The Smart Bro Experience
Smart Bro is a wireless internet service provided by Smart Telecommunications, one major player in the Philippine mobile services arena.
Smart Bro connections differ in two types: the fixed antenna and modem usually installed above the house and the USB 3.5G modem, the more handy and truly mobile option.
I happened to use the second type, the USB 3.5G modem, which is actually capable of using 2G (the old-school voice and text), GPRS, EDGE, 3G and 3.5G (HSDPA) signals. I borrowed the 3.5G modem from a high school classmate. I tested the connection at Kalayaan Residence Hall of University of the Philippines in Diliman, Quezon City Philippines.
Specifically, I used Smart Bro’s service in my room which is located on the basement and at the newly renovated lobby. First off, I’ll discuss my internet experience on my room.
Smart Bro @ the basement of Kalayaan Residence Hall
The connection was virtually dead even if it was connected to Smart’s servers. A high school batchmate earlier reported that she can’t connect to the Internet. The inner geek in me went out and suspected the DNS server to be the culprit. I switched to OpenDNS and tadaaa, it worked.
The big question is: how about the unknowledgeable public that doesn’t even have an idea on DNS servers?
Yes, it was insane. I swiftly browsed my way to speedtest.net, my favorite speed test website. I tested on the nearest server, BayanTel server in Quezon City, Philippines. The ping time was 571ms (too high), 78 kbps (kilobits per second) download rate and 30 kbps upload rate. This means that the connection is just nearly 40% faster than the 56kbps dialup connection for download and a bit behind a dialup’s usual upload rate.
Then I tried to access my email, open my blog’s administration panel and the usual websites I visit. It was crappy slow — our home dialup Internet was still a lot faster. It was really the biggest crap in the world — a “broadband” Internet slower than a narrowband dialup connection. — deleted, too harsh.
Smart Bro sucks [ sucked at my room ]. Smart Bro is Smart Broken.
I was not convinced and so I unleashed the adventurous side of me. I stood up on the ledge of my bed, held the laptop on one hand and the 3.5G modem on the other. Tested the speed and tadaa, yielded a 563ms ping time (a very little bit faster than the previous normal scenario), 162 kbps download rate and 31 kbps upload rate. Still very disappointing since you still have to risk yourself from falling down with a laptop to obtain the speed. Another downside of this is that you can’t type on the keyboard unless you have a third set of hands.
Smart Bro, for the second time, sucked! Smart Bro is Smart Broken.
Smart Bro @ Lobby of Kalayaan Residence Hall
The lobby is situated on the first floor, higher than the basement. I tested its speed but still got very disappointing results at 543ms ping time, 204 kbps download rate and 42 kbps upload rate. The actual Internet connection was sluggish and was not consistent. A number of instances that the connection goes dead for quite a time and restores itself back to momentum unexpectedly.
For other freshmen living in Kalayaan Residence Hall, I advise you that Smart Bro is not a good choice [unless they do a system enhancement of the 3G signal in the area]. I suggest that you avail the free DilNet wifi at the U.P. Computer Center located right in front of Ipil Residence Hall, EnggLib2/CS Building and other DilNet hotspots. [ I suggest you avail of the free DilNet wifi at the lobby. ] Internet speed [ of DilNet Wifi ] usually ranges from 3 to 4 mbps download and upload rate (40ms ping time) on peak hours and 6 up to 10 mbps on nonpeak hours. A drawback of using DilNet is that it is filtered. Game sites, social networking sites and streaming sites are blocked at most times of the day (semi-allowed domains) while porn, gambling and illegal sites are prohibited at all times.
Conclusion
As for conclusion, Smart Bro is a crappy bad Internet choice for Kalayaan Residence Hall residents unl. Smart Bro sucks! Similar reports and blog entries on Smart Bro on other areas area also evident and widespread in the world wide web — thus safe to conclude that the Kalai experience is not an isolated case.
Smart Bro sucks, on the said area.
Here’s an interesting review of why Smart Bro really Sucks by Jehzlau. And also, I would like to share a list of the Best ISPs (Internet Service Providers) in the Philippines.
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194 Responses to “The Smart Bro Experience” (join them?)
June 26, 2008 at 7:39 pm
i agree… super bagal talaga… nevermind, its their marketing strategy para mas magtagal ang duration ng internet use…
June 26, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Nakaka-discourage talaga ang Smart Bro.
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June 26, 2008 at 11:06 pm
Buti na lang hindi pa ako nabili nung Prepaid kit nila. Sayang lang ang pera ko. lol
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June 27, 2008 at 11:03 am
Thanks for that review about Smart bro. It’s timely as I’m scouting for appropriate internet service in our residence and I’m not familiar with this “computer” things.
Good luck to your studies…. I was a resident of Kalayaan (B-23) way back in 1979-80.
AP
June 29, 2008 at 12:48 am
Ask Kuya Rbee, he used Smart din ata noon
Ayun. Pero ‘yun accessible nga ‘yung Dilnet sa harap ng Ipil 
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July 3, 2008 at 11:02 pm
Waaaaaaaa! Smart Bro sucks talaga kahit anong gawin natin
hehehe.. Globe broadband ang the best so far 
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July 6, 2008 at 10:28 am
problematic kasi ang microwaves kapag may ulan at moisture.
July 6, 2008 at 11:36 pm
wow. you’re also a big fan of speedtest.net. same here.
i agree with the bandwidth you measured at the DilNet wifi. mind boggling yung speeds!
July 9, 2008 at 10:09 pm
first month of subscription and yes!!! 7 times slower than dial up! hooray for smart! im sick and tired of the insufficient CSRs that always tells me to do those redundant troubleshooting procedure.. the installers that checked my connection were very useless, how can a refresh thingy on desktop fix a slow connection?can anybody answer me? lol
anyways, i really DON’T recommend smartbrokeband, if you will subscribe, it’s just like committing suicide…
August 24, 2008 at 11:38 am
I have no reasons to disagree. I wrote a post too related with Smartbro’s service and in some ways I was really disappointed.
http://www.johnraul.com/smartbro-wireless-broadband-not-good-for-web-freelancers/
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August 27, 2008 at 5:37 pm
ang download speed nyan hay nako 6.5kb lng (SIYET!!!)pinaka worst internet of my life dont use this broadband
September 17, 2008 at 10:10 pm
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Okay naman Smart Bro.
Two weeks na ko naghihirap sa smart bro ko, then three times na ko pinuntahan ng tech team. Sabi antenna daw problema sakin, actually bukas may isa pang pupunta pero papacancel ko na. Natuklasan ko lng na may mali lng silang configuration sa canopy ko, nag experiment lng ako. I found out na ung range ng antenna ko is ni-limit lang nila. Two miles lang ung nakita ko nung una, ang range is 1-30miles so ginawa kong 30 miles. Yunn ang bilis na! Download speed is 349kbps upload is 271kbps. Pa reconfigure niyo. Pa check niyong mabuti.
September 18, 2008 at 5:09 pm
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You’re all true, Smart Bro is really the worst internet. Aside of being mabagal, madalas pang nawawala ang connections.
Atsaka super bastos pa ang mga ngbibigay ng bill. This happened a couple of days, two months lang na di ako nakapgbayad pero pinadalhan na ako ng demand letter from CMMS Services, Inc. and amounting to P 1792.78 yun balance ko. Wala sana problema kahit padalhan nila ako ng demand letter pero wag naman sana ganun ka bastos yun mga taga CMMS na yan. Akala mo isang milyon yung utang namin sa Smart Bro para ganun sya magsalita na halos kinagulat ng mga kapitbahay namin. At nanakot pa siya na tatanggalin yun connections namin s smartbro.
Bakit sila ganun? Are they connected to smartbro para ganun sila? Sana hindi sila makakasira sa buong company ng Smart Bro. Hindi ako galit sa Smart Bro pero dun sa personnel ng CMMS Services, Inc. located at Makati City.
