A recent speed test conducted by an independent professional engineering service, NESIC, showed that Smart Bro got better results, over-all. See some of the findings of the tests below.
The tests were conducted from July 4 to 6, 2011 in 100 test locations nationwide. The results were shared to members of the media during lunch today with reps from NESIC and Smart answering questions from the press.
The tool used to measure the data was Speedtest.net and the text server is located in San Francisco, USA (SF Monkey Brains server). Average speed test is taken from a sample of 5 tests.
Here’s the summary of the test done by NESIC:
– Smart is faster in 99 of the 100 test locations.
– 2.66Mbps highest peak speed for SmartBro (tested in Plantation Bay Resort)
– 1.23Mbps peak speed average for Smart Bro vs. 0.23Mbps of Globe Tattoo
– Average of 1Mbps faster in 47 of 100 locations.
– Average of 1.5Mbps faster in locations.
– Cebu has highest average speed difference of 1.38Mbps vs. Globe Tattoo
– Tondo, Manila has highest average speed difference of 2.29Mbps vs. Globe Tattoo.
Globe actually beat Smart Bro in only 1 of the 100 test locations (that’s at the Matutina Restaurant in Dagupan).
Smart’s network has been upgraded to HSPA+ as well with 3,116 base stations on HSPA 7.2Mbps and 154 base stations on HSPA+ 21Mbps.
It is interesting to note that NESIC was also used by Globe Telecom to do a similar test in 2009 (see our Globe-NESIC story here).
Ano po ba ang maganda Smart Bro OR Globe Tattoo ang location ko po ay 3039 santan st. vergonville las pinas,Manila
I both have Globe Tattoo(384kbps connection) and Power Plug It (7.2mbps).. I tried both on the same time 10:30 here in Olongapo City but unfortunately… Smart bro power plug it sucks! I dont see the advantage.. I only got 34kbps. Holy crap!
itong smartbro canopy ko na lang test nyo para malaman nyo kung gano kabagal talaga kabagal.
basta ako dito sa las pinas mabilis ang smart kumpara sa globe. i’ve tried to compare both broadbands and smart gave me the faster internet connection. so ngaun naghahanap ako nang mas mabilis kumpara sa smart dito sa las pinas.. would anybody recommend me what would be the best to use in las pinas (near rfc)?
I agree, that it looks like the blog is biased and the tests could have been manipulated to the benefit of Smart. The main problem is, that both services are have very inconsistent fluctuating bandwidth, even in major cities. I’m using both in Davao City and usually I get peak download speeds of 1 to 2 Mbps on Smart and about 0.5 Mbps on Globe. During certain times of the day Smart only delivers 0.2 Mbps. The upload speed of Smart is consistently low at about 0.1 Mbps even at the best of times, whereas the upload speed of Globe is usually better at 0.3 Mbps. I have been getting better download speeds from Globe of around 2 Mbps when using multiple concurrent connections with a download manager.
Kahit anong service naman magrereklamo ang mga tao eh.