Launched just yesterday, Smart WiFi is a new broadband internet service which allows users to get connected wirelessly thru Smart’s cell sites. The only thing you need is an outdoor antenna to serve as transceiver on any of Smart’s hundreds of cell sites nationwide.
Maximum bandwidth is up to around 128kbps and promo price starts at Php788/month. It’s an easy and affordable alternative if you don’t have phone lines in the neighborhood. This is gonna be a big hit once they find a way to bring access down to handhelds and portable devices (read: Tungsten T5 & Life Drive).
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A couple months ago, I’ve heard PLDT offering something similar to this..unlimited wireless connection thru cell sites, all you need is a laptop or any mobile device coz they provide the PCMCIA card when you subscribe..but the price was i think around P1,500-2,000..not sure though.
I think that one is PLDT WeRoam.
I think you still need to buy some sort of receiver.
I know one certain broadband isp who offers bb-internet through microwave tech. The receiving unit is installed (free) Php 990.00 per mo. (residential), my friend says it’s far better than PLDT DSL corporate acct.
Not sure if this is the same as meridian, they have their site at http://www.meridian.ph
From what I heard at tipidpc.com, dating company to ni Mark Jiminez na binili ng PLDT.
When I called them up libre na daw yung reciever, just pay the installation fee. All you need is a smart cell site within line of site of you
Ok yan ah..so how much is the installation and monthly fees?
Yes, PLDT initially bought 40% of Meridian Telekoms (and thinking of buying up to 100%) where they used it as platform for their wireless broadband service.
@Jaypee
788/month plus 500 installation fee, tapos locked ka with them for 1 year.
dito pala details… but for Davao to
.. should be the same for others (I hope)
http://www.davaoexchange.com/transact.php?action=show&topic=31
Looks like same pricing as the Smart WiFi. Most likely the same service with a different brand.
Ehehe, Yun nga ung sinasabi ko na ISP, mabilis nga and the receiver is bundled with the mo.charges. The downside is “KUNG” makakita ng signal papunta sa house mo. Pero I must say nakakaimpress ang bilis ng meridian.
(Pumunta ako sa bahay ng friend ko I tested it on Ragnarok Online, 2advanced.com and limewire) looks like Im shifting from cable to microwave. /gg
Does Skype work on these microwave broadbands? like Smart WiFi and Smart WeRoam?
retz : better days are coming. Kelangan ba LOS (line-of-sight)? Kala ko kase kahit NLOS puede eh.
jon.lao: Technically, like any other broadband connection, it should be able to support Skype.
yup, kuya abe, need ng LOS.
samin wala daw, kakacheck lang kanina.
kaines! pero double check nmn daw nila next week.
Available lang ang Smart WiFi outside of Metro Manila.
Within Metro Manila? Sa October 1 pa daw.
@yuga
ok lang ata kung di LOS, noong tinawagan ko sila sabi nila sa akin na kung nakikita ko yung antenna ng Smart mas ok daw yon at sure ball na puwede location ko… I forgot to ask what a Smart Antenna looks like though and had no intention to go up my roof either to check… hehehe
meridian wifi o smart wifi ay iba sa product ng pldt like weroam.ginagamit ng meridian ang cellsites network ng smart pra sa wide coverage.magpakabit na kayo.di hamak na masmabilis ang access kumapara s dsl o sa nakagawian n ntin internet access.mas cheaper pa.ang meridian company ay part n ng smart telco.product ng smart ang wifi.ang wifi ng smart o ang badwidth na alloted d2 ay pra s residential user lng.pwede magkonect ng 2-4 na pc.limited area pa lng available.
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replied on Jun 23rd, 2005 at 10:03 pm (18)
Smart has acquired 100% of Meridian. And, don’t expect the service to run on your portable devices, the “WiFi” is not 802.11!
802.11g
Hello
Meron pa daw mas mabilis kaysa sa Smart wifi. Wifi ng Bayan name nito abangan na lang natin sila.
kelangan may LOS ng smart cellsite and within 1.5km radius para mas mabilis.some say that kung wala signla smart wala na rin wifi, well smart wifi is using other equipment nakakabit lang sya sa same tower.i think for provincial areas 1000 pesos ang installation fee because dito sa amin sa nueva vizcaya 1000 pesos.
i have heared of meridian telekoms which is also offering wireless broadband. i think smart is also a part owner of it. at 988/mo of 90kbs speed the least. still wireless to the nearest smart cellsites.
988 per month at 90kbs lang? di kaya mahal yun?
smart wifi uses the present GSM format incorporated with the GPRS/EDGE technologywhere in the signal is still GSM but because of EDGE technology they can increase the speed to 285 kbpps in october and the charge will be 988 pesos per month. Im not a electronic freak but i research this stuff. Smart wifi is slower compare to dsl but it is ok for residential use…for at least a single user. Im still hesitant to subscribe because because of service interuption. However, i have great info that this technology will improve even up tp 400+ kbps in the future. try you na lang to know more info.
unlimited ba ung monthly rate? or merong Kb limit kasi kung Edge technology d per kilobyte ang bayaran?
i just had mine connected yeterday it was the star of a nightmare.
unlike other servers which activates the email address automatically, meridian asks me to email their csd (csd@meridiantelekom.com).
the team that set up my connection, left the wires dangling as well saying that another group was scheduled to fix the wires to the walls.
this morning i woke up with no internet conenction and i have been calling their tech support every hour with result nor any anwers when they can have my connection back up.
so this is how i lie right now, 26 hour after having meridian conenction.
no email account and no reply from the csd, and tech support no help with this subject
intertnet cable running from the top of my bedroom window, dangling down the wall, snaking across the floor all the way tot eh sala wher i have my work area.
no internet connection since 7 am and no hope sight, the tech support cant even offer any back-up like a dial up number so i can have some sort of email conenction
i am posting this using conenction of my old isp that thankfully hasnt acted on my request to be disconnected.
aaaaaargh!!!!
arlo
I almost dropped my jaw when i heared Smart launched a Wi-Fi product. I could imagine myself going to work with a driver in tow so i could do my last minute quick fix on my report in the comfort of my back seat.
TO MY DISMAY!!! They gave a wrong definition of Wi-Fi (not similar to IEEE) im not techy but I dont think they somewhat giving false expectation.
Tama ba ako mali lang intindi ko sa Wi-Fi
in wi-fi, you use IEEE 802.11 network replacing the Ethernet Card of the Wired Network. Smart’s Wi-Fi Product is not similar to US’s Sprint of Cingular. ITs still a wired technology, but still .. it will surely be a viable market player in the industry considering the existing infrastructure, market-base and support.
I will definitely suscribe to this product even if i was mislead by the branding
Lets try the Wired Wi-Fi
Wi-Freak,
It’s partly WiFi, it’s partly not.
WiFi in the sense that your connection from a Smart cellsite to your WiFi antenna is un-wired.
Not WiFi in the sense that the connection form your Wifi antenna to your PC or internet device is still wired.
So what’s the missing link? A WiFi hub to your antenna. The WiFi hub then re-transmits it to your WiFi-enabled devices or workstations in your home/office.
KAbog taga nueva vizcaya din me, hinihintay ko nalang ung connection ko sa smart.. hihih kapit bahay lang namin ung smart wireless center d2…
musta naman kaya lag time ng Wifi ng smart.. maganda kaya ito pang Ragnarok? or mas mabilis parin pag DSL as in ung cable talaga… sana may makasagot
KAbog san ka d2 sa Vizcaya ^_^ small world
guys,
If you’ve got inquiries, comments, suggestions, or incident reports… email marketing@meridiantelekoms.com
It is available in metro manila but applications will be thru meridian (8121757 loc 224/257) – you may apply thru their website (www.meridian.ph) and follow up thru the numbers given. The package available in manila’s is the regular package which is P988 / 256kbps and one-time installation fee of P1000 plus a one-year lock-in period. All you need is a working PC with a LAN card.
Hope this helps.
I got subscribed to meridian during the testing phase(750 a month + 500 installation.. i think 988/month na ngayon). I normally get speeds higher than 256kbps(i just checked now, 1.20Mbps).. tagal lang before you get a scheduled installation date, you really have to follow up on your application but it’s definitely worth the wait =)
It’s actually wifi, pero di yun yung wifi na iniisip nyo. The CPE or yung device na ginagamit ng SMART ay IEEE802.11b compliant, so therefore it’s WIFI. Mali po ang post ni cyber-friar. Siguro partly mali partly tama, or should i say di lang acurate ang post nya.
Ang device na nilalagay sa taas ng bubong ng bahay ng customer ay actually isang WiFi Bridge, merong ethernet port na ikakabit dun sa lan-card na nakalagay sa PC ng customer.
Ang device na nasa cellsite ng SMART ay most likely isang WiFi multi-bridge.
Kung security ang pag-uusapan, very weak ang security nito dahil naka-disable ang WPA or WEP therefore di encrypted ang connection. Good news sa mga mahilig mag-wardrive, napakadaling makapasok sa network kung tutuusin. Bad news lang sa inyo dahil maaaring maka-connect kayo pero limited ang connection nyo sa Smart-Meridian network lang (kung di ako nagkakamali “portal.meridian.ph” lang ang pwede nyong pasukin. Meron din authentication kahit papaano (thru portal.meridian.ph), pag authenticated kayo maari kayong makapagbrowse sa internet. Pero palagay ko a very good hacker can easily bypass their security, and with the right tools anyone can eavesdrop the customer’s activity and probably acquire confidential information like passwords, credit card numbers, etc.
To avoid confusion Smart’s WiFi is a “fixed” connection in a sense na hindi ito katulad ng typical na WiFi na pwede ka mag-roam around dahil directional and antenna nito and required na magkaroon ng LOS (line of sight). But still, it uses the 802.11b specification so therefore it is WiFi.
Don’t argue with me dahil I have physical access to those devices.
Ibang term dito ay “Last Mile Access Solution”
Basahin nyo to para kayo’y maliwanagan
http://www.orinocowireless.com/solutions/lastmile/
No offense! ^_^
I just copied my post at http://www.phackers.org... Ako rin ang nagpost dun! Tinatamad lang me magtype! Sorry!
@ connected
You connected with Meridian Telekoms? Can you share something about the level of security of this type of connection?
@ waraybuut
Thanks for the additional info.
ive had meridian for almost a month now and its true the speed is really amazing, it even hit the 3mbps mark last week! the average bandwidth is around 400kbps higher in the evenings where the average is around 1.2mbps. i live in cavite and paid the 788 + 500 installation fee. this wifi is answered prayer for me as we have no phone lines yet in our part of the woods. no regrets yet so far.
sa naintindihan ko, bridged ung connection ng transceiver. no authentication needed ba o kelangan nila ng mac address? kung bridge sya, e di switch na lang bibilhin ko, hindi na router. so unlimited sya, pro reliable ba ung service? consistent ba ung bandwidth o pag peak hours baka bumaba ng 33K. gusto ko kasi mgpakabit ng broadband kaso research muna ako, baka kasi mura, un pla, 80% of the time me outage. one more thing, me static ip service ba sila. need your opinion bago ko sila kausapin, syempre sales un, puro BS, me number ba kayo ng tech support nila, kasi mas gusto ko silang kausapin e bago sales. and syempre, gusto ko muna opinion ng current users tungkol sa reliability & consistency ng service. thanks!
Putang ina!!!! tang ina tlga!! bago kayo mag pakabit ng smart/meridian wifi!!! syet mag isip isp muna kayo!!! ako 5 days plang nakabitan tang inang yan sang damakmak na problema na!!!! ayus sana yung speed ero bale wala dahil pag nag piping ako fucking shit daming interference!!!! puro request time out!!!! RTO!!! hindi lng ako may ganitong problema try to read this thread >>>>> http://www.pinoywifi.com/index.php?showtopic=59
I’ve got Smart Wifi installed. Maayos na sana pero their tech support has an IQ of 0. Galing ako tech support ng Sony Computers USA so alam ko ung problem. I had a problem sa bandwidth. The bandwidth test isn’t reporting the supposed bandwidth. I was only getting 50 – 60% of the max allocated bandwidth. The tech support agent just had me go thru ipconfigs and bandwidht tests. I asked the agent what was the relevance for this to get my problem resolved but they had no clue. They just told me they’ll forward this to the “2nd level” of support and do a follow-up. This is very disappointing…
i had mine installed two months ago and its the WORST!!!!! mura nga pero feeling ko solar powered sha kase everytime madilim, umuulan, kumikidlat and night time, walang internet!!! wala na ako internet for almost a week now. ilang beses nako tumatawag sa customer care and tech support pero wala sila magawa everytime. ive caleed them a million times to send out someone to fix our connection pero til now wala parin. i wont be surprised if they close down because of poor quality of product and poor service.
ATTENTION: to all those planning on availing this service, research muna kayo and find out sa area nyo kung ok sha.
may alam ba kayo na ok na service provider dito QC new manila? kahit cable… except PLDT myDSL…
SA LAHAT NG INTERESTED MAG AVAIL NG MERIDIAN SERVICES…PLEASE READ THIS FIRST
nagstart ako a few weeks ago and two days lang maganda yung connection. lagi nalang ako nagkakaproblem sa internet connection. there are times na walang internet specially at night. regular caller na nga ako sa technical support and customer service ng meridian, i’ve already memorized their number by heart sa sobrang lagi ako tumatawag. and everytime sasabihin ko yung problem ko na walang internet ang laging sagot sakin “ma’am paki check po yung status ng POE” troubleshoot nanaman!! lagi ko nalang ginagawa pero nothing happens. ipapaayos pa yung ipconfig wala pa din. they’ll tell me to check the POE, go to run, type ipconfig, check the ipnumbers, browse….. paulitulit na ganito still…..NOTHING HAPPENS. the same with UNSATISFIED CUSTOMER nagrequest na din ako na magsend sila ng tao to check my connection, pero wala pa din pumupunta. lagi nalang nila sinasabi ng customer rep na they’ll fprward my complaint to the concerned department. naforward nga kaya?
meron pa….pag sa technical support paghindi na nila masagot yung question ko or wala na sila mabigay na solution sa complain ko, they’ll put me on hold.. tas babalikan ako after ilang minutes, tapos they’ll put me on hold again hanggang sa mawala nalang sila at marinig ko na ang… toot,toot,toot. wala na pala akong kausap. hindi lang once nangyari sakin ito, i think it’s their style of hanging up the phone pagwala na silang magawa. ano ba namang klaseng service yan!! lastly, mali yung advertising nila, they said their connection is not affected by any weather condition, eh konting ulan nga lang wala na akong internet. they also said that 288kb yung speed nila yun pala yung maximum, hindi sinabi na once in a blue moon mo lang maeexperience yun. i know its advertising and you’ll only put things that will make your company look good, pero sana naman there’s truth, kahit slight truth to what you’re saying. i’m just stating the facts so wag sana masamain comment ko gawan nalang nila ng action yung mga complains ko at ng ibang customers.
Pwede bang e internet connection sharing ang wifi?
Actually, pwede ang internet connection sharing, medyo kelangan mo lang ng hub or router with multiple ports. Mura lang naman. Kaya mo yan.
My provider is Smart Wifi.Baguio ang location ko,I’ve observed na tuwing umulan(fog and rain),madilim ,signal is worst…U can expect that from a wireless connection.Prone sa interruption/blocking sa link kapag worst ang climate ,but of course u have to do an improvement (continuous improvement!) of providing us the best.
at last my request has been granted. nagpadala na din nang tao meridian yesterday to check my connection. they’re from smart wifi mismo. so ganun na nga they checked my connection, yung ip address, ip number, if okay yung connection from my pc to the antennae, nag troubleshoot pa..okay naman daw, baka daw defective yung antennae na kinabit. pero….. they have to reschedule kase naubusan na daw sila nang dala na antennae!! oh well i should have expected that. anyway, the technicians from smart wifi agreed with me that the technical support team of meridian gives very poor service…walang kwenta talaga. kahit daw sa kanila when they ask for numbers or help in installing or repairing connections minsan hindi daw alam ang isasagot or kung pinapasapasa nalang sila. i’m expecting the technicians to be back by tomorrow. SANA TALAGA. i hopr they’ll be able to fix my connection at magkainternet na ako para naman magamit ang binabayaran
I just had installed my Smart Wifi Internet Connection last Saturday. It is all a misconception as to “Wifi” is concerned. I have 2 laptops and 2 pc’s in my household. Since both my laptops are wireless and my plans to buy wireless lans for the pc’s, i decided to subscribe basically because it was cheap. 788p plus 1000p for the antenna. Well, my excitement was definitely doused with hot water as the installation team arrived with a small plastic box and a short flexible aluminum tube as their antenna. That was their wireless receiver with a Line Of Sight connection to a Smart cellsite located about 3 kilometers from myhouse. It doesn’t stop there. They had one line to connect to only one pc. The 2 laptops and other pc had to wait for their turns. Hahaha! That’s as wireless as they can get. By the way, download speed is at 8-10 kbps. That’s faster than dial-up by about 1/8 slower than the standard 70-80 kbps of broadband. You judge coz i’m in jail right now.
Guys, I’m a subscriber of Meridian Telekoms, impressive yung connection speed nya using smart wi-fi. Anyone who knows directions on how to share this connection to my otrher PC? Meron po akong router Linksys (WRT54G). Di ko sure if i configured it right, isang computer lang ang nakakaconnect sa Internet, my other computer is not. Baka sakaling meron na sa inyo nakagawa neto, pa share naman ng ideas. Router ba kelangan or switch? Please advise
kelan kaya maging network support ang wifi. nasubukan ko na sa single pc quite ok, pag dating sa network wow ang tagal. siguro dedicated lang sa single pc ang connection nila. sana may development ang technology nyo…… bilisan nyo lang paparating na ang competencya nyo hayan na cla.
