Recent content by j2000

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    General advice

    Been using Vodacom LTE as primary internet service since 2019-ish. Been great till about September 2024... experienced a little more than usual faults and speed decreases since then. It's more annoyance than frustration currently, so not enough to force me to change... yet. Might be worth it to...
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    Telkom's online RICA system offline - SIMs from Takealot useless

    Product has one 4-star review: ...maybe a workaround for buyers?
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    T-Mobile to shut down old 3G mobile network starting March 31

    In a somewhat unrelated comment... would love to see standby times on 3G, 4G and 5G compared /too lazy to do it myself
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    Is Rain really that bad? What are the alternatives?

    Can't speak for 5G, personally only used the 4G Unlimited for about 4 months, from around 9/2020. At the time didn't mind the throttling of Youtube and VPN, knew what I was buying. Seemed to going downhill quickly though (don't mean for browsing and speed tests). Web browsing and speed tests...
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    Vodacom 400gigs day + 400 gigs night for R229

    I'm curious about this as well. Most don't like that dreaded c-word "contract", but I'm interested to know just how many signed up for these 24 / 36 month contracts. On the fibre side, even though it is Telkom, sign-ons for their R399 for 25Mbps might just be a good indication of how much...
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    Employee negligence and corruption at Eskom has crippled the utility's power generation

    Cues Steven Seagal!
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    WhatsApp, Telegram, Twitter used to plan and instigate vandalism and looting in South Africa - Report

    Omw there is so much deniability by the participants of that group...."my whatsapp was hacked" ..."my phone was hacked"... Really??
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    All the electric cars you can buy in South Africa - And new models coming soon

    Slightly off-topic... but does CO2 emissions tax fit in all this? Just asking, cause I've always wondered how it was used. How did that new tax promote the reduction CO2 emissions... What did government do with tax to address emissions... Did it all go back into the industry to fund projects to...
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    Hardware Bargains - Open Thine Wallet

    Unfortunately does not seem to be working for me at the moment :( I have a Duracell charger, model CEF 15 (bought somewhere around 2015 I think). It charges the older (green label/cover) Duracell batteries I have just fine. I purchased these new black label/cover batteries about 2 weeks ago...
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    Samsung heir may spend 9 years in prison

    Heir today, gone tomorrow
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    Openserve R399- Unlimited data 10/5

    I'm guessing then ADSL is here to stay for a long while :) There's a gap to get to min R600/R700pm for fiber. I'm curious to know what the spend is per month for an internet connection. Speed / type of broadband connection plays a part, but I think most are buying by deciding on a budget first...
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    Openserve free fibre and ADSL upgrades

    :laugh: Maybe they need to be reminded that internet means 24/7 My line got upgraded, but I still haven't received a reply from Telkom to my upgrade query. Don't know if anyone actually saw it and I was just plain ol' lucky to part of the batch that got upgraded. Or maybe someone did see the...
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    Openserve free fibre and ADSL upgrades

    Just checked my router, mines has been upgraded too . And I only sent 1 query about it, this Monday I think. Maybe they mass rolling it out now :unsure:
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    Openserve free fibre and ADSL upgrades

    Then that gives me hope... for Telkom! lol
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    Openserve free fibre and ADSL upgrades

    Just some info for those on Telkom ADSL, but with data accounts elsewhere (like me): Existing DSL services on 2Mbps, 4Mbps and 8Mbps with an active Telkom Internet account will be upgraded to... Link And from the T&C's: #7. These campaigns are limited to the existing base of active Telkom...
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