Telkom Uncapped LTE Deal - My Trials So Far...

[Wasp_21]

I opted to endure an hour of adverts on the phone to speak to them after I got my bid number. Otherwise they don't call you.

 

[Hippo]

Niner, did you call 10213 or another number?

 

[Niner]

10213. Then you ask very nicely and they arrange for someone from the LTE sales team to call you back.

 

[Hippo]

10213. Then you ask very nicely and they arrange for someone from the LTE sales team to call you back.

Thanks. I was called last week Wednesday from the 'bid-office', went through all the security questions, took down delivery details etc.

Have not heard anything since Think I should call in?

 

[Niner]

I would - if you've got the hour to waste. They did say 5-7 days for delivery. Also told me they have a backlog - could take up to 10 working days. Sigh!

 

[darrencon]

Still no activation... sigh. How many times do I have to call in???

 

[Hippo]

Cool. Will give it a few more days. I'm just worried that I have no ref number after that call. Should I have one at this stage?

 

[darrencon]

Still no activation... sigh. How many times do I have to call in???

Activated... oh look someone did their job....

 

[rodga]

Activated... oh look someone did their job....

how? been waiting since friday....

 

[darrencon]

Keep phoning and ask for manual activation

 

[darrencon]

Not impressed so far with Telkom LTE. Cant stream 720p on Us Netflix.... I may have to stay with Bitco #runningoutof7daycancellation

 

[darrencon]

Having the same issues in Northriding with very slow speeds in the evening

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5069096453

This is my first few hours using Telkom LTE and is not a good start Telkom

 

[Boom3laar]

Having the same issues in Northriding with very slow speeds in the evening

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5069096453

This is my first few hours using Telkom LTE and is not a good start Telkom

Yip been like this since last Monday same area I'm fighting with them to get answers but no luck yet

 

[CUDlybunny]

Having the same issues in Northriding with very slow speeds in the evening

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5069096453

This is my first few hours using Telkom LTE and is not a good start Telkom

Shame about your speeds, I can stream 4K netflix...

 

[cerebus]

Shame about your speeds, I can stream 4K netflix...

Yeah my speeds are unreal. I can download at 40mbps and only be using half my line speed.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Yeah my speeds are unreal. I can download at 40mbps and only be using half my line speed.

So how many gigs have you used so far?

 

[cerebus]

So how many gigs have you used so far?

I don't really know, I'm not overdoing it. I think I downloaded around 30gb this morning though.

 

[ajules]

Was seriously considering this deal but noticed another thread with lots of complaints about speed.Seems some are happy and others not.Just not sure I want to take that risk if I'm locked into a 24 month contract.

 

[cavedog]

Was seriously considering this deal but noticed another thread with lots of complaints about speed.Seems some are happy and others not.Just not sure I want to take that risk if I'm locked into a 24 month contract.

That is why it would be ideal to do a test with a prepaid simcard for a week or so first. Would give you a indication what your speeds will be and if there are any slowdowns at night.

 

[ajules]

That is why it would be ideal to do a test with a prepaid simcard for a week or so first. Would give you a indication what your speeds will be and if there are any slowdowns at night.

Actually I bought one last Friday .Was getting 5MB/s - 30MB/s without an antennae so very happy with speeds.But only 28 spots have been taken.My concern is that performance will be seriously degraded when there are 150 users.If I want to cancel I will be paying a huge cancellation fee.If this was on a month to month I would sign up in a heartbeat.