For quite some time, I’ve wanted to have a second internet connection.
We’ve been served by PLDT DSL for 7 years now and I can say that the connection
is quite reliable, though, it also has down times. I’ve wanted to have a continuous internet connection even when one connection is
down, a failover. I also wanted to distribute the load between two connections, to minimize
slowdown when somebody is downloading a large file or watching some video in
YouTube.
Just a week ago, we registered for that second internet connection, wi-tribe’s
WiMAX network. We opted to try wi-tribe, as their nearest base station to our
home is just a block away, or, roughly, just 30 meters away. I cannot yet say
whether the connection will be reliable for the days to come, but so far, it’s providing a continuous connection at consistent speeds of 0.7Mbps
to 1Mbps.
