EDGE speed - Yzerfontein

[Hobbit]

I have been connecting to the Vodacom EDGE service from home using a SAMBA 75 USB modem for about a month and speed seems a bit slow. Using the Vodacom speed test I never get better than 83 kbps down and sometimes much less... up is pretty stable at 24 kbps. Modem connects and suggests that 230 kbps should be possible.

Signal strength is always good at better than 70%. Name of the tower that I connect to has recently changed to "Outdoor" from "Water Reservoir" but the speed has not altered.

Am I being unrealistic in expecting better speeds? On the positive side the connection is stable and have only lost connection for a couple of hours one morning in the last month.

 

[vodacom3g]

I have been connecting to the Vodacom EDGE service from home using a SAMBA 75 USB modem for about a month and speed seems a bit slow. Using the Vodacom speed test I never get better than 83 kbps down and sometimes much less... up is pretty stable at 24 kbps. Modem connects and suggests that 230 kbps should be possible.

Signal strength is always good at better than 70%. Name of the tower that I connect to has recently changed to "Outdoor" from "Water Reservoir" but the speed has not altered.

Am I being unrealistic in expecting better speeds? On the positive side the connection is stable and have only lost connection for a couple of hours one morning in the last month.

I'll check what the number of slots are available to you.

 

[vodacom3g]

Hobbit, will you do some test in the next 24 to 48 hours and let me know the results.

BTW, why are you not using 3G? Have you tested 3G coverage?

 

[Hobbit]

A dramatic improvement... now getting between 190 - 202 kbps down and 15 - 31 kbps up

I am living in rented accomodation for the next 4 months and dont want to commit to any contract until I move into the new house and see what is possible from there. I got the SAMBA modem cheap and at this stage speed is not as important to me as the cost of the data bundles. I have got myself a 4U zero contract with bolt on 500 mb bundle which I will increase next month to the 1 gb bundle.... and thats my bundle

V3g, many thanks for your assistance.... as a matter of interest, what needed to be done to get this improvement?

 

[vodacom3g]

A dramatic improvement... now getting between 190 - 202 kbps down and 15 - 31 kbps up

I am living in rented accomodation for the next 4 months and dont want to commit to any contract until I move into the new house and see what is possible from there. I got the SAMBA modem cheap and at this stage speed is not as important to me as the cost of the data bundles. I have got myself a 4U zero contract with bolt on 500 mb bundle which I will increase next month to the 1 gb bundle.... and thats my bundle

V3g, many thanks for your assistance.... as a matter of interest, what needed to be done to get this improvement?

I think they upgraded the backbone to the tower, so you better not tell them it's only for 4 months!

I'd still look at 3G speeds, it's the same bundle cost as EDGE. Look out foe e 'pre-owned' HSDPA card.

 

[Waiting costumer]

Waiting on service

Hello I live in Yzerfontein, in the Pearlbay area we are currently having a vodacom micro-cell installed, I would please like to know how far the installation is and when will it be finished,this project started 3 years ago and we still don't have reseption,this is very important as I have a business to run and I need reseption quite urgently,please reply or contact me

 

[vodacom3g]

Hello I live in Yzerfontein, in the Pearlbay area we are currently having a vodacom micro-cell installed, I would please like to know how far the installation is and when will it be finished,this project started 3 years ago and we still don't have reseption,this is very important as I have a business to run and I need reseption quite urgently,please reply or contact me

No problem, I asked the regional guys to contact someone called 'Waiting costumer'.

 

[vodacom3g]

OK, could not find anyone in Yzerfontein who make costumes but this is the general status:

We are putting in 2 microcells in Pearl Bay.

Very originally called Pearl Bay MC1 and Pearl Bay MC2.

Transmission for Pearl Bay MC1 should be given to us on 16 July and Pearl Bay MC2 on the 20 June. Hopefully its this year.

These are 2G only.

Pearl Bay MC2 is closest to the entrance to the area. Pearl Bay MC1 is near the end.

 

[Colin62]

OK, could not find anyone in Yzerfontein who make costumes but this is the general status:

Must be because he's still waiting to start...

 

[vodacom3g]

Must be because he's still waiting to start...

Although not quite applicable, reminds me of the old saying: "There are two kinds of people, those who make things happen and those who wonder what-the-hell just happened"....