfortunately, I couldn’t register to HOMESURF15 until yesterday which was the last day of my Gosurf50. So yesterday, I was able to register to HOMESURF15 six times. That meant I had 6gb of data. Upon seeing that the data validity would last only for 1 more day, I immediately registered HOMESURF599 for 15 gigabytes for 1 month. I was hoping that the validity will be extended. I had a total of 21 gb of data as seen on the Globe at Home app.

Globe at Home Prepaid and Triangle App Review

UPDATE:

Please see this new blog post on how to register Globe at Home Prepaid wifi promos 

So it seems that the new system of Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi has a few surprising twists for consumers. I’ve already reviewed Globe’s new HOMESURF promos recently and after almost a week of usage, here’s what I found out.

The Free 10gb of Globe at Home Prepaid Wifi

It became viral a few weeks ago. Prepaid users attempted to text FREE10GB to 8080 in hopes of getting free data. Unfortunately, it’s only available for Globe at Home prepaid wifi users. As I’ve written in another post, the data is only good for 7 days. Again, for a large family, that 10gb will be gone almost immediately. I know I’ve used up mine for just FB, a couple of hours of mobile MOBA and about 1 hour of youtube (in 3 days of usage) and I already shaved off 4gb. After a couple of days of extensive use, I’m down to only 600mb left that is after topping up with gosurf50 and a gosurf 299 for a total of 11.5 gb data.

Globe counters Smart Free Internet

Official Globe Telecom FB page status post on September 26, 2014 at 7pm

After Manny Pangilinan's free Smart Internet announcement , Globe telecom quietly counters with the possible return of their popular free Facebook promo. Globe in partnership with Mark Zuckerberg last year initiated