Strive for a 99% uptime

[Dolby]

I had ADSL384 for about 8 months before I moved house and needed an alternative. I took Vodacom 3G and have a full HSDPA signal where I am. In fact, on the Vodacom speed meter I regulaly get 1800kbps and downloaded a 19.5MB file in under 2 minutes the othre day - fantastic!

However, the one area I feel they should work on is uptime. I'd guess that after 8 months I have a 90% 3G uptime - which isn't too bad itself. But vesus my ADSL which I had for the same length of time which was 100%, it does lag slightly. Are

For example at tried connecting last night from about 9pm until I slept at midnight, but no luck. I constantly got an error. On the one occasion it got through, all data transfer died after a few minutes - though I had enough time to browse one site. This isn't a regular occurance as it only happens 3 or 4 times a month, but it seems to be time I need to go online!

Initially when I got it in May, we had the vodamail fault for a few days and the solution was to get a backup and not rely fully on Vodacom. I'm hoping the same doesn't go for the connection itself.

Will be see a 99% uptime one day?

 

[ic]

IMO this is one of many reasons why Vodacom needs its own fibre optic backhaul network - instead of renting backhaul links [Digicrap] from Telkodemonopolies which has to be one of the least efficient and most incompetent fixed line operators blighting the face of this planet.

It is going to take a while, but I think Vodacom will eventually control enough of its own network to be able to promise 99% uptime.

 

[vodacom3g]

IMO this is one of many reasons why Vodacom needs its own fibre optic backhaul network - instead of renting backhaul links [Digicrap] from Telkodemonopolies which has to be one of the least efficient and most incompetent fixed line operators blighting the face of this planet.

It is going to take a while, but I think Vodacom will eventually control enough of its own network to be able to promise 99% uptime.

On the backhaul, I'd easily agree.

But radio systems are inherently influenced by many more parameters and while one can make systems as redundant as possible, I suspect 99+% is optimistic, (but as 3G technology mature probably within reach). AFAIK the 2G network is higher than this.

 

[ic]

On the backhaul, I'd easily agree.

But radio systems are inherently influenced by many more parameters and while one can make systems as redundant as possible, I suspect 99+% is optimistic, (but as 3G technology mature probably within reach). AFAIK the 2G network is higher than this.

This is why I decided to concentrate on the backhaul links , and there have been a number of cases mentioned on the forum where you've discovered Telkodemonopolies has been """working""" on the backhaul links when everything has gone FUBAR in specific areas - as soon as Telkodemonopolies is largely removed from the equation, my feeling is that Vodacom's network can only improve - but not while Telkodemonopolies is still in control...

 

[internaut]

Get that backhaul then or get back(hol)'d...