Big Rain 5G expansion

While I'm keen for 5G in Durban, especially since fibre rollout appears dead, I have somewhat lost faith in Rain. Have cancelled my Rain sim as it became unusable.
Currently using Telkom LTE month to month via WebAfrica and don't want a situation where Rain 5G becomes oversold and useless after 6 months
 
Some quick calculations Based on the article :

If 500 Towers can provides coverage to almost 1 Million People.

500 Towers = R500 Million Investment

1 000 000 Customers x R1000 per Month = R1 000 000 000

So now you know why data is so overpriced. the operators want to make so much money in the first month when this should be calculated on the LRIC basis. Even at R500 per month for Uncapped the pricing is still very high.

RAIN is making alot of money surely by investing in their network.
 
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DXL said:
Some quick calculations Based on the article :

If 500 Towers can provides coverage to almost 1 Million People.

500 Towers = R500 Million Investment

1 000 000 Customers x R1000 per Month = R1 000 000 000

So now you know why data is so overpriced. the operators want to make so much money in the first month when this should be calculated on the LRIC basis. Even at R500 per month for Uncapped the pricing is still very high.

RAIN is making alot of money surely by investing in their network.
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Last year Rain said they have 100000 mobile subscribers if all subscribers pay R250 p.m.
Monthly income is 25 million rand
 
My area is covered now, and I would have signed up were it not for the 24-month contract.

That is a dealbreaker.

The month-to-month option they had earlier was better, even with the upfront cost for the router.
 
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Yeah, I got a mail earlier inviting me to sign up. Just don't know hey... User experiences are just so vastly varied from area to area...
 
Apogee said:
My area is covered now, and I would have signed up were it not for the 24-month contract.

That is a dealbreaker.

The month-to-month option they had earlier was better, even with the upfront cost for the router.
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This. I received an email about their new coverage in my area. But I dont want a contract.
 
Haven't shared my experience in a while, started on 220Mbps when I was likely the only guy in my area with 5G, just did a speed test and I'm getting 120Mbps.

It's definitely slowing down but 200 to 100 is far more tolerable than 40 to 4 which I had on 4G.

For the moment it's still worth it but I'm not holding my breath, rain remains a scummy company and I wouldn't be supprised to see another cash grab at the cost of network experience like we had with the R250 deal.
 
Coming very near. Now if only they'd have affordable packages as well.

backstreetboy said:
What's the point? Roll it out to smaller towns that are not ALREADY piped up with fiber or just give me uncapped LTE.
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Not gonna happen. Not for under R1000 in any case and then it would come with some ridiculous FUP like 100GB.
 
Well... It's short-lived...

I was one of the first to go YIPPIE when I got 5G (External units), and speeds for downloads hitting 550-600Mb/s, uploads at 70-80Mb/s and ping rates of 15-20ms locally which I thought was awesome... Few months later since beginning of December 2019.... uhhmm not so YIPPIE anymore...

Hardly hitting 200Mb/s on downloads, uploads are at 20Mb/s ping now continuously at 180-250ms... In the evening I find myself having the reboot the system ever 30mins, due to no connections...

Which in overall isn't that bad, I still get around 18MB/s on international content.

What does p!ss me off, is that when you phone, you get told all kinds of K@K stories to why this, and why that... Never able to speak to a manager...

Everybody in the area is complaining... (Centurion)

BTW im 400m away from the tower...
 
Swa said:
Coming very near. Now if only they'd have affordable packages as well.


Not gonna happen. Not for under R1000 in any case and then it would come with some ridiculous FUP like 100GB.
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I don't mind paying the R1k at this rate. Just tired having to back and forth between mifi devices to accommodate their peak time.
 
backstreetboy said:
I don't mind paying the R1k at this rate. Just tired having to back and forth between mifi devices to accommodate their peak time.
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Ever thought of having two? Set the one with the off-peak sim to act as a Wifi extender. Then just switch the one with the peak sim on during peak time and it will route through that connection.
 
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