Kung kaya niya ipatanggal yung antenna tanggalin nila and remember hindi lang naman kayo ang Service provider ng Internet. I hope maaksyonan nyo tong bad attitude ng mga taga CMMS Services, Inc. Bastos sya at akala mo sya na ang may ari ng Smart Bro kung magsalita. Hindi namin alam ang name niya kasi wala sya ID na maipakita. To those personnel in CMMS Services, Inc, located at Makati City, be nice naman sa pagbigay ng mga ganyan klase ng letter,hindi kami criminal at wala pang 2 thousand yung utang namin sa Smart Bro para magsalita k ng ganyan. Wala kng karapatan para bastusin mo ang mga client nyo. Pano ka makakasingil kung ganyan ang attitude niyo baka nga mas marami ka pang utang kesa sa amin.
October 11, 2008 at 2:14 pm
I am married and have traveled to several places with my husband. I have used different ISPs and Smart Bro comes last on my list of performance. Sometimes there is a non existents connection in the Province of Dipolog. I did a
pingspeed test and had an average from about 16kbps download to 120kbps which is no where near what I am paying for and that doesn’t include the days when it says limited or no connection.Calling them is a waste of time as the lines are ALWAYS busy so I did try the Smart Bro Quick Fix. I had a connection until I used it to check it out, then it told me there was no connection between my computer and the antenna. My husband who was a British naval computer engineer simply restored the settings and I tried again and the same thing happened. Obviously the software they provide is as bad as the service. Eventually I did get through to complain, but was informed by the engineer there was a connection so it was my computer’s fault. My husband started laughing at this realizing the engineer was a total idiot and not a SMART-minded engineer.
Eventually it reconnected all by its self, but the speed is still useless. So if you are considering using it for a business, then consider another service because you will never get an engineer to check the system for you with ease. And if he does, its a rare experience here.
Maybe its just Dipolog and the surrounding area that gets no customer service.
I hope for the rest of you that you don’t have to suffer the same frustrating conditions of smart bro…ken
October 15, 2008 at 10:21 pm
Naku smart bro sucks talaga kaasar dito nga sa amin madalas mahina ang signal at sobrang bagal sa gabi lang medyo malakas ang connection palibhasa sa gabi kakaunti ang nag iinternet. .
grabeeh kaasar visit niyo din blog post ko aboutsmart bro sucks. .Thanks!
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November 2, 2008 at 4:13 pm
Never even mind to call their technically-adik support number. You could even get shouted by these nasties. SmartBroken is virtually the most stupid internet service in the whole wide world, milking their poorly serviced consumers. Their 3G service is the worst. For your info, those 3G cards are made by ZTE-China, di ba yun yung company na nanuhol kay Abalos, kaya nagkaroon ng ZTN-NBN Deal Scandal.
November 6, 2008 at 9:33 am
SO TRUE. SEE BELOW LETTER RECENTLY SENT TO SMART! OBVIOUSLY, THEY HAVE NOT REPLIED YET.
TO: SMART
I am taking my chances that my email will be read, taken note of and hopefully be addressed. I had my share of bad experiences with companies such as PLDT and any of its affiliations like Smart.
My husband and I have been very disappointed with the service rendered by SmartBro and its contractors. We subscribed to your P999/month package less than a month ago. While we acknowledge the immediate action of installing the connection, what we are very disappointed about is the service provided after the installation.
The problem started when we experienced either a low signal connection or no connection at all a week after the installation. At least 3-4 calls were made to your technical team and we were just instructed via phone to modify our laptop. Thus, ending up with negative results. Given the lack of diligence and 100% assistance, we have decided to terminate the account despite the lock-out term. A termination notification was relayed to your hotline number and your representative instructed us to proceed to the branch where we applied for a line and personally inform them of the intended termination.
We visited your branch in Festival Mall and informed your frontliner of our intention. Yet, he was able to persuade us to have it checked with your technical contractor, “BPT”. We again gave Smart another chance. Thus, below is the sequence of events which I hope you will take note of and immediately address:
1. We visited your Festival Mall branch on a weekend and your frontliner instructed us to wait for the call of your contractor, BPT, on Monday (Oct 27).
2. Monday (Oct 27) arrives, no call was received from BPT. A call by SmartBro was made on Oct 29 (Wednesday) to check if BPT has addressed our concern. A new schedule was set for BPT Technical’s visit on November 1 (Saturday) 10 am.
3. Saturday (Nov 1) arrives, again no one from BPT arrived. We ensured that our day will be spent at home given the agreed schedule. At 7 pm, my husband and I finally decided to leave the house due to a scheduled dinner.
4. Sunday (Nov 2) – A SmartBro representive calls us to check our feedback once again. A clear yet stern message was relayed given that the schedule agreed upon were not observed by Smart. Your customer service representative tried to explain that BPT arrived on November 1, 6 pm, but no one was home. May I reiterate that the agreed time on Nov 1 was 10 am! Should your contractor have arrived at 6 pm, they should have contacted us via text, celphone or landline. Besides, all these contact details have been submitted to Smart.
5. Monday (Nov 3) – My husband was finally able to schedule a technical visit with your contractor on Nov 4, 7pm.
6. Tuesday (Nov 4) – Your contractor arrived on time. They were 5 men who arrived (headed by JONG). Upon arrival, they immediately explained aggressively that they came on Nov 1 at 2 pm and waited until 4 pm. If you refer to item # 4, your representative stated that the contractor arrived at 6 pm. Thus, I told your contractor that we should have been informed via text or call. Yet,they continued giving reasons such as:
1) NO LOAD. The load that they are using is from their own pockets.
2) TIPS given to them by SmartBro customers are too small. The previous customer gave them only P100 which will be split between the 5 of them.
3) SMARTBRO AGENTS commit schedules without properly coordinating with them. Thus, they are the ones who face the angry customers.
4) They only have ONE SERVICE VEHICLE. With this, how can they manage customers at the same time.
5) Salary is too SMALL.
With all their complaints, I became very uneasy and unsafe with these men around. Moreover, they had the guts to ask this question . . .”MAM, MAY HAPUNAN BA?” . . . To address their question, I gave them P300 . . . Apparently, the P300 is not enough. Towards the end, they requested for more tips which I did not agree to anymore.
The connection is working so far. But if this is the service that we are paying for, it’s simply NOT WORTH IT.
November 11, 2008 at 2:32 pm
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Grabe ang Smart. Nagreport ako last November 2 (Sunday) na may problema ang connection ko, their technician check the connection only last Thursday (Nov 6) tapos maulan daw so umalis din sila kasi hindi magagawa dahil madulas sa bubong, then pumunta ulit sila ng Friday (Nov 7) pero umalis ulit kasi hindi daw nila alam ang passwork ng laptop. Wala kasi ako sa bahay nung day na yun.
Pero sobrang babaw ng reason nila para hindi maayos pwede naman nila akong text para malaman ang password. Saturday (Nov
they again checked the Internet connection and concluded the the problem is on the Smart base station and they they again committed to check the unit the following day. Pumunta naman sila ng Sunday (Nov 9), may mga ginalaw silang settings sa laptop tapos biglang nag brown out so nag decide ang technician na umalis na lang dahil nga sa power interuption.
Ayun yesterday (Nov 10) sira na ang laptop. Nag auto shutdown na sya. Sinira ng technician ng smart .Grabe!! Sobrang perwisyo ang ginawa samin. Nacorrupt na ata yung mga files dahil sa may ginalaw sila na setting sa laptop na blue screen na yung lumalabas when everytime I turn it on.
November 12, 2008 at 1:37 pm
I honestly don’t know how they get away with selling this crap, it truly is an exercise in frustration :/
December 11, 2008 at 1:07 pm
Wow, i’m about to buy smart bro pero nagdadalawang isip na ko. Wala kasing wifi sa room ko sa boarding house on campus… Ano ba yan dilemma nanaman over smart-bro or globe visibility. But my brother said that smart bro has a good connection over rizal which is my province…
December 16, 2008 at 6:31 pm
ako din I was planning to buy Smart Bro… Can you tell me how it compares to Globe infinity? Globe user kasi ako ever since but now their WAP service absolutely sucks. SO I was thinking of buying Smart instead of Globe..
