Smart Bro Mobile goes Prepaid

Hi! is it possible to use regular prepaid card of smart worth P100 to smart bro? I just bought a regular smart prepaid card worth P100, and i assume that since smart bro has a simcard, if you just insert it in a cellfone, you can just load it like regular loading of smart prepaid card. but the voice prompt keep telling me wrong pin. can you help me please? thanks!

FUCK SMART BRO! BULOK! BULLSHIT!

pano pa ba mag balance sa smart bro

ang bagal promise sobra minsan mabilis pero madalas ang bagal depotcha wala pang 2 months ang laptop namin pero ang bagal talga ng smart bro dito sa occidental mindoro pero nung nsa makati kami ang bilis naman pero pangit po sya sa mga provinces…
pinahiram ko pa nga sa kaklase ko mabagal talaga

Now if you want to waste money this is the perfect choice. Go ahead and purchase smartbroken. Their service sucks and really crappy. To hell with them.

hi! what is the differnce between weroam and smart bro usb? thnx.

sobrang bagal na putol putol pa!!! lugi ako sa 4,500 !!! nag dial up nlang sana ako na prepaid card. naka mura pa ako!!! mukhang pera yang smart… almost no signal cya kya nauubos agad ung load ko!!! dont try to buy it!!!

Hi. How to check my balance without logging in to webconnect? i forgot the keyword and where to send. thanks.

Ok lang kahit umabot pa ng 100k yan benibenta nila alam naman natin na my ginto yan sa loob kaya ganun na lang ang sobra mahal nyan pero kayang kaya yan palagi ganyan ang nasasabi nyo pero ang 22o kaya nyo yan take it db? at kung talaga interesado keo lalo na pakikinabangan naman ng hus2 mas okey yan ,

used to have pldt my dsl, i had disconnected the service bec i dont use the net that much at home. i just bought smart bro this afternoon and up until now, no signal anywhere at home, our house is located in the city, sa baba lang ng session road.. no tall bldgs. etc… help!

kuya sa tigin ko din globe.dun sa ibang site ko na puntahan nagtanung din ako globe din ang hula nila

mac
watch the commercial i think tattoo un isang plug it.I guess?

ASTIG ung blog na nilagay mo josekym. parang lalaki na nagmamakaawa lang ung globe sa user niya.haha

josekym
hahaha..natawa ako dun sa isang comment dun sa blog.haha.gusto niya pagbigyan ung globe pero wala eh.haha.chaka talaga ng globe.

Look at this: http://technogra.ph/2009/11/12/globe-our-tattoo-is-faster-than-your-bro-smart/

1/0! smart won! hahaha.. apir!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVmz2VCbiU0
if you havent check their new commercial.. here is the site..

oo nga, dati akong globe user, and it sucks tlaga.. super bgal! kahit anong oras mabagal tlga sya!

yup.sila daw ung number 1.pero di ako naniniwala ang bagal ng globe eh.

di ung about dun sa plug it.

everyone napanood niyo ba ung bagong commercial ng globe?

ei guys are you really sure that mabagal ang connection ng globe?

mas sangayon pa ko kay kuya rhodamarie pero kuya ang bagal ngayon ng connection ng globe dahil sa mga service nila.kahit sa cellphone nagdodown ang signal nila.grrhhhh..

i think it all boils down now to the location, and the strength of the signal. i have both smartbro plugit and globe tattoo. back at home, smartbro works really fast. globe doesn’t connect at all. here naman in makati, super bilis ng globe, intermittent naman ang smart.
in terms of cost… halos pareho lang. si smartbro, every 30-minute blocks and pagbabawas niya ng load while si globe naman, 15-minute blocks.
so if you are very very particular about and need instant connectivity anywhere, suggest you buy both.

bwisit ang smartbro!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! wala pa akong 1 hour sa pagbrowse sa web ubos na load ko.

SMART IS A BIG SHIT!!!!!

There has been too much talk about smartbro frustration.

How about a class action lawsuit?

they have it @pc express! go get one. go smart prepaid :)

the new designs are limited.. so we should grab one now! though i dunno where EXACTLY i can find the designed dongles. huhu

oh really.you have a NBA design?

