SmartBro Share It now Unlimited at Php999

this is what i’ve been waiting for. ill head to smart to apply for one later.. hehe! thanks for the great news!

I heard many comment about smart bro and it’s features? I wonder if it gives real satisfaction to the customers?

I called their CustomerRep and he confirmed it, as of Jul 1 effective unlimited na sya.

Anyone can share their experience with this product? Please post naman thanks! :)

Actually, you can avoid the 12 month lock in period and stay on prepaid. 3G Router is now available in the market.

@Carlo

Dump your dsl? The early reviews of smart 3.5g always mentioned a lot of random disconnects. Sounds kinda scary to depend on for your primary connection.

Anyone know if you get a real external IP address with this version of smartbro or is it the same NAT’d 192.168.x.x series of ip’s?

That’s great news but I wonder if the connection is reliable? and also how about the geographical location. Baka sa metro manila lang maganda ang connection.

Smart Bro Connection is far more reliable in province than in metro.. my prepaid smartbro connects yet unable to browse at all when in SM Mega Area.. but when I used it in Albay Province a couple of months ago… speed is max.. i was able to watch youtube video without any lag..

(another way to have a portable router)

requirement: phone with symbian os and wifi.

use: JoikuSpot application > as 3g wifi router.

i used smartbro shareit router last june until now i dont have stable connection, i got disconnected every 15mins or worse after every 5minutes discon na.

so which is better? smart bro or globe tatoo? considering that globe will be rolling out wimax soon. does smart have any plans to roll out a similar service?

Nice, I bought a wireless dongle in the smart wireless center yesterday, the price is PHP1999. I didn’t try the dongle yet, I hope the speed is good even if I am not from a 3G enabled place..

AFAIK the smart bro share it unit is locked to one location say metro manila. you can apply to have the location transferred to another province but it will cost you

i don’t think getting the sim and putting it into your cellphone nor to your 3G usb dongle is a good idea. smart bro share-it sim is locked-in to only one base transciever station (commonly known as cellsite) :)meaning it will not be entertained by other BTS other than what was programmed to served it. :)

if your area is not covered by HSPA, or 3G, then you might as well kiss your high speed internet good bye. :)

aaH!ganun ba?mama “SUN”(sun broadband)ilabas mo na ang time spacewharf ngayon din!!!hehehe sige lang antayin nyo ang resbak ng sun broadband.

Noticed a few things here and I think it is important to note:

1. Signal of SMART Bro still depends on nearest available cell site. Particularly, if that cell site is even upgraded to 3G. If it is line of site, signal is great and consistent.

2. There’s such a thing as maximum bandwith. If there are many people accessing the internet in one cell site, bandwith is shared between all subscribers, slowing down the internet. This is true in any scenario, wireless or cable or DSL.

3. Weather conditions also affect signal as well.

Hope this helps.

Btw. I have been using SMART Bro for four years now. I am planning to switch to the Plan 1500 which is the USB stick version. I also have Sun Broadband but thing is I can’t even use it in the province.

Newly subscribe to Plan999 of Smart Bro Share It! So far, the connection is acceptable, in other words better than my previous Smart Bro (canopy). My Smart Bro had a stable speed of 44KB/s and 60+KB/s (after their speed improvement). With Share It!, my speedtest can sometimes reach more than 2Mb/s (download). Until now, no major problem except that annoying login confirmation window. You won’t have a connection if you did not open an internet browser and surf to any site just to be directed to the Share It portal which will ask you if you want to surf the net. Unless you don’t click the Yes button, you don’t have any connection. CSR told me that its a security protocol. Come on! I am subscribe to a Plan 999 (unlimited) and I cannot understand why I have to click that Yes button just to surf. :D

@Biggie9385 & bONG:
So you guys are subcribed to Share-It already huh?
That login confirmation does sound annoying.. What if your were just downloading files? Or was this feature meant to prevent file-sharing programs from hogging bandwidth?
Can you guys tell me how Share-It works? Does it still rely on an external antenna/canopy? Or is it like a USB Dongle?

@fr0stbyte: yup. i subscribed to their plan999 unlimited. it just like a wireless router (with built-in modem). no external antenna/canopy. you have to have the smart login portal opened before you can access the internet. so kung hindi ka nag-click sa YES na button sa login portal, wala kang connection maski naka-wired ang connection mo sa router.

i have also kept on calling the CSR because my torrent has been capped to 75KB/s. I have been trying to download bleach episodes but the total speed for my torrent downloads is less than 75KB/s. After I called the CSR, my torrent bandwidth will then jump to 250+KB/s for a while. then it will return to 75KB/s. The CSR will then tell me that they don;t limit my speed for torrent downloads. So I asked them, was it coincidence that after calling them, my torrent speed will go up? :D

Hi! Guyz!!! any one using the Smartbro Plan 1,500 Unlimited,Wireless Connection (Via USB Modem) 24 months lock-in period. I need a feedback on Plan 1500 because I’m planning on upgrading my connection from Smartbro Plan 999 Unlimited, Fixed Wireless Connection (Smartbro Antenna) to plan 1500..

