Broadband Alternatives

[gbza]

Hi all,

I have been struggling to find a decent option for Internet. Telkom is not available at my building, and they have said that it is not viable for them to install here.

I have physically tested all of the following connections, which either have very poor signal or do not work at all: Neotel, iBurst, Cell C, MTN, 8ta, Virgin.

The only thing that I have found that works (sometimes sporadically) is Vodacom 3G - but it is expensive. I am currently using 10 to 20 Gigs per month.

Does anyone have any suggestions please?

Many thanks

 

[kat_vis]

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[MickZA]

... and they have said that it is not viable for them to install here.

I have physically tested all of the following connections, which either have very poor signal or do not work at all: Neotel, iBurst, Cell C, MTN, 8ta, Virgin.

If you tell us where "here" is we might be able to help.

 

[gbza]

Just off William Nicol, center of Bryanston

 

[madrynn]

You may need to start figuring out where your local Neotel/iBurst/Cell C/MTN/... towers are located, and then start thinking about getting a antenna. My iBurst would be unworkable if I did not invest in a panel-antenna...

To put it like this:
I can play wow-eu with 300-600 ping. Local CounterStrike pings is 100-200. Dota2 is fine, I personally have less lag spikes on iB than on my MTN & Vodacom... but that is just where my house is located.
During the day I usually get round 30KB/s, late night 70KB/s; I cleaned my 50gigs cap by the 22nd last month... Actually my girlfriend did... #$% Vampire bull$%^&
Anyhow, without the panel... I get 3-7KB/s and allot of disconnects.

By the way, they recommend line-of-sight to the tower with this antenna, and I'm pointing mine into my neighbours double story...
the previous place had a 15meter sand dune between me and the tower...
the time before that I was bouncing my signal off of a 9 meter wall of into the opposite direction (got more lag spikes than now, and that’s the only explanation that made sense why I got relative good signal at that time xD).
Nobody can tell you if you are going to get a good connection, you'll have to test on-site... provided you have a tower on the same continent as you are.

You do get antennas for Cell C/MTN/... however, you need a modem that has a connection for it. If you know somebody that will borrow you the equipment, that would be great, else you will need to take a gamble.

Good Luck!