After almost 2 years of Smart Bro Subscription, I’m glad to say that I’m now switched to Sun Wireless Broadband.
Not that I’m experiencing major problems with Smart Bro, but It’s the speed and portability that made me switch.
I have been researching about Sun Broadband Wireless for days, so though I’m still skeptical, I went to Sun Cellular SM San Lazaro Branch yesterday to avail of their Wireless Broadband service. There are several postpaid and prepaid plans to choose from, but since I just want to try the service first, I opt for the one without holding period, I just need to pay a one time modem charge of PHP1895.00. Other plans requires a holding period of two years with a free modem.
I thought of availing the Sun Broadband Wireless Plan 649 Bundle since I have been a post paid subscriber for over two years now, but I thought that if I’ll experience a bad service, losing the modem charge is not the worst that I can get 
Anyways so there, I presented an ID, signed some forms, paid the modem charge, and 1 month service fee of PHP799.00 and off I go.
I’m really excited to try it! installation is easy, just insert the Sun wireless broadband SIM into the card slot, Insert the card slot into the dongle, plug the dongle into the USB interface of your computer, and the installation program will start.
Sun Broadband Wireless Installation
Just follow the screen prompt, follow the set up procedure that will be given to you along with the Sun Broadband wireless kit, connect, and you’re all set
Here are some speed test comparisons of Smart Bro and Sun Broadband Wireless on different server locations:
Smart Bro - Makati City
Smart Bro - Quezon City
Sun BroadBand Wireless Speed Tests:
Sun Broadband Wireless - Makati City
Sun Broadband Wireless - Quezon City
Upload speed is not that fast though, But in general, I can feel the difference . This is just my first day of using Sun Broadband Wireless, let’s see on the coming days
Tags: Sun Cellular broadband, Sun Wireless, Sun Wireless Broadband, Sun Wireless Internet
Just used the SBW that i got as a freebie from the laptop i bought. Im supposed to sell it to a friend of mine but since i heard good reviews i decided to use it due to the P50 unlimited. Inquired at the sun shop at shangri-la and the customer service told me that the signal in our area (quezon city welcome rotonda) is excellent. When i opened it the signal was great from 95-99%. But upon connecting to the server, it took them forever to open google and facebook and other sites. All in all 20 hours was used from the free 180 hours last weekend. Tried to call the hotline but was put on hold by more than 5 minutes. Used my smart bro alternately and the speed and connection was fast.
No disconnections or hanging.
This might help others: My setup is sun usb 3g inserted on Edimax 3G-6200n. Initially I experienced the disconnections so I emailed Edimax if there’s an auto-reconnect feature for their router. The answer is yes, with the new firmware that they attached. It’s version 2.12c while the one in their website is just 2.12. So I flashed my router and now I have 24×7 internet with infrequent slowdowns but no disconnection.
bumili ako ng sun broadband dito sa sm cebu para gamitin sa lappy ko, pagdating at pag test sa bahay, ang taas ng signal abot ng 97percent 3.5G pero pag gamit ko abot lang siya ng 30kbps, ang bagal hindi ako makapanood ng youtube kailangan mag antay ng matagal para mapanood, disappointed ako sa sun cellular, dito me nakatira sa lapu-lapu city ang connection nya ay hsdpa pero bagal talaga, wag kayo bumili para di masayang ang pera nyo,,,,,,,,,,,,
Hi candy di ka nag iisa dahil taga LLC din ako malakas sa una yung sun pero ngan na phirapan na sa signal. yung una nag try ako mag prepaid para ma test ung signal sa amin. so far naging satisfied ako sa signal but now i am on my 2nd week using the post paid dito na lumabas ang problem..
Hey guys, experiencing same problem here. Cebu City area ako and the download rate is horrible. Got full bar signal but the connection is pretty bad. They blocked some peer to peer ports and I cant even download movies with torrents. Even regular download like a 12mb file takes forever. Browsing is average though.Hope somebody’s gonna fix this..Very disappointed with their service.I will never recommend them to anyone! I will surely harass them bout this issue sa office nila!
Sun broadband is really the fastest here in Metro Manila. I’m also reaching that download speed w/ no disconnection.