December 17, 2008 at 11:39 am
I agree. I have the same experience both with Smart Bro and Globe Visibility
December 17, 2008 at 11:45 am
Both of Globe and Smart suck. They are liable for damages for false advertisement and wide scale (nation wide) Fraud.
December 22, 2008 at 9:09 am
Is this really the money were paying 4?
Ang bagalbagal T_T Surfing lng sa net hindi na kaya?
anu ba 2? internet? FUTA nakakahiya mang sabihin pru yaks tlaga ang smartbro T_T
kahit youtube hindi nakakapagstream^^
4 those others na nagbabalak gumamit ng smartbro, wla kaung makukuhang maganda sa smartbro.!
December 27, 2008 at 9:38 pm
Wow..sana I made a research first before buying this kit..My gosh,..I’m a victim again of false advertisement..”mas mabilis”..grabe nga!..mabilis kang mainis at ma highblood. Smart Management are just ignoring customers complaints maybe as it seemed millions already are complaining but until now they couldn’t find solution for the customers to be satisfied..Its just really a waste of money and time.
December 28, 2008 at 7:52 pm
Well, globe wireless broadband (plan) also sucks (bigtime). I’m using it for about 2 months now and the speed is terrible sometimes it cannot open a single website. I also have a smartbro prepaid kit, which doesn’t work (anymore). Globe and smart sucks.
By changing your MTU settings you will gain only about 5-10% improvement, not that much of an increase in performance.
December 29, 2008 at 3:26 pm
May worst experience din ako with SB. Nawalan ako ng connection after kong magbayad last November. I called the CS and informed them of the problem, according to them may internal problem daw sila sa system kaya hindi nila ma-activate yung account ko, naputulan ako that time at nagbayad para bumalik ang connection ko. anyway, naghintay ako sa return call nila kasi yun ang pangako nila sa akin. After 24 hours walang tawag from SB so tumawag ulit, asking kung hindi pa rin activated yung account ko, sabi ng ibang nakausap ko sa CS okay na daw ang account ko pwede ng gamitin. So tumawag ako sa bahay, told them na okay na, nung binuksan naman ng kapatid ko yung PC at in-open nya yung connection ang laging lumalabas sa system tray NETWORK CABLE UNPLUGGED pero hindi sya naka-unplug. So tawag na naman ako para humingi ng tulong sa kanila, they guide me on what to do but no avail of getting back my connection, sabi ng tech baka daw yung LAN card ko ang may problem. I asked them to check my antenna first, send some contractor to ensure na hindi yung antenna nila ang sira. 3 weeks akong naghintay 4 times a week akong tumawag requesting for their service nicely hanggang sa napuno na rin ako at sinisigawan ko na sila sa phone, I don’t usually yell at someone esp. Customer Service people kasi I have the same work as them pero nakakapika yung palagi na lang akong paaasahin. finally they visited me last Dec 13…and guess what, yung antenna nila ang may problema. They changed all the set; cable, antenna and the adapter.
Kung meron lang akong choice na magiba ng ISP I will defo not prolong my subscription with SB but since I live in a remote area, they’re the only company who can give me a connection.
January 2, 2009 at 6:23 pm
EL TERIBLE tlaga ang SmartBro! SMARTBRO is definitely NOT a SMART choice. Magaling lang sila sa una at sa mga bagong subscribers pati na sa singilan e mabilis sila. Pero ang connection q (canopy ang gamit q)e nkaka-hi blood sa bagal. In fact I noticed that 2 months ago halos wla aq connection every holidays and weekends and I’m prompted to call their TSR na scripted na lng ang mga dialogues…kesyo my system maintenance or upgrading daw sila sa base station nila – na hindi naman namin nararamdaman na nag-iimprove ang service nila kundi ngiging WORST lng. Pag nag-open aq ng PC q earlier than 10am e wla aq conection mdalas at nakaka-ilang restart din aq ng PC q at napapansin q lng na pagdating ng 10 am or past 10 aq nagkakaron ng connection. So parang hindi UNLIMITED yung plan 999 q. At gaya nito, habang sinusulat q ang comment na ito ay wla na nman aq connection per LAN status sa taskbar q at para bang ayaw nila na mai-post q itong comment na ito about SMARTBro – - ang pambansang Un-SMARt BOREDBAND! Cguro panahon na rin na imbestigahan na senado itong mga HINAYUPAK na ISP’s na ito gaya ng SMART Communications, Inc.
January 7, 2009 at 2:16 pm
Hi, i got smart bro since oct. and so far ok naman ang connection ko. i did run a test on speedtest.net and results say:
first test: 475kbpsdown 267kbps up ping 136ms
second test: 403kbps down 287kbps up ping 151ms
third test: 588kbps down 278kbps up ping 151ms
average speed is 488kbps down 277kbps up ping 146ms
these test has been done around 2pm in the afternoon, weather is sunny after a slight rain around 12nn. Jan 7, 2009. Location is Banaba, San Mateo Rizal. Sa residence namin in a one kilometer radius may 7-15 est. smart bro subs, all residencial houses, max three floor houses…
what im trying to explain is, efficiency of the smart bro connection can be attributed to the line of sight and distance of the canopy to the nearest wireless tower, interferences, physical barriers, the likes… well im not too knowledgable about the whole connection, but thats what i have observed, my connection to some of my friends, comparing my location to theirs. I dont know how far i am from nearest tower, but our residence is a two-floor house, canopy is on a 20ft tube on top of our house, makes it the highest canopy in my location.
Siguro it really depends on the location. kung masyado kang malayo, masyadong crowded ang location, too may physical barriers, you’re out of luck, dont get smart bro.
Isang hinaing ko lang, is i dont get much play time sa gg client, mataas daw ang ping time ko… if someone there can easily play dota with gg client, na walang problema sa ping time… id like to know ur isp, magpapalit ako after i finish my contract with smart. but as of now, browsing is ok, torrent is ok, ( i actually finished a 12gb battlestar galactica torrent in one week ) online gaming looks good ( i play air rivals and project torque and rarely becoz of the ping time, dota ) i hope that gives u more insight bout the issue. thanks for the space. any comments shoot me an email gamedex@gmail.com
January 8, 2009 at 11:14 pm
too bad for you guys. ive been smartbro user since december 2006. wala naman naging problema. maganda ang service, connection, etc. mula nun naging subscriber ako, isang beses lang nagkaron ng aberya (nun nagtanggal sila ng base station kase gagawin na daw private).
January 23, 2009 at 2:46 pm
Smart Bro is the worst! internet broadband connection with (download speed of 10kb/s) and (upload speed of 1kb/s) mabilis pa ang dial-up na may bilis na (56kb/s download speed) and (upload speed of 15kb/s) minsan wala pang connection ang smart, smart bro is not a smart choice. mag globe broadband nalang kayo o kaya digitel. hindi rin totoo na “384kbps” ang smart bro, kahit nung una palang itong nilagay samin mabagal na, mga 45kb/s ang download speed. pero nung ilang buwan na ang nakakalipas mas mabagal pa ito! nasisiyahan narin sana ako sa “45kb/s” pero ngayon talagang napakabagal. sana mabasa ito ng mga tiga “smart communication” ng malaman nila kung gaano kapalpak ang system nila…
February 8, 2009 at 2:28 pm
Much like many of you I was also disappointed with smart bro, but now that disappointment has turned into anger when several months after I requested for the termination of my smart bro account, I find out that they failed to terminate it and are now billing me for a few months of service which was not used.
