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Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief May 26, 2006 · 2 min read

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The SmartBro installation team just arrived here at my place to hook me up. Took them about 30 minutes to install and configure my account and I’m now running on Smart Bro (Just one of my desktop PCs. My laptop and other PC is still on myDSL.).

First off, some speed tests:

PLDTPlay: 260.3 kbps
GlobeQuest Utilities: 235.0 kbps
2Wire: 99.50 kbps
TestMy: 113 kbps

Smart Bro top speed: 384kbps

During the installation, I talked with the two tech guys and explained to them my arrangement with Smart. The tech guys were actually a bit curious why my account was different, at least that’s what the designated subscriber code says. They added that the subscriber code I am using is for internal use and usually assigned to COs. I told them I hope it does not affect my connection speed from that of a regular subscriber.

The above speed test results would indicate I am in no better luck than any other subscriber. Ok, on with the testing.

Btw, remeber that wifi incident last week at Malate? The techs did confirm to me that it’s something they’ve also encountered before and when they reported it back to the NOC, they were told that it’s for an experimental hotspot. Looks like Airborne Access is going to have some internal competition of sorts.

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138 Comments

intruder_214 · 19 years ago

mga fwends help namn kng pano e config ang smart bro sa router ang hirap pag nakashare lang sa isang lan card ang connection ng ng smart bro sa isang pc tapos direct to network..

Faztclix · 19 years ago

If you guys want to upgrade your smartbro to CORPORATE account with speeds of up to 3Mbps call their hotline number…lowest prices starts at nearly 4K per month. Thats around 512kbps I think.

*2888 thats their number (Asterix before the 2, not omission)

Worth it if you are always on the net or have a computer shop…coz regular smartbro bandwidth cant cut it, especially this year Ive noticed more and more subscribers in my area…eg….lower bandwidth for me. I shall be upgrading soon

lesterjohn · 19 years ago

ang smartbro para lng sa may mga utak…d2 sa bacolod kusog kaayo….384kbps sabi ang sa amin naging 512…d 2lad ng iba dyan declir ng diclir d namn umabot…heheheh…

BONG · 19 years ago

ANG GANDA SOBRA NG SMART BRO ANG BILIS DATI ANG BAGAL NGAYON PAREHAS NA ANG SPEED NG MADALING ARAW HANGANG GABI WEEEE

Bogart · 19 years ago

maniwala kau sa smart bro? bolegs lang yan

sniper · 19 years ago

smartbro is a shared network with direct line of sight. All users connected within the radius of smarts tower are sharing the same public ip, which means, the more we are connected the slower we get.

A piece of advice, wireless connection is not safe. Plus there are many disadvantages. Im sure you guys know what i mean.

hehehe…

tulip · 19 years ago

Ako ngayon may pinakamaganda connection na naka-Smart Bro. Wala pa naman ako tiwala sa Smart Bro noon, so tingnan na lang kung tuloy tuloy na maganda.

I mean pinakamaganda connection among sa neighborhood, pinakamabilis na yung akin.

tulip · 19 years ago

Kakapakabit ko pa lang ng Smart Bro last June 5, so far so good naman but then kasi siguro one block away lang yung pinaka-cell site or base station. Hesitant nga ako magpakabit sa kanila since dami complain. Tanong tanong na lang ako sa mga neighbors. Ok naman daw so try ko na rin.

globequest:1670.14080 kbps

which means you can download at 208.77000 KB/sec

PLDTplay: 131072 kbps Bandwidth Test Results : 128 Mbps

tanghali pa yan, nag-fluctuate minsan taas baba pero ndi naman malaki ang difference puede na rin. pagdating ng gabi mas mataas ng konti. Pero may time na around 300 kbps lang.
At least ndi lang talaga napuputol. Tsaka medyo ok yung agent and installer ko, they made sure na malakas ang signal at maayos ang installation and configuration. Sa iba kasi basta magkabit lang eh. It took them 1.5 hours to install dito sa bahay. Ako ngayon may pinakamaganda connection na naka-Smart Bro. Wala pa naman ako tiwala sa Smart Bro noon, so tingnan na lang kung tuloy tuloy na maganda.

