Home Connecta Flexi

Donavin97 said:
Can someone make any suggestions?
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Maybe SpaceX seeing you're in the bundus...? If you wanna commit, I would first wait for our beloved government to sort out the forced BBBEEE stuff that they're imposing on SpaceX.

Maybe there're other options too?
 
Donavin97 said:
Never thought I’d complain again, but this is getting really bad. I already have an MTN sim and wondering if there data only plans that I can switch too? I am looking for a month to month option. Please note: I am on a farm with no physical address, so Supersonic/Afrihost won’t work for me. Can someone make any suggestions? Here is a screenshot of my current speed. I think it might be congestion. Also it lilooks like MTN roaming isn’t working any longer.
I posted 2 screenshots. Notice the difference in speed from about 2 week’s ago.
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Have you got a router and antenna, or are you using your phone?
 
cavedog said:
Not sure about that router but the B618 defaults to B1+B3
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Thank you.

I have tried the CellC sim with the B618 but it didn't solve my speed issues.

I was just thinking that if I use the sim in the B2338 that has an outdoor unit/antenna and force the bands it may help.

I can only find this under LTE settings for this router

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Hi Everyone

Kindly note that the Home Connecta Flexi SIM only works in a Fixed LTE coverage area.

Please check your coverage by using the below link.

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I'm in Fixed LTE area but struggling with speeds due to a congested tower. I have spoken to a consultant on Tuesday that was going to provide me with Gps coordinates for CellC towers in my area so that I can try an external antenna but I'm still waiting. I don't know why the position of the towers are such a big secret. I'm not going to steal the tower.

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Donavin97 said:
Never thought I’d complain again, but this is getting really bad. I already have an MTN sim and wondering if there data only plans that I can switch too? I am looking for a month to month option. Please note: I am on a farm with no physical address, so Supersonic/Afrihost won’t work for me. Can someone make any suggestions? Here is a screenshot of my current speed. I think it might be congestion. Also it lilooks like MTN roaming isn’t working any longer.
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Have you looked at one of the MTN My Choice packages? I'm not sure whether you can get them on SIM only month-to-month contracts - you would need to ask MTN. The MTN Home WiFi bundles will only work on their Fixed LTE network in one of the approved routers mentioned below. I think that these contracts are available month-to-month but you may need to purchase a new router from them as part of the deal.

Shop - MTN South Africa

www.mtn.co.za www.mtn.co.za

This MTN My Choice 130GB was available in January but I'm not sure whether this is still the case - you would need to ask them.

MTN Black Friday Discussions

I suppose if they wanted to be nice they could do something similar but consolation prize is they at least rolled the existing data over. now we wait till the next bill to see if everything is fine
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Otherwise MTN has just launched the Bozza Gigs prepaid bundles but these only work on their Fixed LTE network which might not be available in your area? The Fixed LTE packages can only be used in one of the following Huawei B525 B535 B612 B618 B818 or ZTE MF286 routers. If you can use the Bozza Gigs prepaid bundles then you should also be able to use the Fixed LTE MTN Home WiFi and the Afrihost Pure LTE packages.

MTN Prepaid Home Wifi and BozzaGigs LTE

MTN has launched a few bundles only available on these price plans that work in certain devices like mifi and LTE routers. *141*2# > Data > Home Wifi. Below are the bundles offered. Select Home WiFi Bundle: 30 Days 1. 10GB (5GBAnytime+5GBNight)+Free 7day5GB home R99 2. 20GB...
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Jake45 said:
Have you looked at one of the MTN My Choice packages? I'm not sure whether you can get them on SIM only month-to-month contracts - you would need to ask MTN. The MTN Home WiFi bundles will only work on their Fixed LTE network in one of the approved routers mentioned below. I think that these contracts are available month-to-month but you may need to purchase a new router from them as part of the deal.

Shop - MTN South Africa

www.mtn.co.za www.mtn.co.za

This MTN My Choice 130GB was available in January but I'm not sure whether this is still the case - you would need to ask them.

