CellC Woosh and gaming?

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Hi, im doing an internship these upcoming holiday and need a temp solution to help me through the 2 months in terms of gaming. Here i have and ADSL connection at home but im going to be away for 2months temporarily

Would you recommend the best option for me is to get CellC's whoosh? how is it for gaming (more specifically starcraft II)

I hope you dont mind that i posted this under Gaming and not CellC's subforum
 
I use wOOSH (2gb) FOR ps3 online gaming , works perfectly for me , But i do have coverage.
 
I get 300 - 400ms to uk most of the time, other times unusable.
 
Short answer: NO.

I got the CellC prepaid 2GB per month package a few months ago, just after launch.

I only use it to play World of Warcraft on an EU server.

In the beginning there was quite a bit of whoosh, but then the frequent disconnects started and the latency increased. Since the beginning my latency (using BattlePing even) has increased from around 240-280 to 450-600. Sometimes it's even up to 800 or more. In the last month it has gone up to 3000+ on occasion, ruining an entire gaming night and costing me my raid spot for that night.

I have contacted CellC but they chose to ignore me. I use the modem in the same location every day, so it's not a coverage issue. In the exact same spot my latency and reliability has simply degraded over time. I can only assume their network is oversubscribed or substandard, or that they are employing data shaping/QoS now that they did not in the beginning.

I would not recommend that you use CellC for gaming. There ain't no whoosh no more. In fact, I am busy investigating now if I have any protection under the new Consumer Protection Act to get my money back for paying R1499 for 12 months of product that is not the same now as it was when I bought it.

PS. Don't even bother with the tell trevor website. It's a black hole where complaints go in with no feedback from them.
 
zulu13 said:
Short answer: NO.

I got the CellC prepaid 2GB per month package a few months ago, just after launch.

I only use it to play World of Warcraft on an EU server.

In the beginning there was quite a bit of whoosh, but then the frequent disconnects started and the latency increased. Since the beginning my latency (using BattlePing even) has increased from around 240-280 to 450-600. Sometimes it's even up to 800 or more. In the last month it has gone up to 3000+ on occasion, ruining an entire gaming night and costing me my raid spot for that night.

I have contacted CellC but they chose to ignore me. I use the modem in the same location every day, so it's not a coverage issue. In the exact same spot my latency and reliability has simply degraded over time. I can only assume their network is oversubscribed or substandard, or that they are employing data shaping/QoS now that they did not in the beginning.

I would not recommend that you use CellC for gaming. There ain't no whoosh no more. In fact, I am busy investigating now if I have any protection under the new Consumer Protection Act to get my money back for paying R1499 for 12 months of product that is not the same now as it was when I bought it.

PS. Don't even bother with the tell trevor website. It's a black hole where complaints go in with no feedback from them.
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Consumer Act will only work if you purchased the contract after 1 April.
Secondly, it is not a Cell C thing, it is a 3G thing, wireless is not stable for gaming, i have been playing WoW for 6+ years and 4 of those years been on 3G, Vodacom/MTN, doesnt matter sometimes its good sometimes not.

3G is not reliable, yes you can still play and things, but when you take the game pvp/raiding to a more serious lvl like server firsts like i did, it eats your patience away! i am now 2 months WoW free due to 3G. i will not play it again until i get my Wi-max data activated.
 
I used it since the beginning of the year and it worked very well. About 60-70ms to local servers and anywhere from 250-400ms interntational. But as the numbers in my area increased the performance decreased.

So insert that single bullet in the magnum and play russian roulette and see what u get.
 
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