Vodacom 3G strength

[cholaquepita]

I live in Sandton, using the R450 contract with Vodacom.

The 3G signal on my iPhone is a bit erratic.
Most of the time just stays for a while and then is replaced by "Vodacom E" or simply "Vodacom".
When this happens both email & web access are very slow, sometimes there's no access at all.

Is this a normal occurrence in the area? Does anyone has the same problem?
Maybe congestion is the answer?

My cap is OK by the way.

 

[Hummercellc]

google "3G cell breathing" it is normal on a highly congested base station.

Definition - Cell breathing is the constant change of the range of the geographical area covered by a cellular telephone transmitter based on the amount of traffic currently using that transmitter. When a cell becomes heavily loaded, it shrinks. Subscriber traffic is then redirected to a neighboring cell that is more lightly loaded, which is called load balancing. Cell breathing is a common phenomenon of 2G and 3G wireless systems including code-division multiple access (CDMA). CDMA2000 and wideband code-division multiple access (WCDMA) are designed to manage cell breathing.

 

[cholaquepita]

Thanks for the definition.
I'm looking at reading about someone experiencing the same problem though.
I can barely use the internet on my iPhone because of this.

 

[william riker]

I live in Sandton, using the R450 contract with Vodacom.

The 3G signal on my iPhone is a bit erratic.
Most of the time just stays for a while and then is replaced by "Vodacom E" or simply "Vodacom".
When this happens both email & web access are very slow, sometimes there's no access at all.

Is this a normal occurrence in the area? Does anyone has the same problem?
Maybe congestion is the answer?

My cap is OK by the way.

hi,
i have the same proble and i live in PE.
3G coverage is a joke, i cant remmber the last time the 3g symbol appeared on my network...mostly edge and gprs.

at least i have wifi at home.

 

[Iam3G]

Have you guys tried logging a fault with 155 ?