Plug It! Smart BRO Plan 799

Hi, I intend on buying the smart bro prepaid. But I do wonder if its worth buying. Can anybody advise hows the performance of the prepaid bro lately?

nalaman ko na pang surfing lang pala tong smart bro nde ako maka connect sa camfrog im so verry disapointed sobrang bagal pa ng connection its not good for me !!!!

Hello, anybody can help me, I got USB MODEM but 3G/HSDPA, EDGE, I bought this from Saudi Arabia, I would like to know if it can be use in here in the Philippines? thanks.

anong nasa isip ko, mmm “Link”
teka teka hindi lng yan
meron nito, ito, at ito pa

=http://rapidshare.com/files/135186166/uranswer.zip

dahil hindi ko iniisip ang bagal
there’s link

tinatanggal na ang bagal
and stop it from coming back

I have been connected to internet for alomst a month now. The connection is ok, but recently, it gave me a headache. The connection became slower and slower.

reply to Rin:
http://www.smart.com.ph/smartbroonline

I visited Smart Bro’s website, but I cannot see the link on where i can log in for my Smart Bro account or email ad online. please help! tnx!

ok na sana ang smart bro kaya lng,,laging walng signal,,,sayang lng binabayad ang mrs ko,, sa inyo di sia maka conect,,ganyan ba talaga pro nyo!!!

I have waited 14 days for a connection but to no avail.

check nyo http://www.marawi.info na hack daw ang marawi smart bro.

@iza… Hindi yata kasi bagong account na uli yata yun. Sa case kasi namin, nagapply pa uli kami for that Plan 799.

http://maruel.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-with-smart-bro-plan-799-plug-it.html

3G or not the flat rate is 20 pesos/hora.

No, I’m talking about normal Smart sims used on a 3G phone. You get the same rate of P10 per 30 minutes. Wait, just did a calculation…P799/40 hours = P19.975 per hour. So yeah. You will save a whopping 2.5 centavos on your first 40 hours in exchange for showing your ID, not having to buy a 3G phone and being locked in for 24 months. By which time new services might come out. Marketing for suckers, indeed!

@sbro

You can already get it on prepaid without this 799 sucker-trap.

Kumuha na kami nung 799, sana ok rin yun tulad nung 999 namin…

http://maruel.blogspot.com/2008/02/one-with-smart-bro-plan-799-plug-it.html

reply to: Jac

oo,babagal nmn connection mo..lol

Smart Bro Plug it: What you need to know

Okay, so you’ve seen the commercial, a USB modem that let’s you connect to the Internet anywhere you like. Yes, the idea is very appealing to those who needs to be connected to the internet anywhere, like me. I was initially taken by the idea and when a classmate informed me about it, I quickly went to the nearest Smart Wireless center to inquire about it. Unfortunately, the wireless center I went to was closed so I contented myself with researching the Internet for it. And that’s when I saw the lines that turned me off: Plan 799 – 40 HOURS free per month

Why did that turn me off? Let’s calculate; At 799 for 40 hours per month, that’s 19.98 pesos per hour or .33 per minute OR 9.98 pesos per 30 minutes of internet. In short, there’s really no 40 hours free, you’re actually paying 10 pesos per 30 minutes of internet, their standard GPRS/3G browsing on your ordinary 3G mobile phone.

The costs for a Smart Bro Plug it: P1,999 initial start up fee and P799 per month and you get a USB modem. Altenative: Your ordinary 3G/GPRS capable cell phone, use it as a modem, you get charged 10 pesos per 30 minute of internet and if you’re a light user, you don’t have to pay 799 per month, you can pay way below that.

What Smart should do: Increase the free hours per month so that the cost is half their ordinary internet web browsing, say 80 hours per month then standard fee in excess of that or just offer us internet hungry subscribers with unlimited data plan like what AT&T and other wireless carriers are doing in the States.

This is from http://www.pinoy-reviews.com/2007/12/smart-bro-plug-it-what-you-need-to-know.html AND THIS THE REALITY…MAHAL NG SERVICE NG SMART.

SBRO TSR replied on Dec 27th, 2007 at 9:47 pm (31)
YOUR ANALYSIS IS GOOD AND THE PRICE IS REALLY BAD!

I discourage all to avail of the plan 799 of SMART Bro for the following reasons:

1. It has a one time Initial Payment of 1999. Mahal no?..TAMA PO..HEHE
2. It has the longest lock-in period..24 months mong pgtyatyagaan?..PAG KUMUHA PO KAYO TIYAK NA LOCKED FOR 24 MONTHS!
3. Its has 40 hours per month free and pay 10 pesos per 30 mins excess..tig 1 hour/day ka lng! WELL IT’S NOT FREE DAHIL BINABAYARAN MO RIN YAHNG 1 HOUR/DAY AND IT WILL TOTAL TO P799/MONTH…ANO MAY FREE BANG BINABAYARAN…WELL, SA SMART MERON…pls go here http://www.smart.com.ph/SmartBro …. MONTHLY FEE TAWAG NILA DIYAN.
4. Its a modem. Who can guarantee the speed of 384 kbps?..
5. You paid 1999, its yours, u lose it?..you buy again.or pay 799 per month of services u dont use..

