wireddreams
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I have Fibre but it's good to know there are options for those without a Fibre line
Yip, Telkom is UselessI'll keep my RAIN.
Telkom is the devil.
It should be according to the specs. (i.e. B40)Telkom mobile is easily the fastest around here, Rain being the slowest. Anyone know if the Huawei B316-932 is compatible with the Telkom's 2300MHz network?
Thanks - it's been gathering dust since I dropped rain. Might as well put it to use and save some money while I what for fibre.It should be according to the specs. (i.e. B40)
Now I have a better idea as to why Telkom LTE takes about 2 to 3 hours to recover to full signal strength where I am in PE, after a power outage.This has been the case for me also as of a few months ago. Like exactly after 1 hour it dies. Someone else also complained about Telkom going off after an hour here in cape town wonder if changes have been made somewhere. The only networks that stay up here now are voda/rain shared tower.
Almost, but not quite. With prepaid there's absolutely no commitment.Month to month is almost prepaid.
Telkom immediately recovers after loadshedding it just 'dies' quicker which it hasn't done before.Now I have a better idea as to why Telkom LTE takes about 2 to 3 hours to recover to full signal strength where I am in PE, after a power outage.
Compared to my main connection through MTN LTE, which returns to a full 5 bars on the router immediately after the lights come back on.
Correct.Other 2300mhz only deals, worked on 1800mhz also.
I was on Telkom 1TB deal for about 4 months +-. Had to pay a month extra after cancellation but that was it.I have better speeds on Telkom LTE then on Rain 5G in my area. The only issue I have now, when applying for the R699 option, (month to month), it still shows 24 month. I really want this but not going to do this if it is a 24 month contract.
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IT rolled over after 30 days on the 1TB deal I had. So if I used 600GB I would have 1.4TB the next month.Can't seem to see on their site how long the data is valid for on the month to month option....
Anyone know?
Those are some solid speeds and latency there. Which router?I might consider this, I am on the old "uncapped" but get soft capped around 1TB deal, speeds are dam good service and connection even during loadshedding is rock solid. Been done maybe 4 hours in 6 years.
I have the booster/router hard wired gigabit network too so I just need to pop the new sim in
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Huawei b618-65d with poynting antenna installed from the first telkom dealThose are some solid speeds and latency there. Which router?
FUP not so great.R299 for Uncapped LTE on the MTN network from Axxess is still way better IMO.
I wonder if Afrihost will ever offer this deal since they offer other Telkom LTE packages? @AfriNatic
unless you are wired into the router dont expect to much better ping side, if you can get a poynting you can bump those speeds even more!Just got my sim and router on the 24 months contract today. I tried ordering online but that process was slow so I just went to my local Telkom store and they sorted me out in less than 2 hours (kinda).
These speeds are at 6pm in Secunda, Mpumalanga. So for any similar (or bigger) towns you should be fine. The ping is a bit concerning but I'm happy to be watching 1080p videos on three devices concurrently (was just testing lol).
The D-link router is somehow failing to give me a 5GHz wifi network. I'll try to sort it out later. Right now I'm updating my Steam, GOG, Xbox and Ubi libraries. Feels good to have (virtually) unlimited fast internet again!
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