Smart Communications thought their Smart Wifi brand is knee deep in the mud right now that the best thing to remedy the bad publicity is to re-name it. So, they came up with Smart Bro (is that a shortcut for broadband?)
They did some clean-up and even remove pages from their official site which mentioned Smart Wifi. Too bad that page is already #1 on Google, Yahoo and MSN for the term “smart wifi”. (I suppose my blog will take over that spot, eh?)
Migs pointed out that that Smart Bro is also a browser and a few days after the switch, Smart’s pages are already in the front page for the keyword. (I’m hoping this page will be somewhere near in the next couple of days.)
PLDT’s myDSL-w has also been consolidated under this single brand name. Subscribers comment that there’s really nothing new in terms of service improvements — just pure PR and bundling of services.
A commenter at Smart Wifi Chronicles adds:
Kaya lang nagpalit ng pangalan ang Smart Wifi To Smart BRO para maitago yung negative feedbacks ng Smart WiFi na masesearch sa Google. Kung Smart BRO nga naman ang search mo, wala pang negative feed back kasi sariwa pa.
… and I kinda agree with him.
The subscription plan did change to Php999/month, which is more expensive than the old one.
P.S.
They already registered smartbro.com.ph but left out .ph, .net.ph and .org.ph.
[tags]wifi, wi-fi, broadband, wireless, internet, dsl, isp, internet[/tags]
ganyan din ang DIGITEL! problema lang ibibigay sainyo…
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This service competes directly versus Globe Visibility, Smart Broadband and PLDT WeRoam that charges at least P1,500/month for unlimited internet.
pakipost nman po ung history ng smart bro thnx…haha in english poh..
Bakit ganung di nila support ang port para sa web server pang e-mail lang yung ok.
Nakakainis napaka-unfair na nang treatment sa kin ng smartbro!
weak ata ang sun, bagu-bago p lng un diba? di tulad ng smart.
abg sakit na ng ulo ko bkit gantoang bagal ng connection ko sa smartbro nato 68kbps lang akala ko 384kbps un pla hindi amf nman d man lang nila to ayusin
bkit ganon ang mga koneksyon nyo? okay naman ang smart bro prepaid ko.
meron bang ibang connection na smarter pa dito sa smart? eh ang bobo yata ng connection ko eh. hayop sa bagal ang webcam ko..pati sa public chat naglog-off nalang yong kausap ko di pa lumabas sa screen ang tinatype ko. sayang ang bayad ko!
ok ba nag globe?dsl?
ang nakakainis pati sa smartbro lintek yung billing statement monthly hindi dumadating,magugulat na lng ako eh wala ng connection tMa ba yun??? pag tumawag ka sa customer service suggest palagi eh visit thier website to know your billing statement even you cannt recieve your monthly bills thrue mail!!! what if naman sa mga busy na tao? na minsan lang magbukas ng email kasi gabi na kung dumating? ma check pa ba yun?..nung minsan ang nag hatid pa ng statement of acct eh parang pinulot lang sa tabi tabi na parang inutusan lang ng mga tamad na dapat trabaho nila!!! paki ayos naman ang sistema na yan!!
whatever. I have tried different usbs.. SMART bro pa rin for me.
@jmoi
yep the same with u. have no problem with smartbro :P
may mga down moments pero sglet lang. ok pa dn speed. ngiimprove nga dn daw system ng smart ngeon.
you guys right. smartbro is good.
ano ba to smart bro na to mukang pera lang cla d nyo ba napancn na ung IP naten halos pare parehas lang? d ako mka download sa Megaupoad/Rapidshare asan un privacy naten sa internet? parang meron ka account sa bank pero meron ka kahati amff ano ba to.
correction lang po hindi na sila 384kbps at tsaka hindi naman eksaktong 384kbps un kc 384kilo bits per sec un kaya 384kbps/8 = 48kilobytes kaya swerte kau kung nka 50kilobytes+ kayo
speed ng smart ngaun ay 1mbps na or 128 kilobytes
source:
http://www.google.com.ph/search?hl=tl&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&hs=mf6&q=1megabits+to+kilobytes&btnG=Maghanap&meta=&aq=&oq=1megabit+to+kilobytes
Twitter: realerl
says:
okey, naman ans smart bro ha! depende naman sa location yan ang bagal ng connection eh, pag malapit ka sa cell site nila mabilis ang connection, pag malayo medyo ma bagal at may time pa na nadisconnect yung connection mo dahil sa maraming SIGNAL INTERUPTION.palagay lang natin na nasa daan kayo pag walang masyadong sasakayan mabilis ang takbo nyo, pag maraming sasakyan syempre babagal ang takbo nyo minsan ilang minuto pa ang hinto nyo dahin siksikan na kayo sa daan. kaya pag punili kayo nag internet connection, survey nyo muna kong ano ang pwede sa location nyo at magtanog-tanong kayo kung ano ang maganda. hindi yan kasalanan ng nga crew kung may problema ang connection nyo dahil hindi lang naman kayo ang gumagamit ng internet connection marami pang iba. ako dati sa globe ako pero hindi maganda ang reception sa lugar namin at saka medyo malayo sa cell site kayA nagpalet ako ng smart bro dahil sa 500 meter lang nag cell site mula sa bahay namin. KAYa ANG MGA NAGREREKLAMO DYAN SA IBAT-IBANG WIRELESS COMPANY AY MGA BOBO HINDI NILA GIANAGAMIT ANG UTAK NILA BASTA BASTA LANG SILA NAGPAPAKABET AT NAGREREKLANO NA WALA NAGMANG KWENTA. PAGANAHIN NYO MUNA ULAT NYO BAGO KAYO MAG REKLAMO.
Twitter: realerl
says:
ang sina sabing speed na yan na 384kbps hindi mo naman talaga makukuha yan ng eksakto eh. katulad ng usb mo o hard disk kung mayron ka tingnan kung eksaktong 1 gb ba yan, makikita mo dyan nasa 800 – 900 mb lang sya, kung sa hard disk mo 250 gb sya tingnan mo nasa 230 gb in above lang sya. ang 384kbps ay estemated lang yan na speed from 0kbps – 384kbps, kaya sa gitna nga range na yan ang speed na makukuha mo maaring 20 kbps or 100kbps or 200kbps at hindi sya lalampas sa 384kbps, dependi sa location mo pag malapit ka sa site nila mas mabilis ang connection speed mo at ang speed na yan may tinatawad yan na send and recieved data speed yan ang total na speed mo pag pinagsama mo ang send and receive rate na yan. kon hindi nyo ma-intendihan e search nyo sa internet para malaman nyo.
smartbro ang tutuso nyo talaga hehehe.. SMART = TUSO :D
kahit pag submit lang ng complaint sa
http://portal.ntc.gov.ph/wps/portal/!ut/p/.cmd/cs/.ce/7_0_A/.s/7_0_IS/_s.7_0_A/7_0_IS =
laban sa inyo ay pahirapan pa bago magawa. hahaha
dahil sa sobrang “bilis†ng inyong service. mga taksil kayo sa bayan. sinungaling.
hi im buying disconnected smartbro share it modem.. . benta nyo nalang sken guys kesa hindi nyo naman na magagamit.
sa mga interisado PM nyo ako sa YM floppy_disk00000@yahoo.com
ayako ng ibang sim card tinatamad ako sa mga tm,globe,sun gusto ko lang talk n text at pinaka gusto ko smart hehe sobra promise eto panuorin niyo sobrang ganda hehe sana maka coment kayo
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BbJ6Y4nbMwQvv
smart buddy yan hehe isa pang ganyan ah hehe :)
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