Rain Coverage

[SM-SA]

Why isn't Rains coverage available in shopping centers? This is not right and confusing

 

[BasBas]

Simple, Shopping centers are huge concrete structures that do a good job of blocking RF, now most shopping centers get around this by either installing repeaters or by utilizing small cell technology where by the service provider installs a small base station within the shopping center thats sole job is to provide coverage within the building

 

[BasBas]

So, if shopping centers do not install boosters for Rains network, and Rain does not deploy small cell technology, you will struggle to get coverage within any large building

 

[MirageF1]

CV in CT is good example...cheap skates.

 

[Swa]

Rain is primarily fixed internet and not mobile. As such they will concentrate mostly where people tend to use it.

 

[cavedog]

Simple, Shopping centers are huge concrete structures that do a good job of blocking RF, now most shopping centers get around this by either installing repeaters or by utilizing small cell technology where by the service provider installs a small base station within the shopping center thats sole job is to provide coverage within the building

+1

Saw it in Menlyn Mall PTA East. Vodacom had a small cell that was doing 3 carrier aggregation on LTE. Coverage did not extend beyond the shopping mall which was interesting.

Also if you go to MallofAfrica with a Telkom simcard you will notice zero signal and it switches over and roams on MTN.

 

[jambai]

How can you have rain coverage on Afrihost but no coverage on rains website ? Surely same network ?

 

[Swa]

How can you have rain coverage on Afrihost but no coverage on rains website ? Surely same network ?

Guess map is outdated?

 

[gotaway]

Guess map is outdated?

The map IS outdated. As the crow flies I am at about 30+km away from any coverage as per map, however I get pings in the low 30ms, download speed of around 20-25 Mbps and upload of around 16-20 Mbps