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ISP Showdown: Smart Bro VS. ComClark

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Since late 2006, after my coming back from work in China, and a PC upgrade, the ISP I’ve been using has been Smart Bro. Despite the negative feedback it was getting then, I really had no choice, since the PLDT cables don’t reach my place in Bulacan, and there wasn’t anything that Digitel offers that can equal to Smart Bro’s promise.

Yesterday, I had my ComClark cable internet installed. The house is already subscribed with their tie-in to a local cable TV provider, and we’ve had favorable experience with that. I got their Exceed 888 plan, which has promised speeds up to 512 kbps for 888 pesos. On paper, this means I’ll be paying 111 pesos less than my usual, and since Smart Bro speeds are only up to 384 kbps, I’m also supposed to get faster internet.

Now, what do the speed tests say?

ComClark

ComClark speed

Smart Bro

Smart Bro speed

Tough call. What’s with ComClark’s upload speed? I’ll see how this performs the rest of this week, and decide from there if I would cancel my subscription with Smart Bro.

Also, as far as Smart Bro’s after-sales service, I’ve probably had less than five occasions where I needed their technical support, which isn’t a bad record to consider.

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April 7th, 2009 at 2:12 am

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  1. i use smart bro for almost 8 months now and im not satisfied of their services, my connection only good at night and in the morning my net connection is just like a christmas tree Lights “on” lights “off”

    Robert

    7 Apr 09 at 10:05 pm

  2. comclark is 888 pesos per month. how much is smart bro’s?! 30 days x 24 hours x 20 pesos per hour… or a fraction–k, say half… it works out to 7200 pesos!?

    mondoreset

    21 Apr 09 at 9:20 am

  3. compared to smartbro, comclark’s superb, reliable and never-down connectivity is what the majority of internet users nowadays really needs.

    smartbro:
    pros: none, really.

    cons: crappy download/upload speeds, horrible uptime, connection fluctuates, when it rains you don’t get to connect at all, p2p sux.

    comclark:
    pros: 24/7 uptime connectivity, p2p rapes. need say more?

    cons: early afternoon heavy traffic syndrome (1-3pm) but torelable.

    comclark jst pwned smartbro.

    chi

    17 Jun 09 at 7:54 pm

  4. smart bro is sick….

    here at mindoro we needed 4 connections in order to have faster connectivity…

    Roen Ortega

    26 Jun 09 at 9:39 pm

  5. try to watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs

    Allen

    8 Jul 09 at 12:51 am

  6. Still using smart bro.

    Danny

    8 Jul 09 at 8:54 pm

  7. I found this vid showing the smart bro’s speed:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SXSyMGZuYlg

    Hans

    11 Jul 09 at 12:31 am

  8. Im satisfied with smart.

    Deff

    11 Jul 09 at 11:05 pm

  9. mabilis naman smart bro sa min.

    Stacie

    12 Jul 09 at 1:10 am

  10. Nakita ko tong speed test of smart bro sa makati and alabang in youtube, observe:

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sZJQtbw-8bo
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AWnWUXoIYs

    Hans

    13 Jul 09 at 1:35 pm

  11. hi hans.. thanks for those videos. smart is way faster.

    lei

    16 Jul 09 at 4:12 pm

  12. can’t say for the smartbro canopy, but the wireless prepaid is fast. considering that you can bring and USE it on the go. researching has never been better. :) see this! http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=143

    they

    16 Jul 09 at 6:25 pm

  13. Isulat ko pa sa DEATH NOTE ko yung mga comclark users Bwahahaha!

    Raito

    17 Jul 09 at 2:57 am

  14. @raito. ang sama? haha! anyway, smartbro ako at ok nman xa pra skin, anywhere. as for comclark, nver heard e. :)

    jeiann

    17 Jul 09 at 11:26 am

  15. under ba ng ano ang comclark? 1 year nko nka smart bro prepaid at ok prin xa gang ngaun.

    daph

    17 Jul 09 at 12:43 pm

  16. Amf! Ngayon q lng narinig ang comclark.

    Serge

    17 Jul 09 at 2:52 pm

  17. check nio to, review ng smartbro prepaid. wala ako mkita sa comclark as of now e. post ko pag meron na! http://blog.knightlust.com/?p=143&cpage=1#comment-5659

    JM28

    17 Jul 09 at 10:03 pm

  18. smartbo na lang nu.eto proweba! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZvLRgVh2Fa8

    arlene

    18 Jul 09 at 11:02 pm

  19. im really satisfied with the service of smart bro.

    kram

    19 Jul 09 at 12:32 am

  20. what is comclark? it’s kinda not famous here in phil.

