SmartBro Share It was first introduced last March, a 3G WiFi router that can share internet up to 5 devices.
The Share It subscription costs Php999 a month for only 90 hours of free 3G internet.
Smart has now upgraded that to unlimited with a 24-month 12-month lock-in contract, plus a Php2,500 one-time fee for the 3G router.
This is looking to be a good offer since it is possible to get that SIM card and put it in your phone for unlimited 3G. It’s also possible to use it with a 3G USB dongle so you can take it anywhere with you and hook it up on your laptop or netbook. That’s a cheaper option to the Php1,500 unlimited 3G subscription.
my less than a month share it is now on its way to manila. Service center here in the province cannot fix and told me that it may take a maximum of 2months for my unit to be fixed. When I asked Smart for a service unit, they told me that they cannot provide one. And that I am the first issue they encountered, thus, they did not foresee a need to have a stand-by service unit. Now, my postpaid plan is on hold and i’m using a prepaid smart plug-it “service unit”.
@xtian1986
I have been stressing this login page to the CSR as soon as I started using the device. Its just annoying having to leave a browser open just for the login window.
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.
but have you tried it yourself?
nope. i dont have the any usb modem as of that time nor another modem-router.
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tinanggal na daw login page? pls confirm.
I hope wala na talaga ang login page.
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.
free na ung router. yay!
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.
Does this plan include the Internet connection? Or are you just paying for the router? If it includes the connection, how come it’s the same price as the 1mbps connection even if it’s 2mbps AND it offers a free router?
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).
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says:
@biggie,
The SmartBro Share-It uses HSPA signal, not 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.”
Just some facts from an actual Share It subscriber:
1. Sim card is verified to not work with anything except the bundled router. I’ve tried on my PlugIt, on an iPhone and even a regular Nokia. It won’t connect, make calls or SMS at all. Router can use my PlugIt Sim though, not sure if it can use other telco’s sim
2. Haven’t tried it in other areas but going to a mall near me and plugging it, the router still works. Also, it’s easier to just bring this if you want an easy-to-setup WLAN network
3. Vs. my wired DSL, this is much faster but also less stable for torrents where I often get only 20% of the full speed. No problems with direct downloads though.
4. New plan is 24 mos lock-in with free router. Router is yours after the lock-in period. Also, no more login page required
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.
Drats. I was about to avail of this but it’s late as they changed their plan to 24 months lock-in period. But it now comes with free router.
Is this better than Globe’s Broadband 1Mbps offer? 12 months lang naman.
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%)
@speed18. mine disconnects on its own at around 8pm. Then it (touter) reboots. Green LED keeps on blinking and after a few seconds ok na naman ang connection. This only happens at most thrice a day. Cellsite is very near and visible from my location. less than a kilometer.
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.
hi share ko lang experience ng family ko sa smartbro! (smartBROKEN)
ngsubrscribe po kami last april 2009, month of aprril,june, and july ok and service. evrytime i ping a website there’s a reply.. kumbaga walang request time out dumating ang month of aug,sept and present naging inconsistent ang signal.
We subrscribe to 312kbps plan (canopy), 1st week pa lang ng aug. napansin ko na kagad na 11am-11pm sobrang bagal ng connection at halos request time out ang nakukuha ko.of course the usual thing i reported it to their TSR over the *1888 hotline.
Ang sabi base station daw,so i waited 24hrs as instructed by the agent i called again and nireport na ganon pa din sabi ni agent “system enhancement po kasi sa base station,pasensya na sa abala” 24hrs ulet… Halos tinamad nako at 2months n nakalipas bago ako nakatawag ulet.I reported same problem and they told me same reason na base station daw,halos nagfreak out ako nung narinig ko yun kasi 2months na nakalipas un ganon pa din ung reason meaning to say within 2months di nila nasolusyunan o WALA SILANG GINAWA to solve my issue.
-i spoke to a supervisor na sabi iuupdate ako before matapos ang araw baka daw gabi n sya tumawag pero wala akonng nareceive na call
-may pumunta na 2 technician sa bahay at pinindot pindot ang pc ko halos 3mins alng yata sila nagstay they told me BASE STATION ANG SIRA!then alis na daw sila, fine!
-guys, i have nothing against smart company thankful p nga ako kasi nagkakainternet kami sa subd. kasi di pa available yung dsl samin.
Ang point ko lang sana as customer na matino naman nagbabayad ng rate/month makuha ko man lang yung 60% na speed binabayaran ko. guys evry 11am-11pm nagcoconduct ako speedtest ang nakukuha ko lang minimum of 19kbps max of 60kbps. At sabi nila upgraded na nga ang plan 312kbps to 1m but we cant see the difference! guys maybe you’re wondering bakit my timeframe? di ko din alam basta ngtrtry din ako mag speedtest mga 12am -3am kasi yun mejo ok ang conection ko nakukuha ko lang is 130-260kbps. kala ko b upgraded??!
Anyways sana mapansin ng smart na di lang ako ang nakakaexperience ng problema sa connection nila.
Definitely once makapsok ang DSL samin ay mgswiswitch kami dun im also aware na sister company ang pldt and smart but were still hoping na mas ok un
Thanks!
Rafael
-Rodriguez Rizal
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.
my problem is that the router stops giving internet connection every 3hrs or so, I need to reset it to get back on browsing. Is there a way to fix this? cuz its really annoying to reset the router over and over again to have internet access.
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…
Nope, All smart broadband packages are now at 24-months lock-in period.
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.