I was fortunate to be chosen to be part of the closed beta testers group for Smart LTE. I got my dongle from the Jump Experience center in Megamall last Thursday and tried to set it up that same night. Unfortunately, I wasn’t able to make it work due to my impatience. I kept clicking on “Connect” before the dongle can pick up a Smart signal. But I was able to make it work the day after, and I’ve been regularly using it.
So far, I haven’t encountered the LTE signal yet. I always get HSPA and HSPA+. According to the other testers, the best places are Greenbelt 2 and Greenshills, but I haven’t had the chance to go there. I was hoping to connect to LTE when I was in Greenbelt 3 and 5, but that didn’t happen.
For a ‘regular’ user, the HSPA signals are fast enough. But I would love to get those amazing LTE speeds at least once! Too bad it’s December, I’m avoiding Greenhills. So Greenbelt 2 is my hope.
Here are the results of the speed tests, so far. The format of the captions: <specific location with floor if applicable> <city> <date> <time>
2F Casmer Salcedo St Makati 120811 442PM
Myrons Greenbelt 5 Makati 120811 651PM
GF Telus Araneta QC 120911 3PM
Pioneer West Highlands Mandaluyong 121111 1230AM
Pioneer West Highlands Mandaluyong 121111 1235AM
7F Zeta Salcedo St Makati 121211 433PM
7F Zeta Salcedo St Makati 121211 436PM
GF Zeta Salcedo St Makati 121411 333PM
GF Zeta Salcedo St Makati 121411 342PM
Greenbelt Cinemas Makati 121411 650PM
Greenbelt Cinemas Makati 121411 654PM
Car Paseo cor Ayala 121511 138PM
12F Solar Tower Tordesillas St Makati 121511 150PM
Arcadia Subdivision Ortigas 121511 1030PM
Will post again soon. Hopefully, the next time I post, I would have gotten that elusive LTE connection already.
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