@rain - did you change/fix something?

[KopiteZA]

Oh sorry bro ... Mitchell’s Plain bro ... this is a Mitchell’s plain thread

Oh okay we're practically neighbors then. Used to live in Mitchell's Plain before I moved to Bluedowns. But it's not a Mitchell's Plain thread! @jbroo was asking why there was improvement in Rain speeds, his question wasnt area specific.
Muni worry bru now that me and Jbroo is off the network there'll be plenty bandwidth for the rest of you guys!

 

[Kiemo]

Oh okay we're practically neighbors then. Used to live in Mitchell's Plain before I moved to Bluedowns. But it's not a Mitchell's Plain thread! @jbroo was asking why there was improvement in Rain speeds, his question wasnt area specific.
Muni worry bru now that me and Jbroo is off the network there'll be plenty bandwidth for the rest of you guys!

Thanks bro ...

Oh sorry yes I forgot this isn’t that thread ...

but hopefully soon bro in the new year ... I’ll see what I can do with my speeds ... hope you enjoying fibre

 

[jbroo]

I'm still here cancelled the Telkom uncapped LTE order cos of their kak FUP. Throttled to 2mbps speed over 200GB usage... May as well stay on rain. Friend of mine got the Supersonic uncapped LTE deal. Seeing how that goes for him, then might jump ship.

 

[Solarion]

I have no issues with Rain. It had a wobble earlier this week but all in all Im happy. My dad has one of those tower problems but Im sorting it out with them at the moment.

All good!

 

[kabusi]

I have no issues with Rain. It had a wobble earlier this week but all in all Im happy. My dad has one of those tower problems but Im sorting it out with them at the moment.

All good!

What did they do cos mine is now a daily problem from midday and they dont seem interested.

 

[rain_mobile]

What did they do cos mine is now a daily problem from midday and they dont seem interested.
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HI @kabusi

Apologies about that.

I will get someone to investigate the issue

 

[Solarion]

What did they do cos mine is now a daily problem from midday and they dont seem interested.
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Its a work in progress Im doing some tests on my side with another dongle make and separate Rain account.

My connectivity Im not sure how it came right but I suspect something was wrong with the tower because we've been having a spate of cable and battery theft in this area and they are gunning for our cell towers.

 

[minkukel]

Weird thing today, noticed that speed is a bit slow. Logged on to the CPE and it has changed to NSA. Changed it back to SA from Auto and my normal speeds are back.

 

[killerface]

I used to get good speeds on rain network, then it got bad after a year or so crawling just under 1Mbps, then NO SERVICE for a month -__- communicated via email (which had a delayed responses of 3-4 days) then they eventually switched me over to a tower closer to me and now I'm averaging speeds of 30Mbps-45Mbps everyday. Don't know if it's upgrades they doing like they explained in the emails or because everybody switching to fibre..

 

[Kiemo]

I used to get good speeds on rain network, then it got bad after a year or so crawling just under 1Mbps, then NO SERVICE for a month -__- communicated via email (which had a delayed responses of 3-4 days) then they eventually switched me over to a tower closer to me and now I'm averaging speeds of 30Mbps-45Mbps everyday. Don't know if it's upgrades they doing like they explained in the emails or because everybody switching to fibre..

My question is how do they switch you over to a tower ? If I’m not getting that ?

 

[jbroo]

My question is how do they switch you over to a tower ? If I’m not getting that ?

They don't. You do it yourself via router settings if the router supports it.

 

[Kiemo]

This is what I get most days ...

 

[Kiemo]

They don't. You do it yourself via router settings if the router supports it.

So JB bro ... was that tower sorted ?

 

[jbroo]

So JB bro ... was that tower sorted ?

Nope. Still offline, still no update from @rain_mobile.

 

[Kiemo]

Nope. Still offline, still no update from @rain_mobile.

Hopefully soon buddy ...

So you still using the B2338 ?

 

[rain_mobile]

Nope. Still offline, still no update from @rain_mobile.

Hi @jbroo

Apologies, I will check how far they are.

 

[kabusi]

Also still getting amazing speeds.
Been ongoing for about 6 weeks now and of course if or when I am contacted I am asked to reboot and shuffle the router around:

 

[KopiteZA]

I checked the Rain website today just to make sure of the cancelation, and what do you know.. I am now in 5G coverage! @Kiemo check on your side also, maybe there's a new tower that went up on your side aswell.

Oh by the way, my fibre was installed yesterday, got my ONT and everything set up nicely but then the installers found out the box outside the house dont have all the required components inside.

Im pretty sure most people wont worry with the more expensive 5G since every house now has access to fibre, but its good to know there's an alternative if for whatever reason you dont want fibre. I feel spoilt for choice!

 

[killerface]

They don't. You do it yourself via router settings if the router supports it.

Maybe they have no plans to repair the tower I was connected to first and they just moved me to the tower that's closer to me. My router doesn't give me that option btw

 

[Kiemo]

I checked the Rain website today just to make sure of the cancelation, and what do you know.. I am now in 5G coverage! @Kiemo check on your side also, maybe there's a new tower that went up on your side aswell.

Oh by the way, my fibre was installed yesterday, got my ONT and everything set up nicely but then the installers found out the box outside the house dont have all the required components inside.

Im pretty sure most people wont worry with the more expensive 5G since every house now has access to fibre, but its good to know there's an alternative if for whatever reason you dont want fibre. I feel spoilt for choice!

Funny story I check now and apparently there is a dark blue spot of 5G close to where I am ... but when I check there was nothing the other day strange but true ... because I wanted to go for the 479 deal or something for the holidays and so forth ... I’ll see if they can call me and give me an idea where it is ...

I’ll attach a picture to where the towers are in my area but most or them apparently are 1800 towers ... somewhere far away is a 2600 tower which rain told me a while back is offline ... so I need an Xpol to fix to that tower and see for myself or try connecting to all this towers around me and see for myself do some testing ...