Telkom Mobile Question

[michael_theangel]

hello MyBroadband.
im looking to sign up to Telkom mobile 100 gigabytes with Huawei LTE-A router.
would it be ok to get a LTE-A Router for a area that is only 4G LTE compatible?
i get 3 Megabytes per second on my Huawei P8 Smartphone. 7 Megabytes per Second {iPhone 5S} in another area near me

Thank you
Michael

 

[The_MAC]

Yes, it will work perfectly fine. The only challenge is the sales staff, they sometimes dont understand the technology and refuse to sell you the LTE-A package if you are out of LTE-A coverage, not knowing that it will work within LTE coverage (refusing to sell the service if you are out of LTE coverage would be fair though).

If you have a problem getting the package, just tell them that it also works in LTE areas, nit just LTE-A (it also goes down to 3G if out of LTE coverage)

 

[BandwidthAddict]

As far as I know, 4G in SA is LTE-A. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[michael_theangel]

Yes, it will work perfectly fine. The only challenge is the sales staff, they sometimes dont understand the technology and refuse to sell you the LTE-A package if you are out of LTE-A coverage, not knowing that it will work within LTE coverage (refusing to sell the service if you are out of LTE coverage would be fair though).

If you have a problem getting the package, just tell them that it also works in LTE areas, nit just LTE-A (it also goes down to 3G if out of LTE coverage)

yeah the telkom guy in the main road of Cavendish refused to sell because the map says no LTE or LTE-A but i said there is LTE 4G detected with my Huawei P8 vodacom network

 

[michael_theangel]

so therefore i cant get it. :'(

Soooo SAD!

 

[Telkom]

hello MyBroadband.
im looking to sign up to Telkom mobile 100 gigabytes with Huawei LTE-A router.
would it be ok to get a LTE-A Router for a area that is only 4G LTE compatible?
i get 3 Megabytes per second on my Huawei P8 Smartphone. 7 Megabytes per Second {iPhone 5S} in another area near me

Thank you
Michael

Hi michael_theangel,

If your area has LTE coverage( http://www.telkom.co.za/coverage/) please PM us your contact number for further assistance.

Your social media reference number is SM167407.

Regards
William
Telkom Social Media Team