The full story here http://www.roysencio.com/my-smart-bro-problem/
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February 9, 2009 at 10:18 pm
Wow, dami pla talaga nagrereklamo sa Smart Bro… Too bad guys, hindi accurate yung ina-advertise nila na nationwide coverage. Dito sa lugar namin sa Banaba, San Mateo Rizal, reception is ok. Nagtanong-tanong ako kung ok ba yung service ng smart bro nla bago ako kumuha. Actually yung ksama ko sa compound ang nagsabi na ok naman ung service nila so i got one. As i’ve said on my last post, depende tlaga sa lugar. As I am typing these message, my download speed on speedtest.net is 357kbps, upload is 136kbps, ping time is 189ms. I started a 16gig torrent last thursday and i am now 33.8% done. A word of advice, ask muna kayo sa lugar nyo kung maganda ang smart bro service dyan, and check kung maganda ung installation ng canopy nyo, hindi porket 2 or 3 floors and house nyo, eh pwede nang ikabit sa 2ft tube ang canopy, like my installation, 2 floors ang bahay ko, and i got a 20ft tube sa bubong ko where my canopy is, and also make sure na hindi maalog ung tube nyo, pag umaalog ang canopy, slowspeed ang labas nyan, or dropping connection. Pag lahat ng smart bro subs sa lugar nyo eh nagrereklamo, wag na kayo magpakabit.
February 12, 2009 at 10:46 pm
Naku peste talaga ang smartbro! alam nyo saan kayo nakakita ng 30kbps ang speed talo pa ng dial up connection na nasa 50kbps.. Nakakabuwisit pa is nagbabayad ka ng tama tapos hindi naman sulit dahil yung up to 384kbps na promise nila ehh walang kwenta! Ilang days na ako sa sobrang bagal no connection kapag tatawag naman ako sa hotline nila all they can say is just WAIT for the feedback of technical support within 24 hours. Peste! ni hindi ako naka receive ng feedback ni minsan sa loob ng 24 oras kaya nag follow up ulit ako at eto pa nung tumawag ako ayun ulit anohh walang katapusan na tanong anong system requirements ko ano ba operating system ko? at lahat na ata eh tinanong ng paulit ulit kabuwisit lang talaga!! eh ang point ko is so slow connection not my the operating system or my own pc kasi mabilis naman ang problem is yung connection ng smartbro! tapos sisihin nila yung computer ko kasi baka daw mabagal?? helloo????mabilis ang computer ko ever since! At eto pa guys naloka ako dahil need ko daw ireformat ang pc kasi daw baka may virus???hayyy buwisit talaga alam ba nila it takes time to reformat at the same time i have project na kelangan ko matapos so kung uunahin ko mag reformat baka di ako umabot sa deadlines ko!! buwisit lahat nalang dinahilan nila..i have good anti virus and updated daily and make full scan and no virus found on my system!! walang hiya talaga! kapag natapos lang ang lock in period ko mapapalit nako ng intenet provider!! MGA WALANG ENTA NA SERVICE!!
February 19, 2009 at 10:02 am
hi there! i had a cousin who used to curse tinawag nilang “smarbro-ken” aside from their subscription is locked for a year sabi nya “sayang lang ang pera sa walang kuwentang connection”, and anotehr reason is that there was no telephone facilities yet in their area, kaya he has no choice pagtiyagaan. A friend of their’s offered a sample of somewhat like a canopy or dish they call reflector?…am not sure of the term, had them installed together with smartbro antenna. from then i never heard any complaint from my cousin concerning their connection. ngayon he is helping his friend promoting the dish. check out http://www.roughclaw.com they might help you with your problems
February 28, 2009 at 6:17 pm
00 nga kaka badtrip smart bro ang hina ng connection pooota,,,, dati ang bilis ng connection….. almost 1 year na ako sa smart bro di namn ganito dati ehh ngayon super laggyyyy na…. dati na titiis ko pa kahit mejo lag pero ngayon mas lalo atang humina ung connection .. ngayon lumipat na ako ng connection …. smart bro sucks super laggyyyy D2 sa gensan lag ng smart bro marami na din akong kilala na lumipat ng connection reason sobrang lag daw smart bro GRRRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!! Sayang lang ung bayad AMF
March 11, 2009 at 8:37 pm
Pangit talaga ang Smart Bro este… Smart Broke. In my case, nagkakaroon lang ng internet connection pag gabi. Kapag umaga na, walng connection hanggang hapon… ¬_¬
March 13, 2009 at 9:07 am
Yes I am back here again!
Since the last time in October they have come out once after many complaints. I told then a tree branch had pulled the wire from the canopy and I still had to go through the routine of pulling the power supply and re connecting it. Are they totally stupid? The engineer seemed surprised there was no connection even I explained the plug had broken away from the canopy. I’m not sure Dipolog has any intelligent engineers anymore.
Anyway it only took 4 weeks of complaint to actually get them to come out and fix it and no mention of compensation for the non connection time due to then not fixing it. It worked great for 6 days, then is went slower, a few days slower and now almost non existent. Called them yet again with no success! We called into the Dipolog office and was promised they would call within 24 hours, 24 hours past with no one calling and the phone with me all the time. I waited another week and called again. There was no apology and told someone would call once again, but as you can guess no call. Anger is now starting to grow because we have no static phone line in Polanco which is just outside of Dipolog. Eventually after some raised words on the phone I was directed to an engineer who started by telling me to pull the power supply and so on. I explained I had a connection, but it was so SLOW! It timed out every time my husband tried to open outlook express mail and you could take a shower while waiting for it to open a webpage.
I was told that the computer had a virus and what asked what anti virus did I use, obviously to try to push the blame for the bad connection onto us. First of all my husband uses 2 computer of which both have anti virus and the 2nd one being totally reformatted and used for running test and not normally connected to the internet to ensure its totally virus free, but on connection it’s the same (SO SLOW). Eventually the engineer did something and it started working again, it was still slow, but faster than it was and making it usable to get the mail. I could now get to a page up within 2 minutes, which believe it or not seemed fast. This high speed for slowbro didn’t last, 3 days after we are back to where it was before very, very slow or non existent. Now the connection is on and off every couple of minutes making it totally useless. We tried the connection with a friends computer and couldn’t even get it to login. We took the laptop to an internet and tried it with an excellent connection. We have done Slowbo’s work for them and proved its server side and not our computer, but have now totally given up with them. I know globe has a bad reputation too, but it can’t be this bad. We will give it a try now, because we can’t be bothered anymore.
IF you are thinking to use Smartbro, PLEASE READ ALL THE COMPLAINTS! People are making these complaints because the technical and customer service is almost non existent. It can work but rarely does. Only the lucky few seem to escape problems. Reading the previous comment from pcjz, I can believe it takes a bribe to get a good job done, but why should anyone have to do this when we pay for a service that a company cant provider adequately. I am a very angry customer yet I always used to be calm. If you want high blood pressure and a heart attack GET SMARTBRO.
March 14, 2009 at 9:50 pm
YOU HAVE TO LAUGH
How can a company be so stupid? If you try to call Smartbro, you will often flatten your phone battery by the time you get a connection. If you go to one of the centers to talk to customer service a stressed customer service rep will try her or his best to tell you they will contact you within 24hr, but of course this doesn’t often happen and if it does its often 2 weeks before anything is done.
Once again I have an almost non existent internet speed, though it work fine plugged into Globe!
I decided the only way to show my anger was to email customer service direct. I got the email address and sent the message with some strong words of encouragement. About 2 hours later owing to the very slow connection that was not virus related, which Smartbro would insist was the reason I managed to open it.
This message was created automatically by mail delivery software.
A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
customercare@smart.com.ph
SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection:
host smtp5.smart.com.ph [203.84.189.133]: 554-inbounda1.smart.com.ph
554 Your access to this mail system has been rejected due to the sending MTA’s poor reputation. If you believe that this failure is in error, please contact the intended recipient via alternate means.
WHAT ALTERNATIVE MEANS? It was the same from a different email address and it was using slowbro’s connection also.
Now I have heard everything! What a totally useless company
If you are really thinking of using this service, PLEASE consider you may need psychiatric treatment first, because no sane person would use such a load of total crap. I have used many ip in different countries, but never one so poor as this.
