Free 15 Minutes of Internet Surfing from Smart Bro this early on 2012

Perhaps Smart Bro wants to get the attention of prospective subscribers that this early on the year, they offered Free 15 Minutes of Internet surfing to their current subscribers.

Got a text message when I launched my Smart Bro plug-it today.

Hello Smart Bro user!Want free minutes?Send BRO15 to 2200 any day between Jan 9 & 22 and get free 15mins of internet the next day until Jan23.For more info, visit http://smart.com.ph/bro. Promo is from Jan 10 to 23 only. DTI NCR Permit No. 1132, series of 2012.

Unfortunately, I can not verify this promo at the moment on my smart bro prepaid plugit because it is currently enrolled in Smart Bro's unlimited surfing service for five days.

Just for the fun of it, I tried this promo on two cellphones with regular Smart SIMs but unsuccessful.

The response message says;

You are not allowed to avail of this service. You may call Smart Hotline for details, *888 or 888-1111.P1/txt

By this time, I am skeptical about any promo by all telcos in the country. I would really appreciate it if someone who has availed of the Free 15 minutes internet surfing promo from Smart Bro can confirm if this promo is genuine or just simply pure marketing BS.