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Unified Smart WiFi/Bro Thread (Feedback, Ideas, Comments, and Helping each other out)

  • No more telco cell sites
    Gov’t implementing common tower policy for all mobile phone firms


    The government is implementing a common tower policy, similar to those done abroad, prohibiting local telecommunications companies (telcos) from building their own cellular towers by the first quarter of 2019, Presidential Adviser on Economic Affairs Ramon “RJ” Jacinto, announced Friday.

    The new policy should speed up the building process, which is currently bogged down with too many permit requirements. It should allow local telcos to focus on improving their services, lower the cost for subscribers, and make it easier for any incoming third player in the industry, as well.

    Local telcos will now have to lease space from three to four private tower companies that the government is luring in to shoulder the US$5 billion required to construct 50,000 towers in five years, which the country needs to be at par with Vietnam and its neighbors in the region.

    The Philippines, which has a population of 110 million, only has 15,000 towers (half of which are duplicated) while Malaysia, with a population of 30 million, has 25,000 towers. Indonesia, with 250 million people, has 90,000 towers while India, with 1.3 billion people, has 550,000 towers.

    Some 60 percent of the world have separate companies hosting towers, he underscored.

    Already, Boston, Massachusetts-based American Towers Corporation has signified interest to build cellular towers, at no cost to the government. A leading lessor of space on towers, as well as operator and developer of wireless and broadcast communications real estate, the company’s global portfolio includes 149,000 sites in the United States, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Columbia, Costa Rica, France, Germany, Ghana, India, Mexico, Nigeria, Paraguay, Peru, South Africa, and Uganda.

    The government will allow the local telcos to keep their existing cell sites but they have the option to sell them to Tower Corporation.

    Local telcos have always complained of the red tape in getting permits for their cellular towers. But now, permits must be granted within seven days. If no action is done, the application will be deemed approved, according to Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) Officer-in-Charge Eliseo M. Rio Jr.

    The Cabinet approved the common tower policy in August, 2017. The guidelines for the common tower policy are expected to be finalized by next month.

    By the last quarter of 2018, the government expects to reach an agreement with the Tower Corporation, which has submitted their unsolicited bids. The building of the common towers should start by first quarter of 2019.




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    -- edited by julio38 on Jan 20 2018, 10:08 PM
  • Hi guys kabibili ko lang nung SMART BRO HOME WIFI LTE, na-activate ko naman na ung 10gb free kaso each time na aalisin ko ung device sa WIFI for some time (say 30 mins); pag nag try ako kumunek ulit ayaw na, and ginagawa ko lng para gumana uli is to restart the modem. Normal lang ba yun o may sira ung unit na nabili ko?

    PS. May napansin din ako na sa first login ko sa mybrosettings nag fe-fail(kahit tama ung inputs), pero once na ipress ko uli ung login, nakakapasok naman na.

    Hope you can help me guys.

    Thanks in advance.

    -- edited by Azgaroux on Jan 30 2018, 02:54 PM
  • @Azgaroux pre yan din nararanasan ko. feeling ko normal operation o feature yan para di mawalan ng load habang di nagbrobrowse.
  • Meron ba ditong naka home prepaid wifi or yung bagong pocket wifi na evoluzn pr3l? Just wondering kung ano yung nat type nyo and if may DMZ settings ba. For ps4 and pc gaming po kasi sana. Vert important sakin na hindi type 3 yung Nat ko.
  • @mike_espia

    regardless of the lte device you use, you'll get nat type 3 behind cgnat.

    dmz is pointless in this situation.
  • ^ wala pong workaround at all? May nabasa kasi ako na type 2 raw sya sa ps4 using just his phone as mobile hotspot and smart prepaid sim. I dont have a smart sim to try it yet kaya cinoconfirm ko lang sana dito. I thought DMZ would help as well pero di pala.
  • i have a smart lte prepaid sim and nat type3 on smartphone, pocket wifi or sa huawei b936-315 namin dati.

    if you could get nat type 2 then that's dependent on smart's system not your device.
  • I have an old smart bro plan, supposedly unlimited pero I've been experiencing caps for years. Nakakasawa itawag sa CS. Ano pa ba pwedeng gawin?
  • guys, meron ba naka Smart Bro Shared Data 699 plan?
    di masyadong detailed yung plan details kasi
    yung plan every month pwede mo ishare kahit kaninong Smart # postpaid and prepaid?
    hindi ba carry-over yung unused data?
  • Guys meron bang naka smart infinity sim dito? No Cap ba talga? thanks and please advise if mablis ba talaga thanks
  • may smart bro pocket wifi ako na di naman nagagamit. pwede ba to connect sa PC and make it work as Wireless USB Adapter?
  • Guys ano ba pinaka okay na mobile wifi na gamitin? Out of the loop kasi ako sa latest models eh. TY.
  • cno naka prepaid wifi dito? naeextend ba yung mga load sa prepaid wifi?
  • @doornextboy,

    Try mo yung Huawei Wingles (<click here for link>, so you plug in your sim sa device and it will act as your wifi hotspot for your home. :) ito recommended sa other thread if you want a device that has no battery and portable. There are of course other AC-powered 4G/LTE routers you can use.