Behind Linksys WRT54G has ethernet connection for your ISP. (separated from the 4 port switch). I have not seen Smart wifi but base on requirements they need ethernet connection for your PC. I assume the wire that runs from antenna is an ethernet cable.
Refer to your routers manual to configure PPOE or DHCP, if it is an ALWAYS ON connection your router should grab the IP address from smart.
Happy surfing
@Tony,
Hi, I’m using a Linksys WRT54G to share the Smart Wi-Fi connection in my house.
Please refer to this link on how to configure it.
http://www.davaoexchange.com/transact.php?action=show&topic=58
The only problem I experienced with this was that if I went beyond 9 ft of cable for my LAN card signal interference got pretty bad.
Guys, help naman! I have 2 desktop PCs, in my room and the other in my sis room. I also have a hub. My problem is how can I share my “smart wifi” internet connection with my sis on the other room? Do I need to buy another piece of hardware to have this? TIA
Hi Ernie,
What I did with mine previously was have 2 LAN cards on my pc. The first connected to Smart Wi-Fi router, then the second connected to a hub where the pc who was sharing my connection connected to. Then I used privoxy as a proxy to share the connection to the other PC (i don’t recommend this though because it’s a difficult proxy to configure). If you are going to connect only 2 pc’s together, you might want to try making a UTP cross-cable instead and connect them directly (lan card to Lan card), it will save on electricity. I forgot to mention that the 2 Lan cards must use static IP addresses (ex. the 2nd LAN card in the host is configured as 192.168.2.1 and the 2nd PC’s IP is 192.168.2.2)
I don’t know how Internet Connection Sharing works in Windows XP, 2000, Me, 98b but you might want to look into that also.
I have to say though that the router is the best way to go because it will definitely be faster.
i was planning to get smart wifi here in Zamboanga, but when i went to pldt to disconnect my pldt vibe, they discouraged me to apply for smart wifi and encouraged me to subsribe for pldt dsl because they now have a cheaper plan, they said the have a P1k for the first six months, afterwhich will go back to it’s originial price which is P1.5k… so what I want to know is, is Smart WiFi really bad? or Good? not to mention if PLDT dsl is not that good anymore?
@interestedcustomer
I can’t really speak for other users, but from my end I’ve had no major problems with Smart Wi-fi… so far
I think one reason I’m not having problems is because mag-isa lang ako sa base station ko… hehehe… so I don’t really experience any issues caused by congestion of the network… which is mostly the root of all problems in networking, based from my experience.
From what I know of the 788 promo of Smart WiFi is good only till september, then it becomes 988.
interesting what you’;ve said about PLDT discouraging you to get Smart Wifi… so there really is competition between sister companies… hehehe… what’s the bandwidth of the 1.5k plan? I think it’s higher than 256kbps? right?
cheers!
plan 1.5k’s speed 384kbps also there is a plan 1.5k for the 1st 6mnths then back to 1995 after the nxt 6mnths which is at 506kbps i think, i too was shocked when they told me NOT to apply for Smart WiFi but anyway, for now i will wait for confirmation about the quality of smart wifi here in zamboanga although i asked some of my classmates about pldt dsl, they said dsl is quite alright, their speed are not fluctuating… btw HOOP, what’s your speed on Smart WiFi?
Hi everyone, Im JR. Im from Baguio City, I have my Smart WiFi connection for a month now and works well. Im running under 108-110 Kbps, I don’t maximize the 128 Kbps speed but thats OK. I also installed a Netgear Wireless Router (Wireless B, 11 Mbps) and 1 Wireless USB Adapter (Wireless G, 108 Mbps) for the three PCs at home “for a real WiFi experience”. For 27/day thats a fair rate. I don’t need to go home late just to do my research work, I don’t need to bring my notebook computer in an internet cafe for hardware and software updates. Just a button click away then Im already connected. My feedback is just they don’t provide manuals for reference purposes especially on troubleshooting, they don’t provide a download website(downloads for utilities, news, etc). If I am going to rate it from 1-10, I give it 8. Guys don’t be mad to those Smart Customer Care attendants if they don’t explain Smart WiFi very well. i also experience that, I have my OJT at the Wireless Center, then sometimes Im the one who explains this process the technicals etc. Thank God Im on the IT field, I’m more knowledgeable on technical terms
For questions, comments email me:
iron59_ftl@yahoo.com
@interestedcustomer
I just tested it at dslreports.com(speakeasy.net server) and this is what I got for upload and download speeds.
2005-08-01 13:29:56 EST: 226 / 234
Your download speed : 231958 bps, or 226 kbps.
A 28.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 239707 bps, or 234 kbps.
I actually had to hack some branches out of our palmeras 2 weeks ago in order to improve our signal, because i noticed that my successful ping to time out ratio was degrading from my acceptable value of 2 timeouts per 10 pings… I would have cut some more but my wife and mother would get mad at me if I did… hehehe
@iron59
Yup it’s kinda a vague description right now, like the path charter change… hehehe
so it isn’t affected by weather neither it is solar powered… and the speed is near the maximum speed promised, considering that it will be on 256kbps on october.. What the heck! I’ll immediately apply for Smart WiFi when I have the chance.
@interestedcustomer
If the technical guys come to install your unit, it would be best if you were there. So that you can see what they’re doing. The guys who install it are subcontractors, they get about 1.2k for each installation…The subcontractor who installed mine was nice enough to explain to me what he was doing.
During the router set-up, you should get a SNR value of > 45, 36 works but 45 above is better. RSL should be between -10~-60. Check also the fluctuation. Changes of +/- 10 is ok but greater than that means that you aren’t getting a good signal. The smart tower usually has 3 antenna nodes you can connect to (A,B & C) they usually start the tweaking by using the node with the best signal.
Goodluck!
i have been using meridian’s wifi service since june 17, 2005 and so far, i have not experienced any problems. i am located in cebu and the monthly fee here is 788 + 500 installation fee.
here are my connection details…
dslreports.com – speakeasy.net server:
2005-08-03 21:00:49 EST: 228 / 186
Your download speed : 234391 bps, or 228 kbps.
A 28.6 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 191000 bps, or 186 kbps.
dslreports.com – megapath.net server:
2005-08-03 21:11:38 EST: 218 / 223
Your download speed : 224049 bps, or 218 kbps.
A 27.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 229210 bps, or 223 kbps.
dslreports.com – linkline.net server:
2005-08-03 21:16:58 EST: 226 / 214
Your download speed : 231752 bps, or 226 kbps.
A 28.2 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 219719 bps, or 214 kbps.
mcaffee speedtest:
(http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/)
filesize: 150.005 KB
time elapsed: 4.573 seconds
connection speed: 262.4 kbps (32.8 KBps)
if i am subscribed to a 128kbps max connection… then i think my 788 per month is definitely worth it. i just hope the meridian here in cebu doesnt run into any problem…
ive got one question though as im not very good with this wifi stuff… how do i configure the wifi antenna that was connected to my pc? i was present during the time of installation and the service dude was typing so many of that wifi stuff into my computer, my brain suddenly hang up! hehehe… i want to know because i want to reformat my pc and i dont want to end up having no internet connection after that. i would very much appreciate it if anybody could help me… thanx
I’ve applied for the Smart WiFi service.. i live in bulacan.. and the plan costs 788/month w/ P1000 installation fee.. the price will increase to 988 by october.. hmmm.. i’m researching on it and trying to get as much feedbacks as i could.. hmm..
Are there any users there from bulacan? Marilao?
Tell your experience!
@dumsdei
I don’t think there should be anything to worry about. As long as you configure your LAN card’s TCP/IP Settings to acquire IP an address automatically then you’re all set to go once you hook up your pc to the smart wi-fi router.
I used to switch computers before I had my wireless router share the connection. All the smart wi-fi router did was ask for a re-input of my username, password and a reboot of my pc & router. I think this was so that it could register my mac address with the router or something to that effect.
lately my connection had been crapping out, the WLAN LED was blinking, meaning that it either had no connection or the router was busted. I asked the CSR and he said that that usually means the Smart Guys are fixing something. I’ve noticed that they always say that there’s no scheduled downtime even though there is… SMARTassess *snicker*
hey guys. what if i have two antennas and only one was configured for smart. can i use the other one to access my smart wifi account? but i dont know how to configure them… anybody knows how?
@inkblot,
you mean you have an extra router package from smart? If you can access the router I think you just have to copy the settings from your original router and input your verification no.
To get the IP of the router, what the subcons did was to derive the IP address of the router from my MAC address (that’s how they explained it to me) that it was different per each installation during initial boot of the router.
The username for the router was root and the password was left blank, afterwards of course you have to change that a none blank value
forgot to mention, that you have to set your LAN card first to a static IP address and not obtain an IP address automatically when configuring the router.
For. Ex.
If the IP address of the router is 10.2.2.247, just go plus 1, like 10.2.2.248 for your lan card.
And to configure your router, you need to use IE, it don’t work on firefox (the bastards!)… just type the IP address of the router in the URL and input the root username/password.
Hi Guys
I must have been asleep for the last year! Thanks for enlightening me.
I am connected via satellite from Tarlac with AZ Comms (Cojuangco I think?). I thought it was good until I read this blog for the first time tonight. Speed test came back from speakeasy net at” download speed 85kbps and upload 30kbps.
I pay a flat fee of P5000 a month. Seems to me I am missing something here!? Is it as straighforward as it seems? My husband had this system installed about 3 years ago, and I guess it was all that was available at that time.
Smart cellsite is about 1km away,and Globe also. What does Meridian use?
If anyone can offer advice, please help!
Hi Annie,
You’ve been paying a significant amount of money on a not-so-fast internet connection speed. You can actually shift to Smart WiFi which I believe is PHP788/mo plus one-time installation fee of PHP1,000.00. This used to be the wifi service from meridian and I believe Smart bought meridian so Smart is now marketing this wifi service.
Just last week my bro had me help him configure the WiFi connection since he had signed up for a subscription two weeks ago but the sub-contractors who install the antenna, CPE and POE equipment was not able to configure it to work for his LAN nor for a single computer, though it worked with their laptop. It was just a network card issue which was resolved through hard setting the connection speed of the network card or by replacing the network card. I did replace the network card so that it will connect at 100MBps.
I have tried the connection and it works fine.. Download speed of about 12-17 KBps, not bad for a 128Kbps connection. I have even set it up to work on multiple computers using one computer as the gateway (XP Internet Connection Sharing feature). The only drawback that I have seen at the moment is that though you may install a router you would not be able to configure the port forwarding feature like for example if you want to create your own webserver or ftp server since the ip address that they give is a private ip address which is a non-routable ip address. It seems to me that all the users on one cellsite (since they put a sort-of Access Point at smart’s cellsite) have one ip address which is NAT-enabled. Regarding applications, it works fine with yahoo msgr including webcam, MSN msgr., Skype, mirc etc.
Regarding tech support, I can’t really say for now since I haven’t called them yet but if you really want support you might as well contact a local tech in your area to help you with it if your not so technically-oriented, you will have shorter turn-around-time thus faster resolution.
If I have to rate the Smart Wifi 1-10 regarding the connection speed and the cost, I’d give it a 9. It’s good enough for a 788/mo unlimited connection.
Hi Annie,
P5k a month, yikes that’s expensive for something that’s as fast as 2x regular dial up.
Meridian belongs to Smart now so it uses the smart cellsite. Best bet is to ask them if it’s available already in your area since not all smart towers are equipped yet with the Smart Wifi antennas. The smart wireless center would be a great place to start
Goodluck
so far nakaka 1 month na ako sa Smart WIFI in the first month ok lng cya satisfied pa ako sa performance nya. then last saturday. my internet connection suddenly lost. nagpunta ako sa sub-contractor(near us) sbi nila ung reciever daw ung antena ang may problema. i don’t know how that happen becuase my PC is open 24/7 due to ragnarok bots that i’m running 24/7. ng pinalitan na ung antena ng technician. hay.. every 30 mins connection timed out na minsan i need to shut down my pc for at least 15 mins to have a connection again.. i don’t know what happen but maybe it’s because it’s rainy dis days and i don’t have a line of sight to their tower.. by the way ung tower ng smart ay about 4 houses away from our home.. but still i’m satisfied with the speed of the connection but i’m not happy about the frequent disconnection. is there anyone that can suggest a substitute hardware from the equipments that smart is currently using? because i’m planning to replace the reciever and the antena with a better hardware… thanks
hey smart wifi users
i’m just about to disconnect to my current ISP and switch to Wifi
is there anybody from tacloban who’s using SMART WIFI?
i’d like to know their comments if the connection is good…
thnx!!!! (“,)
@ Allan
U can share ur internet connection by having a router. The standard port has 4 connections, you go up 8 connections. Try this brands: Netgear, Linksys, DLink, Hawking, Belkin. Right now, Im using a wireless router, Netgear MR814 then a USB Wireless Adapter, the real WiFi experience.
@ Juna Valdez
Hi Juna, Im Jr. Im also from Baguio City. Hows ur internet connection are you experiencing problems like internet connectin time out?
Bear with me.. I just had to vent.. Based here in Davao and was quite pleased when smart wifi came out.. Applied…. mabilis naman ang approval of the application… BUT… the delivery people called and we had a problem with their finding my address.. after much confusion, kasi pala DIGOS, Davao Del Sur yung naka sulat as my address ,not Davao City… Red Flag number 1… I mean, I filled up the application myself and I have never been to Digos EVER… Anyways, WiFi installed just last Tuesday.. and I have been having problems every since… as in, sising sisi ako that I got it.. and considering that I live only 1 block away from the base station or whatever its called ha! Either no connection or very very slow .. I only get a good connection 10% of the time (like now… Alleluia!!) I am on chicka chika terms na with Smart WIFIs technical support kasi every day ako tumatawag
for an SOS.. so far, no satisfactory answers…Imagine, turn off adaptor, remove cables, return, turn on, enable LAN connection ad nauseum yung advice sa akin….. !*$@*EW*$@*$ …….. I am giving this a few more days before asking for a rebate… and am seriously considering DSL nalang… arghhhhhhhhh
i have a smart wifi here in south cotabato and m satisfied with my connection. shared my internet connection with 4 pc’s using a wireless Belkin router. the speed is still the same. its very cheap 788/month @ 100-150kbps speed.
@Debbie
So far for the past 3 days no long term downtime from my end. Before that I had problems with the base station not automatically renewing my IP address after the 1 hour expiration.
With the subscriber base getting bigger, I’m going to have to assume that the system is going to get crappier.
I guess what’s sparing me from the brunt of the bad service is the fact that I live in a remote area and I have virtual monopoly of the base station
man! if u remember me, i posted reply #s 55,57 & 60…
the smart contractors weren’t able to find a LOS here in our vicinity! kasi raw mababa lang ang tower ng smart na malapit sa amin at may mga puno raw na naghaharang, ewan ko lang kung mag rerefund nga sila kasi un ang sabi ng mga contractors! nakakadismayado talaga.. although sinabi naman ata nila na pede sana magkaLOS by putting up pipes to lengthen the antenna.. but nooo.. my mother didn’t like the idea because she got the idea that the contractors do not know anything about what their doing!!
ang nakakainis pa ay dahil sa pina disconnect na namin ang pldt vibe unlimited, nagkataon pa naman na ang tanga nung personnel dun! imbes na ang pldt vibe lang ang ipaDC hanggang ang LINYA NG TELEPONO NAMIN NA DISCONNECT!!!! 3 days kami wala telepono nun! potek talaga!
pero anywayz.. back to the old drawing board, prepaid nanaman ako! narinig ko may pldtDSL999 na raw? as in P999/mo for 256kbps? totoo ba to?
@interestedcustomer
that’s sad to hear that your smart wi-fi installation did not push through.
I’ve heard of the plan 999, they said that it’s for students only, you have to apply through your school, no idea what the requirements are. Not sure how that goes but if you’re still in school you might be able to apply. But don’t take my word on that info.
my only rant with meridian/smart wi-fi is the billing, if you applied through meridian before naging smart wifi you can only pay through banco de oro or meridian telekoms office and not through the smart wireless center, offline pa daw kase. bad trip panaman pumila sa banco de oro@SM Davao, haba ng pila palagi dahil daming nag re-remit sa Western Union… sungit pa ng gward… hehehe
mga dude and fellow smart wifi users,
hingi naman po sana ako ng tulong…
meron po kasi akong 2 pcs, and meron din me hub/switch na dlink 8 port
ang problema is ndi ko po maishare ung internet sa second pc ko maski ialng beses ko na naitry iconnect using the built in ICS ng windows hay
gumagana na ung file sharing sa 2 pcs ko pero ayaw talaga ng internet sharing T_T
bka naman po pwede me makahingi ng tulong sa inyo maraming salamat po sa mga makakareply
godbless
@bryanmania
try this link http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;306126&sd=tech
I haven’t tried ICS yet, tell us if this works
there’s also a movie here for the step-by-step
http://support.microsoft.com/servicedesks/ShowMeHow/3061261.asx
ive been a smart wifi user for more than a month now. I live in cavite and i had some complaints before regarding the Power Adapter for their PoE. ang bilis kasing uminit. i already busted one adapter 2 days after the installation. Then after customizing a heavy duty 24V adapter for the PoE, nagkaroon naman ako ng problem with the connection nung nagsimula ng umulan at bumagyo. laging request time out ang Gateway when i try to ping. Tech people from smart wifi suggested that they will schedule a visit @ my house para itaas pa ang Antenna to have that LOS sa Smart Cell site nila. Regular caller na rin ako ng Tech support nila.:D good thing is i learned a lot regarding their connections. i even learned how to change the Sector that im using for my wifi.:D heheh ayus!!
so far ok na naman po ang wifi ko, works well with my 2 pc’s and an Ipaq. i bought pa a Linksys WRT54G router and had it secure using mac address filter.:D
well maybe it depends on youre location kung gaano kaganda ang magiging performance ng Wifi. it works even with out Line of sight but its better kung meron based on my experience.:D
Hi guys, here are some faqs for SMART Wi-fi that i’ve learned thru using it of course…^_^
1. Which is faster DSL/Cable or Smart Wifi ( Using the same speed of course)
- (Using 1 PC) Wi-fi is good with bandwidths of 128-228 Kbps depending on ur LOS kc minsan tlgang d maiiwasan ang interferrence caused by the weather. Pero DSL can give a more maximized download and upload speed when using 1 PC.