March 22, 2009 at 10:42 am
connection’s quite fine in a 3g site, but still, SB sucks.
was a b-22 resident. 03-04
March 24, 2009 at 12:01 am
WALANG KWENTA TALAGA ANG SMART BRO! MAGPOPOST LNG AKO NG COMMENT DITO ANG HIRAP PA!
March 31, 2009 at 2:13 pm
@itut0308
Tama sinabi mo. Okay pala ang Roughclaw reflector. Nabasa ko rin yan sa Smartro Chronicles kaya nag order ako last week lang. Okay na smartbro connection ko. Mas mabilis pa nga ngayon kesa globelines DSL ng pinsan ko.
April 2, 2009 at 2:42 pm
hindi lang smart ang mabagal mas mabagal pa ang globe!! sa globe 15mins bago maka connect ang yahoo messenger. another 15 mins to login to your email. another 15mins to open the inbox another 15mins to read your email so by the time you think your done ubos na 1hour na load mo.
April 3, 2009 at 2:01 pm
Dun sa mga 3years na gumagamit kaya mabilis kasi matagal na sila sa Smart BRO.. kasi 2 ang connection namin ung isa mag 4 yrs na pero ung sa isa 7 months palang. ung 4 yrs mabilis pero 7months sobra bagal
April 7, 2009 at 4:38 pm
wala talaga kwenta talaga to smart bro na to…imagine wala pa 10mins k naka log in cannot find server na…anu b to bulok na sistema nyo….sayang bayad namin sa inyo…smart bro lok……
April 17, 2009 at 9:43 am
NO DOUBT!! i am an OL gamer and Smart bro is not recommendable! is totally suckz!! smart bro only makes my day worst! but my problem is we dont have other net connection services in our place. so atm im waiting for our cable DSL to be available or globe broadband.. after that, bye bye fu*king Smart BroKen!!! Hope Smart Bro business service will be down soon.!
April 17, 2009 at 1:38 pm
sa mga smartbro canopy user:
I’m not a fan of smartbro pero ano pa magagawa nyo kung naka contract na kayo sa kanila. Simple…improve your connection.
Don’t expect “them” to do it for you. They are busy sa pagpagpalawak ng sakop nila na customer.
Its all in your hands.
One: Ticker with your canopy antenna (though its illegal pero di naman nila malalaman kaya di illegal
two: Improve your physical connection.
e.g. refelector..pwede kayo mag DIY pero mas maganda
naka design talaga sa canopy. May Pacwireless(US)
na refelctor. May nabibili rin dito sa pinas
check nyo na lang http://www.roughclaw.com
three: give up your smartbro and look for a better ISP.
April 19, 2009 at 8:35 pm
I agree with wirelespinoy… since i got SB, once pa lng ako nagkaroon ng major problem, ( for others this might be a daily occurence ) nag down ang isang wireless sites sa location namin in San Mateo… causing my connection to drop from regular 340-400++ kbps to 20-30kbps. That happened around mid Feb, but was fixed 24hrs. after my call to one of their TSR. Up to now, no problems.
If online gaming is your stuff, SB is NOT up for the task. get a hardline DSL for gaming. msyadong mataas ang ping times ng SB, magla-lag msyado ang game mo.
Sabi nga ni wirelesspinoy, improve your connection. Kung masyado kang malayo sa wireless tower ng SB, kung too crowded ang lugar nyo ( madami buildings nearby,) or madaming puno, masyadong mahangin… DONT GET SMART BRO. Kung meron na kayo, the best that you can do is to place the canopy as high as possible, hindi porket 2 or 3 floors ang bahay nyo, eh ilalagay mo lang sa isang 2ft. tube ang canopy nyo, use a tube to put up the canopy as high as you can, 15-25ft tube will do, the higher the better. and make sure hindi aalog-alog ang tube para iwas slow speed, iwas dropping connection.
About reflectors, i never needed one anyway but if that helps improve your SB connection, go ahead. It will make the connection stable, it will make your connection speed hit the right mark, which is around 350kbps to 500kbps on off peak hours, but thats it. Dont expect too much. Mag research kayo sa google about the reflector dish to know more.
April 19, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Forgot the X on my name… hehe… Just wanna make it clear, im no Smart bro fan, I still CANT play DoTA on GGclient, nor MUonline. After my contract with SB, im switching ISP. Just making the most out of my SB connection for now.
April 22, 2009 at 10:36 pm
Sorry wrong link, here is the correct one, medyo taas ng ping time ko ngayon than usual, i usually get around 100-110ms, 500+ sya ngaun, but as far as browsing is concerned, i cant see any slowdown.
April 22, 2009 at 10:37 pm
Grrr. I forgot the link again, stupid me
http://www.speedtest.net/result/457775965.png
April 25, 2009 at 11:24 pm
Heres another speedtest i made just tonight, 11:23pm April 25, 2009
http://www.speedtest.net/result/459977833.png
April 26, 2009 at 12:12 am
Oh one more thing to add, may nkita kasi ako sa lugar namin in San Mateo Rizal na medyo mali ung pagkakalagay ng SB Canopy nya sa bubong nya. Yup its high, yup its stable, but… its not facing the direction of the nearest wireless tower sa lugar namin, and as it turned out, ang bagal ng connection nya. Ibang tech yung nagkabit ng smart bro canopy nila. So check also kung yung mga canopy nyo is actually facing the nearest wireless tower in your area. Cheers!
April 26, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Reading the negative reviews on SmartBro — my modem is prepaid — which suits me fine because I’m only living in the Phil 6 months out of the year…I click connect and within (3 to 5 min of the modem catching a signal, it’s connected) my only problem so far heen that I can’t seem to get the right SMTP server settings (tried everything that I’ve read on the forums)plus SmartBro’s modem blocks my Shaw webmail so I can’t access my email account from where I am…
I am not at that point where I should be calling it DumbBro…it’s not gotten to a retarded state yet (although that seems to be the general consensus) ….it’s been my experience that companies like Globe and Smart always try their best to make the paying public suffer in some measure. (Something to do with making the most buck at the yours and my expense)
Incidentally, my ISP (Shaw Cable, is the best ISP in the country (we’re talking 100 mbps, dudes — no shit)this is serious broadband speed) even at peak hours when little Johnny comes home from school and downloads porn…
May 4, 2009 at 7:33 pm
e tanga pala kau e, bat kc ung modem type ang binili nyo, dnman stable ang cgnal nun, you all suck like smartbro do!
TARUPA U AMIN
May 18, 2009 at 11:52 am
90% of smartbro subscribers are suffering smartbro’s bulok services.Smart tele matauhan na sana kayu.
May 18, 2009 at 11:56 am
yung tower nasa tapat lang ng bahay namin pero ang internet ko putol putol..wtf?wala talagang pakialam ang smartbro sa atin.
May 21, 2009 at 8:10 pm
Yeah i agree i have been a subscriber of smart bro since last year 8 months lang tinagal ko pinaputol ko na di ko kasi talaga kaya sobrang bagal at lagi akong DC.
Anyway ok lang ba iinvite ko kau lahat ng smart bro subscriber im inviting you to our very own Smart Bro Portal where we can talk about their services. Looking forward to see you all guys sa site.
thanks!
here is the URL: http://www.smart-bro.net
looking forward to see you all!
May 27, 2009 at 10:08 am
my problem with SmartBro is not with the signal as this is very clearly explained by them.
My first problem was automatic disconnection even though i still have a balance good for 30 minutes more. at least this was addressed after many months and after sentiments and heartaches I have suffered.
Now my SmartBro suddenly cannot conect for no apparent reason. Bringing it to Smart Center only elicit the comment that my SmartBro cannot be read anymore!
Just that??!!! purchase barely a year at P4,500.00 and treated as if I was complaining about a P1.00-plastic toy?
Please help me find a way to protect my interest on this.
This is certainly very very very unfair… if not outright immoral.
