Tester: “Globe fastest, Smart second, Sun fails”
By Rico, 7:07 am Tue Dec 15 2009 - Featured, Surveys - 5 Opinions
So, apparently under your typical, normal conditions, YouTube user MrSpeedoBear tests Smart Bro, Globe Tattoo, and Sun Broadband. The location? Somewhere at the Fort, “at a place called Stop Over”. The time? Around 9 pm-ish.
Here’s the video of MrSpeedoBear:
For those who don’t want to wait the 9-minute plus video to load, Globe Tattoo performed well compared to its competitors, taking significantly less time to load the “control” video. The final verdict of MrSpeedoBear is Globe first, Smart second, and Sun third. Or as the video description states: “Globe is the fastest, Smart comes in second, and Sun just utterly fails here.”
What about you, dear readers? Do you know anyone else who has actually gone through the trouble of comparing the three wireless broadband brands, recording and uploading a video of the experiment? MrSpeedoBear seems like the skilled amateur video producer, even creating a quick splash screen for his (I’m assuming from the voice that it’s a he) little test.
vins
6:06 pm Tue Dec 15 2009
apparently SUN is failing, I own one and I am thinking of switching to SmartBRO or Globe Tatoo.
Marcus
2:02 pm Wed Dec 16 2009
I own a Sun SWB and it sucks during the afternoon and early evening, though more often than not YouTube vids load fast enough even during peak hours (there’s a transmitter near our house, so that could be a factor), though torrent DLs only work well from 1am to 6am.
Jayvee Fernandez on Technology and New Media in the Philippines » Blog Archive » Speedtests should not be the measure of mobile broadband
12:12 pm Thu Dec 17 2009
[...] SMART, Globe, SUN … does it really matter who claims to be the fastest? Based on studies, Globe claims to be the fastest but everyone else says it isn’t so. SMART fluctuates as well. SUN is the “fastest” and also the “slowest.” [...]
Jiro Yan
3:03 am Sat Dec 19 2009
Yes, I agree SUN is the fastest for me. Consistent 2Mbps.
Jonas Diego
7:07 am Fri Jan 22 2010
Sun is the best I’ve tried so far.