- (When SHared thru LAN via ICS or Router) DSL is better…kahit kc mashare mo ng maayus ung Wi-fi.. hirap na xa sa distribution of bandwidth when shared in a lan config. Same with router.. it doesnt help much to share the bandwidth with the other pCs evenly..so i guess sa speeds ngaun ng Wi-FI ….medyo lamang ng konti ang mga wired ISPs… but of course lamang ang WI-Fi lagi sa “Which is Cheaper Issue” heheehhe
2. Regarding Port forwarding/Triggering on WIfi Pede ba sa gingamit na WI-fi Bridge ng Smart eto??
- The answer is YES.. nka DHCP ang Wi-Fi MultiBridge sa Smart Cellsite which assigns 1 valid internet access- enabled IP to a residence subscribed in WI-fi. You cannot define the certain IP lang nga kc nagbabago ang IP na inaassign ng DHCP server. Kung maghohost ka ng WEbserver, FTP, SMTP, or Game Servers, pwede nman kaso kelangan mo lng gumamit ng mga free DNS.. tulad ng No-IP at Dyndns na domains… tsaka xempre dont forget to download ung IP Updater nila para laging updated ang IP ng WI-Fi bridge mo with the ur domain.
^_^
Cool!
I have my doubts also as to the stability of Smart Wi-Fi’s speed… burstable kase sabi nila…baka burstable downwards rin and not just upwards sa bandwidth… hehehe…
sir hoop,
salamat po sa reply mo, oo nga po pala meron me screenshots sa website ko (www.pbase.com/bryanfer2004) and i must say stable naman po ung smart wifi para sakin
maski nung last na bagyo walang problema 
uu nga po pala sir, about my problem,
pano po ito 
ginawa ko na po ung mga sinuggest mo sakin ayaw parin po talaga
@BryanMania
try mo tong mga links na to, mas maganda explanation hehehe
http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleid=1429&page=1
http://www.duxcw.com/faq/ics/2kics.htm
http://duxcw.com/digest/Howto/network/win98se/client.htm
Okey ang connection nila, mas comfortable at saka wlang traffic… sana tuloy tuloy na ang ganitong connection… good luck!
Err.. as of now im not satisfied sa connection dito sa Zamboanga City.. i’ve been a smart wifi user for almost a month now. i think kasi na i’ll be spending less than renting a PC in a shop. since im a On-Line Gamer. i prefer a fast connection (well Smart Wifi is a fast one) but the connection availability is VERY POOR.. Each day meron mga minimun of 2hrs – 8hrs na NO Connection. Damn! i dont get it. ala naman problem sa so called “Line of Sight sa Smart tower” kasi malapit lang sa house. To make things short.. Smart Wifi Sux !! >.
I had no problems with SMART wifi at the first 2 months but when I had a problem of ping timeouts things started to get worse. I called thier tech support and there is only one word to describe them “STUPID”. What does deleting cookies have to do with a ping timeout? Even restarting the PC and the bridge a million times does not work! Why does it have to take 2 weeks before they send a technician to fix my connection? What the hell? I’m around 120 meters away from the Cellsite so dont tell me something is freaking wrong with the LOS (line of sight). It turned out that they had to “tweak” something in the bridge to get my connection right. I could have done it myself only if the “STUPID” tech support agent directed me how to access the bridge. I mean I’m an IT graduate myself and I also work at a call center handling IT tech support questions for computers. I’m not that dumb!
So far this is the only problem about them. They need to hire more “knowledgable” tech support people and not “STUPID” people.
@Christian Deive
taga-Zamboanga rin ako, san ka sa Zamboanga? dito kasi ako sa canelar moret kaya lang wala LOS pero kung “smart wifi sux” buti na lang inirefeund na lang ang pera…
Ano speed nakukuha mo? at anong oras nawawala ang internet? ty!
Kaka install pa lang ng meridian wifi ko kanina 1 hour ago. test ko sa Speedometer ng McAfee:
1st test – 214Kbps
2nd test – 250kbps.
bilis compared dun sa dial-up ko dati! matanong ko lang. yung RSL na nakita ko sa laptop ng installation crew is minus 14 (- 14). What does that mean? Can games like Ragnarok, Khan, Gunbound run on this connection?
Nga pala. sabi nila mas magiging ok daw connection mo pag meron konting ulan sa area mo kasi daw yung rain medium din ng signal to and from the cellsite. kasi nung umuulan the RSL registered minus 11 (-11) as compared to minus 14 (-14) nung wala ng ulan.
@dennis mark,
RSL stands for Received Signal Level, from the source to your antenna. For Smart Wifi it should be between -10~-60.
I’ve tried it on Ragnarok ang it works pretty ok.
tnx hoop, katuwa naman. I guess my signal is quite good. wag lang magtatayo ng bahay sa LoS ko.
hahaha… oh nga… sa akin naman, huwag lang bumilis ang tubo ng puno hehehe…
hoop, pwede ba ako mag kabit ng router para hindi lang ako ang masaya?
@dennis mark,
yup puwede, not sure with other routers pero sa akin napa gana ko sa linksys na WRT54G
here’s the link on how to configure it
http://www.davaoexchange.com/transact.php?action=show&topic=58
hoop, isa ka talagang genio. salamat ng marami ulit! Godbless!
hi,
i just got my wifi installed this morning. My problem is
I added a broadband router to my bridge and after
setting auto ip. I am always being redirected to the
smart wifi website telling me to log in. I did that and
restarted my pc and still i am always redirected to
smart site.
this happens only if i add a broadband router. but
when i remove the router my connection is ok.
please help.
Which do you pefer guys ? Linksys WRT54G or D-Link DI-624 wireless routers? ereng D-Link is cheaper by P200-P300.
hi, m oliver of cagayan de oro city. i just wanna asked why my smart wifi its not consistent. i mean, its not 128 kbps. when i downloading a song it took 4 a while. can any1 help me regarding this matter. i aprreciate if some1 will help me.
thanks!!
@rbb,
oh yeah, forgot to mention, when it asks you to do that, restart your broadband router and not the PC. then just do
c:\ipconfig /release
c:\ipconfig /renew
on the command prompt to be safe
@dennis mark,
no problem, glad that I could help
@batang-gas,
I’m not really sure what the feedback is but I tried googling Linksys WRT54G vs D-Link DI-624 and I got mixed reviews. I tried looking for a D-Link router here in Davao and they told me that they didn’t stock any because palagi daw sinasauli ng customer… but I can’t really give a solid review because never tried it before… labo ba? hehehe
@oliver,
I’m no expert when it comes to networking. but you might want to factor in also the speed from the source. If he has a dial-up connection, your download will be limited by his upload speed. If he has a 10mbps connection and 10 pc’s are connected to him, you’re going to divide the bandwidth between all ten of you.
Not to mention we’re not factoring in network traffic which could also bog down routers and switches. A router will compute and use the shortest distance between your pc to another, but if some routers in the network are down or too much data is flowing through the network, it will take it’s toll on your download speed.
hoop,
Since you’ve been so helpful, I wonder if you can help me out. I don’t have a Smart Wi-Fi connection yet but I really plan to take up subscription today. The thing is, I still lack information so that I can integrate a PC turned hardware firewall into this. It lacks the VCI/VPI settings that I need to properly have it working for it and I doubt that the technicians have it handy with them. It’s important to get the maximum speed out of the connection that will go through the firewall.
Do you know what the VCI/VPI parameters are?
@Eklectix
Sorry but I don’t know what the settings are… infact… I don’t even know what VCI/VPI means
Goodluck on your plans though
Oh well. I guess I’ll have to really ask ‘em for it. Maybe there’s a way to automatically generate this out of a connection? Let me find out. Thanks.
@Eklecix
No problem, sorry I couldn’t have helped
If ever you find out, would be nice if you could share it here too
hi,
does anyone know if a microwave antena can interfere
with wifi? Or what other devices interfere with wifi?
thanks.
@rbb
That’s an interesting question
…
From what I know, since Wi-Fi is near microwave frequency the wireless signal of a router can be disrupted if the signal is powerful and near enough to extend to other frequencies…
Kinda like your average handheld walkie talkie, if you have two talkies dialed in at 5144 frequency and transmit to that frequency at very close proximity, you can actually hear that transmission at 5143 and 5145… … then of course baka hulihin ka ng NTC for broadcasting at the wrong frequency… hehehe
Googling it even further… this is what I got from linksys…
“802.11b operates in a range of radio frequencies known as an “unlicensed” band (i.e. the FCC does NOT require the use of a license in order to operate a radio transmitter in this range). This means that commercially available radio devices other than wireless LAN devices are permitted to use the same frequency band as 802.11b. Consequently, these co-existing radio devices can interfere or “jam” the wireless LAN (and vice versa). Ironically, the most troublesome devices are cordless telephones and microwave ovens.”
http://www1.linksys.com/products/wp_wireless.asp
Hi there :
Asking some help regarding ICS in a Smart Wifi Connection using a cheap connection only with help of a hub/switch and cross cable for direct connection hehehehhe here i come to fix ur problem…chat me in my jafrancisco22@yahoo.com for more info…..just buzz me even im not online…..by the way Smart is good for everything in Surf/Online Gaming-Private Server pa ng RO/MU at Chatting…By the way SMART Wifi is also connected in PLDT INTERNET EXCHANGE outside..Know the down of SMART WIFI and how to determined the problem just BUZZ me Im using a switch only no router required with 4 pc equal strength on connection…high speed get is 1.5mbps low is 110 kBps with no problem in base station…By the way i have a intenet cafe and an agent of SMART WIFI plain citizen of BULACAN….
Ikong, you said there’s no degradation of speed? kahit na 4 PCs ang connected? kasi ang plan ko e Meridian residential la-ang and ang burst speed ko 256 kbps with average of 230kbps. e pano pa kaya kung ereng WRT54G router ang gagamitin. Diba designed yun para stable connection strength? please enlighten us..
batans-gas,
the most cheapest way of connecting computers in one internet is an ICS but if you have a router you can also use it. Now degradation of speed yes meron pero kung stable ang LOS mo sa base station ay makakatuloy ang mga internet needs mo kasi burstable nga sila kung kailangan ng max speed ng isang site magaadjust ang speed mo for better. kaya ako i have more than 10 RO na private ang nasubukan ko na sa WIFI at MU kuha nya lahat kaya d me zero sa business may ROSE ONLINE pa yan. At friendster na nangangaikangan ng bandwidth. ganun ko na experience sa wifi yan i monitored the speed by means of NETSTATLIVE at VISUALROUTE na pang trace ng hop nila kaya so far good for me and by the way may dowload pa pla ng MP3 sa LIMEWIRE. So need more info BUZZ me……
Sa mga tiga BULACAN kung apply kayo ng WIFI puwede sa akin AGENT me and a user of this technology kaya since ng magsimula 2 online na me ng SMART WIFI kaya many experience na rin at d me bookish . Kaya you can contact me in my e-mail jafrancisco22@yahoo.com. I’ll give you my landline if you are interested and to let it know kung nasa radius kayo ng cell site nila to get a better signal. I have a map of smart for determining the site of yours if you can easily get the good LOS….kaya lang BULACAN lang hawak me.
To all who interested on my SMART WIFI query we can make a helpful link and troubleshooting that necessary to have a good connection to SMART WIFI technology….sooner i’m gonna host a website for WHAT and HOW this SMART WIFI Works and Troubleshoot. THANKS GOD BLESS US !!!!!
@hoop
how do i derive the ip address of the router using my pc’s mac address? is there any program you can recommend? also, are there any programs that does this configuring stuff automatically?
@ikong
since you are an agent of smart wifi… do you by any chance know how to configure the router?
@ inkblot
it depends on your router my choice of router is either dlink or linksys for easy configuration. EDIMAX I’VE TRIED IT BUT IT DID’NT WORK. Always refer to your manual.
I’ve got my friend of mine that used a LinkSys so I hardly suggest that if you want to spend money. Use the best one. But for me as of now im using a computer based ICS connection to my 4 units and it really easy to configure as ABC. And I can monitor easily my connection to my ISP because i’ve intall a software for monitoring my incoming and outgoing data transfer. plus the tracing the hop of my site either the problem is my equipment or the outside world.If you plan to get smart here in BULACAN just contact me, I willing to help the after sales support so that we can build a community of monitoring this newly innovation of internet in our market.
THANKS
Tama si Hoop, get Linksys kung wireless WRT54G, kung wired BEFSR41.
@inkblot
sorry but I don’t know how. You can ask the guys who installed it, they have this table they look up and base it on the last digit of your mac address… or so they told me
@inkblot
Hi, I am sharing my wifi now using an edimax router.
here is what I did:
1.set the WAN to dynamic IP and click on the clone
mac address
2. enable DHCP
3. enable nat
that’s all.
to check if router is receiving wifi. go to status and click
on the internet connection and you will see that your
router has been assigned ip add,DNS,Gateway etc.
this means that it is ok.
once enable you will be redirected to smart wifi a couple of times. if it keeps on redirecting. just go
to the router WAN setting and click on clone mac
address again. That will do it.
hi everyone!!
can some one help me how to boost the signal, of my wifi antena?
i really need help, my signal here is poor comparing to the other wifi subscriber i know……
tnx!! ^_^
ikong and hoop i think both of you can help me. tnx!!!
@ZATO
you can never up your speed in a manner of physically change ur antenna. the only thing you can do is to go on it system by invoking their software in determining the LOS if your LOS is in txRATE of 11mbits you probably get a good signal and a higher speed based on their current speed allocation of 128KBps whwn it burst the speed it also follow your connection but like i said before you must sure that your txrate inside the system will be a 11mbits setup. By the way what speed are you getting in? What software or site you are using in determining your speed?
Ikong, are you referring to the RSL/Received Signal Level? Does it affect my connection speed? Do you have program that measures RSL?
hi zatoichi82!,
you can try cutting down trees in the line of sight of your antenna to the base station… that’s what I did without repositioning the antenna…
patay ka kay Mike Defensor.. hehehe
ptay tayo dyan kay Mike Defensor.. hehehe
@dennmark
Acually RSL is one of the thing na tinitignan. but me kasi nakakapasok ako sa system ng antenna for setup and to know kung nasa right track ung aking antenna if kung nasa right track probably the slowing speed is depend on the external problem, either the ISP or the Base Station in their maintenance peiod so intay lang me kung kailan nila UP ang speed. No extra effort needed.
In the system of this anntena you can see all the status of your connection. eto ung pinapasok ng mga intaller ng wifi in the ie. to adjust or reposition your antenna sa asar ko nga minsan ako na ang nagreposition ng antenna ko kasi malayo ako sa base station at nagagalaw ng weather kaya ngayon no problem at all kasi ako na nagmamaintain ng WIFI ko alam ko rin kung ang may problem ang site na pinupuntahan ko o ang ISP ko MERIDIAN/PLDT INTERNET EXCHANGE kung sila ng ang may problem sa route ng data me…kaya sa ngayon tatawag lang me sa *1888 kung talagang equipment ko ang may sira intay ko na nga ung 256KBps nila e…Hayaan nyo host me ng website for question and answer with diagram ng installation at problem regarding wifi hanap me ng murang mag host ng website me and even question regarding online games ma pa private man o our PHILIPPINE ONLINE GAMING like pRO..MU Phil…Gun Bound….ROSE Online….at Hardware and Software need di lang SMART WIFI….GOD BLESS !!!
Guys check out PinoyWifi.com. Somebody there got 1+Mbps from Meridian @-54 RSL. Name’s BandwidthHeaven.
guys pano kayu nakapasok sa system ng antenna?
m a subscriber also of this wifi thing and medyo di nako natutuwa sa service dahil 2 times an akong nawawalan ng internet service (dats 1 week span of time each). bwisit na rin ako sa customer service nilang mga kamote! english pa man din eh wala naman maitulong.
anywayzz… just yesterday the subcontractors finally went down to my house to see my connection. bad thing is they left it still not fixed. sabi nila nasa base antenna daw ang problema.. eh kung di ba naman mga engot bat sila pumunta sa akin kung ang problema pala eh nasa kanila.
i am thinking now of subscribing other i-services yun nga lang i have to still pay the 1 year subscription to meridian.
hay nakalungkot lang bitin lang ang laru ko. sanan naman kung may plano pang magenhance ang smart wifi they should do it quickly or asap dahil m sure nauubusan na sila na customer. dami ko na nakita na cheaper price and great i-service nagyun.
nawalan ako ng gana sa smart wifi palagi lang napotol ang signal mo sa internet pag umoulan. Ngayon wala na man ako ng signal. nag loko loko lokoloko loko loko loko na na man ang smart wifi.
pano ba? redirected ka ba sa portal? try mo lang reset.. before reset clear all temp files saka cookies.. turn off PoE & restart PC… then turn on PoE ulit.. dapat auto yung pag locate ng IP sa Properties.. ulit ulitin mo. ganyan lang ginagawa ko kaya lang nakakainis minsan pero gumagana naman.
waaaaaaa…. parang kaw yung sa customer service ng wifi.. hehehehe. ganyan din gawa ko kaso it won’t really solve the problem, yes gagana nga pero mawawala ulit.
the thing is talagang di pa maayos ang service ng wifi na ito. sabi nga they are the pioneer of this kind yung nga lang di yata sila nag-improve for how many months na or a year i think.
mura nga kaso bad trip talaga yung service nila lalo na yung mga “kamote” na customer service nila. halatang scripted lahat ng sinasabi at ginagawa over the phone. ganda lang yata ng boses kaya pumasa sa trabaho.. ahihihi
yung naginstall sakin kinaibigan ko kaya mabait sakin. pag may prob. punta sya agad dito. Use friendly ako eh. hehehe
Google found this blog for me. Thank goodness there are other active users of this service because Smart’s call centre agents aren’t worth a d**n. =p I need simple advice from fellow technical people, that’s why… does anyone have any idea why disconnection is frequent? LOS can’t be the problem as my house is right beside the cellsite. I’m suspecting a dodgy antenna, but it’s hard to get compepent help as they’ll make you jump through hoops to obtain a field visit! Service is fast but not spectacular – faster than dial-up but not enough bandwidth for simultaneous downloading of large files. Thing is, getting disconnected is hurting my downloads and IM…
As an aside, can anyone give me the service IP address for the outdoor microwave antenna? I’m trying to enable port forwarding for BitTorrent.
