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    Vox Hurlingham

    All afternoon I've been getting massive packet loss. Constantly connecting/disconnecting. Craighall area.
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    RAIN 5G Premium [Don't waste your money]

    Thank you for this detailed guide. I followed it as much as possible. The problem I have is that my balcony faces away from all the towers, it's like theres 6 towers <2km away from me, but they're all behind my apartment, so block line of site by my apartment building. this is the best I...
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    Please do a MyBroadband speed test on Rain

    I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong. Maybe someone can advise me on setting up my router better. I'm on the 5G premium product for R999pm. Currently I get around 60Mbps down and 2.5 Mbps up. I live 1.5km away from Sandton. I expected there to be a Tower in my area, or at least close by...
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    RAIN 5G Premium [Don't waste your money]

    I don't know if I'm doing anything wrong. Maybe someone can advise me on setting up my router better. I'm on the 5G premium product for R999pm. Currently I get around 60Mbps down and 2.5 Mbps up. I live 1.5km away from Sandton. I expected there to be a Tower in my area, or at least close by...
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    Stay in SA - Ramaphosa urges young white people

    I know a couple who moved to South Africa for mining work from Switzerland and Austria. They've lived here for years and eventually retired here. They agree that they'll never return to Switzerland as it's impossible to live the lifestyle they're living in South Africa. Property prices and...
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    Stay in SA - Ramaphosa urges young white people

    Talent.io and honeypot.io are two great websites for finding jobs in the EU for anyone looking for IT jobs abroad. Myself and many friends have ended up in NL and DE (Berlin and Amsterdam are desperate for software engineers). I'm heading back to SA due to the pandemic. But it is always a good...
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    Good news for South African IT job seekers

    Don't forget Germany and the Netherlands. Huge uptake in those 2 EU countries at the moment. Talent.io and Honeypot.io are two great sites for anyone looking to move to the EU. I managed to get into the EU through those sites. Although I am heading back to RSA later this year. Things are just...
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    Rain LTE speed Meerhof,Haartbeespoort

    Unplugging my antenna fixed the problem. I'm guessing the antenna has died.
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    Please do a MyBroadband speed test on Rain

    Meerhof, Haartbeespoort B618 - 1800Mhz 4 bars (SNR is abysmal) Ping: 60ms Download: 0.03Mbps Upload: 0.25Mbps
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    Rain Mobile Feedback Thread

    Yeah since yesterday I've been getting unusable conneciton speeds to the towers in Haartbeespoort.
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    Rain LTE speed Meerhof,Haartbeespoort

    Hi all I'm having trouble with my Rain connection in Haartbeespoort. It was fine up until Saturday, but since then it's been terrible. I'm using a directional antenna to boost signal and it's been fine up until now. These are the current results: CELL_ID: 204848129 RSRP: -108dBm...
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    Weltevreden Park FTTH Sign up

    CONGRATULATIONS EVERYONE!!!! A THANK YOU to Khumbulani and the others that Helped and Thank you to 123Net for making this possible. Please if anyone is interested in signing up for FTTH access in Weltevreden park: Sign up on 123Net:https://123net.co.za/en/front/forms/home/ Pricing...
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    Mixing RAM dual channels

    I currently have a Dual Channel kit of Geil BlackDragon 1866Mhz RAM installed on my MSI G43 Z77A mother board with a Core i5 IvyBridge processor. My question is : I want to get another 8Gb of RAM ,But I can no longer find Geil's BlackDragon 1866 RAM anywhere. So I was looking at the Kingston...
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    Job seeker: Recent Bsc Compsci Graduate with postgraduate.

    I am a recent Bsc. Graduate majoring in Pure Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of the Witswatersrand. Currently I'm writing my final exams for my Bsc(Hons) Pure Mathematics.I'm sure to pass(already a guarantee) and I now need to find myself some employment. As of yet I have...
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    • Forum: IT Jobs
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