Hi, I'm in Durban and i noticed that the quality of calls dropped over the past week or so... i have 2 mtn contracts - therefore i have 2 handsets so that cannot be a problem and i have friends who are experiencing similar problems where the calls breaks-up, or the quality is very low. anyone know whats happening?
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SirFooK'nG
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In Pinetown and vodacom aint that great either, the last year seems to have gotton worse. Calls drop, network errors when trying to dial... very irritating. My wife sent me a mms while I was away on business for a week. A week later, while sitting with her, the mms came thru! Service quality does seem to be dropping.
SirFooK'nG
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LOL ... done that..
About a year ago, we just could not dial out, I eventually got a line after 10 or 12 attempts. The call was to Vodacom to complain about the tower and reception. The call lady moaned at me that she couldn't hear me properly (same thing - breaking up). She then insisted that there were currently no network errors or incidents in my area!! WTF!
About a year ago, we just could not dial out, I eventually got a line after 10 or 12 attempts. The call was to Vodacom to complain about the tower and reception. The call lady moaned at me that she couldn't hear me properly (same thing - breaking up). She then insisted that there were currently no network errors or incidents in my area!! WTF!
SUPERMAN89
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TELL ME ABOUT IT! thou iv learn't a trick, use UMTS/3G mode only and no dropped calls, call quality is great! 3g coverage not so bad in the areas im in
SUPERMAN89
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There's a neat cb that allows you to view what tower ur using. Iv found that 50% of them where shared towers.
So getting towers up getting a line from Telkom. long process. According to the guy who did come check the signal where im at. Posting up a small tower that covers about 1km was the answer to the problem...Thou that was a while back, i did raise the topic that Call quality on the GSM network is bad during peak time in Durban area b4
So getting towers up getting a line from Telkom. long process. According to the guy who did come check the signal where im at. Posting up a small tower that covers about 1km was the answer to the problem...Thou that was a while back, i did raise the topic that Call quality on the GSM network is bad during peak time in Durban area b4
Kilgore_Trout_Redux
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I'm in Cape Town and I have also noticed a distinct drop in call quality and I've been having a lot more dropped calls over the last two weeks or so...
+1. I have constant disconnects :/
Thanks... i have mine on GSM because 3g doesnt display the call discounts... so before i make a call i will switch to umts/3g
call quality was bad... then it was ok for a while... but now its gone from bad (a few breaks) to worse (can barely hear the person on the other end)
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Most of us have 3G phones and thats the problem.MTN and Vodacom 3G towers are over subscribed.Select the GSM mode on your phone and your problems will be solved.
SUPERMAN89
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call quality was bad... then it was ok for a while... but now its gone from bad (a few breaks) to worse (can barely hear the person on the other end)
MTN needs to re-do its GSM core-network,2010 comes what are these people going do
SteveO
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MTN 3G and 2G networks run on the same core....
MTN is also in the process of putting up something like R8bn worth of infrastructure.So we'll see how this all changes once its completed in the new year
MTN is also in the process of putting up something like R8bn worth of infrastructure.So we'll see how this all changes once its completed in the new year