MTN Black Friday Discussions

I suppose if they wanted to be nice they could do something similar but consolation prize is they at least rolled the existing data over. now we wait till the next bill to see if everything is fine
mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za
my-catalogue.co.za

MTN Specials • from Friday 1 Jan 2021 - page 10

Browse through the current MTN catalogue valid from 01/01/2021 to 31/01/2021 - page 10.⭐Don't miss weekly specials from the popular MTN store.❤ Next week's specials at MTN.
my-catalogue.co.za my-catalogue.co.za

Otherwise MTN has just launched the Bozza Gigs prepaid bundles but these only work on their Fixed LTE network which might not be available in your area? The Fixed LTE packages can only be used in one of the following Huawei B525 B535 B612 B618 B818 or ZTE MF286 routers. If you can use the Bozza Gigs prepaid bundles then you should also be able to use the Fixed LTE MTN Home WiFi and the Afrihost Pure LTE packages.

MTN Prepaid Home Wifi and BozzaGigs LTE

MTN has launched a few bundles only available on these price plans that work in certain devices like mifi and LTE routers. *141*2# > Data > Home Wifi. Below are the bundles offered. Select Home WiFi Bundle: 30 Days 1. 10GB (5GBAnytime+5GBNight)+Free 7day5GB home R99 2. 20GB...
mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za
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Thanks for the suggestions. Will check it out.
 
I've had a Cell C SIM connected to this service for about a week now, and as a backup it's probably worthwhile me getting 10GB every 2 months. However, as a primary LTE service, don't think I could count on it ; most I got (in the beginning) was about 14 Mbps ; on 2 occasions, pings have been in the 50 - 60ms range.

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ISP: Cell C
Ping: 44ms
Download: 6.52Mbps
Upload: 7.3Mbps

Also, the inflexibility of not being able to switch back to 3G for fallback puts me off, as is the case with Telkom -
more options with Telkom LTE to keep a connection going in times of trouble with the various frequencies.

It happened last week when there was a power outage in other parts of PE, and our Telkom LTE connection maintained 3G for most of the day, while the Cell C one was "dead in the water" + MTN Fixed LTE also doesn't allow for 3G use.

Just my 2c worth.
 
Tested cell c with band 1 + 3 got 12mbps.

Switched to home connecta flexi, bought a bundle and getting 0.83mbps. Band 1 no longer working can only use band 3. This package is heavily throttled! Its not worth your time.
 
My speed has dropped down to 10 Mbps. What's interesting is that if I download on MTN SuperSonic, while my Cell C is downloading at 10 Mbps, MTN SuperSonic peaks > 100 Mbps, and then dries up the Cell C download to like 1 Mbps. I'm guessing the tower I use doesn't have much bandwidth.

Edit: I tried with a second MTN SIM - the same thing happened, although MTN SuperSonic dropped (80Mbps), and allowed the prepaid MTN SIM to reach 25 Mbps.
 
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webyep said:
My speed has dropped down to 10 Mbps. What's interesting is that if I download on MTN SuperSonic, while my Cell C is downloading at 10 Mbps, MTN SuperSonic peaks > 100 Mbps, and then dries up the Cell C download to like 1 Mbps. I'm guessing the tower I use doesn't have much bandwidth.

Edit: I tried with a second MTN SIM - the same thing happened, although MTN SuperSonic dropped (80Mbps), and allowed the prepaid MTN SIM to reach 25 Mbps.
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Yeah Cellc is not prioritized on the MTN roaming at all.

I saw the same. Cellc speed can be 50Mbps but then I run a speedtest on my MTN sim right next to it same tower because it has the same bands and cell id and the Cellc speeds drops quickly and MTN goes up.

I'm sure the roaming deal Cellc has with MTN does not guarantee Cellc users bandwidth on a tower sort off like a best effort type thing.
 
Is this only working in a fixed LTE area or any area that has LTE coverage?
 
Damn first time it's slow, but decent upload. Millerton makro.
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Gtx Gaming said:
Any area, just need address to sign up to be fixed lte. I use it my car while I drive works everywhere
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Does anyone else have experience of it working outside of the listed addresses? I am 5 houses away from coverage, so plan to give it a try come August when I'm out of contact with Vodacom.
 
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