Virgin Very Bad Tonight

[Beri]

not one disconnection all day now on mtn.

 

[Prometheus]

It appears most of the problems are on gprs and edge. I wonder why...

 

[Beri]

they cannot make a lot of money out of gprs. to slow. so they do not care

 

[AirWolf]

It appears most of the problems are on gprs and edge. I wonder why...

Because there are far more users in that category than 3G/HSDPA.

 

[Prometheus]

Because there are far more users in that category than 3G/HSDPA.

Still why are there less problems on 3G and they don't even have it officially. I get the full speed of the link most of the time and there's certainly grps and edge users using it at the same time.

 

[Beri]

so i will have to raid my kids bank account for a new card

 

[Edwe]

DIE Virgin GPRS DIE... oh, wait, never mind - it's already dead.

 

[geekchick]

got my mtn sim- what a pleasure- been on the whole day with no disconnects- and no problem- yello mtn

 

[Beri]

DIE Virgin GPRS DIE... oh, wait, never mind - it's already dead.

just tried the old ex-virgin again. at least i got on and in this time.
maybe everybody went to mtn.

 

[AirWolf]

Still why are there less problems on 3G and they don't even have it officially. I get the full speed of the link most of the time and there's certainly grps and edge users using it at the same time.

Maybe roaming on Vodacom 3G/HSDPA trumps the normal GPRS/EDGE, even though they don't have it officially.

 

[firefly550]

got my mtn sim- what a pleasure- been on the whole day with no disconnects- and no problem- yello mtn

What's it costing you?

 

[Prometheus]

Maybe roaming on Vodacom 3G/HSDPA trumps the normal GPRS/EDGE, even though they don't have it officially.

I suspect it's [-]someone[/-] something else but can't confirm at this stage.

 

[geekchick]

What's it costing you?

Paid R89 for a 100MB- more exspensive than VM - it gets cheaper if you buy a bigger bundle- first wanted to test it - next one will be the big one- it was wonderfull being on the whole weekend and it was very fast as well- with the same equipment I used with VM- so no-one can say it is my hardware anymore

 

[Syndyre]

I suspect it's [-]someone[/-] something else but can't confirm at this stage.

Maybe its routed differently?

 

[Prometheus]

Maybe its routed differently?

Yip, the same as on Vodacom's gprs vs 3G.