Error 628 & Disconnection Problem on My Smart Bro Plugit

Does Smart's FREE MOBILE Internet has already reared its ugly head?

So, it seems with my Smart Bro Plugit.

In the past two days, I encountered two problems with my plugit which I seldom experienced before.

Since the launch of such promo, I have encountered Error 628 on my Smart Bro plugit while trying to connect to the internet. I have registered to the UNLISURF 85 promo, by the way.

See this screenshot below:

Error 628: The connection was terminated by the remote
computer before it could be completed.

I had spent majority of my Sunday morning clicking redial but was unable to connect.

Today, I was able to connect but I get disconnected every so often and need to re-Connect just to make the most out of what's left with my unlisurf subscription.

I can't think of other reason for this problems but the traffic and/or congestion brought about by Smart's free mobile internet.

I hope that Smart really has the infrastructure to handle majority of its 72 million subscribers availing of the promo.

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Smart Bro UNLISURF Expiration Notification

Some two years back, I blogged/complained about Smart's UNLISURF lacking feature - checking the status of your UNLISURF subscription via SMS or Text Message.

It seems that Smart has made some improvements related to this concern.

Just moments ago, I received a text notification from Smart (via 4932) informing me that I only have one hour left to enjoy my enrollment to Smart's UNLISURF service.

Screenshot of My Smart Bro

Having this notification allows subscribers like me to be aware of my UNLISURF subscription. Especially, if my Smart Bro still has some loadcredits.

Sometimes, when we are online, we tend to forget the time so it is really good that Smart has rolled out this text notification service.

I have to say thumbs up to Smart for this. :)

P.S

This blog post serves as a bonus from my one day UNLISURF subscription yesterday.

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Enjoy 2 Days of Unlimited Internet via Smart Bro's UNLISURF85

Loadxtreme's online loading facility provides dealer/retailers the option to check their sales via e-mail. I registered my yahoo account for this purpose.

I was just accessing my yahoo mail account to check my loadxtreme sales for the day when I saw Smart's huge advertisement of Smart Bro Unlisurf 85 right before logging in.

Screenshot of Yahoo Mail Login Page

Loadxtreme provides dealer/retailers a way of checking sales through its database accessible thru its own website or via a third party e-mail provider.

Throug my yahoo mail account, I came to learn Smart Bro Unlisurf 85 which I thought of sharing to you immediately.

UnliSURF 85

You get not one, but two days of unlimited mobile broadband internet with the new Smart Bro UnliSURF85 from 100 pesos down to only 85 pesos! Just text UNLISURF 85 to 2200 from your SmartBroaccount or avail via My Smart Account.

From Smart's website.

Basically, Smart Bro is offering its prepaid internet subscribers 15 peso savings for two day unlimited internet via their smartphones or cellphones. Also, UNLISURF 85 saves you time in enrolling for another day.

When I was blogging via my own Smart Bro plugit, I usually avail of unlisurf 200. But I think that UNLISURF 85 is good enough deal if you need unlimited internet connection for the weekend as long as the connection is reliable.

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Smart Bro UNLISURF is Temporarily Unavailable For Prepaid Smart Bro Users :(

I was looking forward to getting online the whole weekend (Sundays & Mondays for me).

Unfortunately, Smart Bro's UNLISURF for Smart Bro prepaid broadband users like me is temporarily not available.

I have sent the service keywords at least 8 times, typing UNLISURF 100, UNLISURF 50 and even UNLISURF 200 or their lower-cased equivalents & sending to 2200 but to no avail.

Until I received this text/SMS message:

Sorry keyword is temporary unavailable, for more information please visit http://www.mysmart.com.ph. P2.50/txt

Arrgh!

I am posting this now using regular Smart Bro prepaid load. I fervently hope that Smart would not eventually stop offering UNLISURF. It's one of the reason I settled for a Smart Bro prepaid rather than a postpaid account.

Image via Smart Bro UNLISURF page.

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