7.2mb Really?

P0is3nIvy said:
@ bizkit78

DO u think ur steven hawking? :D ;)
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While I'm no Grammar Nazi, I often wonder if people who don't bother to try and express themselves clearly in a medium where you can only be judged on your writing, realise the picture they paint of themselves?

And, no, it's not actually cool to write in MXiT-speak when you've got a PC in front of you.
 
P0is3nIvy said:
@78bizkit

I kind of werked it out by miself thank you.
"Dude your way of talking us confusing and blah, blah, blah..."

Is that a bit beter, vodacom3g?
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A bit :)

If you're using IE, install http://www.iespell.com. It integrates with the forum and the ABC 'spell check' box will now work.

It'll catch words like 'werked' and 'miself' for you. ;)
 
Right back to subject.

My card's 3.6 enabled and my signal strength is always on 1 bar or nothing and depending on what I download I get a constant +-200KB/s.
 
P0is3nIvy said:
Right back to subject.

My card's 3.6 enabled and my signal strength is always on 1 bar or nothing and depending on what I download I get a constant +-200KB/s.
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So that's 1600kb/s?

Have you tried to take a reading outdoors? Seems you have marginal coverage.
Normally an external antenna will work wonders in such a case.
 
vodacom3g said:
So that's 1600kb/s?

Have you tried to take a reading outdoors? Seems you have marginal coverage.
Normally an external antenna will work wonders in such a case.
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1600kb/s is correct
I get better signal (i think -75db) outdoors when I move closer a particular tower in the vicinity. Im kinda thrust in the middle of about three. External ant., hmmm, don't have the dosh right now. :( Any freebies from VC given our recent problems with reception and dropping of connections? :)
 
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GotTrend said:
Omg, vodacom :confused::confused::confused: ???

So I got a reply on my complaint that I made last week that I was not seeing any speeds greater than 3.6 after buying a VBBA 2gb package.

Last week there were a number of people from vodacom that confirmed the tower in my area is 7.2. Then they eventually said they will send some1 out to check. Now they call me and say that the tower has actually not been upgraded yet and that they will refund me the difference in price between the 2 packages.

Can you believe this..... Are they lying to us, or they just dont have a clue whats going on? And I wasnt only dealing with the call centre people, I was dealing directly with the technicians/network guys or who ever they are.

For me, if they were prepaired to refund the difference that says something is not right. Anyways, Im glad about the refund, but I still would like to really see speeds of 3.6 - 7.2 soon
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Unless there is only one HSPA base-station in your area, it is still possible that the base-station you have been connected to, is 7.2, while the techies might have assumed you're connected to a different base-station that is still being upgraded or something.
 
P0is3nIvy said:
1600kb/s is correct
I get better signal (i think -75db) outdoors when I move closer a particular tower in the vicinity. Im kinda thrust in the middle of about three. External ant., hmmm, don't have the dosh right now. :( Any freebies from VC given our recent problems with reception and dropping of connections? :)
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Where are you?
 
wheunis said:
For this company, i would DEFINITELY recommend getting a BBA 20GB bundle on contract SIM, resulting in the cheapest OOBR in the country.

The contract refreshes at the beginning of the month, and no matter if it runs out, they will STILL only pay 19c per MB OOBR.
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Don't you mean 26c per MB?
 
vodacom3g said:
No problem, but you know this topic have been discussed a lot over the last few years and you've been active in those threads.

As posted many times before, 1.8, 3.6 and 7.2 refers to the type of technology your modem must support to be able to receive the service.

So to get the HSDPA 7.2 service, your modem must support the correct modulation schemes for it. Typically the only way you'll know this is to look at the manufacturers specifications who will list it as 7.2.

As a crude analogy, when you buy a BMW 325, the name does not carry any indication of speed or power output. Higher numbers tend to indicate more advanced products (a 540 is a higher spec than a 316) but the number itself does not carry performance specifications, at best capacity.

So just like you get a BMW 318, 325 or 528, you get 3G, HSDPA 1.8, HSDPA 3.6 and HSDPA 7.2 products.

It's a product name, not a speed.

Again, Vodacom does not make speed claims for any of it's products, nor is it allowed to. The ASA stopped all networks from making 'up to' type of claims a few years ago.

Hope this clears it up for you.

And, just one more time :)

BB-A is all about a flat-rate tariff, not about getting a higher speed.
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99% of customers paying more for a BMW 318xslti than for a BMW 318 would expect more bells, whistles, luxury items, heated leather seats, etc. etc. etc.

99% of customers paying more for a BMW 325 than a 318 would expect better performance, be it more power, higher speed, better acceleration...

If Vodacom just called the new product BB-F (F=Flatrate) people wouldn't have gone off buying bundles expecting higher speeds, then requesting refunds (NO, I'm not one of them!). Fact is, 3.6 sounds surprisingly like 3.6 Mbps, 7.2 like 7.2 Mbps, not so?
 
Antonf said:
Fact is, 3.6 sounds surprisingly like 3.6 Mbps, 7.2 like 7.2 Mbps, not so?
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My Vespa 300 GTS actually has a 278cc engine, but I guess Paggio called it a 300 to show that it has the potential to rival a 300cc engine.

Should I demand my money back? :)

As V3G has explained SO many times now, it is a flat rate package + you HAVE the potential to hit speeds close to 7.2Mbps, if you have very good reception and your local tower supports it.

Am I gifted for understanding why Vodacom introduced this new package and who it is aimed at?? I think the explanation from V3G was pretty good.

If you don't want to use it, you are not forced to in any way.
 
robass said:
GotTrend , I dont believe anybody in P.E is getting any better than 3.6 at the moment . I will be waiting a while before I upgrade to equipment that will give me 7.2 (true) speed, as my E220 modem is already 7.2 capable , but cant nearly get 7.2 , the best I can get when I am about 100 metres away from the microwave tower is 3.3 (which is fast enough for me)
But like you say the towers in P.E. have too much backhaul , hence our speeds getting throttled .
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How will I know if my E220 is 7.2mbps capable? I recently updated the software from the Vodacom website and I am still using the 3.6Mbps data bundle. Speedtest reaches max 1.8mbps at the moment.
 
Once connected you get a little pop-up window off the bottom tool-bar which should tell you what your modem is "doing" 3,6mb/s or 7,2mb/s.
 
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