192.168.2.1
10.5.10.1
oh sorry its 1.5.142.66 or 192.168.2.1
Re: Service IP address
Nope; it isn’t working for me. I remember the first triad was 192, though.
192.168.2.2
Re: Service IP address
That isn’t working, either… thanks so much for helping. =) I’ll try talking them into giving me a chat with some installers. *cries*
tanong ko lang kung cno gumagamit ng smart wifi pra sa pag-download ng mga torrents, gaano ba kabilis download rate nyo kc skin ang bagal…
another question my LAN Led is blinking does that mean that it has problem with my LAN connection thats why my connection is slower?
bwsit talaga ang smart na yan! hanggang ngayun di pa rin ayus ang connection ko. pinaghintay lagi ako…. 24 hours daw yung scheduler nila eh gago sila hanggang nagyun di ako natatawagan para lang sabihin kung pupuntahan pa ba ako ng tech o hindi…
m getting pissed with this people! they’re not serious enough with their customers.
as of now i’ve got a connection with 20-30k speed… huhuhuhuhu:(
could anyone help me on what to do? i’ve got a contact dati sa isang tech nila kaso nawala yung cell ko so wala na yung number nya sa akin. help me!!!
@reggie
k lang pag LAN nag bi-blink… means that your pc and the router is communicating and sending packets to one another… hwag lang yung WLAN, it means no connection daw to the base station.
@sable_emminence,
This is an ugle hack, but maybe you can try settign your IP to static then using an IP scanner to scan the subnet for the router? I noticed that the static address of the router usually begins with 10.5.171, 10.5.10, etc maybe you can start off from there
http://www.angryziber.com/ipscan/
@reggie:
We have the same problem. Torrents are uselesly slow on this connection (largely because it’s not easy to enable port forwarding). As for your LAN LED, it means the antenna has established a data link layer connection with yor LAN card – everything’s working fine.
@ jekoy:
And don’t try their tech support. Read my blog post on that note.
@ hoop:
Thanks for the tip. I’ll wait for the tech to come back; he hasn’t made me sign for the installation yet. >:)
@sable_emminence,
u mean tlagang mbagal lng kc ung akin kc 3 torrents at the same time download rate average is 3KB/s sa night time till morning 7KB/s average ng 3 torrents.
@hoop
tnx, hoop kla ko kc my problem if my LAN Led is blinking.
@ everybody
if your LAN LED is fast contuously blinkng while your not in surfing. their really a problem you gonna get a slow connection, as of now im trying to analyze this matter, kasi nangyayari din sa akin ito at kung you experience it also it might be the base station, or your lossing your LOS. Im observing now my connection if gonna get 11MBITS Tx Rate or an 2MBITS only…I know the ip of their bridge software. that’s why i knew it…..
@sable_eminence, reggie
no problem, glad to have helped.
@sable_eminence
Maybe you can ask them how they derive the IP address of the router based on your MAC address…
@ hoop
wala kwenta mga sagot mo…d makatulong walang specific…
Hoop,
I want to change the height/location of my antenna.
1. Can I determine the best position without access to the Client
Network Bridge of Smart/Meridian?
2. Is the Client Network Bridge the only way to see the RSL
readings from the Access Point?
Hi Ikong,
Sir, sabi mo earlier that you can access the system of your antenna to get your RSL readings, would you be kind enough to share to us how you can access the Client Network Bridge?
Hi Ikong,
Sir, sabi mo earlier that you have access to the system. Would you be kind enough to let us know how we can access the Client Network Bridge to get our RSL readings? If Smart/Meridian would let us know how they do it, it would lessen their burden of having to respond to many queries.
@dennis mark
that I know of… kita kase doon yung real time stats of RSL, SNR, as well as you can change the channel your router is currently listening to in order to get the best signal.
but if you can’t access this and would really like to try it without access to the router, I could suggest continously pinging a site and see how long the time and consistency of the return signal is.
in the command prompt:
ping http://www..com -t
should do the trick.
But I don’t recommend this, sakit sa ulo…
Goodluck…
@ikong
please feel free to add clarity to my posts so that the other posters can get their problems answered. All my suggestions are based from my experience in using smart wi-fi and fixing problems in my connection without referring to tech support.
hoop,
Yes I thought so, madugo yan. Siguro if Ikong would let us know how then it would be easier. Thanks ulit.
@ikong,@reggie
you guys get continous blinking while you aren’t surfing? could you please check for spyware/viruses in your pc? or other softwares that connect to the web (ex. antivirus downloading patches)
It’s kinda peculiar that that happens considering that the LAN Led blinking signifies data packets being transferred and decrypted while a steady light means that there isn’t any connection between LAN card and router. maybe there’s something transmitting that shouldn’t be.
If you have a good LAN connection (ex wires not folded, not near microwave ovens) to the router you should have a consistent communication at 100/10mbps. Unless of course you are sharing your internet connection, then it would indeed be logical that you’d see the LAN Led blinking profusely and your internet connection slowing down due to bottlenecking occuring down the data pipeline… that usually happens to me when the entire family is on the internet at the same time
hindi namn nkshare wi-fi ko, i guess tlgang mbagal lng download rate ng torrents using this internet connection, coz im trying to download 3 torrents at the same time ksama pa ung uploading ng partial downloaded torrents n hindi nman pwedeng alisin dhil hindi mkkpg-download ng torrents nhahati 2loy ang bandwidth ko.. hay pano kyo 2 mpapabilis?
@ hoop
hilo ako sa paliwanag mo….wala paring makuhang sagot si reggie sa iyo puro k lang ngak ngak e…bottleneck pa alam mo…tsk tsk wag k ng sasagot pag di mo kabisado ha….
@ reggie
eto ang sagot dyan kung d ka nakakakuha ng 12Kbps upto 19Kbps sa pagdownload mo. Ibig sabihin d maganada ang signal mo or your LOS…o kaya ang base station mo kung saan ka nakakonek may problem with the distribution of speed..kung fast continue ang blinking kahit d ka nagsusurf or dowloading ibig sabihin non ay may problem ang equipment either the LOS or the Antenna. Pa check mo na…punta ka sa command prompt type mo ping 192.168.224.1 -t kapag malaki ang mga time interval mo at 4 digits ms reading mo at request timed out is often it means out of sight ka na nagalaw ang antenna mo o kaya defective ang antenna mo..need mo nang umakyat ng bubong o tumawag sa *1888.
@ reggie
I dont want to tell you the ip address of the configuration of your link in the IE na ginagawa ng installer kasi baka lalo lang mawala ang connection mo at malaman pa ni hoop na puro ngak ngak ang alam tuturo karin sa smart…ako d na kasi alam ko na kung d me makakuha ng connection at right speed na binayaran ko…ako na ang nagpupunta sa IE for configuration of LOS….and physical moving of my antenna.
actual yes dennis ang HOOP i know how to go to the configuration, but i want you to know that i needs an expertise in this matter, ang problem ay talagang ayaw ko lang magaling sa akin ang intruction or the ip now if the tech of meridian go to your place for repair..force them to give the instruction or the ip…HUGAS KAMAY ME SA FORUM NA TO…Mahirap na baka masisi pa ako…ang traceable ang ip and EMAIL natin kahit papano..SORRY but i have be in silence in this matter..and HOOP by the way im sorry for the words kasi d ko nakita ung ibang post mo rito e….
@ikong
WoW
Your point sure came across.
I don’t remember however any instance of referring to myself as an expert in Smart Wi-FI nor refutting anybody else’s answers as wrong or absurd. And yes I have been guilty of telling people to go ask Smart… that’s because raising it to the technical people has always been the best solution because it’s quite easy to discern that the problem has always been in their base station and wracking them up a bit will force them fix things in their end.
But if you must insist then go ahead and take the floor in this forum
that explains it..
@ikong
sinubukan ko na tip mo at ang results ay 1-2 digits ang ms reading ko without surfing or downloading anything & di rin mdalas mg request timed out, kung LOS ang problema mlyo kc mula sa antenna ko hnggang sa cell site wlng nkaharang, about sa cable meron bng pwedeng mging problema?
@ reggie
kung 1 to 2 digits ang reading you,,,it means you have good connection,,,ilan ba ang reading mo sa 2wire.com may i know?
@ hoop
I dont want to get the floor of this forum,,i want only a real answer to every question…kasi with our experience ay makakatulong tayo sa kanila…
@ikong
right now ang nkuha ko sa 2wire.com is 129.10 Kbps
tpos ngyn bumababa na 99, 94 hnggang 74 Kbps
@reggie
ok so ur lowest speed is 74 only…it means that ur 129.10 is only a burstable speed…mabagal ba san mga appication?
knina 74 ang lowest pero kpag gmit ko ang bittorent ngdrop sya ng 50 to 20 Kbps sa sobrang bgal d nko mkpg surf sa internet kung bukas ang bittorent.
ask ko lang po kung bakit ang bagal bagal ng downloading rate ng smart wifi its almost 1 week na nung nainstalled ito.When i am downloading ang maximum nya eh 20 kbps lang. eh nagtataka lang ako kasi of what they say on the ads that the downloading rate would be much higher than the dial ups.But from what i experienced parang halos magkasingbilis lang ung wifi at prepaid.And bcoz of this nga eh tumawag ako sa support group nila thru *1888, and they gave a lot of instructions, tapos tumawag sa akin ung taga smart ok naman daw ung connection ko.Tapos may sinasabi pa sila na magkaiba ang transfer rate sa downloading rate . Tama b yun. Tinest ko sya sa meter ok naman 127 kbps, pero bakit ganun d ba dapat mataas din ung makukuha kung download speed..Tanong ko lang din kung ano ang nakukuha nyo na downloading rate..When I download thru morpheus ng mp3, na kahit ang dami na nyang pwedeng pangalingang connection, still di man lang sya tumaas ng 19 kbps… hope u understand my situation. pls help me with this..God bless you all..
@ joam
actually tama ang status mo buti ka nga at 19kbps iba ang download sa transfer ang 127kbps ang 19Kbps kung mapapansin mo ang K ay maliit at malaki k=Kilobits K=Kilobytes you have to divide it by 10 or 8 to get the dowloading speed…yan talaga yan parehas din ng mga DSL ang Dial-up is only 3-5Kbps ang dowloading me i got 15Kbps on Limewire for MP3 so it means your in normal situation read ka lang sa internet ng mga site regarding Broadband Connection.
@ ikong
tanong ko lng matagal ba tlga mg-install ang java para sa installation ng limewire 4.9.29?
@ reggie
d naman bakit? wla pang 15mins. Limewire and Java.
@ikong
ok na ikong kla ko kc my defect ung ndownload ko na installer
Antayin nyo na lang mag increase ang Smart to 256kbps. sa october daw yun, pag hindi pa rin I suggest patunayan nyo sa kanila na mababa speed nyo para soli bayad na lang. pag hindi pa rin, reklamo nyo sa NTC or sa DTI na na shortchange kayo. Meron talagang maganda connection meron pangit, swerte lang siguro ako nung ka install pa lang average ko sa Meridian 230kbps ngayun 250 na umabot pa ng 278kbps. Hindi ko alam kung ano nangyari sigura marami lang dito naiinis at nagpadisconnect kaya solo ko na signal dito samin.
tnx ikong pero bat ganun chineck ko siya gamit yung net stat live ganun lang talaga ang incoming niya tapos tingnan mo yung kay bryan fer mania. tingnan mo sa website nya http://www.pbase.com/bryanfer2004/image/47422316. ang bilis bilis infact gamit din niya ay smart wifi. at meron din ako napagtanungan dito sa amin na also a smart wifi user na ung 6mb na file eh naidodownload nila for less or a minute.
@ joam
dont u worry,,,baka sooner dating din satin ang higher speed,,but for me this is worth on my paying to smart..so im satisfied still lalo nat napagaralan ko na ang mga configuration nila in connecting…sooner normalize na lahat ang subscriber speed nyan inaaayos na nila..and ok 2 sanay ako sa reality not in dreaming so kahit papano satisfied in their speed..eventhough na lumaki ang user nila still sanay na ko sa speed na bigay nila ngayon kung tataas ng 256 by october d mas better right….by the way i have 4units running in this wifi…sabay sabay un.
Smart/Meridian signal travels through a bridge from an Access Point (cellsite) to your PC using the 802.11g protocol. This can only accommodate 11mbps of data transmissions from the cellsite to different subscribers so imagine if in your service area you have 40 subscribers, that would be 11mbps to be shared by 40 subscribers. 11mbps/40, so what speed would you get? So we must be happy while it lasts.
guys, smart is using 802.11g wifi. i’m a network system engineer/administrator. basics of wifi is that the closer you are from the cell site, the higher/faster your bandwidth, as you go farther, the bandwidth drops. simple as that. so if magpapakabit kayo, and you want it fast. dapat malapit kayo sa mga cell site towers nila.
@AKONG
Engineer k pa naman e bakit ako mga 20kms ang layo ko sa site wala nga me sa radius nila e pero 11MBITS kuha ko 131Kbps Burst sa 1MBPS…..Bat ganon ang logic mo d me maniwala…puro online games pa gamit ko 4 units in gaming….tstststtskkkk mukang mali yata theory mo ha…..
hello, im new to wifi,yun mga nag install d2 sa cavite kinabit sa may pole ng antenna ko sa TV everytime i use the net lumalabo yun reception ng tV ko malabo na nga dati lalo pa lumabo, para atang tinamad yun mga nag install,pede ko ba ibahin yun location n2?kaya lang sabi ng nag install mas maganda dun kasi in line with the SM dasma dun kasi nakalagay yun antenna daw nla.tska 121 .80 kbps lang yun test according to 2wire.mabilis na ba yun or below cia kasi pag gamit ko bitcomet grabe mga 4 hrs ata DL ng movies. tnks
there’s a great forum topic at tipidpc.com that discusses smart wi-fi problems and troubleshooting.
http://www.tipidpc.com/viewtopic.php?tid=25314
(you have to be a registered user first before you can access this topic though…)
reading through it (it’s quite long), it seems that it’s really taboo for the technician to teach you how to access your router. There is another way as pointed out in the forum and that’s by accessing via rs232
http://www.geocities.com/sendfar_guide/
but that would mean that you have to go up all the way to your client bridge to connect your serial cable… not for the feint of heart and buttery finger kind
@sheng
good thing you pointed that out, so if somebody installs smart wifi in your house you should really check that your tv signal is still ok
Is it for all channels? alam ko sa cavite channel 7 lang ang malakas… my officemates and I could never get the other channels… 
@ sheng
buti kpa nga sheng 4 hrs download mo ng movie mo, ako almost 800 mb inaabot na ng 3 days sa bagal smantalang kpag test ko speed sa wifi above 120 kbps din ang reading, torrent din dinadownload ko.
sheng,
have you grounded the PoE? you have to attach a ground wire to eliminate electric/static noise and minimize risk of electric surge in case of lightning. Use a thick one, not the ones used in electric fans or TVs.
@sheng
oo nga ganun din ang nangyari sa aming tv yung naginstall sa aming antenna kinabit kaya pag nakaonline ako nlabo tv namin.
yung sinasabi mo na mahina yung downloading mo sadya raw yun.
di ko alam kung tama yung cnacbi nila mixed reactions kc nakukuha ko.pagnagddwnload ako file na 5mb laki inaabot siya ng 5-4 minutes, transfer rate ko eh nagrarange from 10-18 kbps. sabi nung iba sadya daw yun. ung bandwidth mo dive\ided by eight eh yun daw downloadding rate mo. pero yung nakita ko kay bryan fer mania ang laki laki ng ibinibigay na transfer rate niya w/ a bandwidth of 128.tingnan mo site nya.
ibang klase talaga customer service ng Smart. Tumawag ako ng nakaraang dalawang linggo na hanggang ngayon wala pa rin! magaling lang magbenta pagkatapos iwanan ka na!
@hoop
Yes, dami ako natututunan doon detalyado instructions and no holding out. Guys, check it out maraming engineers doon.
@dennis mark
oh nga nag mature na yung thread from when it first got posted, ganda ng mga tips nila don
Grabe mukang may pagalingan na nangyayari d2 sa forum!
