[April 2006] Current 3G problems - Feedback Please

[SoftDev]

Hi all,

Well it seems as if the "downlink stop" problem has been stopped ;-) on my side. I have been online for about 2 hours yesterday and no problem experienced. Will continue testing today.

Thanks to V3G and all whom helped.

SoftDev

 

[zoot]

I'm back in Cape Town and so far, my link has not terminated unexpectedly, though throughput over the link has not paused for more than 10 minutes at a time. I will give further feedback at a later stage.

 

[fingers121]

I don't think you're seeing the same problem, the initial problem was the downlink would stop completely. Typically you would need to disconnect and reconnect to get it working again.

In your case it recovers automatically between 5 to 10 seconds.

Something must have happened last night, maybe my updated profile, was re-updated, but been connected for 3.5hours now, and no problems - yet or hopefully - the downlink stop seems to have sorted itself out, and the throughput has increased too:

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

Download time: 6.39 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 638.5 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 78.2 (kiloBytes/second)

Thanks to all concerned for sorting it out

 

[Big Kriss]

Whoaa!!!
Swopped my 3g card for the hsdpa card....Awsome!!
Downloaded a 1.88M attachment in under 10 seconds!!

Now I know why Vodacom made the swop out free..they are going to coin it on over used bandwidth..!!

 

[fingers121]

Current Downlink Stop Issue

I think I spoke too soon ...

After nearly 5 hours of seamless connectivity, the link died - but this time it never came back up, and I had to restart the software, and re-insert the card, but back up and running again, let's see for how long this time...

 

[Tallies]

First time this month I've been connected for long enough to type a post (this one) without my link stopping.

Cautiously optimistic, seems V3G and the team has fixed my problem!

[OFF TOPIC]Now will everybody who already have HSDPA cards PLEASE stop bragging!!!

 

[Big Kriss]

Ic,yes,I believe so....that would be rather decent of them.....But with this hsdpa card(rub rub..)Its still going to go into overtime....

Apparently when I collected mine this morning,they only had something like 35 available today,cards that is...I blieve more on the way...

 

[Big Kriss]

Mmmmm...A dropped connection....had to go out and pushstart everything from scratch again...

 

[Gunny]

lol whats that old saying "if it aint broke dnt try to fix it", well i got my HSDPA card on swapout today and now I'm getting dropped connections, 3 in the past hr didnt do that with my old 3G card. Down link stops and have to shutdown dashboard and the card before it connects again.

 

[sht]

V3g

I have been having a problem as most others in this forum.

1) Error type :Connected but no downlink data
2) Description of error:Every light and msg that shows a healthy connection is OK but browser times-out eventually with a "cannot reach server" error
3) Your location: East London Gonubie
4) The 3G cell number, first 5 digits, ex: 082-30x-xxxx5) Your setup: Globe Trotter 3G+ Sim is a 64K
6) Your IP, DNS: I have inculidid times and ip numbers plus dail up number
(21-Apr-06 - 3g preferred co - 3:48 PM - 00:06:28 - *99***1# - 10.62.103.69
21-Apr-06 - 3g preferred co - 3:55 PM - 00:06:53 - *99***1# - 10.60.153.249
21-Apr-06 - 3g preferred co - 9:07 PM - 00:03:44 - *99***1# - 10.63.188.218
21-Apr-06 - 3g preferred co - 9:17 PM - 00:00:07 - *99***1# - 10.62.146.3
21-Apr-06 - 3g preferred co - 9:17 PM - 01:16:59 - *99# - 10.61.213.85
)
7) Your APN: internet
8) Speed test, if possible:
Pinging 10.61.213.85 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 10.61.213.85: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.61.213.85: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.61.213.85: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128
Reply from 10.61.213.85: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=128

Ping statistics for 10.61.213.85:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

I had this problem on my Fusion UMTS GPRS - 3G Modem data card and now also on the new one

What I now have tried and so far it seems to work is change the dial up number as you can see at (6) From *99***1# to *99#
so far connected for 1h42 min

 

[snap]

@gunny lol me too have resorted to gprs only. Think in my case its the weather only getting one lil bar of 3g signal tonight.

 

[Big Kriss]

gunny,yea,no greener grass here Im afraid....I was hesitant to swap the ol 3g..but succombed to temtation..
Ive had more dropped links and down time...This time I can only laugh at myself...

(in a whisper..)V3g,heeeelpppp??

 

[feo]

There could be a Sunday in a not too distant galaxy that may make you eat those words...

hmmm...thats the 2nd time ive heard something about a sunday...

 

[sht]

Just like to mentioned that I am Still connected after I have changed my dial up number to *99#. Time connected 14H06 and still alive.

 

[zoot]

So far, connected for 1.5 hrs neither with any disconnects, nor with the zero data transfer problem. However, my mail client checks for new messages every 30 min, so no telling whether this helps me stay online So far, a HUGE improvement.... not sure what else has been amended on my profile, subsequent to the original change (and complete card reset)? vodacom3g, has anything else been changed since then?

Thanks, finally some results. vodacom3g, thank you for being proactive, the service industry needs more people like you.

 

[Gunny]

I'm in vanderbijlpark this weekend all voda data services here were out from about 0:30 to about 8:30 this morning but now it seems fine been connected since then no stopped downlinks and no connection drops. Hoping it holds up. and OMG HSDPA rox !!

 

[Big Kriss]

I have a very strange phenomina with my card...When exiting the program,the hsdpa card does not disconnect..It remains flashing the 3g(double blue flash..)until the final moments of shutting down windows or untill I remove the card from the port..it stays connected..
If I did not remove it,it will stay on...
Anyone else noticed this??

 

[internaut]

I think its normal. The Option Colt card I had did the same.

 

[vodacom3g]

I have a very strange phenomina with my card...When exiting the program,the hsdpa card does not disconnect..It remains flashing the 3g(double blue flash..)until the final moments of shutting down windows or untill I remove the card from the port..it stays connected..
If I did not remove it,it will stay on...
Anyone else noticed this??

Yes, this is normal.

When you plug the card in it will immediately connect to the network at a radio level. When you then click on the 'Connect' button, it will connect to the TCP/IP network.

Same for disconnect which will just remove you from the IP network.

If you're not on the IP network, no data will flow.

The Novatel 3G card used to be different, it needed the dash to work, while the Option cards don't need the dash.

 

[SJB]

Worse problems with new cards....

After reading the thread about getting the new card for free, I rushed out to get one - hoping it would solve some of these lost downlink problem.

But unfortunately it just became worse, and even more, it seems as if the performance of everything degraded if I compare it to this morning.

Hope it is just temporary. Will try 155 to see if they can resolve the problem

Brand new Option Globe Trotter 3G+, staying connected (downlink )approximately only 1 minute.

Max speed seen so far with this card 58kB/s comparable to the old 3g speed, only less reliable