Well its impractical compared to the Plan 999.
Kahit minsan nga totoong mbagal ang connection,

I’m telling this kahit WC Agent ako..
Coz I’ve tried this and was not satisfied..

SUGGEST KO KUNG MAY 3G KAYONG PHONE TUTURUAN KO KAYONG MAG CONNECT SA INTERNET USING YOUR PHONE AS A MODEM…WE WILL USE OUR MONEY IN A PRACTICAL WAY. SYEMPRE GAMIT YANG SMART SIGNAL OR COVERAGE…just click my name DEEPERISHI FOR FURTHER INFO…WAL NA ME TIME NGAYON NA MAG POST NG INSTRUCTION ON HOW TO CONNECT SA INTERNET USING YOUR PHONE AS A MODEM USING SMART SIGNAL OR COVERAGE.

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Mga Igan!!!

Comment ko lang sa pag-aaply ng canopy sa smart bro e sobra ang tagal. I filed my application last july with the more than 30 sure subscriber until now wala man lang action tungkol dito kasi mga walang kwentang mga sales representative nila na nakausap ko. If ever na mayroon sanang makakatulong sa akin at sa mga kasama kong gustong magsubscribe please help us. thank you very much. or please contact me on my number 090525*****

I’m using smart bro plug it now. Mabilis naman sya. I dunno kung dahil lang mabilis ang laptop ko (Core 2 Duo, 2 gig ram). When I used the device to my old laptop (PIII jurassic), medyo mabagal sya.

Initially, I’ve got problems with connection. It installed okay, I’ve surfed and it worked, then after a few hours connections was cut.

I did everything (or so I thought) to reconnect. When I’m about to give up, I uninstall the HSDPA software and reinstalled it.

Yun lang pala ang solusyon. Ewan ko baka naman kasi ang may problema rin ang Vista ko. Di nakakapagusap ng maayos yung dalawa.

So, far after two weeks of using it, okay naman ang smart bro plug it. For me, good deal na sya kasi mahal talaga ang HSDPA modem. Para kasing binabayaran mo ng monthly ang mobile card mo. Mahal sya if you buy it separately. Mga nasa 11K to 20k ang price range.

As compared to using your fone (Smart 3G) mas mabilis ang plug it. Mas maliit ang gastos, for me, since ginagamit ko lang naman ang plug it pag sa labas ako. Sa bahay, naka DSL ako.

As for people who were complaining about plug it’s price, I think they were wrong in comparing DSL with a mobile internet using HSDPA. Mas mabilis talaga ang DSL and mas reliable kasi stationary ka lang. With plug it, syempre mas mabagal sya kasi bago pa lang ang technology and based on experience, we know na mas reliable talaga ang may kurdon kesa sa wala. But what you are paying for plug it is its mobility, something that DSL couldn’t offer you.

In sum, what I’m trying to tell here is we can’t have everything (although it’s nice if we could :D). To make the most out of your money, think about your needs. Lagi ka bang lumalabas? You should consider plug it. Sa bahay ka lang ba nagtatrabaho? Mag DSL ka nalang. Kailangan mo ba ng reliable connection sa bahay pero kailangan mo rin ng internet connection outside of your home? E di kumuha ka ng dalawa.

Maswerte na tayo at may ganitong teknolohiya. Di tayo masyadong nahuhuli. Nakakakuha tayo ng proyekto mula sa ibang bansa na hindi natin nagagawa rati. Di na natin kailangan pang magabroad para lang kumita ng dolyar. Bukod pa dun, mas mura ang serbisyo dito kasya sa ibang bansa. Aba sa amerika, ang mahal ata ng ganito.

After reading all the replies to this topic from Yuga, all I can say is that you’re all correct. Since I am an employee for the parent company of Smart, I have to keep this post as anonymous as possible =) Yuga, we’re former dormmates pero best to keep my identity “secret” for now.

Anyways, the higher ups for both companies know that the problem is always quality of service AND after-sales customer service, BUT nothing is being done about it. It’s extremely frustrating to work for a company that has all the resources to make excellent products with the support and customer care to go with it, but somehow refuses to do so. First time I’ve worked in a company where almost all the products compete with one another!

Someone mentioned that maybe PLDT and SMART could just quit with the showbiz ads, promos and events and focus on quality and customer support – absolutely correct, but again nothing. Am sure I’m not the only one annoyed with that prick on myDSL Plan 999 ads.

Hopefully with the re-org in upper management, there will be change in priorities.

Lastly, Globelines/Globe do have updated maps at their business centers showing exactly where there lines are and signal “cloud” areas for their wireless internet package.

Always keep in mind that all these telcos want are sales, sales, sales…never mind if they can actually service you or not. So never believe calls or emails from sales agent telling you that you’re eligible for DSL, wireless, etc…they’re just after their commission.

