Going Mobile with SmartBro Share It

does it work with 3g phones when used as a modem?

@abe, just curious, what came with the computer that they gave out for just 4k? i was told by my sister a week ago to drop by megamall to check out this promo of smart, i could not believe it then since selling a computer like that will definitely cost more than 4k, it did not make sense to me.

till now, it still doesn’t seem to make sense.

@cmark, that’s a bit amusing :-)

but you do not need to be stuck with smart so you can use your sun broadband sim in their 3g router. there are other sellers of a simmilar featured modem/router. yuga posted one of those before, i think they’re more affordable now though, you just need to shop around.

but whether smart’s share it router is going to work with your sun broadband sim is something i’d like to know too.

@Abe:

You said Metro Manila only. I haven’t been to the City (Davao) for almost a week now, and I want to know if they have this service here. Do you happen to know, sir Abe? TY.

yuga would you recommend smarts’ share it? whats your rating for internet satisfaction from 1-lowest to 10-highest?

@sir Abe: thank you.

@Dave Starr: Similar sentiments here. MM really gets all the goodies. It has been said before in other pages here that we have to live with it (from where we are). For lack of something better, that is. LOL.

I just had Globe Broadband 1MBps installed in my house yesterday. They have a 30-day trial period for free. Problem is, it doesn’t share the connection.

I wanted to get this ShareIt when it was still on 12-month lock-in period. Now its 24-months but with free router.

Should I ditch my Globe and get this?

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.

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/

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

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

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

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?

@sir abe
aww.. too bad.

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…

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!

@jumy,

The service is tied to a province, and not to just 3 celsites. a part of the application process is for the customer care officers to check if there is HSPA signal in your area, from the wireless cener.

@stefan. Smart told me that it would take max of 3days. this includes checking my area if it has 3.5G signal. as soon as you submit you application, pray hard that they have available supply ‘coz it took almost a week after they approve my application since they don;t have available unit daw. :) OT. is the road from iloilo to aklan OK? my home town is mambusao. :D

I just asked a Sales rep here in Iloilo and she said it is locked only to Iloilo… hmmm. I’m not really sure if what she said was true.. Well anyway.. I’ll try to ask her again.. or some other sales agent…

I have a prepaid dongle from smart my areas(iloilo and Aklan) has 3.5g signal.

Off topic: hehe taga Mambusao ka pala… medyo OK na yung daan… yung 4 hours ko na byahe 3 hours na uli… hehe…

@kiko,
If your device is Wireless N already, it’s backwards compatible with A/B/G signals. You can also use a wireless N router attached to the Share-It router’s LAN port.

@virtualstefan13,
Yes, it’s locked into a province – SmartBro Share-It, that is. It’s different from the Plug-It modems, which you can bring anywhere.

patrickross

ty for your reply. i want to maintain my smartbro canopy. its currently connected to my asus eeebox desktop. can i attach an N router to the canopy to also serve my asus 1005he netbook. in effect, my desktop becomes wireless too. but my question is, can it function well with an N router.