I sim swopped two sims last week. One was contract, was charged R150. The other was prepaid, was charged R5. How do you figure that? They afraid if you're prepaid you just buy a new sim with another network? On contract, well you're stuck with them, I guess.
I've had two MTN sims that stopped connecting to 4G (phones not 5G capable), but these sims were both roughly 10 years old. Sim swops sorted both out. Maybe the new sim is fault?
Yeah, MC801A can do 1+3+40, for example. My signal isn't that great, but performance is excellent nonetheless.
Can also do 40+40 but switches bands automatically when the upload test starts.
A quick test:
Both routers next to each other on Telkom LTE 80+80 service.
Huawei B618s-65d:
ZTE MC801A
Only noticed now the speedtest servers were different, but shouldn't matter much
I at least made sure that both routers were using the same bands, but if memory serves, the 618s-65d does...
Telkom has done some upgrades in my area it seems. First time seeing carrier aggregation between bands 1, 3 and 40.
Used to get no more than 30 Mbit/sec during the day. Now pushing almost 200 Mbit/sec. This is LTE, no 5G in my area.
My router: ZTE MC801A. If you can get one 2nd hand for under...
What goes through the mind of such people. Do they really think they can get away with this?
Or do they start "small". Maybe just a couple of thousand here and there, and then greed sets in?