iBurst strays into the boxing ring with 3G...

.... because this service is reliable, fast, mobile, and works anyway in the country...
 
RichardG said:
No offense why not go IBURST way, 3 G aint good. I don't like that usage per meg once u reach ur 1 gig limit. Scary, I've to say
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I agree with kv regarding this, apart from minor issues that are quickly resolved by this forum or 155 the service is reliable and work and offers a considerable up time especially for people who do not need to bandwidth rape all the time and need mobile working connectivity via 3G or GPRS. I have been able to keep my usage below 1GB most of the time and I do design, uploads and use some pretty heavy graphics sites at times.

Agreed this does not cater for everyone needs, but the majority of us that do use it and need to recommended it have a very strong believe in the product and it's support, something lacking as far as the other technologies on this forum is concerned based on the posts I have seen so far. Very few 3G issues has not been resolved or is not being resolved because of the great work that v3g has been doing.
 
RichardG said:
No offense why not go IBURST way, 3 G aint good. I don't like that usage per meg once u reach ur 1 gig limit. Scary, I've to say
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Dont mean this to be personal, but perhaps you need a brain scan. Have you not been reading the iBust forum? Have you been reading the 3G forum? How many people do you see complaining on the 3G forum? how many on iBust? How many responses DOES ANYONE get on the iBust forum from someone senior? ah ****, I mean ANYONE!. How quickly does v3g reply? :mad:

If you so happy with iBust you must be part of the small 1% who are, or alternativelly a iBust Employee/Investor. sorry, how many people on this forum have had SIGNIFICANT problems with 3G RIGHT FROM THE DAY THEY LAUNCHED? bet you wont find many 3G problems, yes some people have had issues getting 3G from the resellers, but the service ROCKS! How many STILL have problems with iBust, both during and now after the "soft launch" ****!. :mad:

Ummm, how many people on 3G forum are planning legal action against Vodacom? How many are planning legal action against WBS? Catch a wake up man :mad:


Eish, you need your head looked into. How back to the iBust forum.


(That felt good) :D
 
RichardG are you trolling maybe?

From the Iburst Forum:
Users Cancelled: 9
RVFMal: 19 April 2005
Sytze: 20 April 2005
noone: 20 April 2005
Nebula: 20 April 2005
zak: 21 April 2005
DennisB: 21 April 2005
Ov3rL0rd: 21 April 2005
aborg: 21 April 2005
Saint_DC: 22 April 2005

Promised to cancel: 4
Simple Twist of Fate: 22 April 2005 Pending outcome on his demands from WBS
Arkadion: 20 April 2005
RichardG: As soon as he's found a good lawyer - 24 month contract
BicPen: 22 April 2005

Wants to but cant cancel: 5
mlungu1: No ADSL for the next 3 years.
LandyMan: No Telkom alternative
rebel: Telkom line dead for the past 2 months
codemasterhti: No ADSL for the next 3 years.
Bishop: No affordable alternative (Sent me a PM)

People who changed their minds about signing up: 2
Jacques: 21 April 2005
brooko: 21 April 2005
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Yea you must be liking iBurst alot :P
 
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100 % for vodacom, I used to have ISDN (Is Stupid Dialup Network) that became so costly that I just had to switch it off.
ADSL (Another Dumb Service Lag) is not available untill 2007.. if ever.....
3G/GPRS offered me a great service at an affordable price.
To date i have managed to convince about 10 people to dump their connections and use GPRS and they are more than happy with it :D
I have not seen any of these corperate giants even try offering us a solution. I live in a small village in the middle of nowhere and there are about 150+ internet users who are just waiting for an alternative to telkom.

VIVA VODACOM :)
 
Got a client who has Vodacom3G - they are very happy with it.
They do a lot of trade shows, so they need a mobile solution.
iBurst just wasn't an option.

Vodacom3G has a unique market segment and is most definately not for heavy internet users, but rather for people who want info on the move - it's the only current option that will work pretty much anywhere a cellphone will work - but obviously not always connected via 3G !
 
the nice thing about the cell networks not being swamped with p2p/torrents etc is that you get really decent international downloads as well. Much quicker than you get with ADSL. I dont ever download large files from the net, so the cell networks are ideal for me (as i suspect they are for a large percentage of casual browsers)

just a side note - iBurst is a UMTS network (or so called 3G Network)....
 
