I was ingtrigued with this GLOBE DUO when I saw it in a local advertisement. I am currently using SMART services for my mobile phone since 1999 and Smartbro for almost 3 years now for my internet connection. For landline I am using PLDT Wireless sim. Everything is going smoothly and haven't encountered any problems with these services. The only hassle for me is the metered calls with my PLDT wireless sim. The P300/mo. which is 2.5 hours/mo. is not enough. Most of the time I consume more than P300/mo. And also it bothers me that every 5 or 10 mins. the line is cut and I have to redial again to connect. I cannot stay long to talk on the phone with my pldt wireless sim. I don't know if I am the only one who experience it. But in totallity all these services which I have right now, can be trusted its reliability. As long as you have a load you can call anytime and anywhere with no problems with connection.
About switching to GLOBE, I was hesistant at first because I had previous bad experience with Globe. I applied for Globe Speak and Surf P999 (landline plus broadband). They gave me a receipt and a wireless phone and modem which is not working. They said it will take 7 days for activation and I patiently waited but it took an eon to oblivion. Still there's no service from Globe. It was 3 years ago and for the first 6 months I made follow ups and nothing happened. Until I finally gave up. It was clearly bogus. I later on found out that there are still no Globe site in our area and that they are still working on it. Darn, why are they selling something that isn't working?
After 2 years, here goes again. Globe has finally breaktthrough with this GLOBE DUO sim unlimited landline service. Its very interesting as I wrote and commented in one of the blogs. I'd like to try and give the benefit of the doubt that Globe still works. I can spare to waste 450 registering fee for duo landline and the price of the sim. Its not that expensive though. Maybe, just maybe this thing really works.
Some of the thought that makes me wanting for Globe Duo.
Its kind of a hassle to me bringing 2-3 phones everywhere I go. So, when I heard about this I was hoping that I could be using only 1 or 2 phones. So, I bought a globe sim and registered it to DUO. Simply type DUO MM 450 and send it to 8888. It took me several tries to get to register and finally I got the confirmation and my landline no. is 02-500xxxx. I tried to ring it using my smart mobile and it did. I was so happy that it is working. I texted everyone telling them my new globe nos. But when I finally got home, I was trying to make an outgoing call, but unfortunately I can't. I tried PLDT and there's no connecting tone. I tried Bayantel but it says Call rejected. I tried digitel and it seems to work but I don't know anyone who uses digitel. I just dialed my old digitel no. that isn't connected anymore. A friend of mind called using bayantel and we talked for 11 mins. Her voice is clear and loud so as mine too, she said. There's no static, and she wants to know how this duo works. She's also planning to register to duo, since she's already using globe mobile. But I already warned her that as of now I cannot make any outgoing calls.
Just as i read in Yugatech blog about the feedbacks of duo clients, it seems that the connection problems started last Aug14 that nobody can make outgoing calls anymore. I was unlucky to be caught up with this technical problems. Someone said, she can make outgoing calls but cannot receive incoming. And when she reported it to fix the problem, after she can receive incoming and not an outgoing call anymore. When I called the globe hotline they told me that as of now we really can't connect to pldt lines since they are currently restoring the connection with pldt. They can't give any assurance when will this be settled and fixed. Its kinda annoying but still I am hoping that they can restore it the soonest possible. My 450 is about to go to waste if I cannot maximize it for 30 days. We should get a refund for the days lost since we've registered by the days.
I had to reload my pldt wireless sim to make outgoing calls for now. I paid 450 for duo and can't get the services I needed. Maybe it should be Globe duo Unlimited incoming calls, there's nothing different with pldt, since it also has unlimited incoming calls and limited outgoing calls. But right now my Globe duo has unlimited incoming calls and no outgoing calls.
I am still hoping that GLOBE DUO is REAL. Because its really a fantastic and awesome deal. Just make it RIGHT and make it WORK.
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