{"id":5290,"date":"2014-06-18T14:32:47","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T06:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/?p=5290"},"modified":"2014-06-19T09:33:29","modified_gmt":"2014-06-19T01:33:29","slug":"dashboard-lets-smart-bro-users-monitor-manage-internet-subscription","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/2014\/06\/18\/dashboard-lets-smart-bro-users-monitor-manage-internet-subscription\/","title":{"rendered":"Dashboard lets Smart Bro users monitor, manage their Internet subscription"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Subscribers of Smart Bro now have a way to monitor and manage their broadband Internet subscriptions. With the browser-based <a href=\"www.smart.com.ph\/brodashboard\" target=\"_blank\">Dashboard<\/a>, users will no longer incur unintended data charges once their Unlisurf, Flexisurf, or Always On subscriptions expire.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>With the Dashboard, Smart Bro subscribers can easily access everything related to their broadband accounts\u2014from their SIM number, current load balance, and promo subscription validity, to a full list of broadband packages that they can easily subscribe to, accessible with just a simple click from within the Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>The Smart Bro Dashboard also boasts a feature called \u201cLoad Protect,\u201d which, when turned on, prevents subscribers from incurring unintended data charges once their Unlisurf, Flexisurf, or Always On subscriptions expire. This way, subscribers are fully aware that they are not being charged beyond the packages that they subscribed to.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-5291\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"dashboard photo from iphone\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-1024x768.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-600x450.jpg 600w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-210x158.jpg 210w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone-390x293.jpg 390w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/dashboard-photo-from-iphone.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nInitially available to all Smart Bro prepaid Plug-It, Pocket WiFi, and SIM-only subscribers and postpaid LTE users (under the LTE Plan 599 and Plan 999), the Dashboard automatically opens once the user opens the browser, reaches zero balance, or when \u201cLoad Protect\u201d is turned on and their promo subscription expires.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Easy management and subscription<\/strong><br \/>\nAccessible via the Internet browser (smart.com.ph\/brodashboard), Smart Bro Dashboard allows full and real-time access to users\u2019 account details, including their SIM number, current load balance, and the current status of their subscribed package.<\/p>\n<p>When a user is subscribed to an Always-On package, for example, they will be able to see in real-time how much MB volume they have left and the validity of their subscription, so they can pace their usage accordingly.<\/p>\n<p>The Dashboard also allows subscribers to easily buy Unlisurf, Flexitime, or Always On load packages with just a click, so they wouldn\u2019t have to memorize keywords anymore.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dashboard_Screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-5292\" src=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dashboard_Screenshot.png\" alt=\"Dashboard_Screenshot\" width=\"806\" height=\"590\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dashboard_Screenshot.png 806w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dashboard_Screenshot-300x219.png 300w, http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/Dashboard_Screenshot-102x75.png 102w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 806px) 100vw, 806px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>All they have to do is click on the \u201cProducts and Services\u201d tab on Dashboard, choose the specific load package they want to subscribe to, and click \u201cRegister Now.\u201d The package will be activated immediately, and the amount will instantly be deducted from their prepaid credits.<\/p>\n<p>Once subscribed, users can also check the status of their load packages through the Dashboard. At the sidebar on the home page, the remaining hours or volume allocation of their subscription will be displayed prominently, so they can easily monitor their usage over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Facebook, Twitter<\/strong><br \/>\nThrough the Dashboard, users can also get free and uninterrupted access to their Facebook and Twitter feeds through SmartNet. By signing in to a SmartNet account and linking their social media profiles, they will also be able to post quick status updates for their friends to see.<\/p>\n<p>Aside from this, users can also access various digital content offered by Smart through the Dashboard, including music from SPINNR, movie streaming from Clickplay, and online game e-Pins from GameX. Visiting these sites will not incur any charges if they were accessed from the Dashboard.<\/p>\n<p>The innovative Smart Bro Dashboard is initially available to all Smart Bro prepaid Plug-It, Pocket WiFi, and SIM-only subscribers and postpaid LTE users.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Subscribers of Smart Bro now have a way to easily monitor and manage their broadband Internet subscriptions.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5291,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[328,571,1577,625],"class_list":["post-5290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-headlines","tag-internet","tag-prepaid-services","tag-smart-bro","tag-smart-communications-inc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5290\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5291"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.upgrademag.com\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}