Next ko try yung Globe Speak ‘n Surf, pag ok sa kapitbahay ko. Sila muna buyo ko para ndi ako magsisi masyado. hehehe

ZmartVro · 19 years ago

bad connection
time out pa parati
page cannot be displayed pa.
di ako makapag online games.

Bong · 19 years ago

TOL SMART BRO KA BA ANO STATUS CONNECTION MO???

ZmartVroken · 19 years ago

Sino ba may kalilala na NPA jan? Bayaran na lang natin sila ng tig 999 para sila na mag action Sa BROken connection natin. Marami naman tayo.

Bong · 19 years ago

WALA NAMAN KWENTA SANA GANUN KABILIS TUWING UMAGA PAG DATING MGA 10AM NAKU DISGRASYA NA WALA NANG CONNECTION WALANG KWENTA POTANG INTA MGA SMART PAPA GLOBE NA LANG AKO MAS TUNAY NA PAGNGALAN GLOBE BRO THE AMAZING WIRELESS BROADBAND YAN MAS BAGAY PA SA KANILA UNG SMART NAMAN GANDA PANGALAN PAG NAGAMIT NA HAYZ DAIG PA ANG DIAL UP SA BAGAL

Aris · 19 years ago

Hayooppppppppp di na kami makapag lvl at dami ng pinoy na di makapag online kala namin sira ang Silkroad di pala may mga pinoy pa na nakakapag oline na di gumagamit ng SmartBro nag ngayo “BoboBro” tang ina

Aris · 19 years ago

Putang ina Smart Bro Block nila yung game ng SilkRoad madami ata SilkRoad panatik kaya hayop kayo lilipat na kami kung di nyo babalik kaagad sory kayo magada silkroad

HUPADUPAPI · 19 years ago

BOTTOM LINE SA LAHAT NG REKLAMO NATIN,

SMART BRO GO TO HELL !!!!

STONE THEM TO DEATH !!!!

PUGUTAN NG ULO ANG MAY SALA…

PARA MATAKOT NAMAN SA MGA PANLOLOKONG GINAGAWA NILA !!!!

SUNUGIN NG BUHAY !!!!

MALASIN SANA ANG MGA BUHAY N’YO !!!!

UBOD KAYONG MANLOLOKO !!!!

MARAMI PANG KARMA ANG DARATING SA INYO !!!!

SA ISANG BANDA SOBRA KAYONG SALOT,

PERO ANG ‘DI N’YO NALALAMAN KAYO ANG GUMAGAWA NG SALOT SA BUHAY N’YO DAHIL MAMALASIN KAYO SA MGA GINAGAWA N’YO.

ILAN D’YAN, MAGKAKASAKIT NANAY, TATAY, KAPATID, O ANAK MO. MARAMING DARATING NA PROBLEMA SA YO AT SA PAMILYA N’YO.

SA MADALIT SALITA MAGIGING IMPYERNO ANG BUHAY N’YO !!!!

KAYA SA BANDANG HULI KAYO DIN ANG KAWAWA!!!!

KAYA MAGBAGO NA KAYO(SMARTBRO) HABANG MAY ORAS PA !!!!

