NeoConnect & Base Stations

[RichardG]

Does anyone know if there is power failure in the area, does NeoConnect/Neotel base station get effected or is their back-up generators.

My main concern is this now thinking about all these load shedding outages we had beginning of the year.

 

[TimTDP]

don't worry about it
Neotel don't appear to have any base stations, or so few that coverage is poor and no-one will miss them if there is a power failure

 

[Neotel]

All Neotel basestations are built to carrier standards and operate autonomously on batteries in the case of power failures.

Neotel uses its own optical fibre backhaul from the basestations to its main points-of-presence, which have several layers of power backup, including multiple mains feeds, batteries and generators.

This level of reliability is expected by Neotel's customers - both enterprises and consumers.

Note that the NeoConnect Lite and NeoConnect Prime devices also have batteries, and will operate for hours on these - so you can carry on surfing in the dark - if you have a laptop, or a UPS for your desktop PC. You can carry on talking on the phone or SMSing, of course, after your PC's battery runs down.

 

[Telkom_Victim]

Hello Neotel, could you please inform me where the base station in Pretoria is ?

 

[Toxin]

Hello Neotel, could you please inform me where the base station in Pretoria is ?

I think there are base stations in Pretoria North and Sunnyside.

Best is to go here and fill in your details to see if you fall within their limited coverage area.

 

[Reptilian]

Approximately how many towers are built every month?

 

[Xbox 360 Agent Weed]

Good Question! when will coverage in Cape Town Northern suburbs be extended? and roughly when can we expect dsl connections?