3g/HSDPA

[champs]

Good day,

We have recently purchased the E620 – Huawei GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA Data. We then purchase the data bundles 100MB/200MB etc.

I am connecting in the Bryanston area, the software shows that I have full signal. When I connect, I get a maximum download speed 240Kbps uplink speed 31Kbps.

The latency on the link is terrible.

Is this normal for the HSDPA link?

Once the link is up I then connect back to the corporate network where I attempt to connect to my exchange profile. Well this is a joke; I might as well use a dial-up. It takes about 7 minutes to connect to my exchange profile, and don’t even try and send an email. I have an ADSL link at home, this exact task is lightning fast.

WHATS UP with the MTN 3g/HSDPA network?

 

[jveldsman]

Best of luck with the worst SERVICE PROVIDER: MTN!

Will Vodacom please come in and save me from the worst service on the planet!!

HELP! HELP! HELP!!

I HATE MTN SP STAY AWAY STAY AWAY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[YelloFever]

Good day,

We have recently purchased the E620 – Huawei GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA Data. We then purchase the data bundles 100MB/200MB etc.

I am connecting in the Bryanston area, the software shows that I have full signal. When I connect, I get a maximum download speed 240Kbps uplink speed 31Kbps.

The latency on the link is terrible.

Is this normal for the HSDPA link?

Once the link is up I then connect back to the corporate network where I attempt to connect to my exchange profile. Well this is a joke; I might as well use a dial-up. It takes about 7 minutes to connect to my exchange profile, and don’t even try and send an email. I have an ADSL link at home, this exact task is lightning fast.

WHATS UP with the MTN 3g/HSDPA network?

Good day,

Can I ask you to please log a call with our coverage department?

External email: [email protected]

0839001212 toll free from 083 no.’s

 

[YelloFever]

By quickly looking at his data rates he is not on HSDPA but Edge, and there are No sites down at the moment.

MTNDD

 

[BeVonk!]

By quickly looking at his data rates he is not on HSDPA but Edge, and there are No sites down at the moment.

MTNDD

... or its a very crowded area with many MTNers accessing the same 3G transmitter - 3G is a shared service where rates will come down as users increase.

 

[YelloFever]

... or its a very crowded area with many MTNers accessing the same 3G transmitter - 3G is a shared service where rates will come down as users increase.

Also dependant on Telkom's T1 links and a lot of other things

MTNDD

 

[champs]

Can you tell which technology you are using at any given point when connected ie 3g or HSDPA?

 

[BeVonk!]

Ja, that "lot of other things" are the most interesting one - stuff like topography. Pity we only found out these things once we've signed on the dotted line

 

[YelloFever]

Ja, that "lot of other things" are the most interesting one - stuff like topography. Pity we only found out these things once we've signed on the dotted line

That's not good

MTNDD

 

[BeVonk!]

That's not good

MTNDD

Exactly. Read "MTN 3G Coverage Map" thread for an example of this. Coverage map says one thing but the devil pops up in the details - after a 24 months contract has been entered into. Then only does the "lot of other things" come into play. But I've found a solution for my own problem ... Vodacom.

 

[YelloFever]

Exactly. Read "MTN 3G Coverage Map" thread for an example of this. Coverage map says one thing but the devil pops up in the details - after a 24 months contract has been entered into. Then only does the "lot of other things" come into play. But I've found a solution for my own problem ... Vodacom.

It's not a good thing when it takes such a step but at the end of the day what do you do

MTNDD

 

[champs]

I have just plugged the Vodacom data card into my laptop, WOW unbelievable difference.

I can connect to the corporate VPN and download my exchange mail like i am on the LAN.

MTN you have a lot of work to do, vodacom is miles ahead.

 

[Piesang]

I have a MTN Data Card.

Don't have 3G Coverage as yet but do have EDGE.
Vodacom's coverage map shows that I have 3G Coverage but when I put the sim into my data card it shows 3G/HSDPA for a few seconds with very bad signal and then go to EDGE.

MTN's EDGE is much faster than Vodacom's EDGE.

Vodacom's map shows 3G but I don't get 3G. I think it's better to know you don't have 3G coverage then seeing on a map that you do and you don't.

 

[champs]

I dont think MTN have a 3G network YET!

 

[YelloFever]

I dont think MTN have a 3G network YET!

MTN'S 3G network and HSDPA network is there but we roll out according to usage vs user's

MTNDD