Afrihost Mobile Feedback Thread

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DTBA said:
For you guys having signal problem, Just remember 2G,3G, and LTE are 3 different freq. So it other word is you can have full 3g signal and no 2g at all or the other way around. Full 2G but no 3G or LTE. Each signal is on its own so even if you have the greatest 2G signal in the world It will not give you 3G. (also weather pleases a role clear sky is better then a rainy cloudy day)

Some people think its a stepup signal that if you have full 2g then you will get 3g but that is not true. Also 3g can shrink when more people use the tower. So sometimes you might have better signal during the night and bad signal during the day.

I also recommend getting a 5m usb cable (not the cheapies) and stick your modem out the window. This may improve your signal from 0 to full. 3G don't really go that great thru walls. In my house I have no 3g inside but full in the window.
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I went outside and put it away from all the walls and still no improvement. Will trial tonight by driving around in the area and seeing what happens.

kimbo said:
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In the client zone
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Mine's still marked as "En Route" so I don't see any of that shizzness.
 
Are there any settings required when putting the afrihost sim into other 3g modems/routers or is everything that's needed already on the sim?
 
My Mifi device and SIM were delivered yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately there is no 2G or 3G signal at our home even though MTN's coverage map states that both should be there. I thus only got to try it at work this morning.

Despite the fact that I won't be able to use Afrihost mobile at home I'm still impressed with the overall experience. The ordering, courier and delivery, the Afrihost Client Zone, the Mifi device and the 3G performance I'm enjoying at work makes for a very warm and fuzzy feeling. Well done Afrihost! Great concept and great execution!

Now I only hope and pray that MTN will sort out coverage at my home in the not too distant future.
 
martin said:
My Mifi device and SIM were delivered yesterday afternoon. Unfortunately there is no 2G or 3G signal at our home even though MTN's coverage map states that both should be there. I thus only got to try it at work this morning.
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MTN claims I have 2G, 3G and LTE, but yeah. It seems not.
 
saor said:
Are there any settings required when putting the afrihost sim into other 3g modems/routers or is everything that's needed already on the sim?
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Just change the APN to afrihost - other than that there's no extra settings to be added/changed/deleted/etc...
 
froot said:
MTN claims I have 2G, 3G and LTE, but yeah. It seems not.
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Which is weird to me - I did that speedtest on the side of the road, close to that shopping centre (you'll know which one).

Maybe they have a wonky transmitter on your side of the tower?

As somebody said, drive around, and experiment.

I've already identified a couple of good spots and dead spots in my house... but unfortunately putting the router up the wall closest to the MTN tower means that I won't get a wifi signal in my bedroom... :( :D

Still early days though...
 
The_Librarian said:
Which is weird to me - I did that speedtest on the side of the road, close to that shopping centre (you'll know which one).

Maybe they have a wonky transmitter on your side of the tower?

As somebody said, drive around, and experiment.

I've already identified a couple of good spots and dead spots in my house... but unfortunately putting the router up the wall closest to the MTN tower means that I won't get a wifi signal in my bedroom... :( :D

Still early days though...
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Thanks, will try.
 
Is there any chance we can upgrade the cap to 10GB on a permanent basis - without adding expensive add-on bundles?
 
Bosvark@ said:
Is there any chance we can upgrade the cap to 10GB on a permanent basis - without adding expensive add-on bundles?
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I can't say what packages are going to be available at launch. I can say we have packages for light and heavy users, and some incredible deals. Launch will melt a few brains - guaranteed ;)
 
DTBA said:
For you guys having signal problem, Just remember 2G,3G, and LTE are 3 different freq. So it other word is you can have full 3g signal and no 2g at all or the other way around. Full 2G but no 3G or LTE. Each signal is on its own so even if you have the greatest 2G signal in the world It will not give you 3G. (also weather pleases a role clear sky is better then a rainy cloudy day)

Some people think its a stepup signal that if you have full 2g then you will get 3g but that is not true. Also 3g can shrink when more people use the tower. So sometimes you might have better signal during the night and bad signal during the day.

I also recommend getting a 5m usb cable (not the cheapies) and stick your modem out the window. This may improve your signal from 0 to full. 3G don't really go that great thru walls. In my house I have no 3g inside but full in the window.

Move the modem or use your cellphone to find the best place. Most of the time its high up a wall or in a window. and a good 3G signal should show around 81dbm then your good to go. Anything above that you might starting to see disconnections.
Also to be noted force 3G will force your modem to work if you have even a little bit of 3G signal. The reason why you need to force it is. The modem will pick up when the signal is on the weak side and rather then you having disconnections on 3g it will move you to a more stable 2g.

Now this doesn't mean that if you have no bars that you will disconnect on 3G. Sometimes it will go great the hole day or other days when more people use 3g on that tower you might loose signal and that **** happens


Best way is trail and error
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Some great info and tips here. Hope my job is safe :(
 
AfriMan said:
Some great info and tips here. Hope my job is safe :(
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Haha it will always be I would have gone nuts if I were you.To listen to all the problems, getting back to all the pm's , keeping track of this and the adsl. Never in my life I would go nuts.:D

Can't say how impress I am from you guys all the feedback and help 1+ for afrihost and their staff AFRIMAN AFRIGUY And Afrigril!!.


I would rather pay a bit more and get good help then buying a cheap product and getting no help at all.
 
DTBA said:
Haha it will always be I would have gone nuts if I were you.To listen to all the problems, getting back to all the pm's , keeping track of this and the adsl. Never in my life I would go nuts.:D

Can't say how impress I am from you guys all the feedback and help 1+ for afrihost and their staff AFRIMAN AFRIGUY And Afrigril!!.


I would rather pay a bit more and get good help then buying a cheap product and getting no help at all.
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Stop this AfriLove :love: just now we breed AfriPups :D
 
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First time ever that I was able to watch an youtube video clip without the dreaded buffering, and without having to worry about getting nibbled by the nice OOB sharkie
 
DTBA said:
Haha it will always be I would have gone nuts if I were you.To listen to all the problems, getting back to all the pm's , keeping track of this and the adsl. Never in my life I would go nuts.:D

Can't say how impress I am from you guys all the feedback and help 1+ for afrihost and their staff AFRIMAN AFRIGUY And Afrigril!!.


I would rather pay a bit more and get good help then buying a cheap product and getting no help at all.
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It's been crazy - I'll be honest! But that good crazy where you get home feeling like your spleen is somewhere in the back of your head, sleep for 100 hours and then feel like you've done something really amazing.

I know you've all felt that - don't leave me hanging now ;)
 
AfriMan said:
It's been crazy - I'll be honest! But that good crazy where you get home feeling like your spleen is somewhere in the back of your head, sleep for 100 hours and then feel like you've done something really amazing.

I know you've all felt that - don't leave me hanging now ;)
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Afri man say what :wtf:
 
I would like to make a suggestion, rather then buying two sims at R145.00 make it so that if a clients wants he can put it on the current sim he has for that same price of R290.00 but move all the 10GB onto that one sim
 
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