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Decent internet in Port Edward
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I see Rain's LTE coverage is also not available in Port Edward and stops in Margate.
Just checked the Telkom coverage and I see they only allow 3g and 2g in Port Edward. You can always try and message @TelkomZA to see what they have planned for the future in Port Edward and get in contact with Rain to see what their future plans are. Other than that I think you're stuck, make a move to Ramsgate or Margate
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Three new towers are coming to Port Edward over the next 12 months. The first one will be going up in about 9 months, the other two in about 12 months. So your coverage will improve. For now stick with a prepaid deal, don't sign a contract yet.
Should have thought about asking you, thanks for clarifying.
i am not at liberty to say who but yes LTE will have a marked improvement.
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I hear from a Vodacom supplier that there is talk of installing a disk the size of a dinner plate on your property which will beam up to a tower and which will give you very high speeds. This is the plan he says for areas where fibre us not an option.
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PTP MW are expensive. Its mostly only used by businesses. highly doubt prices will come down enough for consumer level.
Telkom LTE is quite nice and stable, decent speed tests at about 30 mb/s.
LTE for the other networks have also definitely picked up.
Hopefully Rain will do something there before Dec 2019.
It would be nice to have something like rain that you could activate uncapped for the month when going to your holiday home.
LTE for the other networks have also definitely picked up.
Hopefully Rain will do something there before Dec 2019.
It would be nice to have something like rain that you could activate uncapped for the month when going to your holiday home.
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Thanks @Gtx Gaming I take it that you live in Port Edward and that you have reliable coverage. I might be moving down that side for work so need reliable internet connection
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No I don't but I do use supersonic where I live and there network is pretty much best in sa.
Hi @TowerGuru , do you know if all 3 towers have been installed yet? Any suggestions on which network provider to go with?
I have tested on MTN, Telkom and Vodacom and not getting ideal results where we live.
Any advice would be appreciated. Should I be looking at Rain? And or getting a signal booster?
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Sure, you can always give Rain a try since it's easy to cancel immediately, but just take note how many towers are around your area and estimate how many people who are more inclined to be tech-savvy would be around you. If there's only one or two and it's congested, it's not worth continuing, but if there's a couple more, you can pick up a Poynting directional antenna and try getting a higher end Huawei router after some tests to connect to a further, less congested tower on a hopeful Band 38, then it should be a good deal for you.
My neighbor has satellite. It works well but is very expensive, I think R1000 for 10mb line.
And also strict FUP's.
Best atm is LTE. it all depends on where you stay.
You get MTN, Telkom and Rain.
MTN for me is very slow but CELLC roams on MTN, therefore can use homeflexa and only buy when needed.(!99 for 100GB). I get about 4mb/s. This is due to MTN signal and speed is the same even on MTN cellphone. Lots of good value packages running on MTN (Supersonic, Afrihost etc)
Rain is OK, it has it drops but I get about 8 - 12 mb/s
Best is Telkom which I get also about 8 tot 18 mb/s but lot more stable. They also have decent pay as you go options now and also a uncapped from 11pm ro 7am for R270 or something. Or complete uncapped for R700 think.
Fiber might be on the way but will still be a while, apparently they are busy near palm beach (Under correction)
There you have my analyses of the past few years
If you stay higher up the hill then us, any of these should work better than Satellite....
And also strict FUP's.
Best atm is LTE. it all depends on where you stay.
You get MTN, Telkom and Rain.
MTN for me is very slow but CELLC roams on MTN, therefore can use homeflexa and only buy when needed.(!99 for 100GB). I get about 4mb/s. This is due to MTN signal and speed is the same even on MTN cellphone. Lots of good value packages running on MTN (Supersonic, Afrihost etc)
Rain is OK, it has it drops but I get about 8 - 12 mb/s
Best is Telkom which I get also about 8 tot 18 mb/s but lot more stable. They also have decent pay as you go options now and also a uncapped from 11pm ro 7am for R270 or something. Or complete uncapped for R700 think.
Fiber might be on the way but will still be a while, apparently they are busy near palm beach (Under correction)
There you have my analyses of the past few years
If you stay higher up the hill then us, any of these should work better than Satellite....
It would be very nice if they could lay fiber, although I doubt it will be installed in leisure bay area.
Can only hope.
Hopefully they can have some kind of holiday packages, or even if you can downgrade and upgrade easily,.
Can only hope.
Hopefully they can have some kind of holiday packages, or even if you can downgrade and upgrade easily,.