We've "upgraded", if you could call it that. to a new internet service. We're on wi-fi now, and I'm surprised with the result. At first, when I signed up for Smart BRO, I'll admit I didn't know what kind of broadband they were selling. I honestly thought it was another DSL service. I didn't know it'd be wi-fi until they set it up.

Now having never been on a wi-fi connection before, I didn't know what to expect. First off, they advertised 384 kbps speed on the website, which is what enticed me to sign up. It'd be a step-up from our previous DSL connection of 256 kbps, and at about PhP500 less cost. But when we got the connection up, apparently it fluctuates. And it's not like cable internet fluctuation, where there are peak hours etc. It's more like, one second, you're going 46 KB/sec downloads, next second you're at 12 KB/sec, then back up to 35 KB, down to 20 KB, then 55 KB... It's unstable and when you ping some servers you sometimes get a time out.

It's even more unstable now because of the rainy weather, apparently. But it's supposedly pretty stable normally. So we'll wait for sunny weather to see.

However, on average I think it does go faster than our old connection. I tested it a little with online games and it was somewhat laggy (lag spikes, in particular), but that was earlier this morning when it was raining hard. I'll test it more later. But I think lag spikes will be my problem ultimately...

In other words, this sort of connection isn't ideal for gaming. D: