Omni or Flat Panel ... or Cancel ??

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Ahoi

Recently moved so went over to iBurst, bought myself a usb modem and took the Pro10+ package on a m2m basis.....

Iam located in a "Poor" coverage so my signal is really choppy, jumping in between 30% to 70% but on average about 45% signal so my internet speed sucks really bad (best 5kb/s and Frame Rate Error up to 30%).... can't even load speedtest.net eish :(

Now my question is really simple, by viewing my coverage map what would you recommend being my best option to improve my speed and or signal? :

A) Omni antenna (7.5dBi) or
B) the Flat Panel antenna (12dBi) or
C) cut my losses and get a 3G stick?

If i look at the map then there's 2 base stations closeby...... 1 x in Frans Conradie Drive and 1 x in Marconi Beam... they are about 3.14 km and 4.86 km from me, this is BAD :sick:

Could there be another one on the Tygerberg koppie as this could give me a LOS to that station?

What u ThinK :confused:

[img=http://s11.postimage.org/i60r2z9jz/i_Burst_coverage.jpg]
 
Ahoi

Recently moved so went over to iBurst, bought myself a usb modem and took the Pro10+ package on a m2m basis.....

Iam located in a "Poor" coverage so my signal is really choppy, jumping in between 30% to 70% but on average about 45% signal so my internet speed sucks really bad (best 5kb/s and Frame Rate Error up to 30%).... can't even load speedtest.net eish :(

Now my question is really simple, by viewing my coverage map what would you recommend being my best option to improve my speed and or signal? :

A) Omni antenna (7.5dBi) or
B) the Flat Panel antenna (12dBi) or
C) cut my losses and get a 3G stick?

If i look at the map then there's 2 base stations closeby...... 1 x in Frans Conradie Drive and 1 x in Marconi Beam... they are about 3.14 km and 4.86 km from me, this is BAD :sick:

Could there be another one on the Tygerberg koppie as this could give me a LOS to that station?

What u ThinK :confused:

[img=http://s11.postimage.org/i60r2z9jz/i_Burst_coverage.jpg]

a 102 views but no comments ...... this makes me wonder :confused:
 
Now my question is really simple, by viewing my coverage map what would you recommend being my best option to improve my speed and or signal? :

A) Omni antenna (7.5dBi) or
B) the Flat Panel antenna (12dBi) or
C) cut my losses and get a 3G stick?
If you're prepared to spend the time aiming your antenna, then B, otherwise A.
It seems signal strength isn't everything:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/455211?p=8771255#post8771255
If i look at the map then there's 2 base stations closeby...... 1 x in Frans Conradie Drive and 1 x in Marconi Beam... they are about 3.14 km and 4.86 km from me, this is BAD :sick:
3.14 and 4.86km would be bad for 3G, but not for iBurst.
Could there be another one on the Tygerberg koppie as this could give me a LOS to that station?
I don't think so.
 
Thank you ginggs for the Info ! :D

So I guess at the end of the both would do the trick then!!

:)
 
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