sigh · 19 years ago

using smart bro for 4 months now, so far wala pa akong month na nakuhang good service. Mabagal, intermittent connection, no connection. Lahat na yata ng sakit nila naranasan ko na. Eto pa my internet was down for a month due to the super typhoon, when i called thier customer service for a rebate, di raw sila nagrerebate due to natural causes daw yun di raw nila kasalanan. Sabi ko naman oo nga di nyo kasalanan yung bagyo pero that does not mean na 1 month kayo bago magpadala ng technician dito to rehome my antenna to other working cellsite. Walang mabigay na reason yung agent, paulit ulit na sinasabi na due to natural causes blah blah meaning ayaw talaga nilang magrebate. Tawag uli ako to disconnect thier service only to find out that i have to pay the remaining months to my 1 year contract, so 1 year pa akong magtitiis. Until now ganon pa rin ang connection ko, naka 3 rehome na ako, 3 cellsites na nagagamit ko each one is worse than the last. Lalo na kung weekends kung saan lang talaga ako may freetime to play my online games, download speed is around 20kbs, that’s 20 kilobits per second. Saan pa pwedeng magreklamo, panloloko nato how come they expect me to pay a non existing service. Ngayon dumating na naman ang bill ko from smart bro, parang ayaw ko ng bayaran, paying them is like being robbed with your own consent. May groups ba na pwedeng salihan paran icomplain tong smart bro nato, siguro if we all stand as one, makikinig tong smart bro nato. I just want to be disconnected para maka avail na ako ng magandang service.

adz1922 · 19 years ago

ok naman connection ko.. umaabot ng 55KB/s or 440Kbps..
Pero inggit ako dun sa kaklase ko, mas malapit nga site dito samin kaysa sa kanila pero kanya umaabot ng 75KB/s.

Yung antena pa nila ung luma, ung square. Panahon pa un ng WiFi kinabit..

jc · 20 years ago

bakit ganon, di man lang sinabi ng SMART na hindi sila nagbibigay ng PUBLIC IP ADDRESS? nakakasakit ng ulo!!! kasi gusto kong mag-download ng torrents and it’s required na may public ip add…grabe pakialam ba ng SMART kung gusto ko i-expose computer ko sa internet…dapat may priviledge na magbigay sila ng public ip…

sabi nung CSR sa SMART Hotline, para lang daw sa corporate accounts ang public ip, ano yon gimik para magpa-corporate account???

SMART sucks!!! i even lost 1week of connection last month, tapos sasabihin nila ipa-extend ko yung antenna syempre with bayad…grabe na to!!!

jonell · 20 years ago

ok naman smart bro ah…
tingnan nyo ko, laging puyat…
sa gabi lang kasi yung connection ko nag-o-ok!

kung gusto nyong magka-insomia, mag smartbro na!

WTF!!! LOL!!!

Mon · 20 years ago

smart bro!! were gonna ROCK you!!!
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Mon · 20 years ago

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Mon · 20 years ago

anthony · 20 years ago

nakaw super logggggggggg nakaka asar talaga madaling araw lang mabilis minsan pa paki ayos naman po plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz……………………………

stingingsilverbeginstomelt · 20 years ago

SMART BRO
speedtest result:

PLDTplay 224.3 kbps
GlobeQuest 202.3 kbps
2wire 138.0 kbps
testmy 97 kbps

raiel · 20 years ago

here in pampanga we a provider called COMCLARK and i can say it is the best provider. stable connection, and minimal downtime minsan sa isang month alang downtime kahit minsan di nga lang kasing mura ng SMART BROKEN pero ayos na

jerold · 20 years ago

sana ka2lad din ako ng mga subscribers na regular na umaabot ang speed nila ng 384 kbps kasi ako sometyimes lang eh, ng JUNe actually naging 3856.67 kbps ako, yup di ito typo. download speed ko sa smart bro is 149 kb/s pero simula nung mga ulan ulan na ito, from 149 kb/s naging 6 kb/s……………. god!! sobra noh?!!

