VM GPRS back to sub 3rd world standard.

[CellBel]

Last night it was bad. :eek:
This morning it's gone. :eek:

MTN to the rescue again!!!!!!!! :)

[ndlovu_f]

hi CellBel,

I have contactect the nwetwork guys & they say the problem is isolated, are you still having the sam problem?

[CellBel]

Yes, and i've tried every hour since this morning i woke up. My friend also can't get on and he is (like me) also using MTN now to get in.

[ndlovu_f]

I have esclated this through to our to support and they are attending. This seems to be a general problem in the KZN area.
Thank you for brigning this to our attention CellBel

[Terencek]

Also haven't been able to get a data squeak from VM all day today -- from the 'Nooitgedacht' mast between Rustenburg and Magaliesberg.

[CellBel]

That's OK. But i am very far away from KZN, i'm in the N/Cape.

[diebaas]

Maybe the queen said : today is a gprs free day

[Skeptik]

So let's get some answers here:

Ndlovu, you said it's an "isolated problem" and it was in the "KZN area", yet others are having problems in N Cape.

Which is it?

[diebaas]

Hey,

maybe he just trying to make you feel better:D

[CellBel]

14 ½ hours later and VM GPRS is still dead. I'm still on MTN.
What's wrong with this people, it's more than 1 year now and still they can't fix the unreliability problem.

[CellBel]

24 hours later!!!!!!!!
Web pages still don't open, and i don't know what happened to VM

[Terencek]

Also still down in my area of NWP (see yesterday's post), now for the past 24 hours. And it's gone awfully quiet on the VM response front... Let's be charitable and assume they're all up at the sharp end fixing the problem....

[diebaas]

Vaal problem was just maybe my phone sorry peoples.

[CellBel]

36 hours later!!!!!!!!
Web pages still don't open, and i don't know what happened to VM

[Skeptik]

14 ½ hours later and VM GPRS is still dead. I'm still on MTN.

Ahhh, MTN. Like the Duracell Bunny nowadays. :D:D

[CellBel]

With MTN it takes only 8 seconds to open this webpage. :)

[Conspirator]

VM down today 9PM-10PM. Then it gave me the CellC insufficient airtime page even tough there is plenty airtime loaded. wtf?

Back to normal now.

[Abe]

If anyone is having hassles, try and force the phone to use Cell C beacons. VC are having big problems and when I put in my VM card, the first couple of connections would not work until I told the phone to only use Cell C beacons. Then it worked first time.

[CellBel]

60 hours later!!!!!!!!
Web pages still don't open???????????

[Abe]

Web pages still don't open???????????
Did you try forcing your modem / phone to use Cell C only?

[Zax]

I have similar problems in the area just out of Krugersdorp. I usually work off the Zwartkrans Vodacom tower but this has been useless for VM. My VC sim works fine on this tower. Switching to a CellC tower also doesn't make any difference, however the CellC signal is not as good 2-3 bars as opposed to the 4 bars from VC tower. This really looks as if VM has a major problem in this region. The Magaliesburg problem is also related. http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php?t=84196

Come on VM - things can't carry on like this!:mad:

[Abe]

VC is IMO totally overloaded. I think this has started effecting the VM people. The VC problems seem to be effecting prepaid customers more then contract customers so if you have a VC contract then you are less likely to experience problems. VM might be being put in the same bracket at the VC prepaid customers.

[CellBel]

My VM GPRS is running today, i hope it will stay.

[anger786]

up one moment and down da next

[PostmanPot]

I'm also getting seriously pissed off with this utter bs from Vodacom.