Vodacom Problems: Slow Throughput, trying to Connect, DNS, High Latency

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erb said:
Never too old to learn....

Speeds after the update:

Download Speed: 3741 kbps (467.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1131 kbps (141.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
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Not too shabby for a 3600/1400 profile. :)

Whenever I see these kinds of speed I still can't believe that not so long ago I thought I was the cats' whiskers being the proud owner of a 64Kb/s Diginet link. And it only cost R7000 per month!
 
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Limpopo, Burgersfort
Since this morning my broadband connection refused to connect. Problem? My sim is not activated! Huh! been using it for two years!!!! So I phone Vodacom helpdesk. The guy tells me that my simcard might be damaged. To test it he says: "take it out the modem insert it into your phone and see if you get the same error message." I did exactly that and went online - 3G working!:eek:
Nope the simcard is not damaged.
Back to the laptop and modem ..
All of a sudden 3G and the simcard working!
Wonder why that is ... ?
Why contract customers dont get a manual is beyond me...
 
Jeanmarlee said:
Limpopo, Burgersfort
Since this morning my broadband connection refused to connect. Problem? My sim is not activated! Huh! been using it for two years!!!! So I phone Vodacom helpdesk. The guy tells me that my simcard might be damaged. To test it he says: "take it out the modem insert it into your phone and see if you get the same error message." I did exactly that and went online - 3G working!:eek:
Nope the simcard is not damaged.
Back to the laptop and modem ..
All of a sudden 3G and the simcard working!
Wonder why that is ... ?
Why contract customers dont get a manual is beyond me...
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Occasionally my modem doesn't pick up a network signal, and if I take the sim out and put it back in works fine.
 
Hi there,

I've got an E272 and I'm in Northcliff, Johannesburg.

For the past 3 days the connectivity has been terrible, very low speeds, extremely high latency and frequent disconnects. This is the first time i have had such problems and it just seems to be getting worse.

Please could someone advise what the problem is

Thanks
 
BioWolfZA said:
Hi there,

I've got an E272 and I'm in Northcliff, Johannesburg.

For the past 3 days the connectivity has been terrible, very low speeds, extremely high latency and frequent disconnects. This is the first time i have had such problems and it just seems to be getting worse.

Please could someone advise what the problem is

Thanks
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The problem is that you have terrible connectivity, very low speeds, extremely high latency and frequent disconnects. ;)

As to what's causing it, could be a number of things. Have you checked with 155?
 
BioWolfZA said:
Hi there,

I've got an E272 and I'm in Northcliff, Johannesburg.

For the past 3 days the connectivity has been terrible, very low speeds, extremely high latency and frequent disconnects. This is the first time i have had such problems and it just seems to be getting worse.

Please could someone advise what the problem is

Thanks
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I suggest to make sure you have the latest firmware and software.test it again and if not then log a call through 155 for network connectivity.
 
Actually, same problem here in Nelspruit as BioWolfZA.

EXTREMELY slow speeds, Latency like i havent seen since using Sentech, disconnects like mad.

Trust me, everything on my side is fine.
 
good to know its not only me :)

for the past few months i have been able to play call of duty 4 with a stable ping of 90ms. Past few days i cant even connect to the servers and if i actually can my ping is 999 and i cant play.

I haven't changed anything on my side so it has to be the network.
 
I just installed the Novatel MC950D on my notebook, and I get the following speeds in Centurion:

Test 1:
Download Speed: 1598 kbps (199.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 10 kbps (1.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Test 2:
Download Speed: 1294 kbps (161.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 22 kbps (2.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Those upload speeds are really crap ... E220 outperforms like you can't believe. Is there a problem on the Vodacom network?
 
Extremely slow connection

Anyone else experiencing VERY slow connection tonight in the Centurion area? It's been going on for about 2 hours now.
 
ic said:
That's fairly risky using an OS that isn't even out of beta to flash the firmware, rather use heXPee or Vista to update the firmware.
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Yup, been trying to upgrade my BB for a few days using Win-7 and eventually tried it on XP. Went through first time.

Thing with Win-7, it's so stable you forget it's a beta.
 
vodacom3g said:
Yup, been trying to upgrade my BB for a few days using Win-7 and eventually tried it on XP. Went through first time.

Thing with Win-7, it's so stable you forget it's a beta.
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Yep, did the MC950D on a XP machine last night, worked first time round :)

About Win7 - hell yeah, running a 7077 build, and it is stable like you can't believe
 
Hi V3G, Not sure if this is the right place to report this, but here it goes.

Area: Castleview, Germiston
Ping response to myadsl.co.za 38% loss
Min ping: 252ms
Max ping: 572ms

I have tried on two different devices and two different sim cards. Was fine last night.

I have tried to phone 155, but they cannot help me.
 
So I've been sitting here in my chair since 5pm... its now 6:02pm... GMail still hasnt finished loading.

So i wanted to open this thread, which i have bookmarked... i started trying that just after 5:30.
Yes.
30 minutes to load this page.

Something is badly wrong with Vodacom's data somewhere.
 
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