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Fulton17

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Over the past couple of months I have had intermittent problems connecting to the internet. Prior to that, it was a second or two and hassles free. Often these connection problems would either be error 691 or 678. I would just keep trying and sooner or later I would connect.

In frustration I sent a PM to Rupert who responded very quickly and assigned the issue to a team leader who was quickly in contact with me and told me he was looking into the matter. Soon after that another team leader contacted me and told me there was a problem with the radial server and it would be sorted in a week.

Anyway things did not improve so over a few weeks so I phoned support and things seem to have improved with far less error messages and more quick logs in than slow, so things seem a bit better.

This morning (about 05:30) I just can not connect. I phone support and after 10 minutes eventually get through to the one and only support person on duty. Then he wants to do a security check!! This when I have just woken up and can not connect to the internet because of a WA issue!!

A few weeks ago I took this matter up of security checks with Rupert who told me it was going to be discussed the next day at a management meeting. I have no problem with a security check when I want to buy gigs or do changes to my account but when I can not get onto the net due to internal problems please do not raise my annoyance levels by wasting my time (and money seeing I was paying for the call which lasted over 14 minutes) with silly issues such as this.

WA this is not good customer service at all. And surely a company of your size should have a radial server that works so that your clients can connect to the web when they want to – with ease.

On a positive note I do appreciate the effort made by some of the staff to help who have made contact with me over the last few weeks.

Sadly the message left with the support guy this morning asking the team leader who has been helping me to phone me when he comes on duty (at 08:00) appears to have gone unheeded as I am still waiting. Just another instance of poor support.
 
Never cool to hear stories like this - although judging by reports on the forums, as well as from my own experiences, this is definitely an exception rather than the general case.

In my experience, there is no company that I've ever dealt with, whose service levels come close to Web Africa.

WRT security checks - they seem to have learnt this from MTN. Unfortunately, companies don't seem to want to trust their call-centre staff's judgement when it comes to needing and not needing to do a security check. Maybe this is for good reason - maybe not.
Although, I must say, I'd rather they did too many checks, than too few.
 
Hiya Fulton

I am having this followed up immediately for you. Please accept my sincere apologies for the poor service.

As for the security checks, we have discussed it, but are carefully weighing up the options, its critical the appropriate over-sight is applied to find the best solution for both our customers security and their ease of use.
 
Hiya Fulton

I am having this followed up immediately for you. Please accept my sincere apologies for the poor service.

As for the security checks, we have discussed it, but are carefully weighing up the options, its critical the appropriate over-sight is applied to find the best solution for both our customers security and their ease of use.

Thanks Rupert for the follow up.

As to security - I agree it is all about a solution. I feel that if a change to your account, purchase of gigs and such like is being made, then have a security check but when the question is simply what is going on and when it it going to be sorted out, surely your life history is not needed.

Anyway, thank you and I await for some feedback and solutions. Your attention to this matter is appreciated.
 
If I'm not mistaken, it's an Radius server.
It's the server that handles the username/password login.
Eg. It authenticates you.
 
If I'm not mistaken, it's an Radius server.
It's the server that handles the username/password login.
Eg. It authenticates you.

Thanks for the lesson, teach.

My reply was aimed at pulling Fulton17's leg because he got it wrong. ;)
 
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