Happiness is a pointy antenna

TadMadLad

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Well, if you guys know my whole internet saga, it started last year with my telkom fight to get relatively decent lines installed in my house/complex, and the pinacle of pleasure, the feast of fun, the absolutely awesome Action from our friendly road builders made even my dodgy telkom line, sitting pretty on the sidewalk.....

but... i finally bit the bullet and got the wife to agree on me getting the high gain antenna from powerband.

Yes, 2300 bucks later, and I , sir, am the newest happy sentech customer.

Yes, i would post photos of the dish (no pun intended), but as luck would have it digital camery #1 's batterieS were flat and i was to lazy to unpack my DV came that has still photo options.

Basically, i have this antenna, on my roof, and i get 2 bars, and my download speeds are awesome.

Now, over to who to [^] for my onlinelyness and who to give the [:(].


Lets start with sentech.

There helpdesk is very nice, helpfull, sorted, my hat tipped to them, because they do their job. (Sarel and Callie , big [:D] to you guys for trying your best)
To the people who havent have been slack on re activating my account, i give a bit [V]. dissapointed. I was told it would take 2 days to do, I did my reactivation account (which was deactivated because as you know, I had no signal where they said i would have signal, and contrary to popular believe, march was not the month where i would suddenly get signal because they installed more towers.)

Powerband people. Donald, the sales dude, I put the wife on him, because my interpersonal telephone skills make my look slightly dimwitted because I dont speak consistantly. Donald Came and went, tested and said, i would get signal. Donald gets a [;)]
Wayne and Jaques who came to installed the antenna supplied by Powerband (who subcontracts the fellas above, it seems, who are from CITC (says so on the car, assuming here)) were excellent. As said before, i put on my extra goofy mode because i was excited to have some internet connectivity. These guys could not find signal where donald found signal, in the end it was climbing up on my roof (i have a double story, which is a whole different story), finally, he(wayne) got signal, and we ended up pointing the antenna to tower 12 (which i must say, i wish i knew where that was) W&J gets a [:D][:X]

So yes, I have 128kb setup, and i am still waiting on sentech (dont ask, another story on its own)
 
Alo,

Tower 12 - If you are in JHB would be the Mintek Building in Randburg. It's quite easy to spot ;-) ... I hope it has BEEG capacity as it seems half of JHB connects to that one tower [:p]


R - out
 
Hey

I sometimes really dont understand the sentech modem and its tower choosing [:p]. Im in weltevreden park, in one room i get 25% signal to the radiokop[82] tower but can't connect cause of remote host etc etc. Now in my other room i connect to the Mintek tower[12] with 16-18%. Im about 5-10k's from the tower, I only have the pringles can enhancing the signal and thats about it lol. Anyways i hope base station 82 works sometime soon [:)].

Dr4k out
 
Hehee

You and everyone ELSE.... 82 blasts me with super strong signal but no connectivity.

I guess getting that sorted is part of the "adjustments" ProAsm mentioned. Lets hope they sort it by next week... Otherwise I'm going to have to replace my tin foil grid antenna with a poynting ;-)

R
 
Hi,

Just had my antenna installed by Online Digital Solutions, brilliant Crew, my signal was 12% now at 41%, a little on the expensive side, but worth every cent. it's a done properly with a 1 year gaurentee ! [:D]
 
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<br />Hi,

Just had my antenna installed by Online Digital Solutions, brilliant Crew, my signal was 12% now at 41%, a little on the expensive side, but worth every cent. it's a done properly with a 1 year gaurentee ! [:D]
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Where you based ?
Contact details for Online digital Solutions ?
 
www.ods.co.za

and TheTruth, PLEASE test your ping on UT2004 demo or at least a decent FPS game?!
 
here are some photos, and tonight, i have 3 bars, [:D]
http://www.langames.co.za/download/antenna/IMG_2273.JPG
http://www.langames.co.za/download/antenna/IMG_2274.JPG
http://www.langames.co.za/download/antenna/IMG_2275.JPG
http://www.langames.co.za/download/antenna/IMG_2276.JPG
 
Hmmm, that thing being so directive and all, I wonder what will happen to your signal when the wind comes up!

Ajax
 
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