Globe or Smart broadband?

[czildjianako]

which is better overall?

[czildjianako]

up ko lang.

i'm in cavite gentri area nga pala and need help from you guys who have smart or globe broadband connection.

[funkngruvn]

smart bro namin pangit.. laging disconnected..

[icon]

Go for Globelines instead of Smart Bro. In my 9 months with smart bro, i've had 3 major problems with 2 weeks to 1 month of downtime. as in no connection.
Unlike other people who get lousy speeds like less than 100kbps, mine is okay when it's working but sucks when something goes wrong. Support basically sucks and you need a lot of patience to get yourself scheduled for technical support.

[niky]

Patience, Persistence and a lot of swearing... ...customer support depends on how much bodily harm you threaten to inflict on the person you're talking to if they don't get out to your house now...

And even then, it still takes a week... or two.

[1D4LV]

technically, broadbands are the same. magkakaiba lang ang companies in terms of services, SLAs and price.

for your question, if both telcos are supported in your area, much better ang globe... why? because of their customer service mechanism.

but if you do not have a choice, instead of paying for 999 pesos a month, get a 3G enabled phone subscription na postpaid sa Smart... may libre phone ka pa, may internet ka pa. and imho, yung media advertisements na 999/month ang broadband, its a farce, dahil in reality, you pay more than 1000 pesos each month dahil may other charges like VAT, currency adjustments, etc.

what i did is to get a plan 1200 from smart, added some cash so i can get a P990 unit, use it for calls, for texts, for wireless LAN browsing, and for wired internet browsing as a modem sa PC ko sa house... sulit yung 1200, hindi ako lumalampas.

[vhenok]

If Globe is available sa area mo, go for it...may kasama pang landline kaya mas ok..kaso the problem is di lahat ng area ng globe is may available na data ports to cater internet service. Chances are you might end up waiting a loooonngggg time, ganyan nangyari sa akin, so no choice but to use Smart Bro

Sa SmartBro, as per my experience frequent ang disconnections lalo kapag ganitong nag-uulan, pero depende baka dyan sa area mo mas okey.

IMO, better if you ask folks from your area and get the feedback straight from them...

[junnquinto2006]

technically,

what i did is to get a plan 1200 from smart, added some cash so i can get a P990 unit, use it for calls, for texts, for wireless LAN browsing, and for wired internet browsing as a modem sa PC ko sa house... sulit yung 1200, hindi ako lumalampas.

just want to ask, yong plan 1200 ba e unlimited internet na yon, if you use it as a modem sa pc?

[czildjianako]

technically, broadbands are the same. magkakaiba lang ang companies in terms of services, SLAs and price.

for your question, if both telcos are supported in your area, much better ang globe... why? because of their customer service mechanism.

but if you do not have a choice, instead of paying for 999 pesos a month, get a 3G enabled phone subscription na postpaid sa Smart... may libre phone ka pa, may internet ka pa. and imho, yung media advertisements na 999/month ang broadband, its a farce, dahil in reality, you pay more than 1000 pesos each month dahil may other charges like VAT, currency adjustments, etc.

what i did is to get a plan 1200 from smart, added some cash so i can get a P990 unit, use it for calls, for texts, for wireless LAN browsing, and for wired internet browsing as a modem sa PC ko sa house... sulit yung 1200, hindi ako lumalampas.

ganun ba sir? eh meron ako plan 1200 from smart and its been 1 year na and i never explored the feature. the phone they gave me was a 3G unit na SE K600i. how can I use it as PC modem? will it be a simple connection of USB cable that comes with the phone? how's the charging anyway? is it on top of the 1200 or part of consumable? pasensya na sa maraming tanong.

[imontherhythm]

up ko lang.

i'm in cavite gentri area nga pala and need help from you guys who have smart or globe broadband connection.

go for globe. sa smart habang dumadami ang nagkakaroon, lalo kang bumabagal.



OT. san ka sa gen tri? taga dun din ako bro.

[miLes]

i visited globe and asked if they can offer their services in our area kaso puno na raw yung sa area namin, so does this mean we dont have a chance of using globe? so limited lang pala pwede nilang iserve

[mommyblue]

bump ko lang mga papi ang thread..

im currently using smart bro kaso lapet na matapos lock-in kaya i'm considering mag-switch sa globe..

[dprox]

Kahit talo ang Globe sa overall sales,
panalo sila sa reliability and service. Ang galing!

I have no complaints about my ISP. Overspeeding nga, e.
Ang problema ay yung bottleneck sa Yehey.