All about Smart Bro

[sputnick]

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despite all the outrage all over the internet against Smart WI-FI/BRO and the complaints sa DTI and so on, i am tempted to go for this service kay bukid man mi. wala man ang landlines sa atong barangay... Smart Bro would be perfect if it actually works (unlike PLDT WeRoam, which doesn't most of the time).

is anyone using smart bro via the smart base station in pit-os specifically the one in sitio nawanaw? how is your connection bai, please share!

nick

p.s. funny story. i have one cell tower visible from my house about 2 miles in the distance. but no idea if it's smart, globe or sun. they all look the same di ba?

so i took a photo with my digital camera, print it sa Colours 8R size, and showed it to the customer service agent at SMART sa SM. "is this one of yours?" i ask. she starts laughing. apparently she thinks its a joke. anyway i tell her it's in the pit-os area and she then goes off and comes back after about 30 minutes. to her response: "we can't identify it."

ok. fine. so they can't tell if it's one of theirs. fair enough. sometimes it's hard to tell my kids from the neighbors' kids. (no jokes please). anyway, the service rep - i have to admit she was pretty - now asks me if I am near the school. "it's ok near the school!" she says, smiling. well i am about 30 minutes drive by habal2x on winding rough roads from 'the school', presumable some school in pit-os.

ok, mam, how bout you give me a list of your base stations in the talamban area, and i'll check them out one by one. "the location of our base stations is confidential information." huh "your base stations are confidential?" i splutter. "but they're so big" i add, stupidly. by now i am getting the distinct feeling of an out-of-body experience. this can't be happening!

i take a deep breath and tell her that when i first tried to apply for Smart Wi-Fi i was told i need a line of sight (LOS) to the base station. but how can i tell if i have LOS or not if it's confidential where the base stations are? she just smiles (sympathetically?). "this is surreal" i say. she smiles again and says "can i help you with anything else?"

i swear this is 100% true, it happened today. i then went home, got my binoculars, and did some hiking in pit-os and found that the base station was indeed a smart tower, by asking the local residents living next to it. everyone knows it's a smart tower. duhhhh!!! confidential diay to smart are so dumb.

[leo_trams]

if you ask the same info from globe or sun, they will also give you the same answer - it is confidential. The best way to ask for cell site ownership is, you're right! ask the people living near the cell site. Not all employees of globe or sun or smart know everything about the location of their cell sites, not even their president.

Because you showed them a snap shot of a tower, maybe they were anticipating a complaint from you about environmental problems brought about by the presence of their tower.

You should have only filled up an application form and let them worry on how to bring the service to your computer.

[arnelmation]

Smart BRO ko ron. OK kaayo diri sa amoa Capitol Hills, Cebu City. Upload og download pareha rag regular internet connection. :mrgreen:

[dexfranco]

Mga Istoryans na kit-an nako ni nga "alternate" banner sa Smart Bro. Smart must be in real trouble with its Smart Bro Campaign for someone to make this....very funny



But in a lot of peoples opinion there installation staff don't really give a sh*t if you have a very weak wifi signal, they just install it anyways.

[juliettoyds]

anyone using smart bro in consolacion?

[sputnick]

i ended up testing it using a friend's motorola canopy... signal very weak. i guess i'm farther than 2 miles.

that banner is hilarious!!!

[sputnick]

Because you showed them a snap shot of a tower, maybe they were anticipating a complaint from you about environmental problems brought about by the presence of their tower.

well, i did make it clear i am desperate for internet access... but you know what, the generator at the smart tower was running, emitting diesel fumes, even though there wasn't a brownout. i thought that was rather odd. no wonder they charge so much, if they're wasting money that way.

[leo_trams]

well, i did make it clear i am desperate for internet access... but you know what, the generator at the smart tower was running, emitting diesel fumes, even though there wasn't a brownout. i thought that was rather odd. no wonder they charge so much, if they're wasting money that way.

OT:
some cell sites don't have commercial power yet, due to access problems...i.e., ang tag-iya sa yuta nga agi-an sa kuryente dili mosugot nga ugbukan ug poste ang ila yuta, ang tag-iya sa yuta nga agi-an sa kuryente mangayo ug outrageous nga rental/fee. so samtang nag negotiate pa, genset lang sa. So gi-apil na sa ilang costing ang genset consumption(capex/opex). Of course, mas daku ang ginansiya kung commercial power na i.e., VECO. Siempre ila gyud na nga paningkamutan nga ma commercial power na para daku ginansiya.

para nako swerte ang lugar nga walay kuryente pero naa sila celfone o broadband internet connection.
As for your SMART bro app, apply lang balik, ayaw na pakita-i ug picture. Then kung tauran ka na, ask for data kung pila ang imo signal strength...na sulod ba sa dapat nga values. Kung wala gani, ayaw dawata ang installation, ayaw sign nga OK na imo connection. bantayi pud inig taud nila...tingalig mangabuslot na imo atup, ting-ulan na ra ba.

[ryan22]

@ sputnick

duol raba na imo area bai sa villa del rio 2?naa ko ofism8 "SMART BROken" iya gamit ok man daw ang signal...

although i don't recommend smart kay daghan au ko problema before pro karon ok na at least steady na ako download everyday and dli na ma disconnected pro ig expire sa ako contract for sure dili nko mo renew kay natagam ko sa ilang serbisyong way au anyway ni try raman ko ato kay mao lagi PROMO man to pag december..

[emokidstuff]

ako migo kay nag work sa una sa meridian...they dont give sh*t gyod bisag weak paang signal basta ma taud lang kay daghan padaw sila buhaton...hehehhe....naka buslot gud sila og utop kay sige og dali2x...