{"id":102017,"date":"2014-05-11T15:55:53","date_gmt":"2014-05-11T13:55:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=102017"},"modified":"2014-05-12T08:32:00","modified_gmt":"2014-05-12T06:32:00","slug":"vodacom-network-buckling-under-free-1gb-load","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/102017-vodacom-network-buckling-under-free-1gb-load.html","title":{"rendered":"Vodacom network buckling under free 1GB load"},"content":{"rendered":"

Vodacom<\/a>\u2019s data network is struggling to handle the load in some areas with thousands of subscribers trying to make the most of their free 1GB data gift.<\/p>\n

Vodacom has given all of its subscribers 1GB of free data to use today (11 May 2014) as part of its twentieth birthday celebration.<\/p>\n

Some people predicted that Vodacom\u2019s network would struggle to handle the load, and this prediction came true.<\/p>\n

Comments about the issue included \u201cspeed is pathetic\u201d, \u201ctrying to update apps and it’s crawling\u201d and \u201cnot working – just too slow to be of any value\u201d.<\/p>\n

MyBroadband tested the Vodacom network in Centurion shortly after 15:00, and the results showed that there was good reason to complain.<\/p>\n

\"Vodacom<\/a>

Vodacom 3G speed on Sunday 11 May 2014<\/p><\/div>\n

Many other Vodacom customers also posted information showing that Vodacom\u2019s network provided dial-up speeds.<\/p>\n

There were also complaints that Vodacom\u2019s online services gave problems on Sunday.<\/p>\n

\"Vodacom<\/a>

Vodacom online services<\/p><\/div>\n

Lots of positive feedback as well<\/h3>\n

Some good news is that Vodacom\u2019s LTE network and 3G network in many areas did not seem to be affected significantly by the free data.<\/p>\n

\u201cWas pretty much blazing where I had LTE and decent 3G coverage,\u201d said one user in Balito.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you Vodacom – all working out as presented, carry on with the good work,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n

\"Vodacom<\/a>

Vodacom LTE speed<\/p><\/div>\n

More on Vodacom free 1GB data<\/h3>\n

Vodacom free 1GB complaints, compliments<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Free 1GB data to all Vodacom subscribers<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Vodacom\u2019s data network is buckling under the load of thousands of people trying to burn through their free 1GB of data<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":102005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[24921,35,41],"class_list":["post-102017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-free-1gb","tag-headline","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102017"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102017"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102017\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":102021,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102017\/revisions\/102021"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/102005"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}