Smart Bro [Merged]

[bad driver]

ok naman ang smart bro ng younger bro ko

hehe... you can easily share it via wifi router. my inlaws are just discovering the internet so minsan 4 na laptops+1 desktop kami sa house nila. hehehe.

I noticed that it asks for a password everytime the ethernet cable is physically removed/reattached.

[jim]

Hay, dahil sa maraming kapalpakan at maraming nagreklamo sa Smart Wifi they came up with Smart Bro! Napansin ko na lang ito nung nagchange connection ako tas pumunta ako sa portal ayun pinatungan yung WIfi ng BRO. What will they think of next??? I just hope SMART improves it's wireless broadband services. It is still powered by Meridien kaya don't expect any improvements with the service just yet.

https://portal.smartbro.net/

[nugundam93]

i went to smart wireless last wednesday late morning sa sm north edsa carpark, sabi down daw portal nila so they can't check if i can avail of their service (oh, i'm in the visayas ave/t.sora area).

so they recommended i go to araneta mall in caloocan and maybe ok yung portal nila dun. so i went there thursday, down din! asar.

oh, and the parking sa araneta mall sucks big time, amfangit ng layout.

kakainis naman ayaw ata ako ipabroadband eh

[smalltimer]

down portal in two branches? Smart BRO

[nugundam93]

exactly. nababadtrip na nga ako eh. hehehe.

[KrisKros]

I'm using smart wifi..for nearly P1,000 a month, its not bad. But it's not FAST as you expect. When i think broadband..i think of being able to game online without many problems. I only play 2 online games once in a while..but it seems i'm always lagging due to my slow connection. The connection during the day is so-so..at night it's faster. I expected more from this connection of mine. But, since there's no LAN line connections in our subdivision, its my only hope.

If you have a laptop, I really really suggest you inquire with Globe. They have this new wifi setup for the metro manila area. it's literally wireless unlike Smart Wifi..where they have ethernet wires connected from your reciever to the computer. Ne ways, Globe's Wifi seems to promise a lot, 25x faster than dialup and 4x faster than DSL. Globe's DSL is already fast...n multiplying that by 4 is extremely fast. Plus you can take youre laptop in your car...and check your email.

When my Wifi 1yr contract expires n if my area is able to use that wifi that they have for globe..im switching for sure.

[NovicE]

Sa Smart Wifi/Smart Bro para kang naka-LAN dyan. Sa isang vicinity bibigyan kayo ng Smart ng Bandwidth. for example 20mbps binigay sa inyo sa Marikina yung 20mbps ngayon paghahatian ng buong marikina pag maraming gumagamit bumabagal pag konti lang gumagamit mabilis. Mas mabilis din connection mo kung nasa 1 km radius ka mula sa Tower/signal.

[niky]

Smart WiFi/BRO, whatever they call it, sucks compared to an actual DSL line. It's cheaper than real DSL, but speeds are just a littel faster than 56k, and if there are too many subscribers in your area, it's just as slow.

My cousin and his buddy both have it, and they have to go out every now and then to check their antennas.

It's decent when it's up. Sucks when it's down.

RE: MERIDIAN ISSUE... they were taken over by Smart... PLDT? I guess it doesn't matter which. Ever since they were taken over, service has divebombed. I'm on Meridian right now (our school uses it exclusively) and service has been very bad these past few weeks since the takeover. We're actually giving them till June to shape up, or we're changing services.

Sayang, Meridian used to be quite decent, and freaking fast.

[neko-chan]

Yung mga may reklamo sa PLDT DSL/SMART Bro post po kayo ng petition dito...
BTW, Smart is owned by PLDT...

http://www.petitiononline.com/mod_pe...ed.cgi?pldtdsl

ako nagpetition na. grabeng kawalanghiyaan na tong ginagawa ng SMART. gamit ko ngayon dial-up!!!

AS quoted in the complaint:

"As someone already mentioned, profit is the main fuel of companies, actually that is why their people ventured into entrepreneurship at the first place. It is sad that there exist companies (on this petition's case, a fairly large on in our country) with an absurd balance between customer satisfaction and their big fat income statement."

Haaay buhay...

Please, please, please, Spread this Petition kung may problema kayo sa smart or Pldt broadband services. minsan namumula na ko sa galit. critical kasi ang internet connection ko in my work...

[neko-chan]

Ito na sana ang sagot sa kapalpakan ng Smart/PLDT:
http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index....story_id=76851

[C#@RD]

After awhile of researching..

I applied for the smartbro connection last saturday, I paid 1K for the installation and 999 for the 1 month connection, 1yr tied up ka with them.

