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Going Mobile with SmartBro Share It

Last Saturday, I signed up for the unlimited Plan 999 of SmartBro Share It. It was locked for 24 months but they have a promo where you can buy a computer set (Intel Core Dual Core E2200 2.2GHz) for just Php4,000.

There were two main reasons why I got SmartBro Share It:

  • I already have PLDT myDSL Plan 1999 at home and have been using it for 5 years now. However, I’ve been having problems with it lately (slow connection to no connection at times). I was looking for a secondary DSL service in my area to serve as backup (options were Sky Broadband, Globe Broadband, SmartBro).
  • I’m always on the road or outside and I also need 3G service (I already gave away my 2 Globe Tattoo Prepaid kits since I only get EDGE/GPRS connections most of the time. I also have 3 SmartBro PlugIt Prepaid kits but none of them would seem to work anymore). It would be nice to have some sort of uninterrupted wifi internet access inside the car.

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I needed something portable and has unlimited service and looks like ShareIt fits the bill. Now, it’s always plugged inside the car broadcasting an open wifi where ever I go.

I was told the service covers all of greater Metro Manila and neighboring provinces, I guess you can bring this out of town (Tagaytay perhaps) and still get some decent internet connection (hopefully). The wifi router is just a bonus if you’re in a group that always bring a laptop with them.

My next step is either downgrade my DSL service at home and get that dual-WAN load-balancing router from DLink.

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Abe is the founder and Editor-in-Chief of YugaTech with over 20 years of experience in the technology industry. He is one of the pioneers of blogging in the country and considered by many as the Father of Tech Blogging in the Philippines. He is also a technology consultant, a tech columnist with several national publications, resource speaker and mentor/advisor to several start-up companies.

62 Responses

  1. Avatar for gretchen gretchen says:

    wow, how lucky you must be for being able to avail 1 of the 30 desktops. im jealous, i wanted to buy one for my parents.

    anyway, please post another entry if you experience any problems. speed more than 1mbps would be great compared to their old 300+ something speed which i have right now, which is terrible but tolerable. that’s why im having doubts of upgrading, cause i dont usually have problems with smartbro, just this once when they didnt want to send a technician and kept telling me that the problem was my laptop. well the problem is, unfortunately, im a notch better than their tech support, after 3 hours of talk with the supervisor, they finally sent out a technician and it did fix my problem-turns out its a cabling issue. well aside from that, never ever had any headaches with it. i hope this new shareit product is good. i would love to have a better speed.

    i got carried away right there, hehe, sorry for the rant

    thanks again though, this is a lot of help!

  2. Avatar for virtualstefan13 virtualstefan13 says:

    @Biggie Thanks. Talisay, Bacolod? and Cebu.. nice

    @jumy do we have the option to choose those 3 cell sites…

    Actually I really dont get why would smart offer the 1500(unlimited plugit) and 999(unlimited shareit) at the different prices but they are still using the same technology(2G, 3G, or HSDPA). Theres got to be some difference between the two.

  3. Avatar for jumy jumy says:

    also, the speed basically depends on the cellsite serving you. if that cellsite is HSPA capable, lucky you! but if its only 3G (or 2g kung malas ka :-) ), you’ll not enjoy that “shareable” internet speed…

  4. Avatar for jumy jumy says:

    hi, unfortunately, smartbro shareit is locked to only 3 cellsites. it’s not actually intended to be used outdoors. i do have a friend working on smart :-)

  5. Avatar for sylv3rblade sylv3rblade says:

    @sir abe
    aww.. too bad.

  6. Avatar for Biggie9385 Biggie9385 says:

    Yes. the share it router comes with mac filtering and also you can disable the wifi. its has also those WPA, WEP and other security things. :)

    I think the router is not tied to a single cell cite. I am living in talisay city, cebu and the wireless center is in mabolo, cebu city (more than 16Km from where I live). They tested my router in wireless center and they told me that the signal is ok (steady) and it has internet connection.