May 29, 2009 at 11:35 pm
kadadating palang ng compoter ko ng pakabit na ako ng smart bro.nung una humingi sila ng 800 pesos para sa dadag tubo.sabi kc nila mas mataas mas mabilis.isang tubo ang dinagdag nila then gumana nga mabilis after a week bumagal na hindi na ko makagamit ng yahoo messenger na may gamit na cam dahil weak daw ang connection.pina check ko ung cam sa ibang computer then gumana naman. sabi ng techinician sa connection daw talaga so tumawag ako sa SMART para ipaayos.binago lng nila ung ip address at lalong bumagal sabi ng technician bibilis din daw paglumipas ang araw.malayu lng daw ang server ng smart samin peru merun server ng smart sa klapit bhay nmin na sobrang laki ng antena.sabi nila di daw pwede iconnect dun kc mapuno.ilag araw lumipas d na ko makabukas ng browser.kya ginawa ko ay pinakeelaman ko na ung canopy ko at ginawa ko 100 full duplex ang link speed ko at binago ko ang ip address ko at iniba ko ang canopy ng antenna ko itinapat ko ang antenna ko sa kalapit bhay namin.pagatapus nirestart ko ang computer ko then 1 hour lang super bilis ng connection ko at nasa 4.99MB ang upload speed ko at nasa 6.85MB naman ang download speed ko.isipin nyo yun nange elam lng super bilis ng connction ko ngayun.pag ngdadownload ako ng 50MB nasa 1 munite lng.
June 4, 2009 at 4:07 pm
walang kwenta talaga smart bro… para tayong ninanakawan…. nagloload tayo di naman gumagana… o kaya napakabagal o kaya paputol putol…
June 6, 2009 at 9:59 am
tlga bro alvin? panu mo pinalitan ung settings ng canopy mo? paturo nmn hnd ko kc alam eh…thanks…
June 9, 2009 at 10:44 pm
smart bro will hoard your money, please refrain from using this service! they have the worst customer service and their terms and policies are written so they get more money out of the customer grrr…
June 28, 2009 at 1:21 am
Haha, direct hit un a, taga globe siguro tong si “smart bro”.
Well, isa akong smart user, din naman mabagal. Baka naman kasi weak ung PC nung mga nagrereklamo.
June 28, 2009 at 1:26 am
the connection was fine, actually it was fast. Nadidisconnect ako paminsan minsan lng naman, hindi madalas.
June 29, 2009 at 9:20 pm
case to case din cguro. Ok nman ang smart bro dito sa Las Piñas. nwawala pminsan minsan pero di hamak na mas ayos kesa sa tattoo. login page lng ng FS ubos na bente ko. yamot.
June 29, 2009 at 10:38 pm
ako din smart user..tama ka dun kuya baka weak ung computer nila..sa user na may problem sa smart bro tignan niyo tong site na to baka ung computer niyo ang may problema..
http://smart.com.ph/bro/products/broprepaid.htm
June 29, 2009 at 10:42 pm
tnx sa info papa mark.samin nga un may prob.ang jurasic na kasi ng PC samin eh.kala ko ung smart bro ang my prob.tnx ulit sa link.
July 2, 2009 at 2:24 am
grabe naman ang mga violent reactions sa Smart Bro. Mabilis naman ang Smart Bro namin. ganito sa amin sa Makati… Smart Bro Test in Makati: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs&feature=channel
July 2, 2009 at 11:03 pm
ganun pla ang globe tattoo. Salamat sa video. buti n lng tlaga ndi aq nakinig sa mga friends q na mag tattoo. I’m good with smart.
July 3, 2009 at 7:37 am
hahaha. nakakatuwa naman ung video, sobrang bagal ng Globe. Buti na lang pala smart ako
July 3, 2009 at 8:07 am
baka naman pag wireless kau, sa kasuluksulukan pa kau pupunta. mawawalan talaga ng signal dun.
July 3, 2009 at 10:01 am
mas mabilis talaga ang smart bro sa globe.
July 5, 2009 at 4:23 pm
hahaha.nakakatuwa ung video ah..hehehe..eto pa mga churva na video oh..hehehe
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0NkccUhsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJQtbw-8bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXSyMGZuYlg
July 5, 2009 at 9:01 pm
may nakita akong vid, grabe talaga ung diff ng smart bro sa globe tattoo. cguro kc beta pa ung tattoo. kaya marami pang dapat ayusin, compared with smartbro. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLRgVh2Fa8&feature=related
July 6, 2009 at 4:13 pm
@cat
sabi mo pa ate.mabilis talaga ang smart bro
July 6, 2009 at 4:17 pm
ei guys maganda ba talaga ang smart bro?
July 7, 2009 at 1:55 am
tinnie, yup maganda ang smart bro. check this video. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLRgVh2Fa8
July 7, 2009 at 9:28 am
te tinnie maganda ang smart bro tagal ko na din nakasmartbro eh..satisfied ako sa service niya.try mo check tong site na to.
July 7, 2009 at 6:06 pm
@mark
kuya nsan ung link? hehe..
ako din two years na nka smart bro:)
July 8, 2009 at 1:21 am
kelangan mo pa poh ba ng link? Ok ang smart. Nagamit mo na poh pla for 2 years.
July 8, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Smart bro lng talaga ginagamit ko e.
July 9, 2009 at 10:47 pm
Still enjoying it up to now.
July 11, 2009 at 10:10 pm
Smart bro is okay.
July 12, 2009 at 12:11 am
I found this video, maybe you wanna check it out :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs
July 12, 2009 at 4:29 pm
2mbps, Smart Bro ang fastest wireless broadband connection sa Pinas.
July 12, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Ok video streaming ko! Haha natapos qng panoorin Kuroshitsuji for 2 days.
July 13, 2009 at 12:17 pm
i totally love smart bro! i heard mas mura na ngaun ang rates? totoo ba to?
July 13, 2009 at 2:17 pm
Magkano na nga lng ba per hour?
July 13, 2009 at 8:41 pm
ang alam ko 10/30 mins. fast and definitely mura!
July 13, 2009 at 10:17 pm
Smart bro does not really sucks. I’m the living proof, I’ve tried Tattoo already, and comparing them, the tattoo sucks more. I really don’t know why people think that smart bro sucks, I remember a friend, he was gonna buy the smart bro prepaid kit, his classmates told him not to, because of this and that, but those people don’t actually use any wireless ISPs! They suck! They misjudge services and products. Therefor affecting the impression of the people towards smart bro. If my words are not enough, how about these videos I found in youtube?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO0NkccUhsc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJQtbw-8bo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXSyMGZuYlg
July 13, 2009 at 11:52 pm
napanood niyo na ung new tvc ng smart ngaun? ala lang. hehe.
July 14, 2009 at 2:07 am
madami talaga nag coconduct ng speedtest. pero ok ung video na yan luke ha.. nag tour sila. from makati to alabang. hehe
July 14, 2009 at 11:31 am
go to speedtest.net pra mlaman niyo din speed ng net nyo. ginawa nmin un ng friends ko with tattoo bro and sun. we did it @ tagaytay. at bro ang pinakamabilis.
July 14, 2009 at 3:30 pm
I wanna see the test in tagaytay. Navideohan nyo ba? Can you provide a link? I also found this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLRgVh2Fa8
July 14, 2009 at 8:44 pm
sorry di kmi nag vid e, it was just out of curiosity. but i’ll try to do it next time. kaso nka smart bro na kming lhat ngaun e,hahanapin pa ung tattoo at sun.wahaha.
July 14, 2009 at 9:34 pm
ano ba pwedeng gamitin para mag gwa ng vid? capture pad ba un? may globe kc kuya ko, from his gf.. and its slow as a snail. FS lang frontpage,10 na naubos.
July 14, 2009 at 11:20 pm
@gretchen
uu nga no wala pala akong link..
hehe..sorry
http://www.ambot-ah.com/2009/06/07/three-years-internet-subscription-with-smartbro/
July 14, 2009 at 11:27 pm
parang isang buong taon ako nawala..dami nangyari dito ah..
