My SUN Broadband Wireless Experience

I first applied for the Sun Broadband Wireless plan 649 back in the first week of October. Two weeks passed before I was actually able to acquire my plug-in because of poor customer service (we went back to the SM Sun Shop three times before they finally settled our account). They told me to wait for a maximum of 24 hours for the wireless sim to get activated. Well, guess what? Two days passed, still no signal. : < At this point, we were really pissed with Sun Cellular's system, but since I had already paid 649 for the dongle, I went for the last time. Thankfully, it was resolved in the evening and I was able to use my SBW plug-in.

The USB dongle should light blue the entire time you are using the internet, it means that you're connected to 3G internet. I live in Brgy. Mansilingan, and the signal for the wireless internet is great here.

For the internet speed, I'll compare it with the Pldt MyDsl we've been using here at home for the past 4 years (we attached the dsl to a wireless router so our house is a wifi zone).
1. Browsing speed - about the same
2. Downloading speed - Dsl is faster during the day, SUN is faster during offpeak hours (12mn onwards)
3. Uploading speed - SUN is faster
4. Gaming speed - I get disconnected a lot of times on Pangya when I'm using the SUN. BTW if you're planning on getting a wireless dongle for online gaming purposes, then DON'T. Better stick to a dsl connection.
5. Torrent / P2P sharing - when I first tried downloading using uTorrent, the download speed strayed between 5-10kbps (super slow!) despite the healthy number of seeds. It's because of Sun's Fair Usage Policy, they somehow disallow p2psharing and online gaming to avoid clogging up the network. I tweaked my torrent settings a bit, though, and now I'm at least able to get a speed of at least 25kpbs. If you're a torrent downloader, stick to dsl as well.

The following were results from yesterday evening and this morning, using SBW:

When I downloaded something off the internet at around 6:00 in the evening (peak hours of internet):

When I downloaded a 70mb file last night (off peak hours) the download speed capped at around 105kbps. Not too shabby for a 649 plan, I guess. It's a bit faster than the other wireless broadbands I've used, and can compare to a dsl connection (during off-peak hours, at least).

Overall, I'd say that SBW is not a particularly fast wireless connection, and it may not tailor to suit your exact needs -- but for the price it's a good deal. You just need to adjust to the crappy customer service first, though. :/