Yip, living in the best part of the world... 5 years in K@kstad was enough for me! Will PM you my contact details
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Yip, living in the best part of the world... 5 years in K@kstad was enough for me! Will PM you my contact details
I live in Nelspruit area, West Acres to be specific, had the same issue with VC3G disconnects every 10 seconds, turns out my machine was infected with a virus, formatted machine, reloaded windows and no more issues. Got a laptop as well and didn't experience any issues other than slow throughput during peak hours, but I recon that'll be normal?
Was out of office all day yesterday, same today. Will call him when I'm back
Definitely not a virus - In Ermelo - connected for almost an hour now without disconnections
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vodacom3g
Vodacom Representative
I have not received a 'fixed' update yet, so I don't think it's resolved yet. Will keep you posted though, it's currently with the actual hardware manufacturers.
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They did indeed make some some changes Wednesday night that resulted in much less disconnects. More to come, so please test and let us know.
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They did indeed make some some changes Wednesday night that resulted in much less disconnects. More to come, so please test and let us know.
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For some reason, I have been entirely unable to access this forum at all for 2 days.
Dont know if its somehow connected to our problem, but anyway.
UPDATE TIME!
Over the last same 2 days, the stability of the connections have improved somewhat. I have been able to narrow down my biggest chunk of Rx:0 events to early mornings.
(Midnight - 9am).
With that said though, the speeds are a constantly shifting factor.
I am still not able, from time to time, to connect at all on 3G-Only profile. Still need to switch to GPRS/EDGE-Only to make the connection and then switch to 3G-Only after connection succeeds.
Also, another first for me this week:
I seem to be getting disconnected when, for example, reading a page or replying to an email.
Seems that once the network thinks im not using the connection actively, they dump it off.
I have checked in Windows to make sure the "disconnect when idle" option is not enabled, so that does not seem to apply here.
ROUNDUP:
All in all, the last 2 days (excluding not being able to access this site) has been heaven compared to my last 2 months' experience.
Will keep you updated for better or worse.
Dont know if its somehow connected to our problem, but anyway.
UPDATE TIME!
Over the last same 2 days, the stability of the connections have improved somewhat. I have been able to narrow down my biggest chunk of Rx:0 events to early mornings.
(Midnight - 9am).
With that said though, the speeds are a constantly shifting factor.
I am still not able, from time to time, to connect at all on 3G-Only profile. Still need to switch to GPRS/EDGE-Only to make the connection and then switch to 3G-Only after connection succeeds.
Also, another first for me this week:
I seem to be getting disconnected when, for example, reading a page or replying to an email.
Seems that once the network thinks im not using the connection actively, they dump it off.
I have checked in Windows to make sure the "disconnect when idle" option is not enabled, so that does not seem to apply here.
ROUNDUP:
All in all, the last 2 days (excluding not being able to access this site) has been heaven compared to my last 2 months' experience.
Will keep you updated for better or worse.
Just to update,
Its only fair to throw in the good stuff as well.
The whole weekend, no Rx:0 or disconnects.
Not even 1.
Good stuff VC!
Latency was only slightly worse than it used to be, and transfers speeds are decent.
Its only fair to throw in the good stuff as well.
The whole weekend, no Rx:0 or disconnects.
Not even 1.
Good stuff VC!
Latency was only slightly worse than it used to be, and transfers speeds are decent.
Edge signal better than 3G+ - Nelspruit/White River Area
At work we only have Vodacom 2G (236.8Kbps) signal,at best. At home I have full 3G+ signal (3.5Mbps) and this used to work just fine, until a few weeks ago.
These days the 3G+ at home is so slow that Telkom dailup is faster, even with the light-blue light shining. What is up with this? Is my E220 modem acting up or is there something wrong with the 3G+ signal at home?
At work we only have Vodacom 2G (236.8Kbps) signal,at best. At home I have full 3G+ signal (3.5Mbps) and this used to work just fine, until a few weeks ago.
These days the 3G+ at home is so slow that Telkom dailup is faster, even with the light-blue light shining. What is up with this? Is my E220 modem acting up or is there something wrong with the 3G+ signal at home?
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Yes, I stay in the Nelspruit/White River region. Do you have the same problem?