Telkom sim card phone?

[blue-eye-boy]

I spoke to family yesterday, and she told me she has a telkom service, I think its one of the closer plans, which she has a phone with sim card, which she uses for phoning and for internet. I never heard of a "wireless" service from telkom, other than this new 3g one. I stay on a farm, and thought it would be better if I can get such a phone, and no need for line installations and all that, and when we move, I just take my phone with, also no need for line transfers.

Can anyone tell me how this work? I did try telkom's site, but dont see anything like that.

 

[Sting]

It is the so-called "fixed wireless" service from Telkom that they use in high theft areas and certain rural/farming areas. It is based on WCDMA technology.

 

[blue-eye-boy]

All I see on the site is wimax, which I'm also not familiar with. But What about phoning? And where do I see pricing and coverage?

 

[Sting]

Products -> W-CDMA

http://www.telkom.co.za/products_services/w-cdma/fixed_voice_services/index.html

 

[blue-eye-boy]

Ah thanks!

 

[blue-eye-boy]

I cant see if I have coverage, but isn't this something on the vodacom network? So if I have vc coverage then I will have on this w-cdma?

 

[Sting]

No, not yet. When (or if for the pessimists) Telkom signs a roaming agreement with Vodacom, it will be so. Currently it is only working off Telkom's own "mobile" base stations.

A quick check is to go into your cellphone's network settings and see if you detect network "SA02" together with VC, MTN and CellC. If you can see SA02, you are in the WCDMA coverage area.

 

[Prof.]

I'm just wondering if the speeds you get are as good as Vodacom 3G.

 

[Syndyre]

I'm just wondering if the speeds you get are as good as Vodacom 3G.

Better from what I've heard, its less congested I suppose.

 

[blue-eye-boy]

It just show mtn and vc So I guess I'm not in a coverage area. Must say it looked like a nice option.

 

[Sting]

Better from what I've heard, its less congested I suppose.

Correct. It flies!!!!

 

[Prof.]

Sounds great, but I'm not in a coverage area either.

 

[blue-eye-boy]

I know I'm stupid, but on that coverage map it look like there is no coverage anywhere? The green show where the is coverage, and there is just light brow and brown areas. Or do I miss something? Can someone also check this coordinates? S 23 degrees, 42'26.8" and E 029 degrees 34'08.0"

 

[Prof.]

I know I'm stupid, but on that coverage map it look like there is no coverage anywhere? The green show where the is coverage, and there is just light brow and brown areas. Or do I miss something? Can someone also check this coordinates? S 23 degrees, 42'26.8" and E 029 degrees 34'08.0"

You need to zoom in, a lot. There really is almost no signal, although the entire Kruger Park is covered.