Recent content by Jake45

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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    The 5G Mobile and the 5G Home Internet have different coverage maps. My suburb appears to be outside of any 4G or 5G Home Internet coverage, but I do have 5G Mobile coverage. My G5TS router does manage to connect to a 5G service - I'm not sure whether this is the 5G Mobile or the out-of-range 5G...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    @CoolEscalator: My apologies I did not see your post while I was entering my response. Is there no 5G Mobile coverage either? I don't have any Home Internet coverage but I do have 5G Mobile coverage which works for me, at least for the moment !
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Have you tried to enter your address at the Vodacom 5G coverage map ? https://vccoverage.afrigis.co.za/#/
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Many thanks for the clarification. It would be very interesting to compare the results for a complete calendar month as the Vodapay app appears to give a much more detailed breakdown of the usage than the G5TS. This Vodapay usage information also does not appear to be available by doing a...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    The Vodapay app appears to show the data usage from 27th August with most of the usage on the 27, 28, 29 and 30 August - not sure whether you signed up on 31 August or before ? Usually the G5TS is configured to reset the data usage on the 1st of every month so I'm not sure whether you are...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    @Finhobbyist: I think the 4G access is only available on the Vodacom products, not on MTN. I have successfully used my CI/Vodacom SIM in my 4G phone/routers on occasion. If you order an unlocked G5TS for R750 from Cool Ideas you should be able to use it for any 5G service in the future -...
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    Win R2,000 – Complete the 2026 Pre-Black Friday Survey

    Done ! 🍀🍀🍀
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    @SHL: Just look in the System -> System Settings menu at the bottom. The Key Log Information screen shows a huge file of router status messages. You should be able to scroll down and look for the messages at a particular time of interest. The most recent messages should be at the bottom of the...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Does the Session Uptime counter reset every few hours or does the router only switch from 5G to 4G ? Does the front panel light ever change to red ? After a week or two of regular disconnects my Session Uptime has now been stable for more than 24 hours ! If the Session Uptime is resetting...
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    Spar is the runt of the litter

    I would buy from Spar regularly if they offered instore pricing on the UberEats app like PnP does with MrD. I think that those chain stores that focus on delivery will do well in the future as it should be possible to improve profitability by replacing retail stores with delivery depots etc.
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    2026 H2 Consumer Technology Survey - Win R3,000

    Done ! 🤞🤞🤞
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    @Jason-ZA: I forgot that you aren't using the G5TS. Here are some of the Key Log entries relating to my latest reboot which took place around 05:10 this morning while the router was idle. I have highlighted some entries of interest in red. I am not sure whether the reboot was caused by some...
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    Revised Electricity Pricing Policy will address various issues in SA's electricity sector, says Ramokgopa

    If you look at this map of the world showing the cost per kWh of electricity I am not very optimistic that the price of electricity will come down any time soon in SA. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/cost-of-electricity-by-country In my case the lack of availability of...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    Yes I think they are. Unfortunately my suburb has not been spared from the current ongoing power outages in Johannesburg and my power was only restored a few hours ago. I will monitor the session uptime to check for disconnects over the next few days. I have noticed that the Key Log...
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    Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

    I have also been experiencing some random disconnects recently. I thought they were related to the weak reception in my suburb. Previously I would lock the router to the 5G N41 band as well as the 4G B1 and B3 bands and this appeared to help but I have recently experienced disconnects even with...
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