Smart Communications’ first ever prepaid LTE service in the country has gone live yesterday, just around a year after they officially unveiled their commercial LTE mobile data service to postpaid subscribers in our country. Check out all the details that you need to know after the jump.
Smart has been generous in providing affordable mobile internet lately as they announced the availability of Opera Unlisurf15 which lets internet junkies to surf all day for as low as Php15 provided that they will only use the Opera Mini app as the browser. Now, they have something for the big boys as well.
For starters, LTE (Long Term Evolution) is the next step ahead of 3G as it enables mobile internet download speeds of up to 100MBps. However, Smart’s LTE service is limited to 42MBps for the meantime. With that kind of speed, Smart said that you’ll be able to “download movies in minutes, full album in seconds, and real-time gaming no lag”.
4G LTE connectivity has been the latest trend in the mobile internet devices as well as the smartphone and tablet scene. With the ridiculous speed, there’s no more reason not to enjoy the world wide web as it’ll not let you wait anymore with those lazy loading times and endless buffering. You’ll enjoy watching YouTube videos or streaming your favorite show without the need to worry about a sluggish connection.
Related: How to Register to SMART Promos: All Net Text, Call & Text Combo, Tri-Net, and Unli Call & Text
Fast internet connectivity has always been a pain in some areas and I hope that this development would also include the wide expansion of high-speed internet in provinces. It’s a good thing that the important cities are getting a better connection, but they should still increase the speed of those in other regions. Smart’s expansion has been improving ever since, now covering 46 cities and 69 municipalities nationwide. You can check out the full list of the coverage here.
[two_fifth]SMART’s LTE network runs on 2100MHz, 1800MHz, and 850MHz[/two_fifth]
But before jumping to the LTE bandwagon, please note that it will only work on LTE capable devices. Meaning, giving your android phone the Smart SIM won’t give it LTE powers and outrageous internet speed. However, if you want to feel the might of LTE, SMART is also offering a Pocket Wi-Fi device and Plug-it contract free and you can avail them for Php6,995 and Php5,995, respectively. Since that includes a new LTE sim, that means you’ll also get the same 7 days free internet along with the chosen device. And oh, Smart also said that the first batch of LTE sims doesn’t have a voice call feature so you might want to keep your old sim card handy to take care of your voice calls. The sim comes with SMS features though so you can register to their LTE promos.
For as low as Php350, people will now be able to experience 4G LTE by buying an LTE-enabled Smart SIM (Nano and dual-cut sizes) which comes preloaded with 7 days unlimited mobile internet for free. Once the included plan expires, you can avail of the following promos. They are really good enough considering the lowest Smart LTE plan is at 1299 with a bandwidth cap of 5GB.
How to Register/Subscribe on SMART LTE Prepaid
SMART’s unlimited LTE will be applicable until June 30, 2013 and after that Smart will announce the new prices and/or bandwidth cap if there are any. For more information on SMART’s LTE plans, check out their official website here.
Have you tried SMART’s LTE service? What can you say about it? Share it in the comments section below!
hello my LTE 299 is so slow like a snail im use LTE broadband Sim.. any idea ?
last 2 months or 4 my connection is so fast but now 80Kbps from 12Mbps why?
smart LTE is so good but there is one thing im hoping not to happen, band Cap hope u wont put a bandCap so we can enjoy lte speed, let us experience a blazing speed without a cap… for us to be free connecting with our loved ones through internet.. LTE is the only connection that is available in our are except smartbro..
i have been doing some test on various smart prepaid loads and LTE capable sims and these are my findings:
ON SMARTBRO LTE SIM
-LTE 50 does is a waste of money.its capped. when u reach 1.5gb ur speed will drop to +/- 1mbps. I’ved bought several smartbro sims already, same thing happens.
-downloading torrent is slow/not working +/- 100kbps only
what works?
-FLEXITIME packages will give u LTE(by lte i mean 8mbps minimum, here in my area that is) .when u load you automitically get flexitime minutes as a bonus.
-UNLISURF also gives LTE speed and its not capped
ON SMART prepaid LTE powered sim
-LTE 50 is uncapped, was able to get 30gb+ of traffic without being slowed down.
-there is no FLEXITIME
-torrent download seems to work as i do get faster download speeds than say my 3mbps dsl connection. download gets upto +/- 600kbps.
*HOWEVER two days ago these SMART prepaid LTE sims can no longer get LTE signals (I know this cause i tried new ones and they all cant get LTE signal, and its not confined to just my area alone, i moved around my city and couldnt get it to connect to a 4g network. the SMARTBRO LTE sims however are getting 4g signals just fine.
I called SMART and they said they are upgrading. but i believe this could probably be a move by SMART to capped the LTE package on these sim cards as well. if these happens then i guess there will be no more unli LTE for us. R.I.P LTE
hi brad, thanks for your findings. I have one question, can we play online games in desktop or laptop using UNLISURF?
Please reply. Thanks.
Thanks for testing Smart’s “fair” offerings rigorously.
Good to know
when you say SMARTBRO LTE SIM, is it postpaid?
From down town Cebu City, I finally connected 4G with internet connection after unstable or no connection for 10 days.
this is d speed that i got from Smart FU…ING LTE (October 26, 2014; 4:94pm)
i subscribed to lte 50..kinabukasan ndi na ako mka internet//me data cap nba predpaid lte nyo?kung meron thats answer may question,
This is insane. You keep telling people that your LTE promos are unlimited but upon reaching a definite data usage, the internet speed slows down. I have used 2 sims already. So what do you us people to do? Keep changing simcards? If it’s capped or something, you better say it to people. Don’t give false hope!
JC, I’ve used 2 sims already. It’s frustrating.
pwede bang sa ipad mini w/o sim via internet smartbro i convert yung load ng unlisurf pag pinaloadan ko yung smartbro pocket wifi.
i have a question. bkit hindi ako makapag register any promos sa SMART. i have a hundred of load, kaso khit anong register ko laging nag memessage failed. can anyone help me. kasi 2 days n ako nag aask sa smart about this. even sa ibang smart users sila nakaka pag register. bkit ako ayaw!!! im using Jump Sim LTE.. HELP niyo naman ako. nahihirapan n ako. pati net di alam ang sagot. Thank you!. need ure urgent answer thank you
Halos lahat ganito reklamo. Even sa ibang thread. Ang nakakairita pa nito eh wala man lang decent answer from smart. Nakakailang sim na ko. And everytime nagloload ako at sumosobra sa 1gb ang nagagamit ko data. Auto disconnct kagad sa internet.