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SmartBro’s fixed wireless is now PLDT MyBro

Smart and PLDT are silently re-aligning their broadband services. The fixed wireless service which is the original brand for SmartBro (previously Smart WiFi) is now under a new label called PLDT myBro.

That means SmartBro will now only have the mobile wireless services (Plug-It, Pocket WiFi, Rocket, Rocket WiFi, etc.).

This puts myBro right along the PLDT’s DSL services (PLDT myDSL) line-up, thus the naming convention.

Based on the release we’ve seen and the TV commercial, PLDT is positioning myBro to students.

There are two plans — MyBro 799 with unlimited internet at 512Kbps for Php799/month and MyBro 999 which is unlimited at speeds of up to 1Mbps.

However, the messaging that I am reading is that if you’re already on PLDT myDSL (e.g. Plan 990 or Plan 999), there’s no difference between the two so there’s no need to switch. myDSL is fixed wired and myBro is fixed wireless so performance, uptime and latency will be different between these two services. If you’re into PC gaming (which is a lot of the students are in their target market), you’d want to get the myDSL plan rather than the myBro plan.

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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.

47 Responses

  1. Avatar for kim kim says:

    i dont like PLDT kasi mahirap na mag apply.. hindi pa sila nag eexplain about service nila kaya magugulat ka nlang pag dumating na ang bill mo..

  2. Avatar for Aeron Aeron says:

    please help nag avail po ako ng my bro 499 bale 10 days ko pa lng sya nagagamit nawalan n ng connection then itinawag ko na sa *8888 and pinuntahan ko na din sa pldt office pinapa cut ko n po pero ayaw nila bakit ganun and yung bill tuloy2x pa din may babayad ka ba ng 3000 plus sa ted days internet? grabe talaga ang smart my bro

  3. Avatar for JeanyJoy JeanyJoy says:

    Mga sir/maam, kapag may SMART Signal po ba sa town ko ibig sabihin po ba nun na pwede na ang PLDT MyBro sa area ko? o dapat activated tlaga ang wimax sa area ko?

  4. Avatar for efraim efraim says:

    im planning to get their pldt mybro Plan 999 2mbps.. bacolod area.. maganda po ba ito? or just waste of money

    • Avatar for rox rox says:

      headace..

    • Avatar for NotSoSmartBro NotSoSmartBro says:

      WAG. Mag-Globe ka. Kahit na hindi mabilis ang Globe at least reliable na mayroon kang internet.

      Ang MyBro may cap. Mabilis nga, pero you can only enjoy those speeds for at most 1 week per month. The rest of the month, parang wala kang internet dahil automatic na ini-lilimit nila ang speed mo to 20KB/s max. Useless.

      To clarify: yung 2mbps na promise nila seven days mo lang magagamit per month bago mo mareach ang cap.

      Para kang bumili ng monthly supply na 1 liter na gatas kasi malalaki yung bote sa advertisement nila. Pero sa totoo, yung 1 liter, para lang yun sa first week, the rest of the month, kutsarita na lang ng gatas ang idedeliver nila.

  5. Avatar for rhon diolon rhon diolon says:

    kailangan po b n byaran ko ung 3months n un o khit isang bwan lng muna?kc sbi ng ahente n binilhan ko may darating po s amin n bill s bahay monthly..ano po ung cnsabi nila n 2yirs n contract?wla nmn cnbi s akin ang ahente bsta ang sbi nya po hlimbawa hindi ko mbyaran ang isang bwan mpuputol n daw un automatic pero ung modem s akin n..eh 3monts n ako hindi nagbabayad wla prin dumadating s akin…kc pagnaipon ng naipon yan wla ako ipangbabayad dyan..khit p po mkulong ako..dapat po kc ipinaliwanag ng maigi ng mga ahente..sna po masagot nyo lahat ng problema ko..salamat po uli ha..

  6. Avatar for rhon diolon rhon diolon says:

    ask ko lng po n kung meron po b darating s akin n bill pra mabayan ko ko kc 3months n po ako hindi nagbabayad kc nga wla nmn po dumadating n bill s bahay..pki paliwanag nmn po..salamat po..

  7. Avatar for litsz litsz says:

    Hi ask ku lng about pnu mgbyad sa mybro999??, ksi ung net ng tita ku binigay nia sa akin, ung indoor na net, now tinanong ku cia kng anu accnt# sa pgbyad sa cebuana, sbi nia name lng dw wla dw binigay na accnt #?? Pnu un?

  8. Avatar for Blue Blue says:

    Introducing MyBro wala ng Smart Bro kahit old subs ka pa MyBro na din.

