Smart has just confirmed the pricing of their new 42Mbps Smart LTE service. Their sign-up page outlines the details — 42Mbps, 10GB, at Php3,500 a month.
The postpaid Plan 3500 comes with a free LTE dongle (worth Php8k). MSF is Php3,500.
There’s are no more details of the plan except those stated above. What seems to be missing are:
â— What are the exact locations of the coverage?
â— What happens after you consumed the 10GB cap?
â— Will they allow you to buy more bandwidth or just shut you down?
â— Will they throttle you down when you reach the allocation?
â— Will they switch you to HSPA+, HSPA or 3G if there are no LTE signal?
We’ll just have to wait ’til August 25 during the official public launch to find out.
kung ito gagamitin pang download ng ganes.. mabuti pang bumili ka na lang ng original..
I download my games from Steam. That’s legal. I pay for it. Not all downloaded games are illegal
The biggest Steam game I have is the star wars the force unleashed 1. its around 14 gigs
Get with the times! Software companies are slowly trying to kill physical media formats. They’ve already started with Apple’s App Store (YES, even OS X apps can now be bought and installed on your Mac in minutes– if you actually have a functioning broadband connection), Steam, OnLive and Windows Marketplace. Even the newest version of OS X can be downloaded online from the App Store and MS is moving in the same direction. There are legal means to download all the things we pirate for a price.
10gb won’t be enough. We have the 3mbps from Bayantel with a 15gb cap and we always go over the limit a bit. All we do is FB, surf, and sometimes Youtube.
ulol kayo smart. kaya nga andaming gumagawa ng illegal na activities sa inyo dahil sa katangahan ng services nyo.
Not even enough to download Battlefield 3!
Smart just want to claim that they are the “first” to offer this kind of service in the PH for advertisement purposes but doesn’t really care about the quality of their services.
Well, practically, you need faster speeds because you download more. If limited lang sa 10gb ang 42mbps, sayang ang P3500. Di ka rin naman nakakasiguro if within the range ka ng 42mbps na speed. For sure baka di ka nga umabot ng 10mbps eh. Yung ngang 3g speed na up to 3.6mbps depende din sa location. Normally di ka aabot ng 1mbps. Considering na mas madami cellsite ng 3g kesa sa lte, I really doubt this one. Bahala na yung mga early adopters. Makibalita nalang tayo sa review ng mga magsusubscribe. Hehe
Well, practically, you need faster speeds because you download more. If limited lang sa 10gb ang 42mbps, sayang ang P3500. Di ka rin naman nakakasiguro if within the range ka ng 42mbps na speed. For sure baka di ka nga umabot ng 10mbps eh. Yung ngang 3g speed na up to 3.6mbps depende din sa location. Normally di ka aabot ng 1mbps. Considering na mas madami cellsite ng 3g kesa sa lte, I really doubt this one. Bahala na yung mga early adopters. Makibalita nalang tayo sa review ng mga magsusubscribe
10gb @ Php3,500? Good luck to them =))
10gb? not enough for a single steam game..lol pc games nowadays is over 10gb per game, even online games range from 2-4gb… well, its not about piracy or something, the question is what is the use of 42Mbps if you’re stuck with 10gb a month for 3500? 10gb is far too small nowadays…
Too bad, it was too good to be true anyway
Waiting for globe’s move…please give smart some competition @-@ lower the prices!
10gb for P3500? Kahit pa 100gb for P3500. BIG JOKE YAN. Ang mag-subscribe lang sa plan na yan ay ang mga taong wala na magawa sa pera. Im still happy with unli net plan 999. Hindi man umaabot ng 42mbps, more than 10gb naman.
dapat ganito ang package nila. 3500 pesos a month at say 5-10 mbps. For a limited time only, while supplies last, the first 10 gigs gets a free speed upgrade to 42 mbps
yun, mas maganda pakinggan. lolz
agree :)
….guys un ang point ng smart…kze since fast connection masyadong magiging pabor to sa mga pirata kung tataasan nila un bandwidth if you guys are talking about movie download…just so you know tayo na ang my pinaka best deal when it comes to internet connection/access/plans kung kukumpara to other countries.
excuse me. paano naman ang mga mahilig mag download ng legal games sa Steam and mahilig mag video conferencing with relatives abroad, may kasama pang pag share ng home videos (home videos ha, not copyrighted) shot at HD resolution.
…point is LTE/4g is all about connection speed at un selling point ng offer ng Smart..if your main concern is data then your options is plan 999 for you to get more for what you pay for…cheers mate!!
Actually, its not all about the speed. It’s about, as they say in Smart, living more. If its only about the speed, then they would have no need for 4G. 3G speed is enough for the average user but 4G connections allow for so much more. It’s about enabling the users to do more online, things that due to the horrible infrastructure in this country is impossible. No one can even offer a viable SD streaming service in this country because our 3G and “broadband” connections suck so bad. We are slowly starting to become more dependent on the internet, radio, TV, games, all this need no just speed but also the allotted data to actually be useful. At 10GB, you won’t even bother with HD Youtube videos. Or play games via Steam. So no matter how fast your connection is, if you can’t do anything online, it’s pointless. I can understand capping mobile data on phones but on dongles? No can do.
wtf? seriously? para hindi itake advantage ng mga pirata? lol. tingin mo ba mga pirata gamit usb dongle lang?
anyway, para sa mga regular users like facebook, youtube, twitter and other social networking sites ok na to pero aanhin mo ang mabilis na speed kung para sa facebook lang.
10GB, more or less 4-6 HD movies lang, no thanks. =)
3500 Pesos for a 10gb data plan? That’s rediculous.
@42mbps, i would exceed the 10gb cap for 1-2 days usage.
correct me if i’m wrong but 10GB is just equivalent to 32.5minutes of use at full speed of 42mbps.
it doesnt makes sense and simply not practical
Not even enough to download ONE blu-ray movie with HD audio and other features.
sana wala tumangkilik. so they will re-think about the 10gb cap. kung nung 2005 10gb cap baka pwede pa now isang malaking kalokohan na lang toh. :(
I am actually monitoring this update from SMART because I want to know how if they will end like Wi-Tribe – a total failure.
Do they have a coverage map? One thing i don’t understand about the Philippines is the lack of coverage maps.
Just telling me the LTE location doesn’t show me the coverage or explain how far out i can go before i have no signal.
I remember one time i went and asked where the 4g signal was and how strong or where the weak areas were and the answer was ” if you have 4g then its working” which is a stupid answer, on globe all my 4g speed tests are less than 2Mbps down which is not in any way 4g…….. its hardly a 3g speed