RichardG said:
No offense why not go IBURST way, 3 G aint good. I don't like that usage per meg once u reach ur 1 gig limit. Scary, I've to say
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iBurst is a 3G network.... So what are you trying to say? :D
 
Snowolf said:
100 % for vodacom, I used to have ISDN (Is Stupid Dialup Network) that became so costly that I just had to switch it off.
ADSL (Another Dumb Service Lag) is not available untill 2007.. if ever.....
3G/GPRS offered me a great service at an affordable price.
To date i have managed to convince about 10 people to dump their connections and use GPRS and they are more than happy with it :D
I have not seen any of these corperate giants even try offering us a solution. I live in a small village in the middle of nowhere and there are about 150+ internet users who are just waiting for an alternative to telkom.

VIVA VODACOM :)
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A good friend of mine was spending R800 a month on dial-up. No ADSL in his area, but he also travels a lot. He only needed to buy a Bluetooth adaptor for R200 and he is now saving more than 50% of that cost by using his phone he already had on Vodacom GPRS. He is a very happy camper.
 
ScrnScrm said:
iBurst is a 3G network.... So what are you trying to say? :D
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ScrnScrm, I know MyWireless (IPWireless) is a 3G off-shoot, but I was not aware that iBurst was in any way related to 3G, please clarify bcos I'm :confused:...
 
iBurst is not 3G [or CDMA] , as seen below

http://www.digitalcityonline.com.au/store/product.asp?idProduct=1767
[Note the prices -> R0.70 p/MB out of "package" , and we thought SA is expensive :P]

iBurstTM
The iBurst technology is a wide-area mobile broadband technology offering a unique combination of high speed, wide range and high base station capacity.

The iBurst technology is a pure IP, end-to-end system built on two primary components: base stations deployed by a network operator, much like today's cellular services, and wireless modems or PC cards that a customer uses with an existing Internet appliance, such as a notebook computer, to access the service.

Unlike primarily voice networks such as GSM, CDMA and 3G standards - the iBurst technology has been designed from the ground up to provide pure data and with the incorporation of IntelliCell** technology it is able to provide the wireless data much more efficiently than the voice based cellular networks. As a result the iBurst network is able to provide data rates of up to 1 Mbps to each user with a maximum base station capacity of 20 Mbps.

**IntelliCellTM
The iBurst system is based on IntelliCell technology from ArrayComm in the US to attain the extreme levels of efficiency in usage of the available radio frequency.
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diabolus said:
iBurst is not 3G [or CDMA] , as seen below
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oh oh. what have i started. :D ok, i really dont want to start this debate....
but, 3g is a generic term for third generation technology. it does NOT represent any specific technology. A "technology specification" that falls in the realm of 3G is UMTS. WCDMA is one example of a carrier standard under UMTS. There are others - like TDD etc etc etc. iBurst and Sentech both fall loosely under the banner of 3G networks, albeit with different carriers.


If you would like me to post an exact referenced technical guide to the different technologies, I will gladly do so. I am not sure that this is the correct forum for it though...
 
Ok, maybe i should say it better, iBurst is a 'standard' , CDMA is another 'standard' . What exactly iBurst's standard is, i'm not sure but:

The 3G Standard - The 3G Choice is CDMA

In 1999, the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) approved an industry standard for third-generation (3G) wireless networks. This standard, called International Mobile Telecommunications-2000 (IMT-2000), consists of 5 operating modes, including 3 based on Code Division Multiple Access (CDMA) technology. These 3G CDMA modes are most commonly known as CDMA2000, WCDMA and TD-SCDMA.
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http://www.answers.com/topic/universal-mobile-telecommunications-system
Other competing standards
There are other competing 3G standards, such as CDMA2000 and proprietary systems including iBurst from Arraycom, Flarion and wCDMA-TDD (IPWireless). However, it is expected that 3GSM/UMTS will eventually inherit the global dominance of the GSM family to become the de facto global standard for 3G.
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So yes, you are right :P

Basically like saying WMA is a standard, MP3 is another standard, both do the same thing with different levels of quality,speed and compression and probably most important of all different patent holders :P
 
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All I can say is that at the moment I would not even think of using iBurst. They give cr@p service and do not have the coverage I require.
 
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