Does your internet get loadshedded too?

[bwana]

Now that loadshedding is back again with a vengeance are you losing your main source of internet connectivity? If so do you have a backup connection?

In our area Telkom and Cell C only manage to last about half an hour before they disappear so it's going to be a big problem for us if Telkom cuts our copper, which lasts for 6+ hours.

 

[Sinbad]

My vuma stays up through the entire 4.5 hour slot, no problem.
No backup though. Haven't needed one. I have the option to get backup LTE through work, will consider it if things get worse.

 

[ReeceDBN031]

The eff kinda poll is that?? wheres the yes, My internet goes down because the batteries probably get stolen

LTE makes me sad sometimes...

 

[Grouter]

Currently transitioning from a wisp back to 10 Mbit ADSL. Both, thankfully, stay up the whole time during loadshedding.

 

[Goosfrabba]

Power goes off but when putting the main Rain sim into my phone to hotspot, it works fine. Cell C goes dead immediately

 

[Obieone]

Telkom Lte : No but it slows down to a crawl as traffic increases during loadshedding.

 

[Nobody Important]

Nope I'm good. I bought one of those mini-UPS from Geewiz last year. Keeps my router alive for about 3 hours. So survives stage 4 loadshedding even, as long as there is a gap between the 2-hour sessions.

That is on ADSL. When I get fibre I will have to buy another mini-UPS for the fibre box thingie (ONT?).

Also, I am unsure if the fibre network itself has power (like ADSL) during loadshedding even though I can supply power at the receiving end.

 

[Pineapple Smurf]

Nope, fibre is strong with Cape-Connect

 

[Rocket-Boy]

Openserve fibre where I live stays up as long as my batteries last, which is about 5 hours.

 

[MirageF1]

No, so far at the 2 most recent places I've resided the MTN towers are available during LS...

so far....

 

[AnimateX]

On my main Telkom connection I have no idea as I don't have backup power for my router.

On MTN (phone) I lose several bars of signal, which probably means the local tower goes down and it connects to a more distant one.

 

[supersunbird]

OpenServe here stays up and my router is on a UPS and from what I know locally Vodacom, MTN and Telkom stay up too.

 

[Neuk_]

Our fibre line stays up for the full extent of load shedding and I have a 3G card in my work laptop to access our APN if I really need it.

 

[Jola]

FTTH

Have big UPS with two 105Ah batteries to keep internet / security cameras going.

Worth every cent, never goes down.

BTW, cell operators go down after about 30 minutes, so cannot rely on that.

 

[ginggs]

Vumatel mostly stays up, but at least once in the last month it died after about 1.5 hours of loadshedding.

 

[deweyzeph]

Our Telkom exchange has a generator so ADSL/VDSL stays up all through loadshedding. MTN and Vodacom used to stay up but these days both go dead as soon as loadshedding starts.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

My Octotel fibre is usually rock solid but my backup ADSL dies the instant the power goes out.

 

[Grouter]

Our Telkom exchange has a generator so ADSL/VDSL stays up all through loadshedding. MTN and Vodacom used to stay up but these days both go dead as soon as loadshedding starts.

Our local Telkom exchange also has a generator and an impressive array of lithium batteries. They sit behind a pretty flimsy front door and I'm amazed they've never been pinched.

 

[ISP cash cow]

Fibre stays up fine in my area for the full 4.5 hours, so currently no need for backup

 

[Lupus]

Nope touch wood, seems to stay up far longer than load shedding as well.