They will be going to our house for the installation on thursday, sabi sa akin sa smart wireless center mas mabilis sana kung meron ako nung receiver na binibigay nila once na magbayad ako, pero out of stock in the taytay and the santa lucia mall, kaya thursday na ang pinaka mabilis na installation.

I hope na mabilis yung connection, kasi 3 of my colleagues are using smartbro and their feedback's are positive.

I hope everything goes well on thursday.

[driven]

in fairness, pag dating sa connection, they are somewhat better than PLDT's DSL 999 plan...
pero file transfer speed? parang dial-up lang during peak hours, well, from dawn to morning ko lang na experience yung broadband speed niya... siguro nga depends sa area...

[RedHorse]

nag-apply ako last year for pldt-dsl...

ang kinabit, smart wifi dahil di daw dsl capable copper line sa bahay..

then around 2 weeks ago, na-surprise ako ng pldt, papalitan na daw smart wifi dsl ng landline based na dsl.. at ngn na daw ito for the same mo subscription amount.
mas mabilis na nga...

[CVT]

I had my SmartBro installed in our place last week and so far it is doing okay. Speed is just 200kbps,- so it is still tolerable. Also had a Linksys WRT54G router intalled the day after, so we can use our PCs and laptop at the same time. Sharing the bandwidth nga lang.... So far, so good.

[cyrusblutrooper]

im a smartwifi user. im currently using it right now. connection is better than our local ISP(batangas) right now its bandwidth test is at 258.8kbps but sometimes it flanctuates going down to 36.6kbps(seldom) dont know what the reason behind its flanctuation...the worst problem you can encounter is when your connection failed tech support is not the fast as their connection is, you maybe waiting for ages before they act on it. best is try to call them as often as you can if your connection failed. BTW mine is their lunching promo 788 per month...

[C#@RD]

Feedback from my smartbro experience

For the people planning to switch to smartbro, they just installed the wireless device today so far so good, connection speed is fast and based on the bandwidth test it's running the 300-354kbps.

so far im happy with their service, since the installers were professional and they were quick, they installed the device at the middle of the roof and pointed it to the nearest cellsite, we just had to cut the top branch of one of the pine trees since it's blocking the signal, true enough when the branch was cut the signal strength went up, they installed everything in an hour..

download speed was good, Im planning to play some online games maybe this weekend or the next to test the speed I hope I don't get dissapointed.

[mikmik316]

We have 2 Smart Bro subscriptions and I'm applying to be an agent/installer/service center of Smart for Smart Bro....

Nung sine-seminar kami, dun ko na-realize na 100% ng slow & disrupted connections ay dahil sa kapalpakan ng mga antenna installers.

Most of the problems could be resolved HAD:

1) the installer properly connected the antenna.... which means lahat nung nasa box package nung antenna ay GINAMIT ng installer.

2) the installer configuring the set-up of the Antenna chose the right Smart cellsite based on signal strength and minimal interference.

Maganda ang network ng Smart kasi multiple sites naman ang pwede pagkuhanan ng signal.... Choosing it though requires deeper analysis & evaluation.

MORAL OF THE STORY: Bantayan ang nagkakabit ng Antenna. Wag pumayag na nde makakuha ng magandang signal. Always check speed before signing or letting the installer leave the site.

Dapat mga 20-24 Kb/s minimum download rate mo when you download files from Limewire or Download.com. Kapag mas mababa jan, it means palpak pagkakakabit ng antenna.

Hope this helps...

[fireblade]

I had my SmartBro installed in our place last week and so far it is doing okay. Speed is just 200kbps,- so it is still tolerable. Also had a Linksys WRT54G router intalled the day after, so we can use our PCs and laptop at the same time. Sharing the bandwidth nga lang.... So far, so good.

Still on Globe speak n surf and they have improved their service so far. I pay P270 for 256kbs of connection speed and my Linksys router does the trick of letting me and my daughter go online at the same time. My neighbor is giving me 788kbps whenever I would go out and use my notebook in the terrace as her connection is unsecured . Just a quick question, is this bad in the sense that she can mess around with my pc? Btw I am also using a WRT54G and it serves me well. In fact, we just got one for the office this time.

[boybi]

i'm a smartwifi/smartbro subscriber for more than 9 months already and hindi pa naman ako nagkaroon ng continuous interruption. 24/7 naka on ang PC ko and laging maxed out ang bandwidth usage ko sa kakadownload sa *******. i'm using DU Meter to monitor my connection and there was 1 time na umabot ng 1mbps yung connection ko for a few minutes.

[ts1n1ta]

makaapply nga nito. meron daw sa taytay area eh! yey! Merong promo bilis kabit something... hmmm