Kung nalaman nyo lng sana ung USERNAME and PASS, wl na sana kayo gaanong magiging problema about configuring and checking of your RSL and NSR. Sa pag kakaalam ko four letters ung username and password na ginagamit nila.
talasan nyo kc mga mata nyo…. hehehehehehe
root
root
alam na ng karamihan dito yan at walang pagalingan dito. kung wala kang matutulong katulad ng iba ewan ko.
tulong naman o. as in wala akong alam dito talaga. i just read all the post and im a bit worried. some speed readings got 120-128 kbps but ako got a maximum of 74kbps from 2wire.com. Ano ba to? do i get a low download speed? upload ko nmn ay 54kbps. as in i really dont know about this stuff. how do i get my speed faster? any one knows? tulong nmn jan. i also clicked the properties under the settings—>networking connections—>local area connection2 on my START button and it read 100mbps. I really dont understand this. Can any1 please explain to me what are these stuffs and how can i improve my smart wifi speed. Thanks
roripuff
medyo nakakadisappoint yung 2wire. try to get NetStatLive para nammonitor mo yung actual downloading mo, try din Mc Afee and PLDT play. I understand per your subscription in Smart up to 128kbps max burst speed mo at wala na magagawa dyan. Kung sinabi sayo ng Ahente ng Smart na mas mabilis pa sa 128kbps hindi na totoo yan.
one more thing, the 100mbps from your LAN connection is not your real speed. It only show how fast your LAN is capable of.
Try this link to get some tips:
http://www.tipidpc.com
@Ikong,Hoop
guyz may tanong lng po me. kailangan pb talagang bumili aq ng router para mas makakuha aq ng mas mataas na bandwithd?
pero wl akong balak mag share ng data sa ibang pc.
makakatulong ba skin ung router?
Thanks Jason. I downloaded and installed the program and i got a reading of Incoming 317B and outgoing 268B. What does this mean? Is it bad or Good. I compared it to Bryan Fer and our KB is way to far. What should i do? Is there anything that i can do to improve my speed aside from adjusting the antenna to the LOS? Thanks for the Help. I appreciate it much.
@roripuff
Your subscription is 128kbps (kilobits/sec) and approx that would mean 30+kBps (KiloBytes/sec) download. Upload, approx half of that. Meridian’s 256kbps approximates to 60+kBps. You can see that in the Incoming and Outgoing Current Readings of NetStatLive. What the Installation should have done was to determine the best position of the antenna before fixing it permanently. Kasi what I read on TipidPC.com pag relocation ng antenna meron pang bayad na P2,000.00.
@ zato
wala yata si brother hoop, ang trabaho ng router is to connect more than 1 PC sa LAN. Yan na talaga bandwidth mo based on your subscription. To attain faster connection speed is to have the best signal from your antenna to the Bridge/Cellsite.
check this out: http://www.tipidpc.com
@zato
tama si brother jason
@brother jason
oh nga no, never really tested if 100mbps is really 100mbps… masyado akong paniwala sa manufacturer hehehe
@ZATO
the use of a router is only for sharing..pero may mga router na nag propomote ng speedbooster well d ko pa nasubukan un..but i’d rather believe only sa talgang plan natin sa kanila un lang puwede talaga nilang ibigay pero ang factor na makakatulong ng malaki ay ang LOS mo sa site ngayon kung mayron activity sa site mo wala ka talgang magagawa kasi sila ang gateway natin sa internet world.
Kaya kung 80+kbps ang speed reading mo that’s gud….
Linksys WRT54GS
Wireless-G Broadband Router with SpeedBooster V2.0
hi brother hoop,
this is very interesting… there are a lot of factors pala aside from LoS.
Hi its me again. jason, so u mean that for those using smart wifi theyll only receive approx of 30KBps? I somewhat understant a little now but theres still questions running on my mind but anyways Jason you’ve been a great help. Thanks.
thanks brother jason, maganding link, very informative
gusto u ba malaman kung paano mo yan maayos ichat mo si jafrancisco@yahoo.com thru yahoo messgr o di kaya ako na lang joseamadomaranan@yahoo.com.
@ropipuff
iadd mo ko sa messgr mo at baka matulungan kita sa problem mo. my email add is joseamadomaranan@yahoo.com
joam, nai-add na kita sa yahoo messnger ko. thanks.hope well resolve the problem together.
thnx to jason pala again.
hi guys, i have smart wifi and i live in bacolod city. i installed a linksys wrt54g to share it with 2 laptops and a pc. since the broadband router is wireless does it mean that anybody within vicinity range of its antenna can access the broadband signal and possibly hack into our pc’s as well? i’m sort of new at this, so help!!!! Can i install a security password or whatever for this? appreciate your help… tanks and regards!
I have opened other webs but i have failed with yahoo. It always tells me i am out of time whenever i try it. which is not the case with other webs.”why?”
hi gjj!
this is what I did for my linksys router in order to enable wireless security. And yup, if this isn’t enabled anybody can access your Wireless Network and browse your shared files and surf the internet.
1. login linksys router
2. click on wireless>>wireless security
3. security mode == wep
3. encryption === 128 bits 26 hex digitis
4. input a passphrase which is used to generate your keys… any word will do
(not sure though if you can use password best practices on this one.. ex 12 digits long,
alphanumeric etc)
@nthman
… google ako ng google, yahoo nga pala may problema… whoops 
it’s probably a problem with the DNS of smartwifi if that’s the case, if after a few hours it’s still not accessible, you can use another DNS server (resolves IP addresses to URI), I think you can google for other alternate DNS servers. Or if you are using a router, check that google is not blocked out…. or it could be that google is blocked out from your browser, I know that some browsers are like that…
hoop,
bakit iba iba results ng speedmeters?
McAfee 240kbps
Abeltronica 290 (download)
TestMy 251 (download)
PLDTplay 190
GlobeQuest 398
which is more realistic? ano ba talaga kuya?
Hi guys! I am using smart wifi now for three weeks… ok naman sya compared to dial up. Maganda pa kasi, prepaid ang telephone namin. As in TeleTipid. Hehehehe. Anyway, baka naman merong makakatulong sa akin jan. I have this laptop na binigay sa akin ng friend ko, wala syang lancard. Nagagamit ko lang sya via dial-up. What equipment/s do i need to buy to install sharing of internet connections. You may reply please jge968@yahoo.com.
Please give me all the options.
brother jason
sorry for the delayed reply. Just as I was about to answer this one naputol smart wifi ko… hehehe… I wasn’t able to contact billing to get my latest activation key dahil busy phones nila.
Alam ko somebody posted here already which is the best speed meter to use. Then inexplain rin niya bakit pa-iba iba, I think it’s because of the distance of the servers from you. From what I remember sabi niya to use a speed tester closest to you. Sensya na, I was looking for it here also but I can’t seem to find it.
thanks! kauwi ko lang kasi. PLDTPlay siguro na lang. Yung Globe medyo hindi ako makapaniwala.
hi hoop,
sori for the late reply. i followed your instructions and made the necessary adjustments to my laptop too. now i’m safe and i can surf in peace. thanks again. :p
ang saya ko ngayon kasi ang taas taas ng transfer rate ko umaabot ng 70kbps pero normal nya is 43kbps.nagsimula un nung tangahali at hanggang ngaun na ipinopost ko 2 kaya todo download to the max. Kaya naniniwal ako sa sabi ni ikong na nasa base station kay nataas ang speed ng internet at wala sa pagcoconfigure ng bridge. Kc ever since nman d ko i2 ikicoconfigure, pero basta na lang nataas.cguro ang maari nu lang gawin sa bridge ay p[ara malaman ang rsl nu.Sana magtuloy tuloy na ito.ang transfer rate nga pala is available bandwidth divided by eight so 128/8=16kbps ung normal. eh nakakuha me kanina na trans. rate na 70 so my bandwidth burst to 560. un ung pinakamataas.
ala, antayin ko na laang tumaas ereng niyog ng kapitbahay namin gawa ng nakaharang ito sa aking LoS. siguro pag lumampas na ereng niyog sa LoS ko, lalampas na rin ako ng 250kbps na bilis ko ngayon ano ga? hehehe
@jason
hahaha oh nga di kapanipaniwala
@gjj
no problem, glad to be of service
@bunsoy
ok na yung speed, sana madouble about 256kbps ok lang kung may extra charge. at sana magkaroon ng malapit na tower ng smart wifi dito sa amin
wow oks na oks pa rin connection ko ang taas ng download speed. tinesting ko sa pldtplay.com lumabas na tumataas sya 101.something bale mga 1.5 mbps un hanggang ngaun nagbuburst pa rin sya. hindi ko nga alam kung bat ganun ito pero sana magtuloy tuloy pa.
@ joam
check mo rin sa http://www.2wire.com ang speed you kasi sa pldtplay medyo d yan ang tunay na speed kasi local server lang gamit nila to check..kung by international medyo baba yan o kayas a http://www.speakeasy.net..check it out dude and give me ur speed and analyze it…tnks nga pala..
hindi me nagbibiro ung336mb na file nadownload ko sa loob ng 1 hr and 10 minutes lang gamit morpheus pati natesting ko na 2wire umaabot nga connection ko ng ganun. kaya nga tuwang tuwa me.di sa pagbibiro kaya nga halos d na me natulog at nagdownload na lang ako ng file pati nga ung mga videos eh.
sa morpheus eh umaabot ng 101 minsan pero satble nya is 45-70 kbps.
hello bago pa lang ako nakapag painstall ng smart wifi. twice na po me nawalan ng connection in one week. so far, the first time lasted a whole 30mins at 8pm. the second time was when i woke up at 8am. unlike the first time, the second time i lost connection, it said i have limited or not connectivity. what does that mean? the first time i lost my connection, i went troubleshooting on my own, went on Dos and typed ping to checked if the net is working and it said it is since i got a 4packets received and sent then tried going to the LAN connection area support and clicked repair. did i do something right? because after that it went back working again. but the second time i simply lost all connection saying limited whatever then no default gateway.. i called tech support for help and well, they told me the usual ping..ping again then disable enable and then turn off etc.. i wanted to know how or what i should try to do aside from calling tech support. i have limited knowledge abt pc technicalities. Maybe next time this happens, i can figure it out on my own with the help number for CSR as a last resort.. please share some infos.. browsed thru this site and seems to be very informative but still do need help.. thanks!:)
i’m still new with smart wifi. i’ve been wondering about how to access their site if they do have one. i remember logging in to this site during installation with my email and password. they say i can use that to update my billings and everything else. what’s the website again? tnx.
@ate
is it
https://portal.smartwifi.com.ph/index.php
?
@ikong
how to get in the antenna system config? what ip to type i think there’s a password, pls share naman, thank you
bert
@ikong,
where did you get the news abt 256Kbps speed of smartwifi
by october.that’s not included in their promo
@ bert
it differs the ip address of every antenna it has a serial no. that to be computed in their chart..so d tayo pareparehas on that matter..ung akin alam ko lang kasi talagang may ip ung antenna kaya pinilit ko silang ibigay sa akin…hearsay they gonna up the 128kbps to 256kbps from 788php-988php. the meridian or in the area of manila they are now in the 256 plan and sooner we gonna upgrade their 128 here in provinces..
@ bert pm me nalang
@ikong
yeah! its true, i called up smart wifi they’re going 256Kbps by october
Mga tol, Hoop, Ikong or kung sino man makakasagot sakin.
Pwede bang mag palipat ng cellsite ung wifi antena q?
may masmalapit kc d2 samin na cellsite.
pweyding-pweyde, post mo dito kung gano kabilis nila narespond request mo ha.. hehehe
@ tres
Actually puwede kaya lang may fee yata, pero tanubgin mo sa kanila kung bakit dyan ka sa site na yan inilagay gayong may malapit sa iyo,,siguro mahina ang signal nyan o madaling napuno kaya d ka nila dyan inilagay,,,kasi ako nga may sa pagitan ng base station ko at antenna na cellsite na malapit din at alam ko pa nga ang ssid pero nung pinasok ko sa config mahina RSL kaya d me puwede ron sa malayo pa rin mas ok….kung ano nararanasan mo sa current site mo ngayon maaari ding maranasan mo sa paglipat mo…
Salamat po sa mga sumagot
Paiikliin q nlng ung naging case q. Nakita q kung pano sila mag hanap ng signal. Hindi sila makakuha ng required value ng RSL and NSR, tska 1Mbits lng ung CURRENT TX RATE sa current base station q. Considering the fact na hindi kita sa 2nd floor ng bahay namin ung cellsite, masyadong maraming nakaharang.
Compared dun sa cellsite na mas malapit smin. May time na nakakuha sila ng required values, RSL and NSR at 11Mbits.
Because mas Clean ung LOS ko don. Its one thing (marami pang iba) kung bakit aq nag request mag pachange ng base station.
Hindi q nlng sasabihin kung paano nila nai-sign-up ung accnt q.
Sa tingin q naman valid ung mga reason q para ilipat nila ng base station ung antena q.
@ tres
pano mo nalalaman na 1mbits ka lang nakakapasok k n b s a config nya?
@Ikong
Hindi aq nkakapasok sa config nila, pero nakagawa aq ng mga screen shots nung dalawng cellsite habang naghahanap sila ng signal. kaya q nasabi na 1Mbits.
@ tres
d mo maaasahan ung na screen shot mo kasi kapag save na ng settings non magbabago pa ksi d nila save ung setting kung d gud signal ang nakuha nila and stable na LOS,,,kapag 1Mbits ang nakita mo save nila it means lower than 40kbps ang lagi mo mkukuha…mga 15-20kbps lang lagi.
@Ikong
Tol bk alam mo kung pano pasukin ung config nila, share mo naman sa amin.. ^_^
@ tres :
Tol ung ip addess ay ng akin ay 10.5.xxx.xxx. Kpag alam mo na dagdag ka isa sa dul ex: 10.5.123.123 lagay mo sa TCP/IP mo sa networksetting ng 10.5.123.124 then subnet mask kahit d na then ok, reboot. Go to IE pu sa address nya ay http://10.5.123.123. then hingi siya user and pass the user and pass is root only. Ok the walllla go to your destination babu.
last month ngpakabit me ng smart wifi pero nung mginstall na cla wla me sa haws bale ung wife ko lng tpos nung dumating me naabutan ko pa ung contractor pero sabi skin d raw pwd sa amin kc wlang LOS pero sabi din nila meron sa bandang trinidad pero malau daw. dba meridian din ung smart? kc nkita ko sa site ng meridian pwd ung 5-15km within km radius bsta may line of site.
sna meron mkatulong skin pra mgkaruon din me ng net. sa dreamland subd pla location ko tnx
ciao!
buyset na puno ito. hindi ma maximize yung bilis ng Meridian.
Akala ko ba bibilis pag october na? Hhhhmmmpppp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
hindi ko na matiis nilipat ko na antenna. buti naman maayos naman at naramdaman ko na ang tunay na Meridian speed. ang biliiissss..
pls dial 672-7223 to inquire smartwifi speed upgrade
pgakatapos ko malipat ereng antenna ko.. eto na ga speed ko…
Bandwidth Test Result
Ikong, penge password sa http://channel-portal.meridian.ph
@ikong
ikong dba taga-bulacan ka gaano kbilis wi-fi mo kc ako hanggang 128kbps lng tlga di na tumaas d2 lang nman ako malapit sa CEU bkit ung iba d2 sa blog ang taas ng bandwidth? sobrang taas na nga ng antenna ko ska wlng nkaharang sa site ganun p rin ang speed ko…..
Hey naka Smart Wifi na ako for a month. nagkakaproblema lang ako sa connection…puro sent packets lang tapos yung received nastuck sa 1 , 2 or 3 basta mababa. pumunta naman akong config ng wireless bridge ok naman yung signal anu kaya ung problema? software kaya? adware? worm? tulong naman. Tenks
@ reggie
Tiga CEU ka b san d2 along the way b?
talgang ganon bro naka tutok ka rin sa malolos site, ako din kasi un ang talangang bigay lang sa atin 128kbps average pero sometimes d mo pansin na nagbuburst up to 1.5mbps inside reading nun un ung biglaan taas ng data lalo kung nagakataon na ang site na binubuksan d congested at ung point ng antenna mo ay gud pero minsan lang un dapat. pag malimit at d nagbabago may problema sa base un at sa connection mo d totoo sometime virus ang trigger nung send/received reading and other devices na nkakabit sa unit mo particularly kung gumagamit ang device mo ng TCP/IP sa printer/scanner/ipod or other sophisticated device. me nga khit d me nag susurf kaya ko ng 6mbps palabasin sa netstatlive baka magulat sila kapag post ko d2 hehehe at madismaya lang sila na daya lang pala.
@ikong
d2 ako sa longos… wla nba chance na tumaas connection ntin?? sbagay 128kbps lng nman tlga ang binibigay ng smart wi-fi for us ngayon, kelan ba ung 256kbps??
hay nakoh!!!!. %^$^&^*(…bwiset bwiset bwiset!!!!!!!!!!….un na!….d2 ko sa meycauayan bulacan, naka hooked ako sa may bandang montefalco…ang sama ….araw araw na lang suki ako sa hotline….and totoo…bobo ng mga csr nila…as in…..basta may maisagot lang, kung ano ano ang sinasabi…..sawang sawa na ko sa “SORRY FOR THE INCONVENIENCE MA’AM”…hay…two months na ..ganyan lagi ang dialogue…amp!!!!!!!!!!!!!…..30, 50, minsan lang ako maka 120 tsambahan pa….amp!………………………. ano ba kelan ba maayos yan smart na yan ha!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!………………. nakakasawa na rin yang …..ip release renew ping ping ping!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!…. restart ek ek…etc…..!!!!!!! ano relevance?????? …tapos bandang huli …isasagot…techinical activity sa base station….. 2 weeks na yan ah…everyday ba may technical activity???? wala ng pintawad kahit linggo may technical activity………….
ahm helo po d ko na mabasa ang lahat ng comments nahihilo na po ko.im a 17 yr old nursing student hir in bataan.If im correct u folks r ol talkin bout smart wi-fi ryt?
im new po hir and soon i wud like to avail if too.my only concern lang po is magagamit ko po ang internet sa labas ng house and anywhere in particular w/ this connection?
i mean using a laptop in particular.im so lost w/ tchnology stuff kc…..
well i hope u all understand
ang pagkakaalam ko po kc 4u 2 have an internet u need a landline at home.We dont have 1 and im hoping this will give it
plz help nyo po ko. bibili po kasi ako ng laptop
nex wik and lagi po kong wala sa bahay.
would u suggest this??????
the reply would b much appreciated
inquire ka sa PLDTWeRoam.
eto yung link:
http://www.pldtweroam.com/
@safron, no u can’t it use outside,like a celpone. yes u can inquire pldt weroam if your area is covered.
