Vodacom LTE coverage in PE

[bwana]

The largest single coverage area are would seem to be off the coast?

 

[MickeyD]

The unfortunate consequence of covering the adjacent area which is the most densely populated in PE...

 

[bwana]

The unfortunate consequence of covering the adjacent area which is the most densely populated in PE...

Yet there's no coverage of those densely populated areas - that is if you're referring to Kwazakele and Ibhayi?

 

[MickeyD]

This one is also good... as long as you are on the lake!!

 

[MickeyD]

Yet there's no coverage of those densely populated areas - that is if you're referring to Kwazakele and Ibhayi?

I went and zoomed in... looks like they are covering the N2, freeway and beach area.

 

[cavedog]

Yeah I have to say that Vodacom does not place towers on the right places nor do they point the panels in the best position.....

I stay in the question mark area with NO 3G at all. Nothing forcing my phone to 3G only just ends up searching the whole time.

I marked in blue where the tower is and more or less how the panels point on the mast so its not accurate but a more or less. I had vodacom confirm that the 2 panels is pointing to a sapi forest. I queried so many times to see of they can adjust the angle of the panels then I might get like 1 or 2 bars of signal like I get with MTN but they just said no cause I'm on prepaid. If I had a contract they would have put a booster for me.

 

[bwana]

This one is also good... as long as you are on the lake!!

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Vodacom, the wetter connection.

 

[Paul Hjul]

wait does LTE properly cover on the ocean (with a tower on land) - if you can have awesome LTE coverage at the Port of Elizabeth on Humewood side it could be great to promote a cruise dock
I've always assumed that you very quickly run into the problems of the ocean so your use of higher frequencies can get messy (ship to shore being HF)

 

[bwana]

wait does LTE properly cover on the ocean (with a tower on land) - if you can have awesome LTE coverage at the Port of Elizabeth on Humewood side it could be great to promote a cruise dock
I've always assumed that you very quickly run into the problems of the ocean so your use of higher frequencies can get messy (ship to shore being HF)

Wouldn't it make more sense to promote PE as a regular cruise ship port of call first?

 

[Azimuth]

Somewhat related - while on holiday in Ballito, I was uploading photos over LTE while standing in the surf. The beach had wonderful coverage!

"Coverage is often in places where one doesn't really need it."

 

[Paul Hjul]

Wouldn't it make more sense to promote PE as a regular cruise ship port of call first?

We are talking about Port Elizabeth
sense never comes into the equation

also IIRC Transnet have plans in the pipeline - as well as oil *drumroll* - and there is obviously a cycle here: getting users of infrastructure and getting infrastructure

 

[bwana]

We are talking about Port Elizabeth
sense never comes into the equation

also IIRC Transnet have plans in the pipeline - as well as oil *drumroll* - and there is obviously a cycle here: getting users of infrastructure and getting infrastructure

I'll grant your first point.

Transnet might have plans for the future but surely directing some of that signal inland now would be a good start?