I visited the Smart Switch Madness in Edsa Shangri-la today. I went there to intentionally sign up for the Smart Bro Unli Plan 999. I was there to subscribe for the SIM-only subscription which has a 6-months lock in period. But since, Switch Madness event offers FREE Pocket WiFi, I took advantage of it.
For the switchers and new subscribers, the Huawei Pocket Wi-fi was replaced now by Alcatel OneTouch Y580. The speed is up to 7.1Mbps, however the specs published by Alcatel in their website is up to 21Mbps.
Alcatel OneTouch Y580 Specs:
Bands:UMTS 850/1900/2100 MHz, GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz, WiFi:2.4GHz
Network: HSPA+, HSUPA, HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
Supports USB 2.0
Storage: Up to 32G via MicroSD
Data Speed:
- HSDPA: 3GPP R7, up to 21Mpbs DL, HSUPA: 3GPP R6, up to 5.76Mpbs UL
- UMTS: up to 384kbps Download & Upload
- EDGE: up to 237Kbps Download; up to 118Kbps Upload
- GPRS: up to 85.6Kbps Download; up to 42.8Kbps Upload
Now back to the Switch Madness of Smart, if you will sign up for the Broadband with free Pocket Wi-fi, the stocks are not yet available. I just signed up, and Smart reps promised they will call me later or tomorrow to pick up the item. The reps told me their stocks are arriving later today.
I have spotted few customers signing up for the Plan 1500 iPhone 4s, and a lot lined up for both Prepaid and Postpaid switchers!
Here are few photos from the first day of the event.
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Oh, do not forget that Smart is giving away free iPhone 4S under Plan 1500 only!
Ohh sad to hear that… 🙁 I'm a globe user too, but my Smart Plan999 is even hitting 8Mbps at home. 🙂 Can you PM me? I will try to assist…
I'm experiencing the same thing. I thought it's just a case of bad network connection.
ive called the customer service kaninang madaling araw, kasi nga im puzzed how come my ipad can recognize the smart bro, and yet it wont connect. The call center agent coulnt help me either. he just told me that he will make a report abt my problem and wait for 24hrs. Im just kinda disappointed coz i got the unli 999plan, its my first time to get a smart coz im a globe user. In fact when i got the gadget i requested the smart people from SM frview to set it up for me just to be sure that i wont have any problem. Twice had i returned to their office , told me its working but whenever im going use it in my office, i got the same connection problem.
Ohhh. Did you check your APN settings? You can check it by accessing your dashboard, type 192.168.1.1 in your browser. Pag di pa rin, tawag na sa Customer Service.. 😀
Raffy Pedrajita im having problem with my new pocket wifi too. strong signal but still no internet connection with my iad and cellphone.
Bought one kanina. Open the device. Search using your device. In my case, tablet. Then connect (initially, wala pang security). Once connected, go to web browser and type http://192.168.1.1 then lalabas na yung dashboard. Sign-in using smartbro as default password. Ayun, change mo yung set-up, naka-auto connect kasi, ginawa kong manual para tipid sa load! I’m trying to access it using a desktop (na walang WIFI capability) using the suppied mini-USB. Di ko ma-access yung dashboard if connected sa USB. 🙂
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It's working now. 🙂 Thanks. 🙂
Disconnect your other connections first. 🙂
Oh, I'm tethered to my iPhone. I'm a Globe user. Could be the reason? Tsk.
Yup, yup… You might be connected to other network, LAN perhaps?
Are you seeing the dashboard? I'm not seeing it. 🙁
Its the same IP address. 192.168.1.1
How can I configure it? I was trying to access it via 192.168.1.1 but I'm getting page cannot be displayed.
I have yet to try it eh, no stock when I went there yesterday. I'l pick up today…
which is better huawei e355 or this one?
Smart has new pocket wi-fi! Its no longer Huawei! Check it out!
wow!
Cool.