Is rain only available on LTE A?

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Irfaan786

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Because I don't have LTE A coverage in my area but I do have normal LTE coverage can I still get the off peak unlimited data deal?
 
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Yes afaik Rain is LTE-A but LTE-A is backwards compatible with LTE. I don't know what you mean by only having LTE coverage. Rain provides LTE-A coverage unless your device only has LTE.
 
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Irfaan786 said:
Because I don't have LTE A coverage in my area but I do have normal LTE coverage can I still get the off peak unlimited data deal?
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The question is whether you have rain coverage. Having LTE-A coverage from Telkom, for example, is irrelevant if you want to connect to rain. Have you looked on the rain coverage map?
 
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Speedster said:
The question is whether you have rain coverage. Having LTE-A coverage from Telkom, for example, is irrelevant if you want to connect to rain. Have you looked on the rain coverage map?
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Right, didn't think he might be mistaking the coverage for Rain. Does anybody know what Rain's network ID is?
 
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Swa said:
Weird I can't find it. Can only get 65519 and 65538 in addition to the other 4 networks.
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Was joking about the Rain God...

This is mine:

CELL_ID: 102919459
RSRQ: -5dB
RSRP: -108dBm
SINR: 3dB
PLMN: 65519
 
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This is confusing but when entering my address my location is blue on the map does this mean I have coverage?
 
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If it means I have coverage do they have an option of purchasing a router aswell? Want to get rid of my Adsl.
 
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Is Rain still restricted to specific routers? I have a Huawei B593 router which only supports LTE.

Any chance of it working?
 
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Totempole said:
Is Rain still restricted to specific routers? I have a Huawei B593 router which only supports LTE.

Any chance of it working?
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Mobile Rain should work with that router. Fixed I'm not sure.
 
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Totempole said:
Oh, I didn't know there was both a mobile and fixed option. In all likelihood it's the fixed option I'd be considering.
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In that case I think you can only use the B315 or B618

Don't quote me on this, maybe @cavedog will know.
 
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Totempole said:
Is the unlimited off-peak data for R250 only available on Fixed?
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No that is mobile. Fixed you can only buy from resellers like Afrihost. But apparently selling fixed is coming to an end.

Mobile is good value for money during the off-peak times.
 
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Does anybody use this rain deal with the Huawei E5885 Router? Could you tell me the wifi range on it? Please
 
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Irfaan786 said:
Does anybody use this rain deal with the Huawei E5885 Router? Could you tell me the wifi range on it? Please
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I got the E5573 and the range is just about good enough in an open room. So don't expect it to cover your house.
 
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I need a better router... because I'm going to be sharing it with my brother via wifi who is like 10 meters away from me how's the B315?
 
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