PLDT We Roam which utilizes the IEEE 802.11 caters to mobile users. The service covers a wide range of area wherein the user should be connected thru the nearest cellsite and passed on another when moving. The technology used is more advanced than Smart or Meridian WiFi which requires Line of Sight from the cellsite to your antenna.
PLDTWe Roam does not require LoS.
aba!! okay iyan a, pls. baka naman ubra kayong magpatayo ng cell site close to our place our much better if it will be built in the vicinity of brgy baseco country mariveles,bataan.since i am very much interested to install this wifi connection for my computer.salamat
ello poh! pls. try to help me to contact the Smart Wifi coz we r interested with their product/service. It’s really hard to contact the no. 672-7233 and their toll no. 180010-6727233 and *3888 (using smart mobile only) no email add available naman, I even text at 5488 but same info was given. Ur assistance would be much appreciated….thanks poh.
elo! im new here!
plano ko sana magpakabit ng smart wifi this month or next month… kc nabasa ko sa print ads na 256kbps na ang bandwidth… ask lang ako if na improve na ang services nila interms of network connection? kc dami negative feedback sa connectivity eh? i have to investigate muna bago pakabit. ask lang ako sa mga wifi users specially sa cebu (minglanilla in particular)
thanks….
grabe manloloko ang smart at meridian- burstable daw ng 256 kbps pero sa totoo BURST as in BURST na kelan darating- ang average nila ay 100 kbps kahit mag inquire kayo- kapag 100 daw eh normal lang kase BURSTABLE NGA- patawa sila, madugas dapat aminin lang nila 128 kbps lang talaga ang binibigay nila
help namna oh!!! ung nakakabit sa wifi/antenna e ung win xp ko na pc…we have a hub na pinagakakabitan ng isa pang pc na win 98…can u pls give me a step by step instruction on how my win 98 can share the connection…we have a hub nga pala…
i’ll clear up a few things. kaya divided by 8 download speed kasi it is in kBps (B is bytes). yung internet rating in kbps (b is bits).
1 byte = 8 bits
doon naman sa k, dapat laging small kasi it means 1024 not kilo or 1000. remember computers work on binary .. 2^10 = 1024.
dapat kukuha ako ng smart wifi pero after reading the posts here isip muna ako.
thanks to all.
im using wifi na for about 3 months and im experiencing the same problems that u guys have. im living in malolos, at un na nga,pabagal ng pabagal ang connection, nagcmula yata un nung mag-uulan. e sabi naman nung rep. ng smart d daw apektado un. iniisip ko naman probably nagalaw ung antena. im planning to call csr and ask for assisstance sana. papaaus ko sna ung antena ko. my gumawa na ba sa inyo nun? or pde bang ako nlng mag-aus ng antena ko?e pano naman kaya un, baka my kinoconfigure pa dun. suggestions naman po pls….. sayang bayad kung ganto lagi. ty salamat!
Can this formula be validated?
last digit of MAC example 9465
16×9+4=148
16×6+5=101
10.5 being constant..
ergo: your IP address is 10.5.148.101
muse_elf 216 said
posted 10 hours, 38 minutes ago.
im using wifi na for about 3 months and im experiencing the same problems that u guys have. im living in malolos, at un na nga,pabagal ng pabagal ang connection, nagcmula yata un nung mag-uulan. e sabi naman nung rep. ng smart d daw apektado un. iniisip ko naman probably nagalaw ung antena. im planning to call csr and ask for assisstance sana. papaaus ko sna ung antena ko. my gumawa na ba sa inyo nun? or pde bang ako nlng mag-aus ng antena ko?e pano naman kaya un, baka my kinoconfigure pa dun. suggestions naman po pls….. sayang bayad kung ganto lagi. ty salamat!
—>ako din im using it for about 3 months already..same thing happens to me. Ganun din ang feeling ko…about sa antenna…twice pa ngang bumagsak antenna namin e…kaya akala ko…nawala sa signal etc….saka kala ko sa typhoon….nagalaw antenna…may bumisita na d2 na taga smart/meridian….pagdating nila d2….nagsignal test muna bago pumanik sa taas….ok naman ang signal test nila….gumawa sila ng series of test….and they found out…sa tower daw….ewan ko kung tower o base station ang problem….umalis sila d2…na walang nangari….talagang may problema ang smart ngayon…kaya panay palusot na lang ginagawa nila….pero ang field tech nila…nagsasabi ng totoo…basta mahabang story….if u want to talk to me…add me sa ym badzzz26 …..until now….. lag pa din….lalo na sa ragnarok..sobrang lag…at ibang website….ayaw mag load ng maayos….tindi no!….nakakapikon na kasi ung ganyan e….umagang umaga nakakapag init ng ulo
hello mabilis ba ba talaga ang smart wifi dito sa cebu?
I am currently subscribed to smart wi-fi and in my case, my internet connection is quite unstable tulad ngayon buti nga nakita ko pa itong page na ‘to e. Minsan mabilis, tapos biglang babagal, minsan wala halos, pero kpag di mo naman kailangan gumagana!
Tapos, nakakainis pa kapag nagloko ung wifi, di mo maayos ng ikaw lng magisa! You should call the wifi-hotline, give your account number and wait for almost half a month bago dumating yung titingin at magtetest kung ok!! Nauubos oras ko kakahintay! Tapos masama pa, yung mga pumpunta kung ano ano ginagalaw sa pc ko! Pati ba naman display settings ng computer ko, iniba! Ano kaya connection nun sa network settings ko? HELLOOO!? Do you know what are you doing!? Tapos nakakatawa pa mali pa yung computation ng ip!
Are they making fun of us! Matapos nilang sabihin na 256 kbps na ang speed eh bigla naman bumagal ung speed! Grabe! If this continues, I’m planning to terminate my subscription, cause it’s just a waste of money! Dami pa namang internet providers dyan eh! AHHH GRABE MATUTULOG NA AKO ASAR NA ASAR NA AKO!
Loko loko Smart
WAG NA KAU PAKABIT!
Matapos lang to, kainis! Naghit lng sila sa umpisa pero bagsak sila after 1 year pagktapos nito
KAinis!kaasar!
hay naku, #%$^@$#. tama ba naman madisconnect sa gitna ng pagla2ro? kahit yta matulog na lahat ng smart subscribers at ako nlng ang ga2mit ng tower nila e ganun na tlaga ang signal na binibigay. at eto pa, tama bang ang transfer rate sa dinadownload kong wla pa sa 1 Mb e umaabot pa sa 2KB/sec….ang lau ata nun kahit s dial up.sana pla lata nlng ginamit ko, d pa ko ga2stos ng ganun kamahal diba….. meron ba silang email address na pdeng sulatan pra sa mga complaints?
gs2 ko na nga isumbong sa dti o sa ntc e…bwiset no…until now…hindi kami makapag ragnarok…..d bale mawala ibang site e….wag lang ragnarok…biset talaga wi fi………… tapos pati friendster kahapon muntik ko na rin hindi makita….amp …may isa pa ngang csr sabi depende din daw sa specs ng pc….nek nek nya….naka p4, 512mb, 80 gb, 64gf4..sus…..ayaw nilang tanggapin na ang sira e nasa kanila…..pinipilit lagi baka daw nasa set up ng pc namin,…amp..nek nek nila……putang ina….kung may ibang dsl lang d2 sa lugar namin sa bulacan meycauayan e..lilipat na talaga ako….baka mayroon kayong alam dyan???..hindi kasi abot ng linya ng digitel at pldt tong lugar namin e….hay kawawa naman ako…..poor me!… i pity myself…..ayoko naman ng dial up….mas lalo na…hay biset na internet to oh!…..
hmm try mo tong …. tech_support@merdiantelekom.com.ph
parang ganyan ata yon e…..
may silbi naman yung antenna ng smart. pwedeng gawing target ng 9mm ko.
i think kaya nagkakaproblema sa online games ng Level UP and Smart Wifi kasi tied up sa PLDT MyDSL yun.
Try ko tracert ragnarokonline.com.ph , ang result, after passing 210.14.1.26 route nag RTO (request timed out) na:
eto result:
C:\Documents and Settings\User>tracert ragnarokonline.ph
Tracing route to ragnarokonline.ph [202.57.118.57]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1
check ko sa http://www.apnic.net kung sino si 210.14.1.26 and i just found out na PLDT route pala yun.
let’s try to give Smart Wifi a chance.
kasi bago pa lang technology na yan e.
malay natin magimprove after this year.
sa mga nakakaexperience ng problem sa ragnarok, try nyo iset proxy.meridian.ph as proxy server then use port 8080.
yun kasi pinagawa sakin ng TS 2 nilatapos naging ok na.
baka magwork din sa inyo.
try nyo lang
sa mga naging maganda and connection using wifi,
good for all of you! enjoy using it and sana huwag kau magsawa(kasama ko dito!hehe) ;p
at para naman sa mga sinamangpalad sa kanilang connection, siguro hindi lang talaga maganda ang signal sa lugar nyo.and it’s really up to all of you to decide whether it is worth sticking trough it.
ganyan lang talaga. dalawang klase lang ang customers. isang satisfied, at isang hindi satisfied.
kahit naman sa ibang mga ISP’s ay me mga kuntento as well as mga nagkocomplain din.
kaya useless kung ipagkakalat nyo na panget ang connection ng kung sino mang ISP na’to.
so instead of whining about how bad a certain ISP is, bakit di na lang tau magtry ng iba alternative?
after all, we are customers, and we have the right to discontinue our use of a certain product if we find it unsatisfactory.
d p rin tlga maganda ang smart.~! syang lng subscription nyo! d stable ang speed from 128kbps bumababa xa ng hanggang 30kbps,!!` broadband p b yan?!! mas mabagal pa sa dialup.. omg..! and ngkakaproblem pa sa levelupgames Online gaming“ kung may problem nmn sa connection mo,` sus! wag k ng 2mawah sa customer support` pota`! kug anu anong kagaguhan ituturo sau..! n wla nmn mgagawa pra maayus ung connection
hindi mo malalaman kung magiging satisfied ka o hindi kung hindi mo susubukan mag subscribe. ika nga Curiosity Killed The Cat.
kasi hindi naman ganun ganun lang un e…dapat pag may reklamo…dpat may aksyon…siguro naman ang isang buwan ay sapat na para sa binigay namin sa kanila na chance…..sana kung 3 days or 1 week lang yan e…mapapalampas ko pa….dapat ayusin nila ang service nila dahil on time naman kaming mag bayad…….. and dpat sa kanila na manggaling na hindi pwede ang location namin. …at hindi na nila pinagpilitan na ikabit ang antenna. talagang hindi kami satisfied…..oo tama …nasa amin ang decision whether to terminate the subscription or not…..but i should find an alternative first ….dahil pinaputol ko na ang phone line namin…..papano pa ko makakapag inquire nyan sa ibang provider???….if only i knew it b4 ko pinaputol ang phone….if only i could see the future…sobrang abala ang ginawa nila…..dahil sa katarantaduhan nila….ngayon eto mga project sa school, nakatiwangwang,…..hindi ba may karapatan naman kaming mga hindi sinwerte sa signal na i voice out ang sama ng loob namin sa smart/meridian na yan……????.swerte nung mga maganda ang signal…. pinagpala kayo sobra….. and thru this blog, nalaman ko na hindi pala ako nag iisa, may mga kaparehas ako na sitwasyon at problema, at ngayon kaming mga malas sa signal heto walang magawa kungdi magsulat sa blog na to, dahil walang magawa ang mga csr at tech supprt nila. kaya eto,, voice out ng voice out, alangan naman upakan ko ang pc ko sa tindi ng galit ko….nyek…..saka hindi ganun kadali na pag hindi maganda ang service, terminate agad, they should find ways, dahil hindi lang sila ang inaasikaso namin, maraming bagay pa kami na dapat gawin at pagtuunan ng pansin, isa lang naman ang gs2 namin e, ayusin ang service nila at thru this blog, malaman nila na madami nga ang hindi satisfied sa service nila, hindi ganyan ang pag bi bisnes no, thru this blog, makakatulong pa nga sa kanila yan to improve their service to us. pero im giving them na, whether may kapalit or wala, kesa naman, araw araw, uma umaga e mainit ang ulo ko…..sa bwiset na serbisyo na yan,………….
swerte mo satisfied ka, e kami????? ano dapat gawin namin??? kimkimin ang sma ng loob, manahimik???? magmukmok????? mag antay kung kelan ang grasya?????????????? e di sulat mo na lang, maganda sa location nyo, walang problema…….e kaming mga minalas??? tahimik na lang ba dpat???????????????????? syempre, dapat malaman din namin na may kaparehas kami ng problema, at hindi ako nag iisa……..ang saya saya no????? ikaw kung satisfied ka, e di maghanap ka din ng kaparehas mo…………………………… e buong bulacan ata ganito ang sitwasyon e……………….. ako from meycauayan ung isa from malolos, milya milya ang layo non a…………parehas kami….amp!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
alam nyo ba na may target pa sila na 20,000 new subscribers? marami pa silang madedenggoy. ang dali lang para sa kanila pumasok ang kita pero pag gastos na sa maintenance and support wala na. yan ang tinatawag na corporate responsibility – sa vocabulary ng Smart. And by the way Top 100 Corporation yan. kaya tayong maliliit na nadenggoy, tiisin na lang ang isang taon. Dalawa lang ang tao sa mundo manloloko at naloloko – mamili na lang tayo kung ano tayo doon sa dalawa.
eto na siguro ang last resort kung hindi tayo papansinin:
Mr. Gregorio A. Atienza – Chairman, Smart Communications, Inc. 14 Floor, Smart Tower, 6799 Ayala Ave. Makati City
Mr. Napoleon L. Nazareno – President and CEO, Smart Communications, Inc.
26th Floor Smart Tower, 6799 Ayala Ave. Makati
Flood natin sila ng complaint letter, baka hindi nila alam ang sitwasyon ng nasa baba nila.
i want to refund my money please and i want it to be refund as soon as possible
paging GLOBE TELECOM pls try to compete w/ smart wifi, build a reliable wifi network
kuya sakuragi
sabi mo swertihan lang sa connection pati sa lugar
pano naman kami sa loob ng 2months satisfied ako
pero ngaung pang 3months ko na eh gusto ko ng ihagis antena namin.
kung ganun,
pagpala nagpakabit ka ng WIFI!!!!
eh ung magandang performance eh panandalian lang
waaaaaaaa!!
dapat pala indi 1 year contract!!!!
putang inang smart wifi yan!
tang ina nyung customers service kayu……mga bobo!
kayung mga magbabalak magpakabit wag kayung magpaloko….kita nyu naman na majority ng curtomers nila eh bwisit na bwisit na sa smart wifi na yan (“pota smart sa kalokohan”).
halos mag 2 taon na sila walang pagbabago sa service. pati yung customers service….ganda ng boses lang…. mga bobo naman!
san ka ba naman nakakita ng ganitong service??? pag may sira ehh walng definite solution na ibibigay sayu….wala ring definite time na masaasabi kung kelan maayus….at higit sa lahat wala alam ang customer kung anu ang nangyayari sa linya nila.
eto ha…… pag may sira ang line mo halos maghintay ka ng 1, 2 to 3 weeks bago maayos. pero pag na delay ang bayad mo kahit 1 day putol agad. TAE talaga sila!
tawa ng tawa siguro ang Smart at Meridian sa atin.. binibili natin yung basura nila.
ganito pala feeling ng na gagancho. meridian ang subscription ko nung Agosto pa ok na ok, pumasok ng sept. okey pa rin pero nung pumasok ng October, hindi ko akalain na take over na sila ng Smart.
Tuloy na pumangit ang quality ng internet ko at serbisyo nila. Pangit talaga ang Smart.
Kahit sa Cellphone hindi ako gumagamit ng Smart kasi pang JOLOGS ang dating.
Pangit talaga. Pangit, Pangit, Pangit ang Smart.
ako nag-iisip na kumuha rin ng smart wi-fi, nung sinumulan kong basahin tong mga post medyo nagsimulang magbago isip ko. kya lang ng tinapos ko nakita ko na merong mga satisfied at unsatisfied customers. ang malaking problema ko sa posts nung ilan eh nde man lng nila sinabi kng nasan sila. kya naging halos walang ka kwenta kwenta ang pag basa ko ng mga post nyo. dahil panget sa iba, maganda sa ilan, ang problema saan?!?!! kng sasabihin nyo man na panget o maganda yng connection pwede ba paki sabi ang inyong area para at least makatulong sa ibang mag decide.
p.s.
sa mga panget ang connection at di abot ng pldt, sorry na lang. after time sigurado may kakalaban din sa smart at mag subscribe na lang kyo dun sa competitor. para sa mga maganda connection swerte nyo.
