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Smart Bro Rocket Buyers Guide

So I bought the Smart Bro Rocket at Smart’s Wireless Center in Rockwell this morning. They made me sign a waiver that outlines some of the limitations of the dongle and the service. So, here are 10 things you need to know before buying the Smart Bro Rocket.

Some Wireless Centers are still a bit confused with the Smart Bro Rocket so you will have to ask and explain that it’s the new one with 12Mbps. The guard and front customer service both didn’t knew about it but I insisted and the other one in the activation desk confirmed.

1.) The kit comes with Php20 free load and a SIM card. You can use the regular Smart Bro load card to top up.

2.) The internet rate for the Smart Bro Rocket is pegged at Php10 per 30 minutes.

3.) The current rate is just a promo rate and effective until September 30, 2011. After that, Smart will shift to Volume Packages for the mobile internet rate.

4.) Users can subscribe to the Always On plans (see here).

5.) You are not allowed to use UnliSurf50, UnliSurf100 or UnliSurf200 on the account (contrary to my earlier confirmation with Smart’s PR that it can be used for UnliSurf). Update: Note though that I was still able to register to UnliSurf despite this restriction.

6.) Default charging will revert to Php200 per 180MB after September 30, 2011.

7.) When you are out of the HSPA+ coverage, the promised internet speed is up to 3.6Mbps (same as the Power Plug-It).

8.)When you buy the Smart Bro Rocket, you sign a waiver and release that you “given up future legal rights against any misunderstanding about the limitations of the device and the HSPA+ network”.

9.) If an HSPA+ network is not detected, you switch back to HSPA or 3G.

10.) You acknowledge that even if the service offers up to 12Mbps, the minimum speed can be between 12-48kbps.

Will go around and test this device from a number of locations and share with you the speed tests I’ll get. Let’s see if this baby can get to what Smart promised.

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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.

57 Responses

  1. Avatar for Sonofa Sonofa says:

    pano naman kaming naka smart canopy? 1 month na akong subscribed… every 9pm nawawala internet!!!
    2nd month ko palang subscribed pero sa first month ko wala pang 1week down na internet and service is scheduled a week after…

    pwede bang di ko na bayaran?

  2. Avatar for tonton tonton says:

    walang kwenta.. tng ina.. sarap sunugin ang smart

  3. Avatar for suizcide suizcide says:

    nakakainis na smart yan! i bought power plug it . nkalagay sa flyers up to 5 mbps. pero 237 kbps lng max reach mya. im buffering youtube videos for half hour just to watch. ang nakakainis pa mas mabilis ung smartbro (995) ng ate ko. i tried it sna pla un nlng binili ko. or tatto. power plug it price — Php 1245.00

  4. Avatar for WickedMan WickedMan says:

    Is this “Php200 per 180MB” rate true? Are we going back to the 90’s? Just viewing your friends’ photos continuously in Facebook or Flickr will probably eat up 10MB or more within 5 minutes.

  5. Avatar for Glenn Vincent Glenn Vincent says:

    To you techies out there, could you please point me to the most reliable, cheapest wired or cabled broadband? My PLDT myDsl is so slow. Is SkyBroadband any better?

  6. Avatar for james james says:

    I have an unlocked HUAWEI E353 dongle (same as rocket) will I be able to just buy a simcard and use the smartbro 4g or do I have to buy another dongle also?

  7. Avatar for Ekek Ekek says:

    >>Default charging will revert to Php200 per 180MB after September 30, 2011.

    USELESS. so so… useless. a youtube movie is easily reach 40-50mb. what this means is that watching a movie on a youtube via smart racket is more expensive than watching a movie.

  8. Avatar for chynnaheart chynnaheart says:

    hay naku napakasama talaga nila isa silang kurakot sa bansa natin.

    sobra silang mga smartcares sana maraming maghack sa kanilang network

  9. Avatar for Newbie Techie Newbie Techie says:

    Sir Abe, i know that you have tried using a globe sim in the Smart Bro rocket, but have you tried using a Sun broadband if yes, can you tel me how to configure it? iv tried using it in my Smart rocket but i was not able to get a connection. Tnx in advance

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