Cool Ideas Fixed 5G/4G Feedback Thread

[William1102]

@CoolEscalator
Asking for a friend who wants to sign up for your 300GB-fup package. 5G is really strong where he lives, so streamers like Prime video will eat that quickly in 4K. Will he be able to use the G5TS in 4G mode? (you can't set quality level with Prime, it auto adjust along with your speed)

Although that is no guarantee to prevent high data usage even if forced to 4G as that can easily reach 50-150mbps which will still select 4K on prime or any streaming service. Best bet would be to get a router to handle this, my old Huawei AX3 could limit the bandwidth for a specific device say my TV box to 2mbps which would lock it to stream at 720p to 1080p

 

[Finhobbyist]

Although that is no guarantee to prevent high data usage even if forced to 4G as that can easily reach 50-150mbps which will still select 4K on prime or any streaming service. Best bet would be to get a router to handle this, my old Huawei AX3 could limit the bandwidth for a specific device say my TV box to 2mbps which would lock it to stream at 720p to 1080p

Sadly you can only use specific routers with the Cool-ideas packages, like the G5TS

 

[Jake45]

@Finhobbyist: I think the 4G access is only available on the Vodacom products, not on MTN. I have successfully used my CI/Vodacom SIM in my 4G phone/routers on occasion.

If you order an unlocked G5TS for R750 from Cool Ideas you should be able to use it for any 5G service in the future - Telkom, Comsol, Cell C etc.

 

[CoolEscalator]

@CoolEscalator
Asking for a friend who wants to sign up for your 300GB-fup package. 5G is really strong where he lives, so streamers like Prime video will eat that quickly in 4K. Will he be able to use the G5TS in 4G mode? (you can't set quality level with Prime, it auto adjust along with your speed)

Hi there, apologies for the delayed response. Yes you can force 4G as mentioned by the above post. This would be in the developer settings

 

[CoolEscalator]

Although that is no guarantee to prevent high data usage even if forced to 4G as that can easily reach 50-150mbps which will still select 4K on prime or any streaming service. Best bet would be to get a router to handle this, my old Huawei AX3 could limit the bandwidth for a specific device say my TV box to 2mbps which would lock it to stream at 720p to 1080p

Indeed , best would be to use a router behind the G5TS, that can be set to DHCP from the G5TS, then you can use QOS on that router to rate limit