New contract, can't connect

Solitude

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I signed a data contract on Thursday for 3 gigs data and the Vodafone B200 LTE router. I'm in a very good LTE supported area according to the coverage map.

Maybe I'm a bit hasty but the sim does not want to connect to the internet. If I use a prepaid sim then it works perfectly on HSPA+ but the contract sim does not work using any connection type. I did get a message that it's been activated.

I tried the sim both in a phone and in the router and it connects to the Vodacom network but according to the router it does not connect to the internet.

I phoned 155 last night and the sim wasn't provisioned for LTE so they did that and told me even though the sim is acivated I should wait another 24 hours before it's "fully" activated. Is this true? Approximately how long do I have to wait before I can connect? Does one really have to wait 48 hours before using the sim or is there possibly something else wrong? Or am I just hasty and should wait another day.
 
Wow! Ockie, thank you so much! Please pm me your address so that I can send you a bottle of whiskey. :)

Test conducted on 17 March 2013 12:46:30 PM
Download Speed: 14036 kbps (1754.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6846 kbps (855.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 32 ms
 
Wow! Ockie, thank you so much! Please pm me your address so that I can send you a bottle of whiskey. :)

Test conducted on 17 March 2013 12:46:30 PM
Download Speed: 14036 kbps (1754.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6846 kbps (855.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 32 ms

hahahaha Solitude you going to deplete your data in no time running cool speed test - I am glad you happy with your new super sonic connection, now u can download ur blue goodies :P

I am not sure if Vodacom Speedtest is zero rated.
 
Wow! Ockie, thank you so much! Please pm me your address so that I can send you a bottle of whiskey. :)

Test conducted on 17 March 2013 12:46:30 PM
Download Speed: 14036 kbps (1754.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 6846 kbps (855.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 32 ms


Dont be silly. Just glad it is working now. Surprised the APN was not preconfigured properly out of the box...but there you go.

Enjoy your LTE experience. ;)
 
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