Cell C advises subscribers not to force Vodacom roaming

[jes]

Don’t force Vodacom roaming, Cell C advises subscribers

Some Cell C subscribers are setting their phones to always roam on Vodacom’s network, but Cell C said it is not recommended

 

[Beri]

maybe if you fix yor network people will have no need to roam.

 

[Vrotappel]

Cell C please fix your network. It is mostly useless.

 

[reactor_sa]

Both useless, cell c just more so (especially data wise)

 

[Bryn]

Cell C works great for me here in PE...

 

[_Jakes_]

Fix your network. + 1 for roaming constantly on vodacom

 

[manesan]

I wont change until they fix their network.

 

[markings]

Is the roaming traffic measured by VC?

 

[human75]

Drop calls=Cell C

 

[Tim_vb]

Total BS. If I didn't set my phone to roam to VC I would never be able to receive or make a call during work hours in Joburg CBD. This in spite of having an in building antenna directly above my desk!

 

[Chingha]

Anyone willing to share their Android settings on this. I currently cannot receive calls sitting at my desk on Cell C. Don't even ask about the data...

 

[j4ck455]

Cell C said that there is a concern that forcing to roam on Vodacom can impact the company financially.

Excellent news, there is a way for customers to force Cell C to fix its network.

Edit, just tried it and it seems like I'm not allowed to change the network operator setting for my prepaid SIM card

Anyone willing to share their Android settings on this. I currently cannot receive calls sitting at my desk on Cell C. Don't even ask about the data...

On my S2, it's Settings->Wireless and network->More...->Mobile networks->Network operators

 

[cavedog]

Drop calls=Cell C

Freaking lot of dropped calls on full 3G signal......

 

[ir32001]

Of course they wouldn't want user to set there phones to VC, cause they loose money, but I agree, fix your network and then subscribers wouldn't have to set it to VC.

 

[erMaC]

I actually find the data speeds when roaming on Vodacom (which seems to be edge only) is extremely poor, even by edge standards....I've always wondered if Vodacom throttles the speed on the Cell C guys that are roaming.

 

[blunt]

Good idea...

 

[spidaman]

Fix network and I'll be a happy chap.

 

[Chingha]

Yip I see you need settings how to roam on data but the article is about the voice service

 

[FlashSA]

I actually find the data speeds when roaming on Vodacom (which seems to be edge only) is extremely poor, even by edge standards....I've always wondered if Vodacom throttles the speed on the Cell C guys that are roaming.

Yip, me too! Vodacom EDGE for Cell C users is almost certainly throttled to death and Cell C themselves are more than likely happy with this as it reduces usage and overall billing from Vodacom to Cell C on the HQ level....

 

[jannievanzyl]

I actually find the data speeds when roaming on Vodacom (which seems to be edge only) is extremely poor, even by edge standards....I've always wondered if Vodacom throttles the speed on the Cell C guys that are roaming.

Nope, there is no differentiation between Vodacom users and Cell C users. both are treated the same by the network.

What you are seeing is data roaming on Edge, which is never going to be much more than around 200kb/s.