Tuesday, May 17
Meridian Telekoms widens coverage
Meridian Telekoms, Davao's first provider of wireless broadband internet service, now covers more areas in Davao. The following areas are:
Catalunan Grande (upper part)
Dumoy
Lanzona Subdivision (and neighboring Alpha Homes, Delta Homes, Poly Subd., Sto. Nino Village, San Antonio)
Ma-a (Woodridge and Monteritz)
Buhangin proper
Catitipan (PNP regional camp)
Sasa (near Dona Salud)
Ecoland (vicinity of John Paul II College, TFD, DCOTT, Ecoland)
Areas the already had coverage are:
Ponce-Jacinto areas (convenience store, Ateneo University and Holy Child)
Camp Leonor area
Monteverde (PBCom)
Mabini-Torres corner (near the badminton court)
Juna Subdivision-DBP Village
Areas the already had coverage are:
Tuesday, April 19
Your need for speed
So, you have broadband in your house or you have a portable PC with wifi with you and you're surfing merrily in a hotspot. Ever curious how fast you're going?
When I first started surfing wirelessly at Basti's Brew I was curious on how fast the connection was. I looked for bandwidth meters on the internet. I used a couple and eventually settled to using just one: Globequest.
I don't have any real technical reason why I settled with Globequest's bandwidth meter. The only three reasons that I can give is, first, since Globequest is based here in the Philippines, it might give me a better picture on my actual speed. Second, the URL is pretty much easy to memorize. Lastly, I was lazy to look for other DSL bandwidth meters.
Fortunately, I stumbled into a couple of other bandwidth meters in a forum I regularly post at. And these are:
DSL Reports
2Wire
McAfee
Bandwidth Speed Test
So, how fast are you really going?
When I first started surfing wirelessly at Basti's Brew I was curious on how fast the connection was. I looked for bandwidth meters on the internet. I used a couple and eventually settled to using just one: Globequest.
I don't have any real technical reason why I settled with Globequest's bandwidth meter. The only three reasons that I can give is, first, since Globequest is based here in the Philippines, it might give me a better picture on my actual speed. Second, the URL is pretty much easy to memorize. Lastly, I was lazy to look for other DSL bandwidth meters.
Fortunately, I stumbled into a couple of other bandwidth meters in a forum I regularly post at. And these are:
DSL Reports
2Wire
McAfee
Bandwidth Speed Test
So, how fast are you really going?
Formula Pete's Cafe and Ice Cream Station
Formula Pete's is a hotpot that offers free wifi. Using Globequest's bandwidth meter I managed to clock in on average 520 kbps, and that's with one other wifi user.
They offer espresso, doppio, cafe americano, cappucino and a lot more.
Formula Pete's is located at Wheels and More Drive, J.P. Laurel Avenue.
Oh, by the way, their coffee's pretty good, too.
Saturday, April 16
Davao WiFi Hotspot Directory
The first post for MobileDavao's blog is a list of WiFi hotspots around Davao City.
Free hotspots:
Paid hotspots:
Free hotspots:
Blugre Cafe, Landco Building, Bajada
Formula Pete's, Wheels and More Drive, Bajada
Segworks Technologies, Tinikling Street, Lanzona Subdivision, Matina
Paid hotspots:
Basti's Brew, Victoria Plaza
Casa Leticia,
Grand Regal Hotel, Lanang
Marco Polo Hotel, Claveria (across Ateneo de Davao University)
