Have you ever known Telkodemonopolies to be fast at doing anything at all? How many months have many forumites been waiting for Telkodemonopolies to activate ADSL on their existing telephone lines at corresponding exchanges - months & months & months...
And for some reason Vodacom refuses to put in place their own links like the operators in the rest of Africa.
And for some reason Vodacom refuses to put in place their own links like the operators in the rest of Africa.
This was due to the expected delay for the same links from Telkom. This was only feasible because the links had to be routed back to the local Base Station Controller at Stanger. This has been an ongoing practice for some time now where it has been feasible to commission a site using temporary links while waiting for Telkom delivery.
Good news, but I must admit that I'm a bit confused that Vodacom|Siemens were given the go-ahead by Telkodemonopolies to provision [even temporary] links [fibre? microwave?] prior to 2005-02-01 when it became legal by effect of her Poisonous Ivyness' proclamation that Vodacom & MTN & CellC could all self-provision their own backhaul links without going through Telkodemonopolies...
Don't worry be happySorry didn't mean to say years, I have amended my entry to say time (read since 2005-02-01)
IC, you may want to remove your and this post to keep this thread clean?
, GT's campaign fizzled out a long time ago, so no need to keep this thread strictly on topic anymore .Note true, Promethus. During June 2006, Vodacom launched 13 new sites into the Ndwedwe area north of Durban using a transmission backbone installed by Siemens.
With all the 3G sites, and due to the fact that this is a new, growing network, the only "Base Station Controllers" (called RNC's in 3G) are located in Durban. This would mean installing a dedicated link from Vryheid all the way back to Durban - not feasible. As the 3G network expands, there will be additional RNC's installed at more remote locations which will make the installation of temporary links feasible for new 3G sites. Alternative plans are being implemented to try and alleviate these link delays prior to the installation of these remote RNC's.
And good news for GayTechie - 3G is live in Port Edward since yesterday. Permission was granted by National Ports Authority to upgrade the lighthouse site to 3G (still waiting for MTN to upgrade their mast in Port Edward). The requests to upgrade both these sites were submitted at the same time. Eventually when the backhaul link was delivered at the lighthouse, the site was commissioned for commercial use yesterday.
Based on some of GT's recent posts in other threads, it seems GT no longer wants 3G|HSDPA - it seems Brad's efforts might have been wasted, but I'm sure other customers in the area will be happy to have 3G|HSDPA...Well, in a sense GT's campaign completed successfully, since he now has the much requested and campaigned-for 3G in his area.
GayTechie, you really should go up to Durbs and give Brad a big hug and a kiss, I know for a fact they went out of their way to get you 3G.
And after all that bitching and moaning, we'll be watching your usage and if it falls below a few Gig per month, the tower comes out again!
Wouldn't that just be sweet justice for all your naughty little boy temper tantrums over the months. Or maybe Vodacom planned the site to not give you coverage just to spite you - I know I would have cos I so love it when you get mad ! Or maybe Vodacom planned the site to not give you coverage just to spite you - I know I would have cos I so love it when you get mad !
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