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When is all the 1800mhz towers getting 2600mhz lol?
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Well it's complicated then. You need a DC step up then how are you going to work around the power over ethernet situation to power the device and have ethernet. Using an inverter seems like a very easy solution.
Did a test last week Friday and that tower pushed close to 700Mbps. How far are you from the tower?
Yes I did then got it again to test it with the external unit to see how speeds are. Was pretty underwhelming to be honest but you know me I'm always testing everything
Just over 500 m, but the router has a green signal strength on 5g, and the activation screen says I have excellent signal. I do not think I have a signal problem.
Did a test last week Friday and that tower pushed close to 700Mbps. How far are you from the tower?
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Did a test last week Friday and that tower pushed close to 700Mbps. How far are you from the tower?
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I'm not close to it at all took my router for a drive test. I saw guys at that tower but next to it it was peaking at 700Mbps and averaging at around 500Mbps. This was over wifi6 though so not that accurate.
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I do this during load shedding.
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That is entirely possible, but the problem they had was that the CPE they used in the article is an outdoor unit? (Correct me if I am wrong, meaning powering over Ethernet only.)
The ethernet port is a Gigabit interface, which means no passive PoE. Active only.
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Nice change after the intervention. Suddenly now I get just about no interruption of the internet connection and as a rule the speed (30 Mbp down) I contracted. Let's hope it lasts.
Thanks Rain.
Thanks Rain.
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I was on the verge so I found out. Log on to website and in the support area use the message function. Apparently just tell them you cancell and your address for if they must collect the router. Apparently that's all.
Also in Rooihuiskraal and no real change with download speeds but upload speed has improved from 9 Mbps to average 19 Mbps and connection stability has improved as well. Hope the tower this side gets fixed as well so we can achieve the mentioned download speeds.
Does anybody know what the situation is with Rain in the Magaliessig/Fourways area north of Monte Casino. I tried Rain in February and March and it was terrible. Seriously rusty butter knife wrist slitting terrible. It performed worse than my Telkom 4G LTE. I cancelled and returned to Telkom.
I bought the Rain 4G unlimited option and put it in my router and it's similarly poor in my neighborhood. Does anybody have experience with well performing Rain 5G in Fourways?
I bought the Rain 4G unlimited option and put it in my router and it's similarly poor in my neighborhood. Does anybody have experience with well performing Rain 5G in Fourways?
Als in the same area. Again had issues from around 6pm. Speeds between 5 - 12mbs
Same here. Upload speed goes up to 25mbs. But the download speed varies between 5-12 mbs
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I call BS on the "improvement" in Centurion
New tower online closer then the previous one direct line of site with nothing in the way...
This was October 2019 with the indoor unit
This was November 2019 with the outdoor unit up and till end of February 2020
This my current connection speed ever since after how many complaints and techies coming out to site - And for the record nothing changed on my side...
New tower online closer then the previous one direct line of site with nothing in the way...
This was October 2019 with the indoor unit
This was November 2019 with the outdoor unit up and till end of February 2020
This my current connection speed ever since after how many complaints and techies coming out to site - And for the record nothing changed on my side...
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You are very lucky at getting these speeds. I'm in The Reeds and I might get half of that on a good day with good - excellent 5G reception.
I must say that there was a spike in speed last week when they say they did some config changes, but that lasted a day. Then it was back to the 10mbs avg.
I have been involved with them from the beginning of Feb to try and sort this issue out. Now they are attempting to divert the focus on request 2-day performance reports that I need to compile them on a regular basis.
Yet they still have not given me even a one-liner of feedback from the "NETWORK" team as they like to point out every time I ask for an update.
RAIN's issues are still persisting. It's not all gone as they suggest. And the support still does not exist to the end users
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I got my rain this weekend. In Pta
419 Mbps down
13.2 Mbps up
on speed.rain.co.za
On speedtest.net
392 Mbps down
19.95 Mbps up
18ms ping
419 Mbps down
13.2 Mbps up
on speed.rain.co.za
On speedtest.net
392 Mbps down
19.95 Mbps up
18ms ping
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