Rain Routing Through Cape Town now?

[ghostRgg]

So an interesting thing happened. Rain is busy testing their 5G network in Cape Town and now the Durban 4G connection I have is routing everything through Cape Town. Even local pings to Durban route there and back.

Tests all conducted from Durban.

 

[MirageF1]

So finally might gonna Rain some 5G outside of Egoli.

 

[NeonNinja]

They must test faster ffs!

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Finally hopefully in my area soon

 

[chakniks]

Eish, my area didn't seem to have any 5g towers planned based on the map for Cape town which was shared a while back

 

[chakniks]

They must test faster ffs!

They should just deploy lol... didn't they test what works and doesn't when they launched in Gauteng

 

[NeonNinja]

They should just deploy lol... didn't they test what works and doesn't when they launched in Gauteng

Good point. Maybe it has to do with lowveld and highveld.

 

[cavedog]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble but Rain likely just lost their peering at NAP AFrica Durban and now route to closest point which they probably see as CPT instead of JHB.

You best chance of possible 5G would be to look for 65573 on a 4G phone or device that supports LTE Band 3. That means basically ever LTE device out there.

 

[ghostRgg]

Sorry to burst everyone's bubble but Rain likely just lost their peering at NAP AFrica Durban and now route to closest point which they probably see as CPT instead of JHB.

You best chance of possible 5G would be to look for 65573 on a 4G phone or device that supports LTE Band 3. That means basically ever LTE device out there.

To inflate the bubble again. There have already been sightings of a coverage map and the towers going up in CPT on that band. Sadly no such thing in Durban yet and the technicians are giving zero hints towards it, but I did get told in 2020 it will definitely be here so there is that. No idea about their NAP Africa routing but probably the case and they just decided to use their CPT links.

 

[Gtx Gaming]

To inflate the bubble again. There have already been sightings of a coverage map and the towers going up in CPT on that band. Sadly no such thing in Durban yet and the technicians are giving zero hints towards it, but I did get told in 2020 it will definitely be here so there is that. No idea about their NAP Africa routing but probably the case and they just decided to use their CPT links.

Cave dog was the one who shared the cpt map, maybe he has an update on the map

 

[cavedog]

Cave dog was the one who shared the cpt map, maybe he has an update on the map

If I'm not mistaken there is already an active site in Stellenbosch. Not on the map though.

 

[ghostRgg]

If I'm not mistaken there is already an active site in Stellenbosch. Not on the map though.

Not going to say I know exactly but I heard that they have a few testing sites and Stellenbosch is one of the big ones. Next week I am going to drive around Durban to see if I can pick up any 5G towers or find a testing site.

 

[cavedog]

This is what you are looking for in terms of the sector antennas on the tower itself.

 

[Prim0]

The weird thing is that Rain initially tested 5G in Cape Town and we were told it would be one of the first cities to have 5G...yet here we are.

 

[mrlgm007]

Eish, my area didn't seem to have any 5g towers planned based on the map for Cape town which was shared a while back

Please share the map

 

[SeaSickMama]

Please share the map

I have got a something but cant share it will get me into deep sh11t , there are a fair bit of active sites in cape town 13 so far
green point x9
parrow x1
Durbanville Hills x2
Kenilworth x1

 

[chakniks]

I have got a map but cant share it will get me into deep sh11t , there are a fair bit of active sites in cape town 13 so far
green point x9
parrow x1
Durbanville Hills x2
Kenilworth x1

Is there anything for Mitchells plain

 

[chakniks]

Please share the map

Last time, I think it was cavedog who posted it.
I don't see the thread anymore so would have linked

 

[Gtx Gaming]

Is there anything for Mitchells plain

They fibre there now, no need for 5g unless you really need the faster speeds

 

[Gtx Gaming]

I have got a something but cant share it will get me into deep sh11t , there are a fair bit of active sites in cape town 13 so far
green point x9
parrow x1
Durbanville Hills x2
Kenilworth x1

So basically all area that has fibre