Cape Town: Get your modems before the launch date

[Sapphiron]

I have some advice for the people in cape town.

Order your contracts this week. I did mine last week friday and got it this week tuesday. that's 3 working days.

Yes, I know the towers only activate on the 19th. I did this to avoid the "mad rush" to get connected the week after the 19th.

The modem just sit there scrolling though it's lights, seaching for a signal...

I look foward to the day when i get up and the light are ON
I'm not sleeping that weekend [][][]

 

[Mean_Monster]

Good advice I suppose if money is no object.

I can't find on the Broadband Zone Locator, whether my area is covered. I don't want to sit with a 24 month contract and modem that is worth as much as a brick.

I would first want to know that I definitely have coverage.

 

[markiemark]

I agree. Having a modem that does nothing for 24 months is not plan A. Does anyone know when/if the locator will be up and running for Cape Town?

 

[silversurfer]

sapphiron where in cpt are you? did you fax off your forms... and have they debited any money off your account yet ?

 

[lewstherin]

My advice is wait for 1 April when the new partners launch...

<font color="blue">Telkom needs a leash, ICASA needs some guts, and the </font id="blue"><font color="red">SA consumer</font id="red"><font color="blue"> needs to make it happen</font id="blue">

 

[silversurfer]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by lewstherin</i>
<br />My advice is wait for 1 April when the new partners launch...

<font color="blue">Telkom needs a leash, ICASA needs some guts, and the </font id="blue"><font color="red">SA consumer</font id="red"><font color="blue"> needs to make it happen</font id="blue">
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">

ye shot, i mailed the cpt branch of nowire aswell.... hopefully they are up and running. Did they give you the indication that they would be active in dbn jhb and cpt on the 1st april ?

 

[armitage]

[!]Whats up with sentech seems the whole of bellville is not gonna be running baaaaaaah...so whats the point of getting the modem if i canna use it.[V]
probably the 19th everyones gonna have broadband an im gonna make a little wifi group with a laptop that i place outside and connect ot it with my home pc........b14tches make me own internet ha[V]pity pitypity

Proud South african rip offs.

 

[bradleyzorg]

iv been reading every where that they are launching all over C.T. and stellenbosch. but no where did i see somerset west on the list / WHY WHY WHY if they think the ppl down here dont have the money, they need to take a drive out here.

so whats the word on the street will they be launching in somerset west?

 

[slawrz]

Same problem here, I’d love to go ahead and get the modem so long but I don't know if Sonstraal Heights in Durbanville CPT is covered ore going to be covered after launch anyway.[?]

 

[ajax]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">iv been reading every where that they are launching all over C.T. and stellenbosch<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Where have you read about Stellenbosch? I have seen lists of the CT towers, but Stellenbosch was not on the list.

Ajax

 

[Sapphiron]

Posted - 03/11/2004 : 16:13:15 Same problem here, I’d love to go ahead and get the modem so long but I don't know if Sonstraal Heights in Durbanville CPT is covered ore going to be covered after launch anyway.

Isn't Sonstraal near the amanda glen and durbanville towers?

I'm in protea valley within the ranges of the tygerberg, amanda glen and the durbanville towers.

Yes they did deduct the R500 but the monthly payment starts at the end of the month anyway, so it does not cost me exstra for getting it early. Come the 19th I'm ready[8D]