July 14, 2009 at 11:34 pm
@butterfly
yup napanood ko siya ang cool nung mga design no..andun pa si papa jai.
July 15, 2009 at 12:55 am
ei guys ang ganda ng connection ng smart bro dito sa may R.papa. its very fast.nakakaaliw.
July 15, 2009 at 1:09 am
@mark
san ung link?
July 15, 2009 at 1:13 am
@cat
thanks..napanood ko ung video and it looks like maganda nga siya..hehe.salamat.
July 15, 2009 at 1:15 am
ok naniniwala na ko talga na maganda ang smart bro.sa mga comment niyo palang guys.hehehe.bibili na ko nung my bagong design.para cute. =)
July 15, 2009 at 10:53 am
.33 cents a minute nga ba ung new promo ng smart bro prepaid? ayos un ah!
July 15, 2009 at 7:24 pm
na post ko na tinnie.
magsmartbro kana maganda naman ung service eh.
July 15, 2009 at 7:48 pm
@craze
oh really may bago silang promo.can i have more details craze?
July 15, 2009 at 8:03 pm
I really hate tattoo. Buti pa smart bro, its better compare mo sa slowpoke na globe. Its great nga kc naglower p ung cost ng bro per hour.
July 15, 2009 at 8:06 pm
@leo
sa tvc ko xa npanood, i think its .33 cents per minute. ok cia kc u can always bidget your load.
July 15, 2009 at 11:21 pm
hehe.joke lang nakita ko na.sige thanks sa info it really help.=)
July 16, 2009 at 6:47 pm
thesis+smartbro prepaid+ acer= success! hahaha
July 16, 2009 at 7:29 pm
@ cassie. haha ntuwa nman ako. preho taung nagthe- thesis, nka smart bro at nka acer. ahaha. go students!
July 16, 2009 at 8:02 pm
@craze and cassie.. ui soulmates! haha! magchat na kau. libre sa skype pag smart bro. waha
July 17, 2009 at 12:49 am
DOTA n lng tayo!, Kaming Bro users versus tattoo users! Ano? Kita kits sa Garena!
July 17, 2009 at 2:34 am
Ay sauce, ok n q sa smart bro kahit choppy minsan, nakakatamad kayang magpalit, tapos dagdag gastos p pag nagpalit aq. Mura n rin naman ung service nila, kaya oks n oks lng.
July 17, 2009 at 11:04 am
choppy pag naulan, pag ndi ok nman smart bro. di ktulad ng iba, lagi lang choppy. haha
July 17, 2009 at 2:29 pm
huh? Ganun ba smart? Smart sucks? ayos ah, bat sa kin naman, bilis nmn ng mga DL q, ung bitrate umaabot ng 125kbs. Pero I admit choppy. E di naman maiiwasan ung choppy ekek ng IPS sa pinas, lalo n pag wireless.
July 17, 2009 at 8:07 pm
ei guys pwede na pala i upgrade ang smartbro.try to check this link
http://www.kokeytechnology.com/internet-news/smartbro-upgrade-smart-bro-to-upgrade-bandwidth/
July 17, 2009 at 9:35 pm
Mamaw na ang smart, pwede n i-upgrade. Amf!
July 18, 2009 at 12:43 am
Smart, Globe, sun, pldt, we can;t deny it. Lahat crappy internet service provider, ganun kabulok sa Pinas. 3rd World country kasi e. But regarding that fact. Di ako mabubuhay ng walang net. So kahit choppy silang lahatm, atleast may aangat naman sa kanilng 4 db? At smart bro na un!
July 18, 2009 at 2:49 pm
“I was not convinced and so I unleashed the adventurous side of me. I stood up on the ledge of my bed, held the laptop on one hand and the 3.5G modem on the other. Tested the speed and tadaa, yielded a 563ms ping time (a very little bit faster than the previous normal scenario), 162 kbps download rate and 31 kbps upload rate. Still very disappointing since you still have to risk yourself from falling down with a laptop to obtain the speed. Another downside of this is that you can’t type on the keyboard unless you have a third set of hands.
Smart Bro, for the second time, sucked! Smart Bro is Smart Broken.” quoted form conrad’s entry…
That might be your experience, but mine was… Smart does not sucks and broken in my room. What you did looked really awful and funny, cant say anything more. Haha
July 18, 2009 at 3:50 pm
dati im using my globe broadband at jahe yung statistics nya.. 5.0kbps.. hahaha.. kamusta diba.. that’s why i switch to smart bro.. and im satisfied na..^^
July 18, 2009 at 3:57 pm
halos lahat naman nagiging chopy pag umuulan eh, right.. but, still its ok with lalu na 2ng smart bro.. kasi ndi matgal yung pagiging choppy nya.. unlike the others.. hehehe
July 18, 2009 at 4:09 pm
yup! for only 33cents per minute! ang mura noh.. so lumalabas 10 pesos per minute.. tama diba? hehehe
July 18, 2009 at 4:16 pm
Smart BRO PREPAID, the newest Smart Bro broadband internet service that allows you to surf the net anywhere there’s a PC! Absolutely no Monthly Service Fee since it’s prepaid!
July 18, 2009 at 10:05 pm
Oh yeah. Though I’m using bro, i can’t deny, the new commercial of Globe was amazing! “Marami nang nagpapakamatay” lol.
July 18, 2009 at 11:31 pm
sabi niyo pa.almost lahat naman talaga sila choppy pero siguro yoko na magpalit ng iba.im satisfied with bro.
July 18, 2009 at 11:42 pm
no doubt about dun sa bagong commercial maganda nga.pero advertisement un eh.di nila papakita ung panget sa product.i hope pati sa service maganda ung globe.
July 19, 2009 at 2:36 pm
di ko alam pero ang bagal nung SBW.naiinis ako di ko matapos kagad ung ginagawa ko.sinubukan ko ung bro ng kaklase ko.mabilis naman pala eh.mura pa.
July 19, 2009 at 5:50 pm
try this guys..
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs
July 19, 2009 at 5:52 pm
nagpapakamatay literal.. hahahaha.. naku.. kawawa nmn sila.. hehehe
July 19, 2009 at 5:53 pm
mabilis naman talaga smart bro eh, kala nyo lang hindi..
July 19, 2009 at 6:01 pm
SMARTBRO is just about growing and even better, let’s GO with SMARTBRO.
July 19, 2009 at 6:17 pm
more info from smart bro! check check check!
http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=143
July 20, 2009 at 2:59 pm
lets go for 3mbps smart bro! wahaha.
July 20, 2009 at 4:33 pm
how come i can’t find a good review for globe tattoo. biased net?haha. i guess im getting me a smartbro prepaid huh.
July 24, 2009 at 8:08 pm
globe sucks. lets go with smartbro instead!
July 30, 2009 at 11:55 am
broadband services in the phils really suck! i started out w/ globe. it worked like a dial up…i mean literally. moved to smart hoping that it would be a better connection. some friends said smartbro is better…smart works just the same…intermittent connection…so slooowww. technical support is even worse. they have you unplug blah blah blah. nothing works. pitiful filipino consumers. we don’t have much choice.
October 27, 2009 at 9:41 pm
WTF! tlga ang smartbro! biro mo nsa kasarapa ka mag-surf sa net tapos bigla nlng nawawalan ng connection? badtrip!
nung nawala ung connection namen, months ago na.. nagpakabit kme ng antenna para mas malakas sagap ng signal.. nung una, ok.. tas naun, wala na.. nawawala na ulit ang connection! cool noh?
November 8, 2009 at 12:22 am
Speedup your smart bro mga kapatid.
November 8, 2009 at 4:40 pm
@Marjorie
ok lang un ate marjorie kaysa naman sa globe tattoo.sobrang chuppy ng signal ang asar.
November 10, 2009 at 9:46 pm
lara
your right lara ang chaka ng signal ng globe. I use it for 3 months and im so disapointed sa service.ang chaka chaka.
