SmartBro just recently launched an unlimited surfing promo for Php200/5days. Prior to this I was using Sun's unlimited (Php50/1day).
I was purchasing 2 cards every weekend to cover the family's internet usage but unfortunately, Sun's "Fair usage policy" washed out the promo to almost of no value. It was only good for basic surfing, checking email or if you want your IMs to be online for a day. Considering we were in line of sight from a nearby Digitel tower, speeds were not that impressive. Plus torrent speeds were virtually slow or non-existent. Forget flash heavy sites as well (forget Farmville).
But I was still using it due to the fact it was a more affordable alternative (compared to Php10/30mins).
Until Smart came along with this promo. One thing that bothered me was the 5 day length of the unli promo. But after using it, it became apparent it was worthwile. We got decent speeds, decent torrent downloads. Rather than my son keeps on buying Php30 of load everyday to use it just for Mafia Wars (wish it was for something productive), this came about Php40/day. And better, it came close to post-paid rates (Php999).
I can live with a week out of a month with no unli internet that will come out Php 800/month on this! Plus with out the hassle of a 24 month tie-in, a monthly subscription cost that you might still have to pay if the service goes out (customer service run-arounds). With this unli promo, pag-wala connection eh di wala! Pag walang pera pang internet, eh di wala, nothing to pay! Unfortunately it is only a promo. Lets see where Smart takes this.
note: as of lately, my speeds in my area is going down. I'm not sure if a lot of people has taken notice of this and now is clogging the network. They didn't even post it on their website. Learned through this from a newspaper ad and twitter.
