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Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread
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I changed back to Vodacom. Simply for the moving around with this package option.
Do you notice any improvement in terms of gaming with the Vodacom service or do you still experience latency problems ?
When moving around are you using the SIM in a 5G capable device or a 4G one ? What kind of 4G speeds are you getting ?
Yea lately atleast for gaming it's been good actually. Warzone ping is around 28ms.
Hardly any stutters or lag spikes.
When I move around if working around the country I just take the whole router with me.
Hardly any stutters or lag spikes.
When I move around if working around the country I just take the whole router with me.
Many thanks for the feedback. I am sure that this information will be of interest to some fibre customers who might be considering cheaper options.
The portability aspect is another big advantage of the CI/Vodacom Fixed Wireless service over fibre.
I get a strange issue though. Very random.
When streaming on TikTok live. Every now and then I get a random disconnect on the stream. Warzone still running perfectly just TikTok live disconnects and then comes back.
Other than that it's a great cheap service.
When streaming on TikTok live. Every now and then I get a random disconnect on the stream. Warzone still running perfectly just TikTok live disconnects and then comes back.
Other than that it's a great cheap service.
I have also been experiencing some random disconnects recently. I thought they were related to the weak reception in my suburb.
Previously I would lock the router to the 5G N41 band as well as the 4G B1 and B3 bands and this appeared to help but I have recently experienced disconnects even with the locks in place.
Jason-ZA
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Are your disconnects full APN disconnects where you see a red light on the router for a few seconds then the session uptime resets?
I had that issue a while ago but seems to be more stable for me recently.
Yes I think they are. Unfortunately my suburb has not been spared from the current ongoing power outages in Johannesburg and my power was only restored a few hours ago. I will monitor the session uptime to check for disconnects over the next few days.
I have noticed that the Key Log Information file appears to show that my router regularly switches between 4G and 5G although it doesn't appear to affect performance too much. Do you also see many entries in this Log file or does this only happen on my router as a result of my weak 5G signal ?
