External aerial for Neotel

[ting]

It makes a huge difference - for the weak Neotel signal.

 

[pinball wizard]

Ok, sorry to intrude, I appear to be in the minority, I get over 1mb/s up and down... 130+kb/s transfer rate... What aerial should I get?

 

[anim8]

I've just run the RSSI test on my NeoConnect Prime and I get RSSI - 91 (seems pretty high to me)
I used to get d/l speeds of 120-180+KB/s now I'm lucky if I get 40KB/s
After many months of 'we can't solve the problem' I've cancelled my Neotel and can't believe they never asked me to test the signal.
A year ago a technician suggested an external aerial, but no-one since suggested anything
Will this possibly solve the problem?

 

[za1]

an antenna will improve the quality of your calls and the connection but it probably won't improve the speed.

 

[donGuan_201]

That is soooo true, I got my antenna after the call center advised me to get one and test then....

I am pointing the aerial straight at the tower with soooo little improvement that I feel like claiming the moneys back from them...

 

[ting]

an antenna will improve the quality of your calls and the connection but it probably won't improve the speed.

The antenna does improve the connection speed, and it should increase the internet speed - IF the capacity on the tower allows it.
I've heard that Neotel is upgrading their access points though, so hopefully we'll all see an improvement soon...