Unrestricted APN

Do you want/need an APN that allows connections initiated from outside the APN?

  • No thanks, no idea what this means - don't think it applies to me

    Votes: 17 8.5%

  • No thanks, I know what it means and I will never need it

    Votes: 15 7.5%

  • Yes please, for [desktop or other] remote support

    Votes: 110 55.3%

  • Yes please, for hosting

    Votes: 61 30.7%

  • Yes please, for some other reason explained in my post in the thread

    Votes: 27 13.6%

  • I clicked a 'Yes' option above, and am prepared to accept the risk of being hacked

    Votes: 93 46.7%

  • I clicked a 'Yes' option above, and am NOT prepared to accept the risk of being hacked

    Votes: 6 3.0%
  • Total voters
    199
How's this? I can't find anyone in Vodacom with an ADSL line to help me test this scenario! Quite patriotic! :)

If any forumites with an ADSL line is willing to quickly run a few pings in an hour or so, won't you PM me a number and I'll call you.
 
vodacom3g said:
How's this? I can't find anyone in Vodacom with an ADSL line to help me test this scenario! Quite patriotic! :)

If any forumites with an ADSL line is willing to quickly run a few pings in an hour or so, won't you PM me a number and I'll call you.
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BTW, do believe we uncovered some config gremlins on this APN. Will keep you posted.
 
ah ok thanks. was not sure with the title of thread. anyways wish it came sooner. :/
 
carlito777 said:
have the gremlins been sorted out yet , can we start using this apn again???
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I know they worked on it over the Xmas period (but not much due to the freeze), so maybe test.

ic and myself tested successfully, but I believe the problem was one of 4 engines, so if you connect, you have a 1 in 4 chance it WON'T work.

So as a workaround, see what happens if you connect a few times. It's going to be random, but might just work.

I'll get an update.
 
not a great solution but will try it , cant afford to keep connecting once its on it needs to stay on until shutdown at night time then needs to connect perfectly next day again. Please let us know REALLY Starting to get URGENT.
 
carlito777 said:
not a great solution but will try it , cant afford to keep connecting once its on it needs to stay on until shutdown at night time then needs to connect perfectly next day again. Please let us know REALLY Starting to get URGENT.
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Yeah, I know it's not perfect but a 75% chance is better than no service :o

I'm applying pressure, trust me......

You're most welcome to PM me your dissatisfaction with this level of service, I would probably have to escalate your PM....;)
 
OK Tried the unrestricted apn over the whole weekend can connect to internet BUT Allows Absolutely nothing to connect to it tried disconnecting and re-connecting a couple of times like you said v3g but nothing .It just dont wanna allow any incoming connections . The vodacom guys come up with any solutions yet????? What did they change that caused this apn not to work ,when it was working perfectly.
 
carlito777 said:
OK Tried the unrestricted apn over the whole weekend can connect to internet BUT Allows Absolutely nothing to connect to it tried disconnecting and re-connecting a couple of times like you said v3g but nothing .It just dont wanna allow any incoming connections . The vodacom guys come up with any solutions yet????? What did they change that caused this apn not to work ,when it was working perfectly.
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Keeping all the hundreds of (often conflicting) services in sync can be a challenge. In this case the completely open nature of the unrestricted apn did not go down well with our adult content management service and in the electronic battle that ensued, ACM won hand-down and wrestled the apn into submission.

But there is a fix being implemented as already said. Will see if I can get a date.

I'm still told that you should have a 3 in 4 chance of it working, but I guess there are so few users the load balancers don't kick in.

Will keep you posted.

BTW, where are you based?
 
Thanks for the feedback V3G ,At least you and the vodacom guys are helping us out unlike certain other networks ,Please let us know as soon as you get word.Will pm you soon.
 
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