Vodacom network problems (30 June 2011)

[Park@82]

MTN users also reporting problems.

Heard the same thing.

 

[DigitalSoldier]

Even when vodacom's network is supposedly working it is pathetic. Vodacom's quality and service has declined steadily in the last decade.

Agreed.

 

[The_Unbeliever]

It's a bug in the RICA system

CellC is holding up so far, no worries.

 

[Rouxenator]

This is just wrong, look I know Vodacom has got intermittent burst of... well... service, between their downtime and speed bragging contests, but today there are no intermittent busts of service - just a whole lot of nothing.

 

[BeVonk!]

If you guys think Vodacom is bad ... jeepers ... then you must see what MTN and Cell C are like in the area I live (not out in the sticks). My main line is on MTN and I can't wait to get rid of it. My MTN BIS is absolutely useless. I prefer the devil I know can provide data access.

 

[BouncyNinja]

would this be good reason enough to log a cpa thinngy?

 

[ToxicBunny]

Also having an issue down in the sunny city of Durban

 

[Joe Average]

It's a bug in the RICA system

CellC is holding up so far, no worries.

I agree, their systems probably cannot handle the automatic locking of the non-RICA'd clients. Brace yourself for more chaos ! No problems on CellC or MTN ?

 

[icyrus]

And are any of the other networks better?

No, sadly not.

 

[TofuMofu]

Oh complete BS!

We are having issues with Vodacom on a regular basis here in GP.

Try CellC... I moved from CellC to Vodacom due to bad service. I've never really had any bog issues that effect me from Vodacom so this isn't a biggy.

Networks fail...facts of life...things break. At least they said they are aware of it and working to find a resolution.

 

[pjjdp]

Also having an issue down in the sunny city of Durban

+1. This is just ridiculous.

 

[Raiders]

Both mine and my mom's cellphones are out. I'm in Joburg and my mom is in Pretoria.

 

[AfricanTech]

Still out in Cape Town - seems to be snowballing...

 

[Mike Hoxbig]

It's nice to see Vodacom admitting to the problem so fast.

I feel bad that so many subscribers are giving them grief... those guys must come try MWEB out and then we'll talk again about 'crap products and services'

Vodacom hardly ever has issues and gives the best service I've ever had.

Lol I like your optimism, as false as it is.

Here's what a quick search for "Vodacom network outage" yielded:
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/40337-Vodacom-Outage
http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthread.php/44035-Vodacom-Network-Outage-Who-is-to-blame

And I recall reading about many more over the years.

The fact is that the quality Vodacom's network sucks ass. Even when it's up, it's still crap.

 

[poorestguy]

its quite hectic, such a large scale outage?btw i heard mtn is also down for some selected subscribers

 

[Rouxenator]

The fact is that the quality Vodacom's network sucks ass. Even when it's up, it's still crap.

So seldom that we agree on something, but this is definitely one of those somethings.

 

[kingrob]

Just shows you how easy it is to bring South Africa to its knees.

Something wrong at Telkom and the whole country goes tits-up.

 

[Axis]

Somone pressed the wrong button on the RICA system and switched off all those who RICA'd

 

[mo_to]

and i was banging my poor HTC phone on my steering wheel thinking its playing up again!!!

 

[Other Pineapple Smurf]

Just shows you how easy it is to bring South Africa to its knees.

Something wrong at Telkom and the whole country goes tits-up.

More like how to make people productive. With reduced rate of incoming calls today i've actually managed to code more today than the last 3 days