Cell C LTE network launch plans emerge

“We will approach our ‘heavy’ data users in those areas to participate in the trial,” Knott-Craig said. “We will provide them with a device.”
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Pick me, pick me! :D
 
Well DONE AKC. A step closer to affordable data.

I know you will bring it to us, the ordinary Joe Soap, without us having to sell our kidney's or "OPT IN" like other ppl...

Waiting patiently in JHB
 
Unless telkom comes up with a brilliant recovery plan, I predict that high cap lte is going to destroy the adsl network.

There is just not that many people who need 50+ gigs a month.
 
Shayd said:
There is just not that many people who need 50+ gigs a month.
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That would be the sweet spot for me(50GB),at 1.666666......7 gigs per day x 30 days on LTE without the dreaded telkom tax.:whistle:
 
Shayd said:
There is just not that many people who need 50+ gigs a month.
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Now that sounds similar to Bill Gates saying you won't need more than 640kb RAM, or Ken Olsen (Digital) saying there's no real market for a Personal Computer in the home, or Tom Watson Sr saying there's' probably a world-wide market for "maybe 10 mainframe computers".

The only thing that doesn't need 50Gb a month (at LTE speeds) is Multichoice. They really don't want that!
 
lotus123 said:
Now that sounds similar to Bill Gates saying you won't need more than 640kb RAM, or Ken Olsen (Digital) saying there's no real market for a Personal Computer in the home, or Tom Watson Sr saying there's' probably a world-wide market for "maybe 10 mainframe computers".
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5, I believe.
 
lotus123 said:
Now that sounds similar to Bill Gates saying you won't need more than 640kb RAM, or Ken Olsen (Digital) saying there's no real market for a Personal Computer in the home, or Tom Watson Sr saying there's' probably a world-wide market for "maybe 10 mainframe computers".

The only thing that doesn't need 50Gb a month (at LTE speeds) is Multichoice. They really don't want that!
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Perhaps I should have qualified it by saying that at this point most people don't need more than 50 gigs.
 
Twista said:
Well DONE AKC. A step closer to affordable data.

I know you will bring it to us, the ordinary Joe Soap, without us having to sell our kidney's or "OPT IN" like other ppl...

Waiting patiently in JHB
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LTE hardly be a means to affordable internet, IMO anyway.
Its fast, but by no means cheap.

Anyway. I suppose the rollout is good.
But realistically - I can't see an immediate need for LTE in South Africa.
I'd rather see that coverage was sorted and that HSPA+ was consistent throughout the country.

LTE's some serious overkill for this market/country.
And what kind of heavy users are there out there anyway? Besides the occasional home business or SME.
Are there people out there DL'ing 1TB worth of movies over 3G?
 
Shake&Bake said:
LTE hardly be a means to affordable internet, IMO anyway.
Its fast, but by no means cheap.

Anyway. I suppose the rollout is good.
But realistically - I can't see an immediate need for LTE in South Africa.
I'd rather see that coverage was sorted and that HSPA+ was consistent throughout the country.

LTE's some serious overkill for this market/country.
And what kind of heavy users are there out there anyway? Besides the occasional home business or SME.
Are there people out there DL'ing 1TB worth of movies over 3G?
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Make it affordable and people will use it, trust me ;)
 
rph72 said:
Make it affordable and people will use it, trust me ;)
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True - its a good to have - for backhaul transmission and for network stability - but the rate at which data can be used is kark fast.
So bigger capped packages, promotions - sure.

But I'd prefer fibre to my door or curb, rather than LTE.
I'd like some ISP or i-ECNS license holder to please just light up the DFA fibre running by my suburb. :)
 
Fibre to the Home or affordable LTE - either will do nicely. It's not the people who will painstakingly download tones of stuff who will benefit, but rather the users who can then really migrate their stuff to the cloud. Why bother to download when you can get to it really quickly and reliably, on demand? This will be the tipping point for Cloud Services.

And as I said earlier, it will be the end of Multichoice and the beginning of consumer choice.
 
Shake&Bake said:
LTE hardly be a means to affordable internet, IMO anyway.
Its fast, but by no means cheap.

Anyway. I suppose the rollout is good.
But realistically - I can't see an immediate need for LTE in South Africa.
I'd rather see that coverage was sorted and that HSPA+ was consistent throughout the country.

LTE's some serious overkill for this market/country.
And what kind of heavy users are there out there anyway? Besides the occasional home business or SME.
Are there people out there DL'ing 1TB worth of movies over 3G?
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Yup, coverage must be a priority for Cell C right now. Myself included, I have decided to port to Cell C when my contract expires and will not be too happy if I can't get decent H+ signal.

AKC, you have stirred the market so LTE is a nice to have, but HSPA and customer services must be sorted. Many ppl have indicated they will port and I hope its a happy experience .
 
Shayd said:
Unless telkom comes up with a brilliant recovery plan, I predict that high cap lte is going to destroy the adsl network.

There is just not that many people who need 50+ gigs a month.
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Would love to agree with you but I dont

LTE is not the nirvanna
* As you add users there will be cell shrinkage and contention
* Not all areas are suitable fore wireless -I live in the Southern suburbs, Cape Town and the 3G here is mainly pathetic. Too many trees, mountains, hills etc. Nice falt areas without too many trees work great.
It doesnt here

I will probably migrate from MTN to Cell C soon. My wifes contract ends in 3 weeks time and mine 3 months later.
I think I will keep my phone and migrate to Cell C prepaid until I have figured out what I want phone wise

PS - As an aside - There were Telkom trucks in my area yesterday.
I grilled (friendly style) and it seems my area is up for MSANs
Its on the roll out list.
Hold thumbs
 
Shayd said:
Unless telkom comes up with a brilliant recovery plan, I predict that high cap lte is going to destroy the adsl network.

There is just not that many people who need 50+ gigs a month.
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I highly doubt it, telkom needs a recovery plan, but its more to do with their ignorance than the competition.

besides GSM, 3G and LTE signals cannot reach us all. Yes it may be cheaper to cover an area with 3G/LTE vs ADSL/fiber, but densifying that network and improving user experience and overall network capacity costs alot more.

In europe wireline services are not dead and in most countries the operators there have 3-4 times the amount of sites our operators have. The UK alone has more than 15 000 sites for one operator, this in an area the size of the northern cape.

We should be used to going from ethernet/wifi to LTE to HSPA to 3G and finally to GSM. One cannot expect blanket coverage everywhere.
 
I like their enthusiasm, but they must rather get the basic`s right first.
My wife signed up for the 100 deal on the iphone. So far she has always
had basic phone reception (2G) but when it comes to data reception, it`s a whole
different story. Some areas either loose coverage or doesn`t have decent coverage.
This is in Gauteng capitals (she works/moves around between JHB and PTA).

Some areas that come to mind are Queenswood, Groenkloof/Brooklyn (last night for example)
How can one report this/where
 
ingeon said:
I like their enthusiasm, but they must rather get the basic`s right first.
My wife signed up for the 100 deal on the iphone. So far she has always
had basic phone reception (2G) but when it comes to data reception, it`s a whole
different story. Some areas either loose coverage or doesn`t have decent coverage.
This is in Gauteng capitals (she works/moves around between JHB and PTA).

Some areas that come to mind are Queenswood, Groenkloof/Brooklyn (last night for example)
How can one report this/where
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On the forum at the following thread: Cell C Network Issues: Disconnects, Coverage, Throughput Problems - Report Here
 
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