I’ve decided to do a blog entry entitled: Smart Bro Plug it: What you need to know for those thinking of purchasing one.

Nalilito rin ako which is which. Muntik na ako mag subxcribe ng 799 ng smart bro (plug it) kaya lang with some of the comments na nabasa ko sa web, parang ayaw ko na. Sa globe naman not available pa sa Murphy cubao and wireless data only nila. Ayaw ko naman ng wired kasi im just renting a room. Kaya gusto ko wireless pero wag yong mahal at garantisado na kunti disconnection habang nag internet. Ano kaya mabuti? Punta na lang kaya ako sa gateway to access wireless or other malls. Sayang kasi pag nag subscribe ka pero putol putol naman..at the delimna is naka lock ka for 2 yrs. Masyado naman mahaba lock in period na 2 yrs sa smart plug it. Pag ganyan kahaba lock in malamang ndi maganda yan. Sasakit lang puso mo sa inis.
Tama ka roland wag ka muna kumuha…ntay ka lang mag sisibabaan mga yan. Ntayin mo ang offer ng Sun..tiyak within this 1 st yr of 2008 mayron yan…UNLIMITED NA..WITH NO LOCK IN PERIOD AT MAY MONEY BACK PA FOR 7 DAYS…OOOOHHAAAA

Yes. You are correct Natalie1981. As per some friends in the company, it’s now down to 40 hours – then in blocks of 30 minutes metering.

Meaning, if you connect to the internet at 1:30pm, then disconnect at 1:45pm, your consumption is already rounded off to 30 mins.

Then if you connect again at 1:55pm until 2:10pm, your consumption is already counted as two blocks of 30 mins.

So, your usage from 1:30pm to 1:45pm then 1:55pm up to 2:00pm is for the first 30 minutes.

Then your usage from 2:01pm up to 2:10pm is already for the second 30 minutes.

wahaha!!!cOoL..I HOP it could be good enough,,
wahahakz..

The Just “Plug it” is only for the 799 plan, it is not available under plan 999 according to their CS.

why just now?!i already bought a pldt weroam prepaid kit!!laki ng difference nito sa presyo.sayang. pwede din ba to kahit walang 3G at gprs lang meron?

@ ordnacin, thanks for clarifying that.
@ redge, thanks for the real-world report. sadly, your experience is what I expected. It is so frustrating. I don’t believe the people at SmartBro are intentionally providing crap service, I just think that everyone at the decision-making level in the company are still totally ignorant of what decent Internet service is.

What will it take to convince them that providing decent service will not only build their business … and thus make more profit … but actually improve profit on the exisitng group of clients.

Instead of sponsoring one social event after another and thinking up gimmicks and payola, if they just addresses the actual level of service their costs would go down …think of this … when a user has to retry a web page 3 or more times before it will finally load … a very frequent occurrence .. the load on their network is actually tripled (approxinate).

X number of users can only surf Y number of pages per hour … efficient throughput will actually reduce network loads and costs, not increase them. I wonder why extremely simple pesos and cents calculations are so difficult for executives to understand?

Can you imagine how the profit of their voice/SMS network would plummet if one had to send and resend every text message 3 or 4 times before it got through? Or make every voice call three or 4 times before it connected?

Work in Singapore, the hip-hopping country:

http://www.cellphones.ca/news/post002745/

MAKATI CITY, Philippines–Charm Banico, a Smart engineer, demonstrates how easy it is to install Smart’s new mobile broadband Internet service for consumers, dubbed Smart Bro Plug It. As the name implies, it is a “plug and play” solution that enables users to connect to a high-speed data packet access mobile network. Video taken by INQUIRER.net reporter Erwin Oliva on Nov. 23, 2007.

http://inquirer.promos.yahoo.com/inq/index.php?func_mode=play&vid=1512441

Abe, may bago ng website. http://www.smartplugit.org.ph

I guess if you’re a Mac / Linux user you can just take out the SIM card, plug it into a 3G-capable mobile phone, and connect via Bluetooth.

That’s what I do with my Smart prepaid SIM as a backup/mobile solution. PhP 10/30mins is good enough for emergencies. Unlimited at PhP 999, then even better! I can imagine that some people might use this service for VoIP over mobile, with capable handsets.

Sometimes, PLDT’s 3G service is not available so I’m not able to surf (even when I’m in Mandaluyong). I wonder if the experience will be the same with Smart Bro.

If that will be the case, then perhaps PLDT’s 3G service (P10/30 minutes) might be a better deal for ultra-light (during emergencies only) internet users like me.

That 24 month lock in period must be killing me. I don’t want to be on that situation were in I have to pay a pre-termination fee for their quite disgusting services. With in 2 years, I know there will be more better services offered, so don’t get yourself lock on that. Unless you got nothing to crave more…

does it mean that if I already have a Smart Bro, I could avail of that USB dongle for free? Anyway, I’m already paying 999 every month.