Limited lng nman ung new designs ng plug its diba?

yup! daming choices.. super nice pa yung mga designs.. my pamangkin love to stare at my newplugits.. hehehe.. maybe she just love the color..

meron naba kayong new plugits ng smart bro! hahaha.. nice! astigin!

i always bring my smart bro, lalo na need ko mag surf khit nag babyahe ako.. very convinient..

me, my husband and my three daughters use smart bro share it. we all love the fast connection.

ayos talaga toh!! lalo na dongles ngaun.. magkakaubusan na eh.. san ba makakabili nun? ibang klase na tlga dongles nila pinapa g-mask. hehe

dati sa globe tattoo,, hindi kami magkaintindihan ng asawa ko sa riyadh.. palagi na lang naghahang webcam niya. kala ko nga madami nag viview sa webcam niya kaya ganon.. nagalit pa nga ko eh.. un naman pala internet connection ko ang problema. kaya un sinubukan ko tong plan ng smart. mas nakakausap ko na siya ng matino. love u dadee! muah,

gumagawa ang paraan ng smart para magka intenet ung mga hindi kaya magbayad monthly kagaya ko. hehe.. salamat na lang sa prepaid.

ang bilis ko mag upload ng videos ng banda namin sa utube ngaun. dati kasi sa sun sobrang bagal pede pa ko maligo at balikan ung pc ko, tapos makikita ko ndi pa din tapos mag upload. buseet! buti na lang nag shift ako sa smart kagit prepaid lng.

sugod na talaga! limited edition lang pala ung dongles.. i gotta grab one before it’s too late.. i want the feu one.. oh

@king. yes, ok ang smart. di hamak na mas reliable kesa tattoo. plus the new uni designs! spell cool. hehe. mura pa. kaya pag ipunan. haha!

@hefi
ay naku sana pwede ipatrade pra go na tau at mgpapalit!:)

smart is amazing.what can i say.the service is great.go bro.

-they
ano yang video na yan..all about what?

hehehe.ang cool ng bagong mga design ng smart bro.

ayos ung bgon promo ng smart bro, tlgang pang college students…affordable and has a nice package…they should also improve MORe the signal.though the signal is ok and fast naman as of now…

i agree. its the connection that matters. and i love smart wireless prepaid for that. but the cute designs is really attractive ah. i want the la salle dongle! :)

Probably, ngbago ng design nung dongles dahil sa globe tattoo. But its not about the designs, its about the product and services nila which is good by the way.

astig ung bagong dongles, kung pwede pa-trade sa bagong designs haha.

ala atashi reklmo bout s smart. Ok ang jinternet aketch!

nice new designs, nakita q ung bagong commercial. University oriented pa.

super thank you XD

maganda naman smart bro. Compared sa tattoo laging nadidisconnect lalo n pag naulan.

walang anu man kuya.hehehe.nageenjoy kasi ako meron palang mga tao na gumagawa ng ganun.kapag napipikon sa internet provider nila dati.hehehe.

ate tinie maganda ang smart bro gamit nanamin siya sa bahay ng 3 buwan eh.try mo check ung link sa taas ung mga video.

sabi mo pa ang panget talaga..amp.hehehe..

hehehe…sali ako meron pa me nakitang mga video try nyo tignan..hehehe.
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

maganda nanaman eh sana nga lalo pang magimprove.

tama ka dyan kuya ang mura niya tapos ang tipid tska sympre dipende talaga sa gamit mong pc..try niyo po tong link na to para makita niyo kung bakit mabagal sainyo sang smart bro kasi baka di sa pinakaconnection baka sa computer.

http://smart.com.ph/bro/products/broprepaid.htm

mura lang naman ang smart bro at practical gamitin kasi magbabayad ka lang naman kapag ginamit mo. In my case, hindi naman ako nagbababad sa internet kaya naman mas nakakatipid ako. Hindi na ko nagbabayad monthly kasi nga prepaid naman. At lagi ko pa dala kasi convenient gamitin. Dapat lang wag kayo sa kasuluksulukan pumwesto kung gusto niyo ng signal.

shit tong smart bro prepaid na to ah. kasinungalingan lahat ng ad nila. ni hindi makausap ng maayos yong nasa kabilang linya.