@ alangkwenta
nasa Novaliches po ako. 1/4 kilometer sa cellsite ng Smart na nasa taas ng Del Mundo building sa Talipapa. Kumuha ka para masubukan mo.
nagpropromote po ako para sa walang kwenta service ng internet at action pag my problema
dito po sa malolos bilis na po bago kau maubusan
hot na hot na po
kaya kuha! baka kasi bumagsak sila pagkalipas ng isang taon kaya dapat my bagong lolokohin, maawa kau
isalba nyo ang mga maloloko, dahil hindi sila makatulog ng walang lolokohin
mga kapatid simple lang naman malaman kung okey sa inyo ang smart wifi service eh gaano ba kalakas ang cell service signals nyo kc pag laging todo yan ibig sabihin malapit kau sa cellsite. pero may isa pang factor ang signal strength ito yung network congestion pag marami gamit ng cell nila within the radius ng cellsite bumabagsak din ang signal strength.
ok balik sa wifi maniwala kau nung nasa lagro ako di ako makabitan ng wifi connection pero nung nakalipat na ako ng san jose del monte, bulacan saka pa ako nagkaron ng connection. ang bilis na isetup in less than 2 hours may broadband internet na ako. ang bilis pa. ang recorded na offline ko ay less the 5 hours lang since nagstart more than a month ago na. ngayon stable na ang connection. may reconnection time lang ng mga 30 to 45 mins pag binuksan ko ulit kc although dapat always on tong connection pinapatay ko pa rin para wag magoverheat yung adaptor.
as of nung 14th this month nagpa-upgrade na ako ng line speed from 128 to 256 kc may promo cla na add 200/month kaya lang ang activation ay sa end pa ng billing cycle in my case sa end of october pa. sana gawan nga nila to ng paraan na immediate na ang activation.
cge mga tol wag padalos dalos sa mga comments pag may new technology may mga issues talaga pero may solusyon din naman di ba kung gagawa tau.
thanks for the shout
elo po ulit. sori po dahil di ko pa nabasa yung mga naunang post. mukhang marami ngang unsatisfied customers sa smart wifi starting from the 3rd month of service. kung baga pinadama lang tapos problema na. sana wag mangyari sa akin to. so far tumatakbo lahat ng online games except for ragnarok. wala kc akong installer eh ayaw naman magdownload sa website nila. pag ginamit ko yung juno cd ayaw tumuloy ang online update. pag nakakuha ako ng installer susubukan ko ragna tapos ipost ko d2 ang result.
some major issues na naencouter ko ay:
1. nung wala pa akong router ay ayaw mag-update nung mga online games so buy ako linksys saksak cd tapos sa learning mode nya up sya easy as 123 go. nireconfigure ko lang yung dhcp static ip gamit ko para walang issues sa mga lan games plus added security pa may physical firewall to boi na di maiinfect, firmware ata to.
2. minsan bigla na lang ayaw nang tumakbo ng mga online games pati friendster ayaw. check ko router status ok ping ko lahat ng ip na nakalista dun ok pero ayaw talaga. himala may isang MU gumagana pa. isip ako bata ayaw kunonek sa internet yun online games dahil wla dns. solution ihardcode mo yun dns servers ng isp sa tcp/ip settings. ok na. cause of the problem, naghanap kc ako ng serials sa astalavista tapos may nakapasok na malware ng nag reroute ng dns queries. di matanggal sa mga antispyware ko libre kc eh. nireformat ko yun harddisk ko restore image ok na.
3. line speed ay ok naman depends on many factors like no of users online, no of open connections per user, no of open browser windows per user na di pa tapos magdn ng resources nila hanggat di pa done kain bandwidth yon, no of resident apps mo na nagpho-phone home, mtu setting mo yung smart wifi gusto 1500 ang setting, meron pang iba di ko lang maalala. ako gawa ko para di mabagot sa kaiintay magdn ako pa isa isa pero naka dn manager para naka queue na controlado pa ang bandwidth na kain nito kaya ayon unti unti nang natatapos pero mabilis pa rin surfing ko nakaka-online gaming pa ako walang putol so surfing habits mo factor din ng speed.
4. bawal ang streaming multimedia ma audio o video pero tuwa ako kaya ng konnection yung pinoy sounds kahit may gaming yun http://www.tristamcafe yata yun. sarap tunog pinoy.
pag may naisip pa ako ulit post ko d2
thanks for the shout
well in your case satisfied customer, walang problem ang base station…. in my case….. laging may technical activity, almost everyday, 1 month na mahigit yang technical activity na yan noh!…..nakakainis yon ah!…sa kalagitnaan ng pag s surf mo, biglang mapuputol, biglang mawawala, biglang babagal, kahit ano isaksak kong mga device sa pc ko, kung ang problem eh sa base station, bale wala d ba?? kaya yang mga pinag gagawa mo, applicable lang yan para sa yo, kahit pag aralan namin yang mga sinabi mo, bale wala!!!!!!!!, kasi nga ang base station kung saan kami naka hook up e laging ginagawa……….. may solusyon ba don?…. tagal naman ng maintenance nila, sayang 1 month. hindi kami namumulot ng pera para ibayad sa kanila, pinaghihirapan din namin to, kahit ba cheap ang price no, 3 days na pagod sa trabaho ang katapat nyan…..kaya hindi sulit.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
and in addition to that nga pala, base sa nagpunta dito na technical support representative, tinanong ko sila kung ilan kaming may smart wifi na naka connect sa tower na yon……….(yung base station kung san kami naka hook up) , eh 3 ( as in tatlo lang ) kaming naka hook doon??????????????????????? so hindi rin viable yang sinasabi mo……
, mga haka haka lang yan ng iyong pag iisip, at d mo kasi na experience mga nangyari sa amin…. bawat isa sa atin, iba iba ang na e encounter na problem, pwedeng ang problem eh nasa pc nyo o nasa tower nila, pwede sa antenna, maraming bagay e, kaya lang!!!!!!!!!!!, upon checking, nung may nag field visit nga dito, mismo sila ang nagsabi, na ang problem e nasa kanila, so sabi nila, report daw nila immediately para magawan ng aksyon, 2 weeks na ang nakakalipas, haaaaaaaay!!!!!!!! ganun pa rin awa ng Diyos, wala pa rin kwenta!!!!!…… natutukso na kong bumili ng satellite dish!. uso na ata DSAT sa bulacan e.!
ya, i subscribed nung august pa kc nde tlga kya ng dial up pag nag gagames ako. ok sya, except for those days na nwawalan din ng signal, cguro matgal na ung 1 day for 1 week. then lately, sunod2 na prblemang na eexperience ko, pinaka malala ung totally nawawalan ng signal, for about a minute or so. di nman sa OA ako, pero 1 reason kung bkit ako nag pakabit neto is dhil sa online games. ung lag ok lang, pero no connections, khit pa ito 10 seconds lang, dc na to kagad, den automatic deadz!!! right now, kada dc nassayang ung 40 mins ng playing time ko. bwi sit tlga. ttawag ka sa knila eh pare parehas lng nman sinasabi, ung routine nadiagnostic test kuno, den i ffollow up nila sa taas, den observe for 24 hours den tawag ka ulet kung my problema pa!! smetimes tatamarin ka ng tumawag eh halos kabisado ko na ung script nila eh! sulit ung 788 sana, pro ung promise of 24/7, 128 kbps, i think they really suck! thank god my outlet pra masabi ko to! tnx
satisfied user
u said theres an upgrade promo ang smart…. from 128 to 156 upon adding P200 monthly. how is dat? oh my! isang panloloko na naman ng smart wifi.
sa friend ko she subscribe the service of smart wifi same promo gaya ng sa akin …same monthly bill kami ng binabayaran. pero ang speed namin magkaiba. sa akin 128 sa kanya binigyan sya ng 275.
i ask the smart bat ganun sabi nila dpende daw sa lapit ng customer sa cell site. uu nga mas malapit ung friend ko sa site , but i think hindi pideng ganun lang ang justification.
GAGO pala sila eh,, parehas kami ng binbayaran tapos magkaiba ang speed namin. tapos eto malalaman ko na pide mag up grade ung 128 to 256 pero may dagdag na bayad. HHAAAAAYYYY lokoloko talaga ang smart!
ngayun tumatawag ako sa smart para inquire ko ung balita mo.. 1 week tol…… 1 week wala connection sa kanila…as in no customer service agent avaible….. pero every hour ako tumatawag 24 hours a day…. bwisit talaga sila ooohhhh…..
one thing bat hindi nila inform ang mga customers about that upgrading??? amp! SMART nga sila ……. smart sa kalokohan!
wow ang dami ko plang kakampi, nice to know tlga. by the way sna nga ayusin na nila to. kc napaka helpless nting mga subscriber netong bulok ngservice na to. mag aantay kana lang at mag dadasal na sna mag himala ung connection at magawa mo ung dpat na ibigay nilang service. 24/7 daw, naku, sarap sunugin nung mga banner nila, kung minsan nga gsto kong ibato tong box na to. wla rin nmang nagagawa. useless, prang dial up na rin ginagamit ko. ok sana kung dati pa, o nung simula pa gnito na connection, pero nde eh! ok noon! pumangit lang after 2 months, anu un, pakitang gilas lang! o dhil dumadami na subscriber nila, kya nagiging gnito. eh pano na pla nyan after 1 month, 2 , 3! di wla ng connections totally! mag salita nman sa na kayo!!! sabihin nyo kung my prblema , aminin nyo kung nde nyo tlga kya, pra nman di kmi aasa na lang, at mag aantay ng himala!!!!
waaaaaaaa……
nakalagay sa website ng smart wifi
“We’re Simply the Wireless Leader”
ay mga tarantado talaga ooohhh…… leader daw sila! pinagkmalaki pa puro kalokohan lang naman!
bro buti ka nga khit papano my justification eh ako, kapitbahay ko mas mabilis ang connection. pinaka himala na sa kin ung 128 sa pldtplay, sa kanya umaabot nga 200 plus eh! nag request ako bka pwedeng paki chek nung antenna ko hanggang nyon antay pa rin sa tawag. amf yan oh! tatawag sasabihin i foforward ung concern, den lagi na lang, observe for 24 hours den tawag agen sa knila if gnun pa rin connection, naku naman, gaguhan ba to! same old problem, same old solution, wlang mangyayari neto! di lang to nakaka asar nakakabwisit na to!ubos ang oras mag lelevel up ka, den at the end anjan dc nnaman! respawn ka sa ibang lugar, check mo xp mo, balik sa dati, prang nag sayang ka lang oras. di sana tinulog ko na lang, 1 time buong araw wlang connection,as in wla! as in whole day! den iisipin mo cge tiis na lang, tatawag ka gnun din! cguro bukas ok na to, gising na lang ako ng maaga pra cgurado, the nex day, gumising ka ng maaga, bukas ng tantra, pa level ka! den suddenly stop ung connection! ano ba to!!!! papatawa kayo!! di lang kayo nakakaasar nakakabwisit na! kung my lakas lang ako ng loob sasabhin ko to mismo sa hotline nila! bwisit! wi fi shit tlga!!!!
hehehe….ako nasabi ko na yan….sabi ko….. ano to gaguhan na???? sabi ko pa …. Kahit may pinag aralan ako mawawala ang pinag aralan ko sa inyo dahil sa walang kwentang service na binibigay nyo,….. and eto pa ha…. sa morning…minsan ayos ang connection…. wala ka pang ginagawa … hindi ka pa nag se surf… nag cha chat ka pa lang sa ym….bigla mapuputol connection…sympre tatawag ka…. sasabihin naman sa yo… baka may virus pc, paki delete cookies, history , temporary internet files….etc…. mag send pa daw ng screenshot ng download sa meridian…..etc…. magpipilitan kayo na walng problem ang pc ko…dahil kaka format lang…etc… at the end of the day, bglang magkakaroon ng connection…. how would you explain that??? wala pa ko ginagalaw sa pc ko nyan ah…. engot talaga mga csr nila… kung anu ano ang sinasabi ampz…. pero alam nila yon, madami reklamo na dumadating sa kanila…. parang minsan… pinipilit nila, na ako lang ang may problem na ganun… kaya tnx sa blog na to… at least alam ko madami silang na dedenggoy….. wala naman silang maririnig na bad comments kung aayusin nila e…. hanggat hindi nila naayos ito… hindi ako titigil sa pag post dito…. nakaka 2 weeks na ata ko sa website na to e….. wala pa din… ganun pa din….. ay!!!!!!!!!…. may 1 day pala na naayos to…. nung pinag mumura ko mga csr nung saturday…ayun nung sunday, maghapon ako may connection…. pinasarap nila ko ng todo…. kaya lang the following day, wala na, balik sa dati… .hay naku!!!!!!!!!!… nakaka urat… putang ina!
lintik na wifi nato, ok lang sna ung lag, cge khit mag lag ng mag lag, wag lang nman ung totally no connections, nangyayari kc, nag observe ako sa limewiire , nag download ako ng marami songs, for the purpose na tingnan ko kung pano tlga condition ng connection ko, kc eto na lang alam kong paraan, nung una kala ko sa server ng tantra my problema, den nung ginawa ko ung test, naku, ok ung download for about 6 to 10 minutes, 15 kbps ung everage download speed, den suddenly bglang mawawala , magging ZERO, as in ZERO, pati connection sa limewire nawala, den na realize ko eto ung nag cacause ng disconnection sa pag ako nag lalaro,one time, cguro 20 times to nag happen sa buong araw lang, den naisip ko eto nga ung reason kung bkit ako nagpa wifi den gnito pa mangyayari, di sana kung mag chchat na lang ako, or mag susurf sa net, di sna, dial up nalang, ok nman ako sa isp bonanza eh, pero andito na to, wla eh, GALING NILANG mang engganyo eh! 24/7 daw sabi nung representative nila na nakausap ko. shit nman. false assurance amf. ok nga to eh! sana mabasa nila lahat to!!!!!!!!
react lang kay satisfied customer: I don’t think padalos dalos ang term na dapat mong gamitin. the customers have every right to voice their concerns and frustrations with regards to this service. i agree with bea and every other hapless individual who just wants to get his money’s worth. we should be heard by those directly responsible for this service. after having paid for their service para tayo iniwan na bitin. i myself don’t play online games but I empathize with those who’ve just levelled up then suddenly lost connection. Bullshit talaga yun! Anyway, thanks for all your posts, they keep me and my wife sane because at least we know that (contrary to what the smart reps say) we are not alone!
keep ‘em replies comin!
mabuhay ang Smart! mabuhay ang mga JOLOGS!
and eto pa point ko ha….bakit naghihimutok tong butse ko!….. gumagastos ka sa ragnarok ng 350 per month at 1 bot na worth 350 rin …total 700 tapos sa smart 788…. 1488 ang nasasayang…. hindi magamit ang internet ng maayos… ang tindi no… gumagastos ka… tapos ganito pa…
Smart ba talaga? or Smart Manloko? Langya! una ok yung connection tapos may limit pala pag dating ng 2 months unti-unting tinitira connection mo hanggang sa mawala. amf…. hmmm…. sarap naman ng serbisyo niyo! Ragnarok laging DC! Gunbound di makapag DL ng Patch! Connection ko total BULLshyEt! ahhh… sino ba naman hindi magagalit. tapos sasabihin PC mo pa may sira, wala pang takdang oras kung kelan maayos! nagbigay ng contract na 1 yr tapos tang-nang serbisyo yan! tigas ng kulangot niyo! dapat ibalik sa inyo serbisyo niyo mga mangloloko… 128kbps pano pa pag nagpa upgrade ka ng 256kbps pagdating ng 2 months ganun nanaman. BOBO SMART!!! dapat name niyo BOBO wifi… Magkaroon lang globe or PLDT ng Wifi goodbye sa BOBO wifi niyo. almost 3 weeks na ko mga hinayupak kayo! Voice OUT na to! Wala naman kayong pake dba?…. Kung meron AYUSIN at SOLUSYUNAN niyo aGaD!… Subrang tigas na ng kulangot niyo….
I am a Wifi subscriber. Sept 5 na connect ang smart wifi ko kaya Plan 788 pa lang. Ang speed daw ay 128Kbps or 2X the speed of dial up, di bale 2 X 56Kbps = 112 Kbps. They promised that by Oct. 1, 2005, pwede nang mag upgrade from Plan 788 to Plan 988, with a speed of 4X the speed of dial up OR 256Kbps. Sabi ko.. Okay yon ah! Upon connection, I tested it using McAfe’s Speedometer with url http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/test_0150.asp, it registered 105 Kbps on the average…medyo nag-init nga ulo ko dahil I am expecting for a 128Kbps connection. Nevertheless, the connection speed NEVER went below 100Kbps… So medyo pinagtiyagaan ko na. UNTIL.. UNTIL…UNTIL…. Oct. 1, 2005…yung date ng planned Connection Upgrade nila. WALANG connection nang araw na ito mga tsong pero alam ko naman na nag-a-upgrade sila. Kaya okay lang … sige.. konting tiis… Pero nireklamo ko itong NO CONNECTION na ito na kailangan ay mag rebate sila for that one day NO CONNECTION. Nakatanggap naman ako ng tawag na may rebate ako na P25 or P26 para sa isang araw na iyon na WALANG CONNECTION.. Actually dalawa yon eh!!! KAYA kayo.. tawag na rin kayo para sa rebate… NOW.. ito ang nakakasakit ng ulo… nung Oct 2, test ko uli… aba .. umaabot ng 160Kbps.. minsan 200Kbps pa… pero bumababa rin as low as 100Kbps… aba okay na ito sabi ko dahil HINDI PA naman ako nag-aaply ng UPGRADE… Pero ang PUTSANG connection status na iyon ay hanggang Oct. 3 or 4 lang pala!!! nung mga sumunod na araw… VERY…VERY…VERY..VERY RARE na umabot ang connection ko sa 100Kbps… madalas ay 40, 50, 55 Kbps swerte kung 70Kbps… putsa lukohan ba ito??? AS IF TAMA ANG SABI NG FRIEND KO NA SINI-SHARE NILA ANG CONNECTIONS NG MGA MALALAPIT NA SMART WIFI SUBSCRIBERS… KAYA KUNG BUSY SA PAG-IINTERNET ANG KA-SHARE MO, LALO NA KUNG NAG-DA-DOWNLOAD, MAG-DE-DEGRADE ANG CONNECTION MO AS LOW AS 22kBPS. Nung Oct 12, 2005, nag apply ako ng UPGRADE.. hoping that the connection speed will increase up to (they say) 256 Kbps and will take effect on Oct 19 upon the expiration of my present ACTIVATION KEY . Pero up to now(Oct 19),ang connection speed ko on the average ay 55Kbps!!! lukohan ba talaga ito???? I am a COMPUTER ENGINEER now taking LAW, my uncle and brother are both LAWYERS… and we know that this is “FRAUD”…i AM RECORDING all RESULTS OF MY TESTS… FOR SOONER OR LATER i CAN BRING THIS TO PROPER FORUM…
-Ron
Please send all your email addresses to me so that one day I can contact you for your affidavits. We will sue this company for this fraud they are doing if they will not improve their system. send your email addresses to ron1614@yahoo.com…
SMART….. take this warning or we will see each other in the proper forum… Marami na kaming nakararanas ng panlolokong ito… Improve the connection speed at magiging tahimik kami… Good Luck!
putang inang smart wifi yannnn!!!!!!
walang connection!
di ma-contact ang CSR!
walang magawa kundi tumanga!
