[Update: Smart per Minute Rate for Mobile 3G] Smart is offering a new prepaid mobile internet plan — at one-peso-per-minute rate. That’s basically Php60 per hour, way more expensive than their current offering which is Php10 per 30 minutes or Php20 per hour.
The move to offer Php1 per minute might have been prompted by mobile users who connect in quick intervals to sites like Twitter, FourSquare or Facebook.
So instead of paying Php10 just to update and check-in with FourSquare, you may be just spending Php1 or Php2 which in just a minute or two — enough time to fire up FourSquare, check-in and log out from your 3G connection. It really depends on the case use.
Smart has not yet indicated how you choose between the two bucket pricing — Php1/minute or Php10/30 minutes (or even the Php50 per 24 hours UnliSurf) — but I guess users will ultimately have more options when connecting to 3G internet.
laki kasi gas2s ni mvp kaya hanap sya revenue…hehehehe
Smart had a Php 0.33/minute browsing before, does this new Php1/min means discontinued na yung lumang per minute rates? Seems like a money-focused move from Smart again, smart move on their part to make more moolah.
I agree w/ the others here who posted that Smart will suck your credits dry.
slightly off-topic:
Careful going to facebook while using this php1/min surfing, you will automatically get charged for unlifacebook20 (bye bye to your credit, happened to me even when I was already on 1day unlimited surfing. the kicker here was I only had less than 20bucks left after signing up for 1day unli, but they say its a valid transaction for unlifacebook w/c costs 20 bucks – so they ate up the remaining load credits)
sana hindi counted un minutes na mag initial access sa “Net”… kain na agad un load. :p
@NemOry
nah, I’m just amused that there’s still people like you who brag about an act that basically amounts to theft, in this case theft of services.
Arr matey!
sabi nla iimplement lng nila ang 1php/min pg below 10pesos ang load mu.,.that minz gnun pden ang charging..n nga lng npka mahal nmn ung charging nla..sna gnwa nlng nlang 10php/hr pra nman ndi lugi ung user kz s totoo lng ms mura p mg net s pc shop..s skul nmen 10php lng per hour ang rent ng pc..so pano b yan globe n tau? mas mbilis p ang net kesa s smart n nka2disappoint..plgeng mei network congestion..haizt!
I wish they offer such for phones and in a per gigabyte rate as it is much much practical for social network and POP3 email
this is definitely a trap! they’ll gonna suck your credits dry before you know it
Yep good for me @lolipown, but maybe surely bad for you. Sorry.haha
@NemOry
Great for you, everyone else is paying your 3G bills for you. Fucktard.
I wish switching which to use is easy. Sana nasa Smart menu or something.
Very cost efficient for short bursts of tweets and fsq check-ins nga.
don’t get fooled, smart has crappy services.Worst case scenario is By the time you logged out of the service you get billed way more than what you use. as usual this will be irritating as hell.
I think the default is P10/30min and when you have less than P10 load, you can still connect with P1/min.
I use a Sun broadband wireless sim and when I load it with time cards it expends them in a per minute basis already. So for 25 pesos you get 3 hours or about 18 centavos a minute. I’m curious to see if that’s also the case for their phone sims, because that blows this Smart pricing right out of the water.
I have a hack for smart globe and sun. . .no need to spend money. . .I’m using a zero load sim Globe right now. But in smart you should have atleast 1php to have a GPRS signal :)
ang mahal naman nyan kung P1 per minute.. ok lang yan sa pangmadalian lang.. pero wala ka bang info sir kung gusto mo naman yung 10/30 minutes?
This still sucks either way. It should be handy if you only go online for status updates, aGPS fixes etc. But then, you still have to go through other hoops just to get back to normal rates.
I would still prefer having an unlimited data plan so I don’t have to worry of spending too much. However, an additional 999 on top of my monthly bill it still too steep for me. :|
That’s more practical specially when you only need to tweet something.
that Php 1.00 / minute is definitely NOT for surfing.. checking mails only. XD
whoaaa!! a very good news for me!
they used to have a per minute charging before right? but it would still total to 10 pesos per 30 minutes.
ba’t ang mahal na ngayon? :\