Doi Speaks » ISP http://doispeaks.com of travels, food trips and whatever you can think of right at the heart of the Queen City of the South and its neighboring places! Wed, 16 May 2012 13:53:01 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 Relying on a mobile phone modem to connect the PC for Internet access http://doispeaks.com/relying-on-a-mobile-phone-modem-to-connect-the-pc-for-internet-access/ http://doispeaks.com/relying-on-a-mobile-phone-modem-to-connect-the-pc-for-internet-access/#comments Fri, 13 Nov 2009 20:44:21 +0000 doi http://doispeaks.com/?p=4012 While waiting for my dad’s laptop to finish installing Windows Vista Service Pack 2 and around 27 more updates, I could no longer wait to open my desktop. I have been waiting for almost 4 hours so that I can get things done. I only have a cable modem and I can only plug my ethernet cable on 1 device since I don’t have a router. Then a thought came to my mind. I remembered that my mobile phone can act as a modem too. So after the long wait, I connected the USB cord of my phone to the computer and tried connecting. And the next thing I knew, I was connecting online! Yey! The speed wasn’t really that bad too.

I went to speedtest.net to check my speeds and here are the results on two different servers.

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Although it was really low compared to the almost 0.8 Mbps download speed I get when I use my ISP’s connection, I was still getting a decent speed on my Internet connection thanks to the mobile modem capability of my phone. By the way, my Nokia N82 phone is powered by Smart Communications. I don’t have any idea how my bill will look like after doing this but I’m pretty sure that with my Consumable Plan, I won’t have to worry a thing. Besides, I seldom use my phone for anything.

I really wish I could have a wireless router so that I can connect from any place in our house. :-D But I’ll have to buy my own laptop for this one too :lol:

P.S. I’m still typing this entry while connected to my mobile phone for my Internet access. The laptop still shows “Installing Service Pack: Stage 1 of 3 – 96% complete. Do not turn off your computer.” I guess I may have to wait a little bit longer before I can use my ISP’s connection again.

]]> http://doispeaks.com/relying-on-a-mobile-phone-modem-to-connect-the-pc-for-internet-access/feed/ 0 ISP Upgrade http://doispeaks.com/isp-upgrade/ http://doispeaks.com/isp-upgrade/#comments Wed, 21 Jan 2009 12:31:27 +0000 doi http://doispeaks.com/?p=498 I went to Globelines to inquire on how I could upgrade the speed of my internet service. I have long thought about it and to me it won’t really make much of a difference since I’d only be adding approximately 300 pesos to increase my current speed of 384 kbps to 1 mbps. I’d rather spend extra on increasing the speed of my internet connection considering I’d be spending a lot of my spare time online. I am impatient and I don’t want to sit around waiting for the browser to load the sites I’ll visit when I could pay a little extra to speed up my browsing capability.

Honestly, I also have no idea if the lag on my internet speed is due to my PC which could be possibly defective or outdated. But what the heck! Sooner or later, I’d still upgrade the speed anyway.

I didn’t opt for another service provider since it would be too much of a hassle for me to go through all of those installation requirements. I just hope that Globelines won’t disappoint me. I currently have a data+voice plan with them and am paying P995 monthly. They only require one to settle past balances and fill up some forms and within the next 72 hours everything will be all set. I’m crossing my fingers and hoping that this will be the case.

If this won’t work, I might be forced to upgrade my PC too. But this may have to be placed on hold till I save money for this next project. As for now, I’m off to the university online cafe to check my emails. I am trying to help a friend with her homework. tsk tsk tsk

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