2 weeks nato mga gago kayu!
amp kayung SMART WIFI!!!!!!
Buwaka ng-inang SMART WiFi to!!! Mga PUTANG-NG-NANG-INA-NIYO! MALINAW YAN! BUllshit kayo! GUmawa at nag implement kayo ng system na total shit ang OUTCOME… Kupal kayo! Mamatay na kayo mga hinayupak kayo! Mga hudas! Bawat poste dito sa cavite didikitan namin ng NO TO SMART WIFI CONNECTION IS TOTAL SHIT! BE WARNED! Fuck kayo! MAnloloko kayo! GUsto niyo ng gaguhan! Bagsak kayo ngayoN!!! Mga hinayupak kayo AYUSIN NIYO YANG SISTEMA NIYO! MGA PUTANG-inang KULANGOT kayo!!!!
ay naku…dumating na naman ang bill ng wifi…wow ang ganda ng pagkakagawa,pangprofessional….kaya lng parang nakakapanghinayang bayaran. kaw ba naman ang bigyan ng ganitong service… ung mga customer service naman nila,laging busy lahat, siguro sa dami ng nagrereklamo. ilang araw na kaya akong tawag ng tawag dun kaso puro patugtog lang nkakausap ko. parang ayoko na magbayad!kung may pera lng ako para mkapagsampa ng demanda naku!why making ads na hindi nman pla masusunod? ginagawa nyong tanga ang mga tao, ang laking company pa naman ninyo! sana man lang mahiya kayo kasi ang laki pong kasiraan nyan. if you are concerned with your customers dapat kayo ang gumagawa ng paraan to know if your services are still ok. s mga my balak magpakabit, pls lng po! wag maengganyo sa magandang ads…. dahil kung sino pa ung sa tingin mo e makakapagprovide ng magandang service dahil sikat at malaking kompanya, e sya pala ung my performance na parang wlang brand!wlang quality! hay naku……..
cool ka lng! Demonyong_hudas tama na ang mura!
PUTANG INA DI KO MAPIGIL!!! PUNYETA!!!
APELA sa mga balak kumuha ng SMART AT MERIDIAN WIFI sa kahit saang lugar sa Pilipinas.
KUNG KAYO PO AY NAG AALANGAN.. WAG NYO NA PO ITULOY DAHIL TAMA PO ANG PAG AALANGAN NYO.
wala po tayong effective na CONSUMER PROTECTION AGENCY dito sa Pilipinas na magtatanggol sa atin pag kayo ay naloko ng mga dambuhalang kumpanya tulad ng SMART. At sa katunayan ayon po sa mga experto sa batas, ang E-COMMERCE LAW ay hindi epektibo sa pag supil sa ganitong pamamaraan ng mga dambuhalang kumpanya na ito.
ang pinakamabisang paraan para hindi maloko ng mga dambuhalang kumpanya tulad ng SMART ay WAG SILANG TANGKILIKIN.
Salamat po at sana ay maging matahimik ang inyong buhay sa hindi pagtangkilik sa serbisyo ng SMART at MERIDIAN.
anybody here interested to buy car stickers which read:
SMART WIFI SUCKS!!!
kasi I’m planning to do customized car stickers business.
yes, i would definitely like to buy your stickers!
hay nako…. nagiging diary ko na tong blog na ‘to… October 20 na…tindi no….pagpasok pa lang ng september… nagkanda..loko loko na…. july ako nag pakabit e….ok til august.. endorse ko pa nga to sa 2 neighbors ko e…. nakakahiya tuloy…. kumuha sila before sept. tapos eto na….panay palpak na… october 20 na….ganun pa din…. kahapon…. whole day.. hindi ko nagamit ang putang inang internet na to… bwiset!…. ngayon while writing this blog, 20 kbps… hay!…. nawawala pagiging disente ko sa putang inang connection na to!….. shit!
ok nman pla ung connection, UN NGA LANG KELANGAN MOPANG GUMISING NG MADALING ARAW!!! sna nag promo na lang kayo, free alarm clock!! pra ok! n ano to, every 10am nawawalan ng signal, ano to sinasadya nyo??!!! gnun na lang lagi for the past few weeks. consistent ha!! ung mga tga smart jan, cguro napanod nyo na patalastas ng Bayantel, alam nyo nman kung cnu pinapatamaan dun! KAYO!!
buti pa sila, SATISFACTION GUARANTEED OR ELSE ULL GET UR MONEY BACK!! KAYA NYO UN!!!di nyo kc napapanindigan mga promises nyo! nag bayad kmi dahil dun sa 128kbps, 24/7 kunoh! sa dami ng pag kukulang nyo, di sna dami ng na refund nmin.bullshit kayo. dc nnman deads agen, amf tlga.
Ano ba talaga ang problema? ang lapit ko na sa WiFi base station ng Smart halos magkadikit na yung path antenna ko sa inyong wifi site, pero hindi man lang pumapalo ng 100kbps. laging 50-40-30kbps. punyemas! Mga leche kayo! 2x faster daw… eh mas mabilis pa yung prepaid internet card na landline… FUTANG AMA…
anong gagawin natin mga subscriber ng smart wifi? hanggang blog nalang ba tayo? calling all lawyer, sana you let us all sign and then send the demand to smart. hindi nakakatuwa eto. pinipilit kasi nila na leader daw sila, eh di man lang sila nag testing basta nalang mangolekta ng pera.
Langya! Ano ba naman tong smart wifi na to. pinagtatawanan at binabalewala lang tayo ha! mga tol. print kayo sa short bond paper tapos lagay naten dun yung bulok na systema ng smart wifi para matakot at wag ng tumuloy yung nagbabalak mag avail ng smart wifi. kawawa naman. dikit naten sa mga poste. ginawa ko na naglagay na ko. sa may rob imus. sa mga poste samin yung talagang makikita at mababasa. teamwork tayo tutal tinatarantado tayo ng smart wifi gantihan naten. tapos yung mga csr sa smart wifi abangan naten isa-isa salvage naten tapos yung mga chicks rapin naten… ok…
ang da best nyan, kontakin natin si Tulfo brothers, or si Investigador or any Media na para mapansin tayo ng SMART na yan! or kung sino may kontak sa taga GLOBE para supportahan tayo. Leche Animal!
we can ask help with Tulfo: his address is
Address: UNTV 37 c/o TAPATAN INC. Level One, AIC Gold Tower Emerald Street, Ortigas Center, Pasig City, Philippines
Phone: 636-32-21
Email: info@untvweb.com
OO sumbong naten kay tulfo para masupalpal yang buwakanang-inang smart wifi na yan! tama yang idea na yan! marami ng nakukurakot yan dahil sa panloloko ng hinayupak na mga animal na yan! Ang kawawa kong si manoy malungkot tuloy papaano di makapasok sa site ng mga nag gagandahang pinipig ni neneng… hihihihi…. pisteng yawa tong smart wifi na to….
hi!
i’m planning to subscribe to smart wi-fi and i live in cainta near makro. any ideas guys how good is the connection in this location?
thanks!
TO ALL SMART WIFI SUBSCRIBER: I heard that they can replace the wifi antenna if youre experiencing slow connection. could someone check at smart office? and please post if you have some update.. thanks
3 months nako nakawifi, di siguro ninyo alam ung nakaindicate sa agreement. assured of 12kbps. sana marunong kau magbasa, di ung dakdak kau ng dakdak
Tang-ina ka gfox! ginagawa mo ba kaming mang-mang? ikaw ang di marunong umintindi ulol! dakdak ng dakdak sira pala tuktok mo eh. tang-ina ka anong assured 12kbps? 128kbps ang naka indicate dun! ungas! wag mong sabayan init ng ulo ko! putang-ina ka!
korek ka jan sindikato!!!!…no connection nga e…kahit 12kbps wala e…ugok na gfox… 2x the speed of dial up connection DAW!!!…. e wala pa nga sa dial up speed e!!! amp ka bwaka ng ina ka ah!!!…..BOBO!!!20kbps, 30kbps…ang speed test namin….ulol ka ba??? napaka bobo mo!!!!…mas mabilis pa nga mag download sa dial up e kahit 56kbps lang…wala pang putol!!!..putang ina intermittent pa din connection ko..putah ka!…..kung ayos connection mo..manahimik ka!! dahil kami …putang ina…hanggang ngay0n…ganito pa din!….bull shit!
alaeh, pupunta ako sa Head Office ng Smart sa Makati at magwawala ako doon.
Uso naman ngayon mga rally eh magrally kaya tayo sa opisina nila ano ga.
magsama na rin tayo press at reporters ng dyaryo tulad ng Inquirer at TikTik.
Dala din tayo ng mga plakards na nagsasabing BULOK ANG SMART.
tang-na anung 12kbps????
parang taga SMART WIFI ka ah gfox??
puta naman ohh….. ganyan pa isasagot ng smart dito……….
pre bakit ganun..
kahit gano ka sosyal at sopistikada ng isang chick..
pag binigay sayo ang cel number nya at nalaman mong SMART ANG GAMIT NYA..
ay nakaka- TURN-OFF?
JOLOGS baga..
hoy dondee.. nakakasakit ka ng kalooban… mga katulong namin dito lahat naka SMART CEL.
guys i understand that your not satisfied with the service smart wifi is giving you, but its not right to call their tsr’s bobo..because were not!! but since ive seen this blog il make it a point to raise your concern to our “concern dept” and just give us a chance to improve our service..because there is no such thing as perfect..but i “understand how you guys feel” its funny when im browsing this site i had read diff opinions from our subscribers and well some blogs gave me a few laughs..and i know some of our subs is really techie and ive talked to some. and i would like to comment on a blog that said we are IQ of a 0, why may i ask u are you as brilliant as einstein to say that?and we are just following rules and protocols while troubleshooting. i hope you guys understand that its not the tsr who had problems we are not the one responsible for your connection. we are just there to help you guys so dont put the blame on us.
If that’s the case … I’ll be expecting POSITIVE results, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!
mr irate well im telling my job is okay..i understand why are being like that different people have different opinion. i respect your opinion. im not ashamed because im not doing anything wrong exempt doing my job and following rules. its a good thing i came across at this blog rest assured your opinions will be raised. good day to you!
… ill be raising your concern and thank you for your kind response
mr star, kung ako boss mo baka tanggalin na kita kasi d mo ginagawa ung job mo, sayang lang pasweldo sau. kaso d nga ako boss mo. pakinote naman kung ang rules ba eh below dial-up.
ung panget na service pala eh tamang trabaho na ang ginagawa mo.
alam namin na sumusunod lang kau sa mga utos sa inyo sa company nyo, pero tanga ka ba para sumunod sa mga utos na pangit kung sau iiimplement?
MALASAKIT LNG PO SA IBA, PLS PAY ATTENTION SA MGA COMPLAINTS….. D BIRO MAGSAYANG NG PERA SA KAKARAMPOT NA SIGNAL…..
I’ve seen several forums talking about SMART WiFi but there is no dedicated forum for it so I’ve decided to put up a forum for everyone’s sake. Please visit it at http://mysmartwifi.tk
last oct 17 me nkabitan ng wifi, tpos tinanong ko sa nagkabit bkit 60kbps lng yan?, sgot sa kin nung naginstall ng antenna sa una lng yan pero pagtgal tgalbblis din.. so naniwala nmn ako den the next day, nung umaga ok pa. nung mga bndang 1:00pm bgla nlng nwala ung connection as in NO CONNECTION. den hininty ko bka kc bumalik din ung connection,. after ng sumunod na araw akala ko babalik na un pla hindi pa din… wla pa din connection.. so 2mwag ako dun sa hotline nila sabi nung TSR ok nmn daw connection ko pero sbi ko sa knya, wla nga eh as in wlng connection hindi nga umiilaw ang lancrd ko eh… 2 kc ung lancard ko tinry ko din sa isa pero wla tlga…
sbi nila sa utp cable daw ung problem tatawagan daw nila ko after 24 hours… potah nmn of ano ko maghihnty nlng ng twag nila tpos issched nila. potcha nmn oh hindi nmn ako tnga pra hindi mlaman na nagpaplusot lng cla
sna nmn ayusin nyo serbisyo nyo pra wla na kayong ginagago..
at akala ko ba bblis ung connection pag tgal…
e mukhang nwala lalo eh…..
ayusin nyo nmn smart wifi
sucks…………………………
bobo naman nun, 12kbps amf,ilan na lang kya download speed nun! mag isip ka nga! assured2 kapa jan, wla nga silang kyang panindigan eh!! ska ung nag sabi na der is no such thing as perfect! ano ka hilo! perfect pinbayad nmin, tpos ang pinapakita nyo, ni wla sa kalahati ng pinangako nyo! anak ng teteng nman oh! eh di maganda ibalik mo ung mga pera nmin! di nyo nman pla kya eh!! gave me few laughs daw! u ngas ka pla eh! alin ba nakakatawa dito! alam mo sna bumagsak na yang company nyo! wla nman kayong kwenta eh! sayang lang pera nmin sa inyo! bwisit! shit tlga!
bakit ba namin sinabihan na bobo ang mga csr ng smart????
…..not only me who said that… madami kami… and yah know!… kaming mga nagsasabing mga bobo ang csr …. eh malamang has a big background on networking… not only big….very big!!!!…. i myself i am a network engineer from a reputable company in makati……..dahil malamang computer graduate kami…..ok ok…pdeng hindi sapat yon na basehan …nagyayabang lang ako….hehehe…lolz…… eto na lang ha……… ang mga csr….trained sila sa basic troubleshooting…bago isabak sa call center…..korek???? e kami ang end user e….. kami ang nakaka encounter ng problem lalo na jan sa smart wifi na yan…… kami ang nakakakita ng mga palpak….. kami ang nakakaranas ng sakit ng ulo sa bahay!…….kami kabisado namin ang pc namin kung ano ang pdeng sira ,alam namin kung navirusan, kung may spyware, etc…. e yung mga csr….more on talking!…. bi ne base lang nila ang sinasabi nila ayon sa training nila…… bakit hindi nyo try na mag subscribe sa smart???? …ampness….. tgnan ko lang kung kayo sa sarili nyo maayos nyo yan!!!!….
bakit bobo????
1. mag i state ka ng problem… pilit ipipilit sa yo ang ipconfig /release /renew na yan…. restart.. unplugged the poe… in some ways…working naman….
kaya lang minsan….
kahit na sabihin ko na nag t troubleshoot na kami b4 calling them…. ipipilit pa din yon at….. sasabihin nila sa amin titignan nya lang kung talaga daw fluctuating o intermmitent daw ang connection….ayaw pa maniwala!….amp! WASTE OF TIME!
and salita ka ng salita….ayaw makinig… tila bagang para may masabi lang sige sa pagpilit…and then i HOhold ang line…mawawala bigla dahil hindi na alam ang isasagot.
2. second pag daw yung 10.0.0.1 e ok ang reponse….ibig sabihin non…wala daw problem! UNGAS! puta ena …… walang problema??? slow nga connection and minsan wala na….lahat na nga pini ping ko e… default gateway, dns server, mga site…etc….. nag re response naman….kaya lang minsan sa dns…laging request time out.
3. sinisi pa ang level up…..nasa level up daw ang problem ….. ang sabi ko…. nakaka konek naman e…kaya lang sa sobrang bagal…. na di disconnect… Mahirap bang intindihin yon?????? ha mga kupzzzzzzzzzzzz?????
Ppero ngay0n..kahit papano nakakalaro pa din naman ako ng ragnarok e…..kaya lang pagdating ng tanghali…wala na!…wala na naman connection!!!!….shit!!!!!!!!!!!!!
4. sinisi pa pc ko…baka daw low tech!….ULOL!….
5.. tapos nung tumwag ako …sbi ko sobrang bagal ng connection…. baka naman daw may virus… Hindot!!!,,,dami nyong palusot!…e kaka format nga lang ng pc…. fucker!
6. tapos sabi ko….miss paki check naman ung base station baka may technical activity na naman ,,,,kasi nde ako maka konek e…. avah!…. e di hold ako… wala naman daw technical activity…. sabi ko…bat ganun? ano cause ne2 bat nawawala wala ang connection…sagutin ba naman ako ng hindi ko alam ,….and paki monitor na lang po from time to time kung magkakaron na….. ampnessss!!!! putang ina talaga ha!!!!…..
etc… dami pa….. putah!…hindi pa ba sapat yang mga reasons ko para sabihan ko silang mga bobo na sinungaling pa!…..