  • smart bro pocket wife
  • anyone using the PLDT Home Prepaid wifi yung FX-ID3? meron nakasulat yung advance settings for the MAC filtering pero hindi maaccess yung feature na yun dun sa modem mismo. yung "pldthome" na login doesnt seem to look like the admin login.
  • SMART Prepaid and TNT Data Surfing Packages (as of February 15, 2019)

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    Unlimited All-Net SMS
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    GIGA ALLNET 199
    2GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
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    GIGA ALLNET 549
    4GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
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    30 days
    GIGA ALLNET 649
    6GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited All-Net Calls
    30 days
    GIGA ALLNET 749
    8GB (Shareable Data)
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    Unlimited All-Net SMS
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    30 days

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    GIGA VIDEO 50
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    Unlimited All-Net SMS
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    3 days
    GIGA TRINET 149
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    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited Tri-Net Calls
    7 days
    GIGA TRINET 449
    4GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited Tri-Net Calls
    30 days
    GIGA TRINET 549
    6GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited Tri-Net Calls
    30 days
    GIGA TRINET 649
    8GB (Shareable Data)
    1GB per Day for Youtube, iFlix, iWant, NBA League Pass, Cignal TV+
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited Tri-Net Calls
    30 days

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    SURFSAYA 199
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    200MB per Day for Facebook and Messenger
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited Tri-Net Calls
    30 days
    SURFSAYA ALLNET 40
    100MB (Shareable Data)
    100MB per Day for Facebook and Messenger
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited All-Net Calls
    2 days
    SURFSAYA ALLNET 55
    300MB (Shareable Data)
    100MB per Day for Facebook and Messenger
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited All-Net Calls
    3 days
    SURFSAYA ALLNET 149
    1.5GB (Shareable Data)
    100MB per Day for Facebook and Messenger
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited All-Net Calls
    7 days
    SURFSAYA ALLNET 319
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    100MB per Day for Facebook and Messenger
    Unlimited All-Net SMS
    Unlimited All-Net Calls
    30 days
  • Question, possible ba n gamitin yung PLDT WIFI SIM sa Smart Pocket wifi? Sabi kasi sa PLDT non transferable yung SIM, wala din ako makita na seller lang ng SIM. Thanks

    -- edited by Mharky on Feb 02 2020, 07:14 PM
  • sino po nakaPLDT prepaid wifi dito? ang hina ng download pero mataas ang upload
  • Mabagal ba Smart ngayon at sira ba LTE? 3G lang kasi nasasagap ko. Mandaluyong area.




    -- edited by rakistang_jeff on Mar 28 2020, 11:57 PM
  • sino po nakaPLDT prepaid wifi dito? ang hina ng download pero mataas ang upload


    meaning po congested na sa area nyo
    try mo mga 1pm onward hangang madaling araw-
    sure malakas ang download dahil off-peak na
  • pwede ba gawin ka-pareho ng Public IP ng PLDT sa Smart?
    from 175.something to 112.something?
    di kasi ma-access ang FTP namin pag hindi kapareho ng IP ng PLDT.
  • No Internet
    Sapangpalay, CSJDM, Bulacan
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  • Mga paps. Any suggestion for a prepaid home wifi ung di mo need maging expert like unlocking, band locking, etc.

    Tried ung smart released na mga LTE-Advance na modem.
    1. Greenpacket D2 - madalas walang internet kahit connected.
    2. FX-ID4 - totally red signal for pasay/makati and very weak coverage sa province namin.

    Currently, thinking of buying the boosteven r291. Bilin ba or talagang may sakit/congested ang LTE-Advance signal natin dito sa Pinas?

    Then mukhang may 5G naman sa area na pagagamitan since meron napipickup sa phone. Kaso umiinit ng sobra ung phone pag babad ang gamitan.
    Ok ba Suncomm02 or may other suggestion? Preferred na rin kasi Smart for UnliFam 999. At the moment, tetest ko pa lang ung Unicom VN007+ may nagmention na rin sa kabilang thread sa tanong ko na may apparent overheating yata kaya di pwedeng 24/7 or heavy user.

    Hirap ng nangungupahan - hence locked-in period na mga fiber connection like PLDT/Converge are out of the question.

    Note:
    Ok mga non-LTE-A modem sa mga area na pag-gagamitan kaso medyo mabagal around 5mbps -18mbps. Hoping LTE-A or 5G can improve the experience but at the moment medyo bangungot. haha

    -- edited by expert_gamer on Jan 16 2023, 01:28 AM
  • Any feedback sa 5G pocket wifi?
  • Smart Magic Data, No expiration talaga? yung iba kasing telcos, yung No Expiration nila is equivalent to 1 year.