Are Price Mark Ups for Prepaid Load Fair? Globe aims to find out via Autoloadmax Survey

What's up with Globe's AutoloadMAX survey after you buy prepaid load credits?

I dispensed 30 prepaid credits to my Globe SIM, just to keep it active.

After receiving the usual text notification of the load received:

P30.00 prepaid credits was loaded to ur mobile# 09xxxxxxxxx Trace No:861536496 10/31/2014 01:37PM

I received a subsequent test message:

Nabili mo ba ang load sa tama at walang patong na presyo? Yes o No? I-forward ang sagot sa 26621 for free.Ex:YES to 26621.Salamat

Loosely translated:

Have you bought your LOAD in the right and no mark up price? Yes or No? Forward your reply to 26621 for free.Ex:YES to 26621.Thanks

Of course, I replied YES.

Here's the response:

Maraming salat sa pagsagot sa survey.

Basically, thanking me for participating in the survey.

The autoloadmax survey made me curious of what is the prevailing mark up for prepaid loads. Since, I dispense load via loadxtreme's online facility, I charge the same as the prepaid load credit. Meaning, 30 pesos for 30 pesos of Autoloadmax.

To all my fellow Globe prepaid subscribers, have you also received this survey? Have you participated in the survey yourself? Do you think that prevailing mark-up for prepaid loads are fair?

Please feel free to answer via the comments.

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Sun Cellular FREE INTERNET Automatically Enjoyed by Prepaid Subscribers

Sun Cellular Prepaid subscribers automatically get to enjoy FREE INTERNET as long as they have prepaid load credits in their mobile phones or smartphones.

For the past 5 days, I received the following text notification from Sun Cellular:

As of 12MN, may 30MB FREE INTERNET plus UNLI FB ka ulit for 1 more day! Tuloy-tuloy ang saya basta may active Sun Prepaid load ka! To stop, text OFF to 9999

There are two good points about this. First, sun cellular subscribers need not register everyday. Second, there is an unsubscription clause in case subscribers would want to stop the free internet service and avail of other service/promo.

Read more about Sun Cellular's FREE internet offering HERE.

However, there is again that contentious issue on speed. My experience in accessing Facebook is a drag and that is putting it mildly. Anyway, I hope that in my case, it is only due to signal availability in my area.

And that in other areas, subscribers do enjoy the unlimited Facebook.

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Error 628 & Disconnection Problem on My Smart Bro Plugit

Does Smart's FREE MOBILE Internet has already reared its ugly head?

So, it seems with my Smart Bro Plugit.

In the past two days, I encountered two problems with my plugit which I seldom experienced before.

Since the launch of such promo, I have encountered Error 628 on my Smart Bro plugit while trying to connect to the internet. I have registered to the UNLISURF 85 promo, by the way.

See this screenshot below:

Error 628: The connection was terminated by the remote
computer before it could be completed.

I had spent majority of my Sunday morning clicking redial but was unable to connect.

Today, I was able to connect but I get disconnected every so often and need to re-Connect just to make the most out of what's left with my unlisurf subscription.

I can't think of other reason for this problems but the traffic and/or congestion brought about by Smart's free mobile internet.

I hope that Smart really has the infrastructure to handle majority of its 72 million subscribers availing of the promo.

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FREE MOBILE INTERNET For All - Prepaid, Postpaid, Broadband Subscribers - Until January 5, 2015

Manny Pangilinan just tweeted that Smart's FREE MOBILE Internet is for all - prepaid, postpaid and broadband subscribers.

And extended up to January 5, 2015.

Even better – free internet now open to ALL prepaid, postpaid & broadband subs of Smart, TNT & Sun #SmartFREEInternet for ALL @SmartCares

— Manny V. Pangilinan (@iamMVP) October 3, 2014

Wow!

Thanks, MVP. But please, NO to slower connection and NO to telco congestion.

UPDATE:

I was able to avail of this promo via my Smart Bro plugit. Below is the text confirmation.

Welcome to FREE INTERNET from SMART Bro! Enjoy UNLI Facebook and FREE 30MB of browsing for 24hrs. Daily registration required. Promo until 1/05/2015.

P2P, Streaming, Messaging & VoIP are not covered by FREE INTERNET. For terms and conditions, go to http://smart.com.ph.

Note: Consumption will not be seen on the Bro Dashboard

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My Free Mobile Internet Experience via Sun Cellular Prepaid

Following Smart's announcement on its FREE MOBILE INTERNET offering to Smart, Talk 'N Text and Sun Prepaid cellphone and smartphone subscribers, I immediately used my Smart Bro Plugit. Unfortunately, may attempt proved unsuccessful at the time.

Yesterday, I decided to try the free mobile internet offering via Sun Cellular. And here's my experience...



Around 9 am yesterday, I decided to send FREE to 999 using my Sun Cellular sim. I was surprised to receive the following text confirmation:

Yehey! May FREE INTERNET ka na for the next 24 hours! Text FREE to 9999 daily para tuloy tuloy ang saya! Promo until 11/30/14. Per DTI-FTEB Permit No 3334 series of 2014. For terms and conditions, go to http://suncellular.com.ph

Through this free internet promo, I was able to update the Nokia Express browser on my Nokia Asha 501 smartphone. There was a bit lag but negligible for me. Then, I was able to access Facebook. Because I was glad to confirm this promo, I even put it on my account's status.

This morning, I even received a text reminder that my subscription for this free service is about to expire.

Malapit na mag-expire ang FREE INTERNET promo mo from Sun Prepaid! But don't worry, just text FREE to 9999 para tuloy tuloy ang saya! Promo until 11/30/14

On the other hand, I was trying to connect to the internet via my Smart Bro plugit in my Laptop. But I wasn't able to connect. And my UNLI 50 subscription has expired.

It is very easy for me to think that this FREE internet offering by Smart will have an effect in their network.

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