    Putting the fact aside na “Hindi alam ng CSR nila yung tungkol sa MAC problem ng service nila” ngayon na wala naman dati, hindi rin nila sayo ipapaalam na may CAP na.

    Wala kami pinirmahan na CAP pero may CAP na yay

    MyBro rocks

  9. Avatar for joemar udarbe joemar udarbe says:

    ask ko lang po bkt po kapag 12pm to 10pm mahina ung net nmin,nagi2ng malakas lng xa kpg 11pm to 11am..ano po b ang problema non?eh mtaas nmn po ung pgkakalagay at nkatapat nmn sa site

    • Avatar for arevirnayd arevirnayd says:

      ganyan din problem ko, turuan kita kung pano mapapataas signil nyan up 2 3mbps stable.. email me if interested ka, arevir****@****.***

  10. Avatar for Paul Patrick Paul Patrick says:

    Hi guys. Does anyone here knows how to connect the plan499n to a router? ilang beses ko n kinonfigure ang router ko, ndi p rin makaacces ng internet through wifi and other ports. It’s just exclusive for 1 unit only ang nakalagay.

    • Avatar for Blue Blue says:

      As per my experience with a 3 years smart Bro Connection(Now MyBro whether we like it or not) you need to clone the Mac address of the last device that worked on it.

      Yes exclusive to one device kasi yung Ipad may ethernet port Not.
      Another crap brought to you by MyBro.

  11. Avatar for Mien Mien says:

    ung 2yrs contract na sinasabi mo jerrylyn is a lock in period…its a contract between the communication company and the subscriber. ibig sabihin ng lock in nakatali ka sa kanila for 2 years kapag gusto mo ipadisconnect within or sa loob ng 2years babayaran mo ung disconnection fee pero kapag lumagpas ka na sa 2 years hindi mo na need bayaran only your bills.

  12. Avatar for Me Me says:

    ano po bang problem jerrylyn? ang gulo kasi nung explanation nyo po.

  13. Avatar for jerrylyn jerrylyn says:

    i thought kapag hindi ko nabayaran e mawawala nalang connection ko, sana po masagot nyo mo, sobrang nagaalala lang po ako kase 4months na ako hindi nakakabayad sana po tulungan nyo ko mapa-cancel yung 2years na yun… PLEASE HABANG MAAGA PO. TNX!

  14. Avatar for jerrylyn jerrylyn says:

    sino po pwede makausap about sa bill account, wala po talaga akong alam na 2years contract na pala etong mybro connection ko, sana po may matanungan ako about sa issue na ‘to, kase wala po talaga ako pambayad sa 2years na yun.

  15. Avatar for jerrylyn jerrylyn says:

    sino po pwede makausap about sa bill account, wala po talaga akong alam na 2years contract na pala etong mybro connection ko, sana po may matanungan ako about sa issue na ‘to, kase wala po talaga ako pambayad sa 2years na yun. i thought kapag hindi ko nabayaran e mawawala nalang connection ko, sana po masagot nyo mo, sobrang nagaalala lang po ako kase 4months na ako hindi nakakabayad sana po tulungan nyo ko mapa-cancel yung 2years na yun… PLEASE HABANG MAAGA PO. TNX!

  16. Avatar for Mark Calinawan Mark Calinawan says:

    sino po nakakaalam kung san pwd mag complain about low connection .. or forum para malaman kung may maintenanced sila .. nung monday pa sobrang bagal ng net connection dito sa dasma.. please pwd pahinge ng link .. thank you

  17. Avatar for anthony anthony says:

    sa amin naman sa dasma pag umaga mga 6-12pm naabot ng 900Kbps ang Dl at 250Kbps Ul, yun nga lang pag dating ng mga 1pm kalahati nalang at worst mga 6pm almost 10kbps nalang dl at ul speed, anyways may nakakaalam ba dito kung may charges ba kung iupgrade ko nalang ito sa my DSL? yung up to 1.5mbps mas reliable ata yun kasi hindi na canopy ang gagamitin

  18. Avatar for doods doods says:

    signal strong nga.. my uplink about 600b/s pero ala downlink 0b/s… tae… pede ba ito ipaputol?

  19. Avatar for logic logic says:

    bat ganyan?…pany advertise na mabilis ang mybro and smartbro nila tapos pagka avail yan!..ang hina tapos ang tataas ng ping!!..yan ba?…corpo pa sa PLDT?..ginagamit lang ang PLDT para sa tingin ng mga tao mabilis na ang speed…1mb???hanggang 160kbps lang…pinaka mababa .3kbps…ganyan ba ang smartbro?…kakabadtrip namn..

  20. Avatar for tiktik tiktik says:

    ok po ba sa online gaming ang mybro?

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