Smart Bro Rocket Speed Tests (Metro Manila)

We’ve been doing a lot of speed tests in a number of areas around Metro Manila using the Smart Bro Rocket Plug-It and I’d like to share the results we got in the last 3 days.

The areas we managed to get speed test results include the following:

– SM Mall of Asia, Pasay City
– Park Square 1, Makati City
– Bonifacio High Street, The Fort, Taguig
– Bayani Road, Taguig
– Heritage Hotel, Pasay City
– Evangelista St., Bangkal, Makati
– Makati Cinema Square, Makati City
– MegaMall, Mandaluyong City
– Wendy’s Boni Station, Mandaluyong City
– Guadalupe MRT Station, Makati City
– Buendia-EDSA MRT Station, Makati City

As expected, the speed tests showed varying results between 500Kbps up to 7Mbps, depending on the location and the time of day.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken in Bangkal, Makati at around 2AM in the early morning.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken around Heritage Hotel, Pasay at around 4PM in the afternoon.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken inside MegaMall, Mandaluyong at around 1PM in the afternoon.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken around Mall of Asia, Pasay at around 11AM in the morning.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken around Makati Cinema Square, Makati at around 1PM in the afternoon.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken at Wendy’s near the Boni MRT Station in Mandaluyong at around 3AM in the early morning.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken near the Guadalupe MRT Station, Makati at around 4AM in the morning.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken near the Buendia MRT Station, Makati at around 4AM in the morning.

This is the result of the SpeedTest.net taken around Bonifacio High Street, Taguig at around 4PM in the afternoon.

The worst speed tests were taken around Boni High Street in Taguig City. The results were mostly under 1Mbps and sometimes, the net is very slow or un-usable.

Doing the entire tests, we only managed to get WCDMA, HSDPA and HSPA signal and no HSPA+. We’re still trying to look for areas where there is HSPA+ signal. Server used is Smart in GreenHills.

We’ll be doing more speed tests around Metro Manila to add to these results.

Abe Olandres

Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

https://www.yugatech.com

46 Comments

JopethDanio says:

14 years ago

Wow, I like That Internet Speed :D
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JustAThought says:

14 years ago

hmm i wonder what is an accurate speed test for ISP speeds in general.. testing the connection with a server located within the country or outside?
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mike says:

14 years ago

The speed is nice but it would be better if Smart decided to stop throttling bittorrent and Steam downloads and we could actually *use* the speed.
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Mike says:

14 years ago

I saw this last night and I’m planning to get one. My only worry is that my area is not listed as supporting HSPA+.

Yuga, if you can pass by our place to test – Tungko, San Jose del Monte, Bulacan. Sagot ko Jollibee for you. Hahaha.

And by the way, I wonder if their UNLISURF promos also applies to the 4G?

– Mike
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@mike – Bualacan? Sure basta eat all you can sa Jollibee ha? :D

I am using UnliSurf 200 for this one.
Info says:

14 years ago

to sir abe, if the smart bro rocket is openline as uv said in your previous blog using globe, is it possible also to try using a sun broadband sim and to make a 3 days unlisurf. if yes, how? thanks for your reply.
Mike Lopez says:

14 years ago

@Abe, sure sure. Unlifood din. :)

mike says:

14 years ago

not good test. Kindly test it in Bangkusay Tondo
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ken says:

14 years ago

@sir abe:pa try nman po sa starmall(metropolis) alabang even though its included in the list. juz to make sure =)

PS: nu nga po pla yung radius ng each base station ? thanks
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@ken – try ko pag napadaan. ang optimal radius is 1.5km.

huh says:

14 years ago

makati cinema square, mandaluyong?
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vince says:

14 years ago

The test is nice but not perfect. some criticisms

1. no HSPA+ tests
2. Speedtest.net may be convenient but SOMETIMES it can be inaccurate. The throttling of torrents is one example. Ideally real world downloads should be tested. But we’ll allow it since that takes time
3. different places were tested which is good but the times are wildly different. ideally you would test at least 2x in each location, one peak and one off peak. Although that would be cumbersome

but hey, thanks for the information anyway.
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Abe Olandres says:

14 years ago

@vince – actually I myslef am still looking for that HSPA+ signal

vince says:

14 years ago

The test is nice but not perfect. some criticisms

1. no HSPA+ tests
2. Speedtest.net may be convenient but SOMETIMES it can be inaccurate. The throttling of torrents is one example. Ideally real world downloads should be tested. But we’ll allow it since that takes time
3. different places were tested which is good but the times are wildly different. ideally you would test at least 2x in each location, one peak and one off peak. Although that would be cumbersome

but hey, thanks for the information anyway. This was probably a spur of the moment quickie test, not a detailed scientifically rigorous one
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Gian says:

14 years ago

That’s a whooping 7mbps, but 2am in the morning. Based on the tests, not very impressive. I bet that you won’t get above 5mbps most of the time.
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