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Are you telling me I can connect through vodacom with my VM card?
Like if I have 3G vodacom, then I will get 3G speed if I choose vodacom manually . .. Doesn't make sence to me PLS explain
Don't expect any speed increase though. In most cases it will be worse so only try it if you are having a lot of problems on Virgin.Are you telling me I can connect through vodacom with my VM card?
Like if I have 3G vodacom, then I will get 3G speed if I choose vodacom manually . .. Doesn't make sence to me PLS explain
I beg to differ. A connection of <1KB/s that works for ten minutes before hanging indefinitely and then eventually dying isn't exactly what I call reliable.
I also never got MTN EDGE speed of over 12KB/s, but on Virgin I get up to 25KB/s and that with a signal that rarely goes above 66%.You miss the point I made. Firstly they never chose to roam on any network, they are only using Cell-C's network, probably because they got the best deal from them for the sake of their customers. Cell-C has the roaming agreement with Vodacom so Virgin doesn't have much of a choice really. It is still Vodacom which is to blame here as it's their gprs which is crappy. The roaming is suppose to be a plus providing you with extra coverage. It's not Virgin's fault if your phone selects Vodacom when there is actually a Cell-C signal at your disposal. For someone to blame Virgin and go over to Vodacom where they will get even worse service is simply ironic as the problem itself stems from Vodacom. It puts Vodacom in the perfect position to sabotage them and get their customers through advertising and the perception that they have a better network through their 3G/HSDPA campaign, but I don't want to throw around any accusations here or I'll have 'some people' on this forum on my back again.
Yes, but I would rather have them on the Cell-C network than on the Vodacom network. I would hate to be getting Vodacom gprs (no edge) speed or pay a premium for Vodacom's 3G/HSDPA which costs them less to deliver. The limitation is not with the GSM technology used but is actually a bug in the phone the same way that some phones will rather select a GSM signal when an UMTS signal is available. I assume you knew that. I myself don't think they need the roaming in most places anymore. They also have decent EDGE coverage in most places which is in no way inferior to 3G at 236.8kbps for 4 timeslots and 473.6kbps for 8 timeslots.
But what if they told you that the tv was manufactured by Sony, would you still blame them or would you blame Sony in that instance. I have a Vodafone branded phone. Granted it does not have Vodafone written all over it, but I know some phones, e.g. Motorola I think, has the vodafone live sticker implanted on them. If I had one and it was defective I would point finger first towards Motorola.
You're probably right. Most people won't know this and maybe Virgin is taking too much credit in that regard to being a network provider when they are in fact only a reseller. The thing is though that when you are on the Vodacom network 99% of the time your phone will show the Vodacom logo instead of the Virgin logo, thereby giving away which network is being used. I don't see any reason why anyone should switch over to the more expensive service when the problems do in fact lie with the more expensive service. I just want as many people as possible to know that they have the option of getting cheaper and better service by switching their phones to use only Cell-C's network.
