Smart to launch 4G wireless broadband in mid-2012

Internet providers here can’t even keep the service they have up and running. Customer service is even worse. Who are they kidding? Just another ploy to rip people off. It’s not just Smart. All providers are basically the same and will remain so until they decide to truly compete with each other and give the promised service!

major rip off…

i dont mind paying their fees kung ok sana ang service eh. eh kaso undelivered promise na nga, ang mahal pa ng rates. yung text message rates hindi nga maibaba eh, lalo na net rates. inutile is the  NTC. talk about regulatory trap. consumer welfare nonexistent. aside from the oil companies, tubong lugaw na itong mga telcos na ito

You rather should consider that the telecommunications sector in the Phils is a de facto monopoly.

mga dayuhang investor lang yumayaman dito.

That’s not quite true. According to Wikipedia,”Although commonly referred to as a type of 4G wireless service, LTE release 8 currently in use does not satisfy the requirements set forth by the ITU-R organization. Future releases of LTE (referred to as LTE Advanced) are expected to satisfy the requirements to be considered 4G.”

That clearly means, any network labeled as LTE is not really a 4G service but 3G. Just like an iPhone 4S. The latest iPhone smartphone isn’t a 4G compatible phone as most would like to believe.

Smart and Globe and other lesser networks are making billions and billions of pesos out of their subscribers pocket without giving back to the government’s coffers. Yet, their service are all lousy even signals in the city center. Sometimes text messages take 5 hours and even one day before the recipient got them. I don’t think it’s because of the phone technology. Im using a Nokia smartphone 2011 model.

most of the time your recipient gets the same sms twice despite sending it once. hence you get charged twice also. this is a money making trick plays by the telcos.

First and foremost question sa SMART or to any Philippine Telco claiming of 4G, LTE or even HSPA+.

Are your cell sites (up to the top of the cell tower) connected to the head-end via FIBER OPTIC cable?

If your answer is NO, then wala na tayong pag-uusapan regarding 3.5G/HSPA+/LTE or whatever “G” you want to release to the press. Everything about the speed you claim is totally KASINUNGALINGAN.