Vodacom upgrades network

Rouxenator said:
:D I know those! Yet there are cars on the market that have much better consumption.

In the mobile data space we are stuck with these V8 Series-3 Landrover costs eventhough most of the time we get performance between Bantam Bakkie and RAV4
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Well, yes and no. I've got a RX8 and while its fuel consumption rivals that of the Landy, it goes like the clappers. :)

You do, of course, get orange cars that gives 100Km/liter but then their top speed is slightly faster than doing breast-stroke and they can only go on 3 roads in Jhb, Pta and Cpt. :D

But I do believe a fuel-saving device is being implemented. ;)
 
Costly as it may have been, we did not ask for it, we asked for lower prices.
So this cannot be used as en excuse for the high prices they are charging.

5c/MB OOB rate please.
 
rpm said:
This is really not a well thought through statement. Vodacom is spending millions – if not billions – on the rollout. I doubt that their aim with this investment is to get an excuse for network downtime which in turn again will cost them a great deal of money.

This upgrade decision must have been a very costly decision, and Vodacom should be commended to ensure that they have vendor partners which can ensure their future technology needs and bring better quality offerings to the market.
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SOHF?
 
How will the upgrade affect costs? They will surely have to recoup the investment?
 
pkid said:
How will the upgrade affect costs? They will surely have to recoup the investment?
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Yes, there will be a blanket 30% increase in all rates. :eek:

Not really, but you do touch on a valid point. Once a network is built you can start driving costs down but while a new network is being built it is much more difficult to justify price drops.

Not to say it's not going to happen. ;) Just more complex.
 
vodacom3g said:
Pretty much, but it's already happening and will be completed over the next number of months.

I won't be surprised if there are a few hiccups in switching over. It's never easy to work on a live network. (When last did you replace the rings on your car while the engine is running? :))

But the end result will be better coverage, latency, reliability and bigger speeds, right up to LTE.

Actually now that I think about it, the site that covers me was supposed to switch over last night.

/truddles of to do some tests.....
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Hi

Is there a place where you can see what areas get switch over when?
Bloubergrand Tableview 3G HSDPA coverage is really bad lately.
 
With the lack of real reliability of the network, bad coverage, dropped calls or end up having to remake,devices jumping from 3G to GPRS randomly...
i see this as a good move for the future

only thing is i have heard not so good rumours about Huawei`s stuff
 
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Some good news for a change :)

Hopefully with this roll out of new equipment will reduce the number of dead zones in CT southern suburbs, and general 3G reception in the area will improve.
 
Maybe this is Vodafone calling the shots

A year or so ago I happened to see a Vodacom internal memo re the preferred suppliers of Vodafone.
Huawei was the preferred supplier to Vodafone worldwide.
So this may just be a case of rationalization on the part of Vodafone. It makes sense.:D
 
vodacom3g said:
Pretty much, but it's already happening and will be completed over the next number of months.

I won't be surprised if there are a few hiccups in switching over. It's never easy to work on a live network. (When last did you replace the rings on your car while the engine is running? :))

But the end result will be better coverage, latency, reliability and bigger speeds, right up to LTE.

Actually now that I think about it, the site that covers me was supposed to switch over last night.

/truddles of to do some tests.....
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v3g - does this mean we will finally get rid of the dropped calls when the phone switches between 2g and 3g? Also the "straight to voicemail" problem that occurs?
 
The article mentions that upgrades have started in Mpumalanga and W-Cape, but I saw what seemed to be an upgrade in Pretoria today, because the panels on the base station are now a different colour than they were last week, and the equipment looked newer/cleaner.

Not only that, but also my cell signal was non-existant while three techies worked simultaneously on the base station. There were also two more people, dressed differently than the techies, one standing atop the base station with them, the other at the base, both looking on with great interest at the work being done.
 
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