Is the Smart Plan 1500 unlimited really have a good internet performance?

CLC

Pwede bang gamitin ang “share it” na to sa internet cafe with 10 to 12 pc? if so, how?

so has anyone tried using the share-it sim on a plug-it? if it does work, then i’ll be switching to share-it.

drawback tlaga yang login page.. sana tanggalin nila

you cannot use the share it sim to another USB modem or another share it router. SIM and Router is bundled. but router can accept other sim. that is according to Smart.

nope. i dont have the any usb modem as of that time nor another modem-router.

I hope wala na talaga ang login page. :D Have been thinking if I’ll have my router replace for a new one or have the warranty for the repaired one extended. Smart told me that if I want, I can have my defective but now being repaired, by the service center, router replaced for a new one but the warranty will continue kung saan nag-stop ang defective na router. Or I can have the hopefully repaired router’s warranty extended. Any suggestion?

the only thing I’m afraid of is if can will get a defective router again as a replacement. :(

To all with existing plan, if your connection is already stable and you just want to share it, why not opt to the ICS (internet connection sharing). Just make an ad-hoc wireless connection, and enable the internet sharing on your network with internet connection e.g smartbro (which I am using right now. I have a prepaid smartbro, and i just established ad-hoc wireless connection and i can surf the net with my ipod touch while the main pc is being used by others. I dont know yet if there’s a limitation on the number of computers as i only tried connecting 3 devices.
By the way, great site.

yes. it came with internet subscription na. I think the one in their website is a “new” promo. The one I got was up to 2Mbps unlimited without free router but the lock-in period is only 12months. I think the 1Mbps is the one with the motorola canopy (the outdoor antenna na kailangang hindi ka nag-i-internet pag may thunderstorm, this is what they told me) while this 2Mbps with router can be used anytime as long as you have electricity and Smart celphone signal (pref 3G).

yup. hspa. an enhanced 3g. my bad. i used my celphone just to check if i have 3g coz smart told me na “basta may 3g na signal sa lugar mo, ok ang share it.” :)

yup. smart informed me almost a month ago that the router can be used with sim from other telcos. Last sunday, I tried my share-it connection by downloading an xubuntu distro. i got 200KB/s download speed. but still unstable.

ask ko lang po kung naddisconect din un share it na unlimited tulad nang madalas mangyari sa prepaid na smarbro.. salamat,,nasa province po ako,pero malakas naman signal ng 3G sa window ng smartbro(95%)

Hi. I would like to air our disappointment with this product. We availed of the service Aug 2009 and was able to use it for 2 months. After which we lost connection and tried to call the smart hotline immediately. We were informed that they will be doing adjustments on their side and that we should wait 24 hours (obviously memorized spiels for inquiries with no answers). We have been fed this BS for 3 days. We then decided to bring the router to the service center and was found that the SIM was faulty. We went to 4 smart communication centers to request for SIM replacements but everyone of them said that they do not have the SIM and would still request for it from the main office. After one week, we were contacted by one of the four and said that they have the SIM available already. We got the SIM and was informed that it would take 24 hours for activation. After 24 hours, we still did not have a connection and started calling their call center again. We were given different reasons for the lost connection (i.e. mismatched router/SIM, adjustments in main office, untagged router/SIM, etc.) One month and a half on and we still do not have connection. We simply got tired of following this up with them and actually forgot that we have any internet service from smart. We will be writing a letter to Smart Communications that we will be discontinuing our subscription and that we will be demanding return of payment we gave for the router due to poor service. Talk about sucking at aftersales service.

Yup. i have been calling hotline every week just to report a very slow connection or a “disconnecting/rebooting” router. I went to wireless center last saturday to report my issue. I even took a video of my router losing its signal. the guy at the wireless center told me that there is a signal fluctuation. and that he will ask somebody in smart to look at my place and check for the signal. its almost 4days has passed and i did not hear any thing from smart. and every time i have a slow connection it will take me a minimum of 30minutes just to get through their hotline and talk to somebody. and when i am able to talk to someone, they will tell me that the connection is slow because they’re doing some adjustments and enahncements. i once asked them why can’t they send an advisory txt when they’re doing something that would result to a slow or intermitent connection. They are very religious and very fast when sending spam text but when sending connection advisory, they will look for alibis.

same problem goes for me as well…been using smartbro shareit for a couple of months and im very very disappointed with the service!i switched from globe wired broadband to shareit because it has a wifi feature which is usefull for our laptops.The max bandwidth i got ever since was only 400+ kbps(very low to what they’re saying that it can go to 2 Mbps)and since then it barely reached 100 kbps!At and mas nakakabwesit pa,kaylangan ko pang mag-tiis ng 2 yrs para ma disconnect ko na ang subscription ko!