I’ve been using SmartBro since February of this year and so far it serves its purpose for me, as a backup internet connection. Madalas slow pero minsan nakakatyempo ako ng at least 600kbps (Pasay. I’m using it now here in Mendez, Cavite and grabe bagal dito (0.02Mbps) pero it’s better than nothing. Pang-email lang naman. Overall pwede na. It’s still a young technology pa naman and I’ll still give it more time to improve (hopefully!) :)

who cares!!!!

hmmm.. pwede ba natin ireklamo ang smartbro sa NTC kc base sa mga reaction nyo puro BOGUS and ADS lang cla. at Pwede ba natin clang ireklamo sa DTI?? ks di pwedeng NO RETURN NO EXCHANGE policy eh.. at if ever man po na maayos na ang connection ng smartbro sana magkaruon din ng unlimited service, kunwari magloload ka ng certain amount, lets say 1000.. sana unlimited connection na xa for 30days… lol suggestion lang po. God bless po sainyo..

kakabadtrip, until now di pa napapalitan ung usb namin…. never ko pa nagamit ung simula nung binili namin…. di gumagana ung usb nung binili namin…. tapos wala daw available kaya di pa napapalitan…. payo lang if bibili kayo ng smartbro wag sa lipa… walang alam mga customer service nila…. buti pa sa moa at batangas.,,
almost 2 wiks na until now wala parin….. shit talaga….

i inquired about smartbro prepaid. they’re offering 2,500 na lang for the device and sim. but when you’re not happy with it you cannot return it. you bought it na kasi. or if you want to upgrade to their prepaid. still you can’t return it. your only option is to sell it. if that’s the case, meron kaya di nagbebenta? :)

So true. NANGA-NGWARTA LANG ANG SMART SA PAGBENTA NITONG WALANG KAKWENTA-KWENTANG SMARTBRO!

Lahat ng claims nila puro panloloko: 384 kbps DAW. I tested it at speedtest.net and it just registered a measly 23 kbps. Yes, 23. Accessing Youtube, Friendster and YM are out of the question. I can’t even use Firefox as my browser.

Only P20 for one hour of internet. Sure – but since download speed is TOO SLOW, ubos na P100 mo, wala ka pang na-open na websites.

So please, if you’re not a masochist and you still value P3800, DON’T buy Smartbro. And do your family and friends a favor – warn them too.

walang kwenta ang pre paid smartbro nyo sayang lang money!!!!!!!!hirap pa naman buhay ngayon@@@@@@@@@@@@@@

P10 per 30minute block????? it should be per minute charge. its not really P10 per 30minute. you start connect at 9:25am then stop at 10:45am (20 minutes) and you will pay P20. is that P10 per 30minutes? hello!!!

Hi,

I am writing to this forum, to inform you of the possible HEAD ACHE that you may encounter if you avail SMART BRO PRE PAID.

You will not encounter problem connecting to SMART NETWORK, but as you use your internet, you will notice that you cannot connect to any site that you want to visit.

Now, as you look into you connection, you will see that your PC is connected to SMART Network No. 57 or 58, etc. etc…. BUT Smart Network to Internet is NOT CONNECTED……

And the worst thing is your time is running…… MEANING YOUR LOAD IS BEING CONSUME EVEN IF YOU ARE NOT CONNECTED TO THE INTERNET…..

MAIINIS LANG KAYO……

SO THINK TWICE IN GETTING THE SERVICES OF SMART BRO PREPAID….

regards,

Rey Atienza

Is it ok to use smart bro prepaid in the province? Exact location is San Fabian, Pangasinan.

Tnx

I just wish that SMART advises its subscribers what places/cities/provinces ang meron na 3G signal na OK pang browse. So there won’t be dissapointed people.

The price of Smart Bro Prepaid has gone down to P3,800 from P4,500. http://smart.com.ph/SmartBro/Products/BROPrepaid.htm

well, smart bro is one of the best internet connect here in the philippines, because the speed are very much fit to our needs, compare with globelines (broadband) there sucks!

