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  1. Hanno Labuschagne

    GeForce Now South African beta ending after this week

    GeForce Now South African beta ending after this week Rain's Nvidia GeForce Now beta is coming to an end on 4 December 2023, and the company has urged testers to keep their eyes peeled for an official launch date. Rain sent email and SMS notifications to its Nvidia GeForce Now beta testers on...
  3. Jan

    Nvidia GeForce Now officially launches support for Game Pass

    Nvidia GeForce Now adds support for Microsoft Game Pass Nvidia GeForce Now subscribers can now link their Xbox accounts to the cloud streaming service for easier access to PC Game Pass titles, the company announced. The addition of the feature is part of a ten-year deal between Microsoft and...
  4. Hanno Labuschagne

    MTN and Rain can take part in hearing on Vodacom-Vuma merger

    MTN and Rain can take part in hearing on Vodacom-Vuma merger The Competition Tribunal has granted MTN and Rain leave to intervene in the pending hearing about a proposed transaction between Vodacom and Maziv. Maziv owns Vumatel and Dark Fibre Africa.
  5. D

    Rain 5G sim not working on router

    My Rain 5G sim says no connection/ invalid sim on the router however it is working fine on my phone, May I get this merged back to my router I have tried rebooting and resetting my router, and still nothing is happening, in a few days my payment is due and money will be deducted for a router...
  6. Jan

    Rain increases prices for new subscribers

    Rain price hikes for new customers Mobile network operator Rain has quietly increased the base price of its RainOne packages for new customers. The adjustment coincides with the launch of its new 5G smart router — dubbed the101 — which will ship as a free-to-use device with new RainOne orders.
  7. S

    Enabling the raintalk app on a Huawei P9 Lite (and maybe other older devices)

    TL : DR -> Don't set raintalk as your default dialler. Only then will it start working, and you'll be able to make and receive calls with it, including via wifi connection. Tested on a Huawei P9 Lite, EMUI 5.0.4, Android 7.0. Greetings So I have a 6-year-old Huawei P9 Lite, running Android...
  8. GeeBeez

    Rain Bullying

    @rain_mobile @rain_networks is now bullying me via PM. They want me to pay supposed "due" bills for a service that has not been used in the last 2-3 years. How can we owe anything when we cancelled the service and they never even sent an email or tried to debit my account. It really shows the...
  9. GeeBeez

    Rain Cancellation

    My underaged son Just received an email from rain telling him that we owe them money and he has been handed over to easton berry and ass. @rain_mobile @rain_network I phoned rain, who has no coverage in our area and was told that I may not talk to the accounts department as they, today 24...
  10. Hanno Labuschagne

    Climate change blamed for Western Cape rain and floods

    Climate change blamed for Western Cape rain and floods Climate change intensified the torrential rain and flooding that’s swept South Africa’s Western Cape over the past two days, claiming at least 11 lives and forcing the evacuation of about 1,000 low-lying homes, the region’s top officials...
  11. ZimaDigi

    My Apple devices are not able to use internet from the Rain 5G plan.

    My family and have been using Rain for a year and half, and ever since we started using the ISP, none of our Apple devices (3 iPhones, an iPad and a Macbook) have been able to use the internet. Even when we have guests that use iPhones, they experience the same problems. They connect to the...
  12. M

    GeForce Now signup troubles

    Today I got a mail from Rain saying I can take part in the Nvidia GeForce Now beta. So I signed up on the Rain site, paid and installed the GeForce Now app, but in the app, when trying to launch a game, it tells me I need to choose a package. This takes me to the Rain site which asks me to log...
    • mdhw
    • Thread
    • geforce now nvidia rain rain nvidia
    • Replies: 11
    • Forum: Gaming
  13. dorinda

    Broken router - no response

    My router has been broken since sunday. The whole weekend it was giving issues with connection with no internet available. I have reported on sunday when router died that its not working. I have phoned uesterday and today but only saying that the relevent department will contact me. I have...
  14. Jan

    Rain One going strong

    Rain says fixed-5G plan with free mobile data and minutes is going strong Rain launched its Rain One product in May 2023, combining mobile and fixed-wireless plans with uncapped fixed data, free monthly calls and data for two phones — and the company says it has proved popular. MyBroadband...
  15. Hanno Labuschagne

    ARB says Rain's R1 unlimited 5G deal is misleading

    ARB says Rain's R1 unlimited 5G deal is misleading The Advertising Regulatory Board (ARB) has ruled against Rain for misleading customers with an advertisement claiming they can "join now for just 1 Rand". A complaint regarding the ad was brought before the regulator by Trevor Hill, who said...
  16. NeonNinja

    RAIN 5G router fried

    My 5G router from RAIN got fried despite being on a surge protector. I remember fetching it some months back and they said something about a power cut/surge. Can't remember what they said exactly. Can I return it or I'm stuffed?
  17. T

    Morning my 5G rain router doesn’t have network connection it’s been two days now please help

    Morning my 5G rain router doesn’t have network connection it’s been two days now please help
  18. Yoda Arain

    Make our lives easier, not harder! raintalk

    I live in an area where Rain's service is not good—sometimes almost none—during load shedding. I've got Vodacom as a backup. I use raintalk app for calling (while using Vodacom for data, but as soon as the Rain SIM card is removed, the app stops working. To cope with this problem, I've got to...
  19. Jan

    Vodacom, MTN, Rain comment on digital dividend spectrum becoming available

    South Africa's analogue TV switch-off — Vodacom, MTN, Rain weigh in Sentech has officially switched off all terrestrial analogue television transmissions above 694MHz, and Vodacom, MTN, and Rain are ready to take advantage of the newly-freed spectrum. MyBroadband asked South Africa's major...
    • Jan
    • Thread
    • analogue switch-off digital terrestrial television (dtt) mtn rain vodacom
    • Replies: 7
    • Forum: Broadband and IT News
  20. Jan

    Analytico: ISPs with the strongest brand in South Africa (April 2023)

    Afrihost crushes the competition Afrihost has extended its lead over Vox, Telkom, and Rain as the Internet service provider (ISP) with the strongest brand in South Africa. This was revealed in Analytico’s 2023 South African Broadband and ISP Brand Report released this week.
  21. Jan

    Rain axes dozens of staff at Joburg offices

    Retrenchments at Rain Mobile network operator Rain has retrenched dozens of employees as part of the transition of its Johannesburg offices from a headquarters into a regional branch, despite previously promising the change would not result in job losses. The confirmation comes after a source...
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