I just wished someone would report this issue to NTC or better yet,sue them(hahayyy..if only I have the resources to do that!x_x).Tayo lng subscribers niloloko nito e.
Anyways,just telling you my experience. thnks…

just want to give my 2 cents on smartbro share it plan…

im a new subscriber, one month pa lang ako… but i believe what smart said in their ads (about 2 mbps *max burst speed) is true. it is also true na may times and places na mabagal.

in my experience, (im residing @ baguio) ok ang hsdpa signal dito un nga lang may times na mabagal ang traffic kaya mabagal ang speed. pero sa gabi towards madaling araw… nakakapag dl ako movie (700mb) for less than 60mins. (tina-timingan ko dati kasi ako smartbro prepaid user so sulit ang load).

at good days, nakakapag download ako gamit ang bittorrent client about 240kBps (that’s a little bit more sa 2mbps/200kBps max burst speed they promised)

at bad days, minsan about 10kBps lang. bummer.

but kung madiskarte ka, sa madaling araw ka mag download para sulit.

again this is to balance claims, (in my own personal experience/also based sa location and time) totoo ang advertised speed ng bro, whether prepaid or postpaid.

but the only problem i think im getting is the wifi router itself. kasi parang hindi sya pang long range… i have to check it on smart.

bottomline is, depende talaga sa location, and time.

hi. just want to add that this is my normal average speed on day time. (dont know if the photo will upload…) it varies from 600kbps to 1+mbps

anyway, not bad for a monday noon…

http://www.speedtest.net/result/686012418.png

anyway again, *burst speeds are “burst” speeds. it most of the time just bursts… its not flat. it fluctuates. if you’re lucky, it would stay that way for a few hours, then back to lower speeds…

guys smartbro speed does depend on the signal on the area you are in.

now bumili na kayo ng smartbro plug it unlimited. mas maganda 999/month lng.

umaapaw pa sa 2mbps ang speed sa full signal ng hsdpa.

yung mga mahina ang signal wag na kayo magmura sa smart, magtanong kayo kng san malakas siganal para naman maexperience nyo ang experience ko.

galing ng smart.

youtube-continuous
browsing-split of second lng
torrents-100+kbps pero depends sa seeders. maglagay kayo tracker para mas mabilis.

i’ve posted my own recent misfortunes with this service. please visit my blog. let me know ur comments about shareit. thanks!

maganda nga ang speed ng smart dito sa lugar namin…kaso oras oras ng didisconect…bakit kea? sa signal? eh andito lang sa tabi namin ang cell site…

Ping sucks, online gamers wont join my games and they kick me when I try to join them because of hi ping/latency. Not for gamers! I get good downloads sometimes. I sometimes get 2mbps at 3AM to 4AM in the morning, and less 50kbps the rest of the day. Weekends are worst. I could barely open facebook!

I am talking about Smart Bro ShareIt!

Total waste of money… Dito sa Binangonan Rizal grabe bagal ng connection ko. First 2 months napakaganda ng connection. 1.5Mbps!!! 3rd month naglaro nalang around 50Kbps… 5th, no connection for 3 weeks. Full bar signals based on UI indicator, and i also tried 3g/hsdpa using smart sim, mas mabilis pa umabot ako ng 1Mbps 6th until 8th month (October 2010) nag tyaga ako sa 30Kbps maka pag bukas lang ng Email masaya na ko. NOVEMBER!!! LESS 1KBPS!!!!???? From NOVEMBER 10, 2010 up to NOVEMBER 23, 2010. DI MANLANG MAKA RETRIEVE NG EMAIL AT DI DIN MAKA CONNECT NG YM. Tonight mukang meron naman basta matyaga kang mag refresh dahil madalas timeout…

Nakakahiya ang SMART… GARAPALANG PAG NANAKAW…

kung mag 999 kyo sa smart. mag 1500 nalang kayo sa destiny cable, internet and tv cable na. i used to use globe broadband but galit na galit ako sa kanila. and like smart kung half of the month wla kang connection di naman half lang ang bbyaran mo e. I got sun wireless broadband later pero limited padin e pero di nawawalan ng net yun. then since I switched to cable internet immortal na tlga ang speed ko. never dies. always strong. and they say cable is even faster than DSL. sabi daw mas strong pa ang skycable kaso mas mahal. but other says naman na dsl is depending rin sa location pero mas higher risk ma DC dsl than cable.

hi to all i just read all the comments here maybe they are right depende sa area ang signal our neighbor used that kind of smartbro share it ok nmn po kaya nga naiinggit me kasi comfortable gamitin kung sino man po ang ayw na ng share it smartbro benta nyo na lang sakin just text me or call me 090970*****