NESIC speed test shows Smart Bro bests Tattoo

A recent speed test conducted by an independent professional engineering service, NESIC, showed that Smart Bro got better results, over-all. See some of the findings of the tests below.

The tests were conducted from July 4 to 6, 2011 in 100 test locations nationwide. The results were shared to members of the media during lunch today with reps from NESIC and Smart answering questions from the press.

The tool used to measure the data was Speedtest.net and the text server is located in San Francisco, USA (SF Monkey Brains server). Average speed test is taken from a sample of 5 tests.

Here’s the summary of the test done by NESIC:

– Smart is faster in 99 of the 100 test locations.

– 2.66Mbps highest peak speed for SmartBro (tested in Plantation Bay Resort)

– 1.23Mbps peak speed average for Smart Bro vs. 0.23Mbps of Globe Tattoo

– Average of 1Mbps faster in 47 of 100 locations.

– Average of 1.5Mbps faster in locations.

– Cebu has highest average speed difference of 1.38Mbps vs. Globe Tattoo

– Tondo, Manila has highest average speed difference of 2.29Mbps vs. Globe Tattoo.

Globe actually beat Smart Bro in only 1 of the 100 test locations (that’s at the Matutina Restaurant in Dagupan).

Smart’s network has been upgraded to HSPA+ as well with 3,116 base stations on HSPA 7.2Mbps and 154 base stations on HSPA+ 21Mbps.

It is interesting to note that NESIC was also used by Globe Telecom to do a similar test in 2009 (see our Globe-NESIC story here).

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

34 Comments

PaulC says:

14 years ago

Yeah but both are subpar performance. inconsistency, unrealiable service, customer care sucks what more can you ask for?
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Philippineyogi says:

14 years ago

I think its best if we didnt compare both networks, either ways people will still complain whatever network we are in
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jonski22 says:

14 years ago

kaya pala mabilis at maayos ang Smartbro dito sa Tondo…or tama ba pagkaka-intindi ko..:)
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camhi sergio says:

14 years ago

after i converted my smartbro plug it to canopy this year, i never had connection problems so far.

and my download speeds were consistent and noticeably got faster…
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Manny Pangilinan says:

14 years ago

Thanks Abe for doing this article! As usual, your blog is biased to Smart again :)
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xx says:

14 years ago

There’s really something wrong with this statement: “The results were shared to members of the media during lunch today WITH REPS FROM NESIC & SMART answering questions from the press.”

So, was the survey funded by SMART? Again, I refuse to believe any surveys sponsored by some entity that is part of the survey. Second, why didn’t they get atleast five servers from different locations for use in speedtests, do 3 to 5 tests per server, average them per server and average the five location’s average. For all we know since Smart knows the test is being conducted, they made some tweaks with their own servers.

Lastly, if this survey is non-biased and indeed reliable, WAKE UP GLOBE! I still love Globe Postpaid mobile internet service (Supersurf) though. The true unlimited NO BANDWIDTH CAP mobile internet service. If they’ll follow SMART’s bandwidth capping, I’ll hate them then.
Jade says:

14 years ago

I disagree with you.

These results are real. Smart Bro is indeed faster than Globe on most locations.

I have the opportunity to take my internships sa SMART nang summer and we participated in this testing sa Quezon City and I can tell you that Smart Bro is faster than Globe (and Sun).

Smart will use this results to further expand ang capacity and madevelop yung consistency ng net.
Calvin says:

14 years ago

hmm last time i checked Globe’s supersurf still has that 800MB cap per day.
Richmond P. Nuguid says:

14 years ago

We are not affected by the 800mb cap limit if we are not downloading P2P. If you are, then use GLOBE@HOME broadband packages! :-@

Arl says:

14 years ago

In our hometown in nrgris, smart’s the reliable one…
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VP says:

14 years ago

Many ISPs cheat when they detect that a user is using speedtest.net or any internet speed beching site. some even include youtube to their whitelist for unthrottled access.

have them do actual downloads of random linux ISO distributions, and i’ll take their results into consideration.
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Jonaflormicfren says:

14 years ago

Smart subscriber take the advantage, but little difference almost can’t be notice.
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kokomarten says:

14 years ago

Good paid blog entry Yugatech!
Bravo!
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la lang! says:

14 years ago

hahaha, bitter!…..
annekortes says:

14 years ago

OH COME ON! Bitter? Isn’t it obvious? 2 Smart Articles in one day, he’s using a Smart on his phone, he’s subscribed to PLDT for both landline and DSL services and most of all, his blog is funded by Smart.

Kulang nalang isama ni MVP si Abe sa last will and testament nya.
marge says:

14 years ago

anne – inggit ka nu? sana ikaw rin?
chester says:

14 years ago

mukhang anti-Smart nga si yuga e:

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/telecoms/merging-smart-sun-not-good-for-consumers/

http://www.yugatech.com/blog/telecoms/smart-bro-fixed-wireless-999-drops-to-1mbps/

fr0stbyte says:

14 years ago

I can vouch for this. Palipat-lipat kami ng bahay these past 3 years. Muntinlupa, Las Pinas and Sampaloc, Manila. I use an open-line SmartBRO dongle and the average speeds were higher for Smart SIMs, both BRO and Buddy. Exceptions include when you’re constabtly moving (inside a car) and congestion hours during the evening up to midnight. Daming kaagaw sa bandwidth e.g. mga takng FB kaagad ang bukas pagdating ng bahay, especially the students.
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