Mahal pa nga talaga…. sana man lang makakasure ka na malakas ang signal sa inyo… ska kung 10 peso kada oras…. dapat diba mas mura sya sa mga comp shop… sa amin kc 15 per hour…

i’m living in bcda taguig c5… i have smart bro pre paid… sabi nyo mablis at mura how come that ni website nyo di ko ma buksan..dahil laging wala cignal..i’m lucky today na open ko ang web nyo..di ko nga ma balance my balance open>>>wala kwenta pag tyagaan ko nalang to SMART BRO NYO>>>>

I have been using the SmartBro prepaid service for the past 3 weeks, and so far satisfied with the speed and reliability. This comes in handy, if Wifi is not available.

I prefer DSL!!!! wired connection is better than wireless. Wireless needs signal.

I use Wifi & other broadband to download stuff from Itunes (I have a US Store Account), mostly songs & TV Shows. Aside form that, I don’t really need broadband. But using dialup for that purpose is maddeningly slow. It takes 2 days of 24/7 downloading to complete a 1hr (~500Mb show). So I splurged for the SmartBRO Prepaid.

No complaints so far. Am using it to download some videopodcasts and it takes only minutes what would take hours using dialup.

For technical stuff, I got the following connection & download data from speedtest.net:

Download 414kb/s
Upload 43kb/s
Ping: 811ms

Not bad. I’m located in the Sampaloc Area near UST for 3G coverage reference.

I’m really planning to get this one… But before buying one, i need to read more comments both constructive and destructive.

I worried becuz since its thru a mobile phone there would still be a great difference between using a real PC and a mobile phone. Issues like web caching, signal traffic, QoS(strong & reliable connection, no DCs), security, uncontrolled interferences, like bad weather, signal coverage, etc. etc.

The most important thing is, can it handle video/audio streaming or large file torrent downloads? I mean “384 kbps” is more than enough for it… but is it reliable?

Thnx in advance.

@TREB

While I don’t own one, I’ve personally seen a Globe Visibility in action. I cannot comment on the lock-in period though.

The one I saw used a Huawei E220. Varying speeds depending on what signal you get:
Edge / GPRS – estimated near dial-up up to 384kbps
3G – greater than 384kps

I saw it download torrent at 40kb/s with a 3G signal.

No problem working on Win2K / WinXP. It even worked with the Asus eee PC too (with Xandros default OS). Had trouble making it work with Ubuntu though (on the same eee pc).

Unboxing pics (and first impressions) at http://www.macpinoy.com/2008/04/18/smart-bro/

quite expensive for me

My bottom line is the speed, I used PLDT WeRoam and I was very very very disappointed with it. Mabilis pa 14.4k na dial-up, and to think I am in the metropolis. Kahit anong sabihin ng rep, it was so slllloowwww. I hope this one, it is the opposite.

I am definitely tempted to avail of this service. Yuga, have you tried this urself?

The expense depends on the user. If you’re always on the go, but if it’s just for emergency use (like submitting documents, etc.) prepaid is the best for you. If you’re a power user and you want mobility, then go for a post paid unlimited plan.

P4,500 is just a one time payment though, and it comes with the USB modem, sim card and P30 credits rather than getting a third party one which costs P5k and above.

But the best way is, if you have a 3G phone all you’re going to do is connect it to your laptop and using it as a wireless modem without paying P4,500. The downside, as stated above, is your phone’s battery life.

medyo mahal pa rin yung 4500

paano pag mahina signal kung san ka pupunta? for example sa province. hindi ba lugi ka?

@ MiGs

As far as I know, you can reload your SmartBro Prepaid even without a mobile phone. You just need to look for an e-loading store and the Smart e-load and the SmartBro load are the same. You could check the balance of your SmartBro prepaid through I website.

But I agree with point 1 & 3.

ang weroam AFAIK IINM is 1.8k/month unlimited un, pano naging mura to?

At first, it may be mahal pero when you use it very often lalo na pag on the go ang lifetyle mo makakamura ka. Ako I’m gonna get one!

oo nga. mahal yung usb dongle at yung rates. paano kung laging mabagal yung connection di lugi ka lagi.