LPN · 20 years ago

How to LAN this smart bro

leo · 20 years ago

ok naman yung connection ng smartbro nung una medyo cra pero pc pala ang cra samin pero nung naayos ko maayos naman yung speed nya. ok naman ang smart bro mabilis din

Smart Bro Lok · 20 years ago

Wag na!

dee · 20 years ago

naku ng pplan p nmn aqng mg subscribe ng smartbro?? 2loy ko p ba? after reading all this.. hehe tsk tsk!!

michae · 20 years ago

hayyyyyy kapangit pala ng smartbore este smart bro pala

Mon · 20 years ago

im currently on smart wifi plan 988…………gus2 ko sanang mag change ng plan 2 smart bro………sbi nila pwede daw pro my antenna is ung antenna nang smart wifi………….kung magpapaupgrade ba ako ng smart bro ,,,ichachange ba nila ang antenna ko??? or ipapachange ko??? wla nmang cra antenna ko kya lang masmaganda ata un eh/…………….may byad ba ang magpapalit??????? pls answer my questions……….ASAP…………..THANK U

retz · 20 years ago

s m …a r t ….. b r o…..
…. kin…dl…y wa…..i……t downl…oa…..din….g
co….m…m…….e..n….t

wow it took me 30 minutes to refresh this section.
smartbore din connection ko eh, bilis din 128-156kbps? lalo ngayon umuulan eh, im getting 56++ hintayin ko ulit umaraw para bumilis ng konti.

mula nung nagpaconnect ako dito (early march) di pa yata ako nakakatikim ng stable na connection.

jun · 20 years ago

there’s no way of knowing if he’s gonna get preferential treatment or not, the subscriber code does indicate that his account IS different. but he sure is lucky!

Mon · 20 years ago

ung antenna sakin is ung prang square……….palaging nadidisconnect ako!!!

vance · 20 years ago

btw ang dsl ba parang diesel gas kaialngan painit muna hehe. cause i remember everytime that a contractor comes heres and test the net using globequest ang bilis pero when they retest and using testmy or mcafee lumalabas yung tunay na speed then i asked “now you see how slow the net is..” ang sagot “sir bago eh or kakaayos lang”

vance · 20 years ago

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 20 years ago

WeRoam uses GPRS/EDGE so I think this one’s some hybrid Smart Bro indeed. Then again, a wireless router connected to Smart Wifi could technically exhibit the same thing.

@ Kates

The arrangement does not involve any of my existing or future blogs. All they need is some direct feedback from me.

vance · 20 years ago

wow as speed your speed test says it slow hehehe. ako ramdam na ramdam ko ang slow connection for a week can’t download anything from rapidshare kasi dial-up speed nakakatamad pero kung may dl accelarator (flashget) ang bilis, grrrr nireklamo ko na to as usual they can’t do anything to help.

Di kaya WE ROAM yun ABE? Yung Sa PLDT? We Roam is the wifi anywhere service ng PLDT diba so baka yun .

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

After 1 minute bumalik din! LOL!

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

Putol ang internet ngayun! Nakakainis!

Kates · 20 years ago

About that special arrangement, curious din ako. Di ba pina-tatangal yong anti smart wifi post mo yugs?

emac · 20 years ago

im curious with that special arrangement… What would that be?

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

OK lang po yun! Hehe! Basta magugulat ka nalang bagsak na internet mo! hehe! Intayin mo lang! LOL!

Abe Olandres Editor-in-chief · 20 years ago

Just got back online. Couldn’t say if there was no connection around that time.

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

Yuga, naputol internet connection namin! Sayo rin ba? Kababalik lang!

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

Yuga, naputol internet connection namin! Sayo rin ba?

vinvinvin · 20 years ago

Sa tingin ko wala naman special eh! 384kbps pa rin maximum speed nia. Pwera lang na waived ang IF at MSF nia! Ahihii! Ewan kolang kung lagi nyang maaabot ang max speed! Ahihihi! Magkapareho kami ng antenna! LOL!

Pag nag download sya gamit ang download manager, mga 50KB/sec naman siguro.

50KB/sec = 409.6 kbps

Hehehe! Wala lang!

jong · 20 years ago

yeah, Dapat kung ano sa regular subscribers ganun din sayo. mamaya nyan magkaiba hehe

jhay · 20 years ago

Hmm…I hope the tests come out right. I mean, what if you do get a special treatment because of your special arrangement with smart, while the other normal subscribers are not so lucky.

Oh well, let’s just hope they do get things right this time.