    Queen

    19 Jul 09 at 12:55 am

  21. yup what is.comclark?

    lola

    19 Jul 09 at 4:38 pm

  22. you don’t know comclark? google it! i go fro smart bro though :)

    lyka

    20 Jul 09 at 2:41 pm

  23. banwidth upgrade for smartbro! cool. :) ww.kokeytechnology.com/internet-news/smartbro-upgrade-smart-bro-to-upgrade-bandwidth/

    cassie

    24 Jul 09 at 8:25 pm

  24. I am using comclark for 2 years already..
    it is great and reliable.. for 2 years, counting out my DC.. it will be 4 or 5..

    Aar0nic

    11 Aug 09 at 10:21 pm

  25. NEVER get comclark! the worst ISP! i have a 1Mbps (P2,000/mo) account on comclark and im only getting 0.35Mb/s and the worst, everytime i continues ping (ping yahoo.com -t) i get lots of timeout (around 30% loss)!

    pero sa smart bro ko, i alomost have 0% lost sa continues ping and i have 0.37Mb/s speed.

    Alex

    17 Sep 09 at 9:15 am

  26. Comclark? I have a subscription sa comclark (Mariveles Space Cable) I had a smart bro pero di ko na ginagamit kasi binigay ko na lang sa utol ko kasi nung una mabilis yung comclark.

    I made a wrong decision.

    I have a 768kbps 1K monthly subscription sa comclark. I only get 100kbps – 125kbps swerte na kung makakuha ng 300.

    And the worst of all their so called Engineers here in Mariveles can’t do anything about it. Ang reason nila is sa bandwidth na daw ng mga users un. So it means the more users that uses comclark connection dito sa area namin. It will affect all of our internet speed. WOW! So why should I continue to pay 1K a month kung parang dial up connection lang nakukuha ko?

    I HOPE PEOPLE AT COMCLARK DO THEIR RESPECTIVE JOBS AND GIVE THEIR COSTUMERS WHAT THEY DESERVE.

    DennisVictoriano

    29 Oct 09 at 2:42 pm

  27. darn globe tattoo..laging down ang signal.ei guys maganda ba ang bro?

    greogory

    8 Nov 09 at 5:25 pm

  28. tama ka dyan pare.laging down ngayon ang signal ng globe try mo tong link na to.nagrereklamo din sa globe.
    http://raincontreras.com/2009/04/07/isp-showdown-smart-bro-vs-comclark/comment-page-1/#comment-121122

    kram

    10 Nov 09 at 10:40 pm

  29. hobby ko na tumingin sa stars every night kahit sandali lang but this past days i think tumatagal ang pagtingin ko sakanila because i rather na tumingin sa bituin kaysa mapikon sa bagal ng globe.

    bianca

    12 Nov 09 at 11:24 pm

  30. naaawa ako sayo bianca. magpalit kana kung ako sayo.

    techy

    14 Nov 09 at 10:36 am

  31. kahit ako naaawa ako sa sarili ko

    bianca

    23 Nov 09 at 11:19 pm

  32. joke lang.wag mo kaawaan ang sarili mo mag palit kana lang kasi ng ISP.

    techy

    29 Nov 09 at 3:41 pm

  33. napanood ko ung commercial ng globe then they are declaring na sila ang number 1 plug it.hmmmmpnest un ah.ang bagal nga ng globe eh.

    mitch

    29 Nov 09 at 3:49 pm

  34. agree.parang false advertisement ung ginagawa nila.

    techy

    29 Nov 09 at 3:52 pm

  35. tama ka dun para nila niloloko ung mga tao.damn advetisement.

    mitch

    29 Nov 09 at 3:55 pm

  36. right.dapat kung magpapalabas sila ng ads ung totoo

    techy

    1 Dec 09 at 9:03 pm

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