Just got word from Smart Bro people that a 12mbps prepaid dongle will be launched soon. Yes, that’s 12mbps of internet speed goodness.
The new product is called Smart Bro Rocket Plug-It that uses a Huawei E353 HSPA+ USB dongle. The good thing about the Smart Bro Rocket Plug-It is it will be offered as a prepaid broadband stick, although the user will have to pay Php3,995 for the device. Not bad if in exchange you get a fast mobile internet connection.
There’s one other good thing about this new offering from Smart Bro: the same prepaid internet rates will apply. That means you pay for the same P10 per 30 minutes or P20 per hour charges.
Smart claims that it currently has about 150 HSPA+ sites in key areas nationwide, so hopefully a lot of people will be able to enjoy this. The question now is, will it be able to deliver the 12mbps promised optimal speed? Frankly, I’ll be a happy internet surfer if I can get even half of that speed.
The Smart Bro Rocket Plug-It will be launched this week.
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Letcheng Smart yan.. pwd naman i upgrade nila ung old smart bro plug-it ..bkt kailngan pa mag pauso ng bago?.. shmpre.. pera pera nga nmn talaga oh..o kya palitan kht my replacement fee(pero dapat mababa lang).. pra hnd nmn masayang ung smart bro plug-it namin.. dami nyo pauso Smart..pero laging bulok.. sana hindi bulok yang rocket plug-it nyo..
elad na! smart bro. 12mbps rocket way!!!! claro.
Use VPN…like PD-Proxy, Tsunami, Mango, Wi-free etc…that is, if you like speed at very low cost with your Smart Bro or Globe Tattoo…
NTC, DTI and government should penalize Smart and other telcos with misleading and false advertisements with their broadband speeds. NTC should require a live testing of at least 1 month – nationwide – to test and see the actual data transmission speed, measure and tag it. and give Government Signal Grade Ratings.If telcos pass the ratings, they can go sell their products, NTC should open a hotline for consumers getting below advertised speeds. (simple as doing a speedtest snapshot as proof). As we know that wireless technology is ever changing and unpredictable at times, but this should not be turned into a rule of thumb.
wireless repeaters and antennas and hardware were first designed to give optimal performance and speed. unless some cheating telco is putting a script that limits 3G or 4G speeds. or overloads that line desgined to handle 50 clients, with 100 users logging in simultaneously. and for sure these telcos never really considered those doing torrents. then they should change their advertisements into : Yahoo Mail speed only. No Streaming You Tube, Torrents : Impossible.
I used both modems in 3g places. but still its just like I’m in GPRS places.