November 10, 2009 at 9:48 pm
to everyone
do you think i must change my ISP kasi im really sick with globe
November 12, 2009 at 6:17 pm
smartbro suits my broadband world. I have tried globe tattoo, and it really pissed me off. I switched to smartbro. The connection is not that bad as globe. There are down instances like slow connection due to typhoon.but it recovers immediately. not the best but certainly okay.
November 12, 2009 at 9:06 pm
i use globe tattoo for a change and damn it really change my mood.ang bagal potek.
November 14, 2009 at 9:58 am
isaac
yeah men we have the same situation just try it for a change but i give me a headache.nagdodown ung signal or connection madalas
November 14, 2009 at 9:15 pm
@isaac. yap globe connection’s always on down.
November 17, 2009 at 8:35 pm
may lock-in period din ang smartbro dba? naiinis na ko sa globe, mabagal d2 sa lugar nmen.
November 21, 2009 at 4:21 pm
i have a friend name isaac.. hmm.. anyway, yes its true! globe sucks.. even the latest.. still the same.. its the skin that makes them rock but the connection? damn! so mabagal!
November 21, 2009 at 4:23 pm
biassed net? hahaha.. i dont think so, they were just telling the truth, so grab your own smart bro plugit na.. so you wont tell again that this is a biassed net..:P
November 21, 2009 at 4:25 pm
nice commercial with globe tattoo ha,, but its just a commercial.. the connection is down!
November 21, 2009 at 4:26 pm
ganda nga ni sarah dun eh.. kya lan.. mas maganda kung sa smart nalang sya.. hehehe
November 21, 2009 at 4:27 pm
yea! tama ka men! mas maganda kung si sarah nasa smart!
November 21, 2009 at 4:29 pm
si mega nga lumipat diba.. hahaha.. lilipat din yan! wait lang kayo..
November 21, 2009 at 6:21 pm
yep mica my lock in period. pero smart is way way good. mas mdameng cellsites ang smart so anywhere you go pwede. kahit liblib na lugar, atleast meron..
November 21, 2009 at 7:42 pm
corek. smart is way way good. i have tried using globe, mejo liblib d2 samen, when I traded with smartbro, aus.. kahit tago to nakakakuha na signal, plus the fact na mabilis xa.:)
November 22, 2009 at 7:13 pm
@charly.. dito kulob.. takteng globe wla kwenta!
November 22, 2009 at 8:10 pm
edi lipat ka.. try mo sun or smart.. pero best for me is smart.:)
November 23, 2009 at 5:51 pm
smart nlang! sun kaya mejo pangit din yung connection
November 23, 2009 at 5:55 pm
@lemuel
tga saan kb>?? ako tga manila lang pero yung connection ng globe smin hay naku.. ambagal!
November 23, 2009 at 7:36 pm
@jija
oo maynila din to.. sa tondo. wla e.. wa kwenta tlga!
November 23, 2009 at 7:38 pm
@jija..
tama ka jan. dito mahina din sun. d gnun kaayos service nla.
November 23, 2009 at 9:27 pm
why everbody’s here so into smart?!huh?
GO SMARTBRO! haha!
November 23, 2009 at 10:40 pm
@kathy.. haha.why not cheer?!hahah!
November 23, 2009 at 10:42 pm
@mica yep my lock in period/:)
November 23, 2009 at 10:50 pm
@kathy
becoz were SMART!!!!hahaha
November 23, 2009 at 10:52 pm
lemuel
oh really.naka tira ako sa tonda matino naman ah.
November 25, 2009 at 7:57 pm
@isaac
anu ba gamet mo? globe ako eh.. globe ka den?
mahina dito e
November 25, 2009 at 7:59 pm
mga SMART! gusto neo tatuan ko kayo?!haha. bdtrep tlga!
November 25, 2009 at 9:20 pm
@lemuel
HAHA. Lagot ka kay BRO! hehehhe
November 26, 2009 at 7:57 pm
HAHA! mas mkapangyarihan pla c smart-BRO!haha
November 27, 2009 at 5:09 pm
HAHA! onga no! haha. ayaw ni BRO ng my tattoo!hahah. madumi daw!
November 27, 2009 at 6:38 pm
LOL. kathy smart ka den?
November 28, 2009 at 1:45 pm
lamuel
smart ako eh.kasi matalino ako.joke.haha.wag mahirap mag byahe kapag may tato.kaya dapat lumipat kana sa smart.
November 28, 2009 at 1:48 pm
1-2-3-4-5-…….4-3-2-1-..ganyan ang connection ng tattoo dito samin.tataas biglang magdodown ang signal.ang chaka inis.
November 29, 2009 at 4:13 pm
natawa ako dun sa comment mo carla.haha.para ka lang grade 1 na nagbibilang pabaliktad.hehe.pero may katotohanan naman ung sinabi mo kasi minsan nae experience ko din ung ganyan.
November 29, 2009 at 7:16 pm
Now the access to the fast and nationwidest wireless broadband can be shared with others. Smart Bro’s Share it is an easy-to-install wifi router* for broadband connection that up to 5 users can share.Speed is Up to 2 Mbps
November 29, 2009 at 8:46 pm
@jackie.
o really? wow.. enjoy yan. pwedeng pwede d2 sa bahay yan. mas tipid cguro no?
November 29, 2009 at 10:15 pm
@isaac
oo cge matalino ka na. LOL.
mkikipagtrade n lng cguro ako.
November 29, 2009 at 11:33 pm
o galit ka nean?LOL.
ok yun magtrade ka na lang. heheh. pra di ka na nagmumukmok.
November 30, 2009 at 5:32 pm
ndi ah.hehe. chill lang.
oo mkikipagtrade na lng ako.sna my mkipagtrade, ipopost ko n lng sa multiply.
November 30, 2009 at 6:39 pm
oo okaya sa ibang mga sites. sulit.com.. mga gnun
November 30, 2009 at 8:33 pm
nkppost na ko. pero s amultips pa lang.. try ko den sa iba.. sabihin ko sau pag my ngreply na. patulong ako sau ah?
December 1, 2009 at 7:28 pm
yeah right lemuel.matalino talaga ako.kaya kung ako sayo magbro ka tatalino ka.kasi ang wisdom ay nanggaling kay bro.haha
December 1, 2009 at 7:34 pm
elle
di naman. i just use number to represent the internet connection of globe.
December 1, 2009 at 7:37 pm
biblical base isaac. question lang pano ka tatalino kung gumamit ka ng smart?
December 1, 2009 at 7:43 pm
literal niyo po talga inintindi ung comment ko. xmpre po kung mabilis ang net niyo mas marami kayo mareresearch na makabuluhan info.aun.
December 1, 2009 at 8:29 pm
hehe.. e2 n nga nkikipag negosasyon na ko sa pwedeng trade-dan.:)
December 9, 2009 at 2:13 pm
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December 29, 2009 at 8:23 pm
kahit parin ngaun napakabagal ng smart bro
kung gusto nyo magpakabit ng smar bro
bhla kayo Instant bilis sa una lng !!!
sa huli super BAGAL
December 30, 2009 at 9:27 pm
Paano Google ang mga setting ng DNS? simple: http://www.cabadak.com/tl/google-dns-ayarlari-nasil-yapilir/
March 1, 2010 at 2:38 pm
Sa ngayon mabilis na ang connection ng smart bro prepaid sa amin dito sa taguig at halos pumapalo ng 1.9Mbps dahil nag update na sila ng system sa dami ng subscriber sa area. swak talaga sa bilis unlike 5 mos. ago, grabe saksaaakaaaaaaaaaan ng bagal ang connection from dead slow to zero connection at ang tanging gumagalaw lang is yung bawas ng load (NYAK!). Sana mag system upgrade pa ang Smart sa ibang lugar para mabawasan ang mga taong gustong isumpa ang SMART product. Sa mga umaangal diyan, sige kalampagin pa natin at isigaw HOY!!! IBALIK NYO YUNG PERANG NASAYANG SAMIN!!!!
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