  7. Avatar for Jes Jes says:

    Thanks for the sensible advise, yuga! I’ll try out my Globe broadband within its free 30-day trial period.

    Any suggestion as to what brand and model to get for a wifi router? Anything around 2K?

  8. Avatar for manong manong says:

    i’m sure u r on the smart payroll if u keep on answering these questions… hehehe!

    i believe the word “comment” isn’t synonymous with “question”… leave the FAQ in the SMARTBRO website

  9. Avatar for virtualstefan13 virtualstefan13 says:

    Hi yuga,

    Would like to ask about the security of the wireless router? does it have a configuration that I can restrict the connection to my self and not to those WiFi thieves that pass by my house.?

    Also, please confirm to me that the the router is not only for a single cell site area. I working here in Iloilo and my hometown is Aklan(176km distance difference) and plan to take it home with me during the holidays. Please confirm this please. Planning to subscribe to it next week. :)

    Thanks

  10. Avatar for cmark cmark says:

    ok tnx. will the speed of my broadband provider diminish/ be divided to each device if i use the 3g router???

  11. Avatar for renatski renatski says:

    the unlimited internet sim from sun works on my iphone just change the apn to fbband. mind u that my its jailbroken

  12. Avatar for Calvin Calvin says:

    yes! makaka-check na rin ako ng mail pag nakasakay sa kotse mo. hehehe.

  13. Avatar for Abe Olandres Abe Olandres says:

    @bofill – didn’t post much about it because the promo was just for 1 day only.

    @sylv3rblade – don’t think it’s still available since they said it was made for the Smart B Free Day only.

    @stefan – it was Php999 for 24 months and the router is free. will check if it works on a 3g phone.

    @petken – will try and reply back.

    @cmark – how about a second hand unit at eBay or TipidPC?

    @dhors – 2Mbps max and only works in greater Metro Manila (depending on where you are subscribed).

    @jes – if your current provider is doing well, stick with it for the meantime. can’t guarantee Share It performance this early.

  14. Avatar for sylv3rblade sylv3rblade says:

    I’m currently looking at several smart shops for that 4k PC offer.. no luck so far. :(

  15. Avatar for Boffill Boffill says:

    Do you have any blog post about getting the PC for 4,000?? Anyway, thanks for this one Abe, this one is really useful!

  16. Avatar for virtualstefan13 virtualstefan13 says:

    Hi Abe,

    So you subscribed with Smart Bro Share it. Do you have to pay for the router or you only need to have an initial payment of 999. (I have read from their website that 999 MSF +2500 for the router? I’m confused)

    You also mentioned(other post) that the sim could be used in a 3g HSDPA modem or Phone. Could you please confirm it if it works.

    @dave starr, I hop you don’t mean that the router can only be in one “Cell” area only as abe is using it in his car. or are you just referring to the use of the sim in the mobile phone?

    FYI: Location Iloilo and Aklan, Smart Bro Plugit has amazing speeds here.

  17. Avatar for Communicator Communicator says:

    SMART Bro Share it with antenna connection possible to give a much better signal with the antenna outside. Manual is also here
    http://smartbroshareit.wordpress.com/

  18. Avatar for cmark cmark says:

    @petken- i tried to put my sun broadband sim on my hsdpa enabled phone before and it does work. you just need to tweek the settings specially the access point on your phone.

    @yuga & any1 who knows- i looked it up on ebay, and that edimax 3g router cost almost 4k. do you know of a place where i can get that for like around 2k or less?? tnx

  19. Avatar for Biggie9385 Biggie9385 says:

    Based on Smart wireless, sim can only be used on the router. but when they replaced my router, they still retained my old sim. i think they may have something in their system to link the sim to the router. speed is good. was able to get 210KB/s speed while downloading ubuntu thru torrent.

  20. Avatar for dhors dhors says:

    hi! does the Smart Bro share it can accomodate anywhere? what’s the speed?

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