Sign up with GoogleSomething strange happened the other day, and I was hoping someone could help me with this issue. Almost everything has been fine with my Cell C ZTE MF668 black speed stick for the past three months.
Initially I had problems installing it, and there were some issues as regards 3G (I was on EDGE for days – literally), and no throughput. But that was in May. June and July were good months.
But just the other day, this month, something odd happened. I did my usual routine of making sure I had my firewall and internet security programs up and running, browser, etc., and connected via the Cell C connection manager. I usually check my balance before going on to see if everything is the same as when I disconnected from my last session. I did this, and proceeded to download some updates for internet security programs, updates for browser plugins, and then a bit of surfing and forum ghosting.
After I was done, I disconnected and checked my balance. It was the same as it had been when I went on. This has happened to me before, and in the past I just re-checked the balance by clicking the "current balance" button again, and the correct report minus that session’s usage was displayed.
I kept checking the balance but it stayed the same. I started to worry, naturally.
Over the next few days, I noticed other anomalies. I loaded a few pages to see if it was still happening, and even though there was nothing wrong with the bandwidth monitor’s reports, the balance stayed still. But what I did was disconnect, and then connect again, and then when I loaded some pages and the like, the balance changed, and it was getting less when I checked it. Exactly how it should be.
Sometimes I can check the balance no problem and the reports are correct (approximately), other times there's a delay of sorts - it will only display properly after a while, or once I've disconnected. And like the one time above, it doesn't update.
On Wednesday, I uninstalled the Cell C modem software; reinstalled it. Same problems. I did a scan for viruses, spyware, rootkits, and didn’t find anything. Previously in the week, I contacted the Cell C rep here on the forum, and sent a couple of PMs, but there has been no reply for days, so far.
So what could be happening? I read the other day that there's an update for the connection manager. Should I try this? It's odd and only happened once in the past. Now it's happening more frequently it seems. Network issues maybe? I didn't post this in one of the stickies because I wasn't sure if it really fit there. Has anyone else noticed this, especially lately? Or is it just me?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
Initially I had problems installing it, and there were some issues as regards 3G (I was on EDGE for days – literally), and no throughput. But that was in May. June and July were good months.
But just the other day, this month, something odd happened. I did my usual routine of making sure I had my firewall and internet security programs up and running, browser, etc., and connected via the Cell C connection manager. I usually check my balance before going on to see if everything is the same as when I disconnected from my last session. I did this, and proceeded to download some updates for internet security programs, updates for browser plugins, and then a bit of surfing and forum ghosting.
After I was done, I disconnected and checked my balance. It was the same as it had been when I went on. This has happened to me before, and in the past I just re-checked the balance by clicking the "current balance" button again, and the correct report minus that session’s usage was displayed.
I kept checking the balance but it stayed the same. I started to worry, naturally.
Over the next few days, I noticed other anomalies. I loaded a few pages to see if it was still happening, and even though there was nothing wrong with the bandwidth monitor’s reports, the balance stayed still. But what I did was disconnect, and then connect again, and then when I loaded some pages and the like, the balance changed, and it was getting less when I checked it. Exactly how it should be.
Sometimes I can check the balance no problem and the reports are correct (approximately), other times there's a delay of sorts - it will only display properly after a while, or once I've disconnected. And like the one time above, it doesn't update.
On Wednesday, I uninstalled the Cell C modem software; reinstalled it. Same problems. I did a scan for viruses, spyware, rootkits, and didn’t find anything. Previously in the week, I contacted the Cell C rep here on the forum, and sent a couple of PMs, but there has been no reply for days, so far.
So what could be happening? I read the other day that there's an update for the connection manager. Should I try this? It's odd and only happened once in the past. Now it's happening more frequently it seems. Network issues maybe? I didn't post this in one of the stickies because I wasn't sure if it really fit there. Has anyone else noticed this, especially lately? Or is it just me?
Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
: 3G meter is really good and works well.