Using CellC promo on Vodacom Roaming Edge problem:

[HideInLight]

I'm currently unsure if it's a tower or CellC problem, see here for more details:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/320369-Edge-Roaming-problem-need-help-troubleshooting.

Here's the tracert I did, currently it's simply unusable and I've got quite a lot of cap left, seriously don't want it to go to waste:

Tracing route to www.myadsl.co.za [41.203.21.137]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 1281 ms 1299 ms 1098 ms 41.157.83.14
3 1547 ms 960 ms 1061 ms 10.0.238.39
4 1194 ms 1278 ms * 41.157.83.14
5 1334 ms 1057 ms 1540 ms 41.157.72.3
6 1375 ms 1518 ms 1222 ms 41.157.64.3
7 * 2132 ms * 41.181.47.223
8 1156 ms 1662 ms 1474 ms rb-cr-2.za--rb-dca-2.za-b.mtnns.net [196.44.0.15
5]
9 1259 ms 756 ms 660 ms rb-cr-1.za--rb-cr-2.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.26
]
10 774 ms 996 ms 1163 ms 196.44.31.97
11 1247 ms 1278 ms * 196.30.1.21
12 907 ms 1060 ms 1878 ms vlan9.hr3.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.net [196.30.156.13
6]
13 1638 ms 1181 ms * 196.30.213.108
14 1256 ms 918 ms 1240 ms 41.72.136.53
15 1036 ms 1019 ms 941 ms mybroadband.co.za [41.203.21.137]

Trace complete.



Tracing route to www.vodacom.co.za [41.1.224.101]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 1129 ms 978 ms 918 ms 41.157.83.14
3 1469 ms 1079 ms 882 ms 10.0.238.39
4 1514 ms 1237 ms 1223 ms 41.157.83.14
5 1129 ms 1003 ms 1217 ms 41.157.72.3
6 1371 ms 1319 ms 1680 ms 41.157.64.3
7 1276 ms 1458 ms 1360 ms 41.181.47.223
8 629 ms 757 ms * rb-cr-2.za--rb-dca-2.za-b.mtnns.net [196.44.0.15
5]
9 1378 ms 1296 ms 1480 ms jp-cr-1.za--rb-cr-2.za-b.mtnns.net [196.44.31.90
]
10 1936 ms 1462 ms 1278 ms jinx-pr-1.za--jp-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.9
5]
11 1019 ms 858 ms * rrba-ip-esr-1-wan.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.127
.93]
12 1239 ms 1061 ms 1097 ms 196.43.25.137
13 811 ms 858 ms 959 ms 196.43.39.22
14 793 ms 900 ms 1037 ms vodacom-gw.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.25.253.110]
15 880 ms 978 ms 959 ms 41.0.0.23
16 * 1137 ms 1038 ms 41.0.4.2
17 1302 ms 918 ms 899 ms vc-196-207-44-133.3g.vodacom.co.za [196.207.44.1
33]
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 2449 ms 1102 ms 1139 ms 41.1.224.101

Trace complete.

 

[HideInLight]

Can someone with a working CellC connection on Vodacom Roaming please post their tracert for myadsl?

Windows Start Button -> Run -> Cmd -> tracert www.myadsl.co.za

I really need to get the connection in working order soon before the end of the month.

 

[BravoFox]

I feel your pain, man. My Red bull mobile phone does not connect at all to the EDGE network when roaming on Vodacom. Also losing my bundle which I cannot use.

 

[HideInLight]

I feel your pain, man. My Red bull mobile phone does not connect at all to the EDGE network when roaming on Vodacom. Also losing my bundle which I cannot use.

Not only that but if it doesn't get fixed by the end of the month. I'm gonna be completely without internet which is gonna be highly problematic for me. I have load to do and no cap to do it with.
Problem is how or when it's gonna get fixed, don't see this as a high priority for Vodacom to fix their network for their competitor...

 

[jasweb]

Was in Gariep (Freestate) last night and on EDGE only got 300 bps (no typo). While Vodacom gave me 1Mbps on my N900. But in Victoria Bay (near George it was 240 Kbps which is usable). Think it really depends on where you are if roaming is "usable".

 

[HideInLight]

Was in Gariep (Freestate) last night and on EDGE only got 300 bps (no typo). While Vodacom gave me 1Mbps on my N900. But in Victoria Bay (near George it was 240 Kbps which is usable). Think it really depends on where you are if roaming is "usable".

My roaming was usable up till a week ago, had like 25kb dl speed, could open all pages I went to etc.

Now when I download something, it switches between 0 and 1kb/s. Maybe it's a widespread problem in the FreeState area, but I'll have to test it out in the surrounding areas to confirm it.

 

[Terencek]

Anybody else struggling with Cell C signal piggybacked on VC towers?

Is it just my local VC tower (Buffelspoort NWP) or is anyone else on Cell C struggling to get a decent data signal from the VC piggybacking system? It's been almost unusable for over a week now, where previously I could happily manage EDGE speeds.

Ironically it only seems to be the Cell C signal which is a problem; using a Vodacom SIM pulls in a beautiful 3G signal from the tower (and yes, I know you can only get EDGE when 'roaming' with Cell C on a VC tower). But Cell C's EDGE signal has degenerated here to almost nothing....

 

[Cell_C]

Hi Terencek

We are currently investigating what is causing that near Rustenburg area.

Cell C

 

[Terencek]

Thank you Cell C for actually responding -- highly appreciated. From this I infer that this is a general area problem; would appreciate news from you on progress, thanks!

 

[Terencek]

Updating: still virtually unusable for all the Cell C data customers in this area. One and a half weeks now....