Huawei B970/B970b HSPA Router

ginggs said:
A friend of mine was lied to at a Vodashop that Vodacom are no longer importing Huawei products.

I think they were just lying to get my friend to keep the K4505-Z modem they had just sold him, but maybe VD can confirm or deny?
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There, I fixed it for you.
 
B970b looks the same as the B970 to me. Might just be that locally they drop the trailing b
 
Park@82 said:
Discontinued it seems? Anyone knows what they will be replaced with?
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Rumour has it...the Vodafone B970 will be replaced with the Huawei B970b. We should see them here in the next month or 2, maybe August/September, or sooner.

The only difference is the increased upload speeds to 5.76mbps. It still stuck at 7.2mbps. How did they manage that? Huawei do have chipsets out that support 21.1mbps, why not just pop that in there...or release a whole new router that supports the higher downloads and uploads....slight future proofing....
 
Anyone have any problems accessing the browser interface (192.168.1.1) after turning on uPnp?

thanks
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ginggs said:
A friend of mine was told at a Vodashop that Vodacom are no longer importing Huawei products.

I think they were just lying to get my friend to keep the K4505-Z modem they had just sold him, but maybe VD can confirm or deny?
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Not sure about the B970 router now, but we are still very much selling the K3565 usb modem, which is Huawei and not ZTE. I have not heard this rumour your friend was told about.
Personally, I feel more comfortable with Huawei products.
 
B970 vs B970b - big price difference ?

I'm looking to buy several B970 units locally, but there's a huge price difference between the B970 and the B970b (the "b" is much cheaper).

Are there any specification differences between the two models that anyone is aware of - besides the speed issue?

For example: DynDNS or port forwarding.
 
Sightori said:
I'm looking to buy several B970 units locally, but there's a huge price difference between the B970 and the B970b (the "b" is much cheaper).

Are there any specification differences between the two models that anyone is aware of - besides the speed issue?

For example: DynDNS or port forwarding.
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I would expect the feature set to be the same, but can't say as nobody has one yet.
 
UPDATE!!!!!!!!!!!!

The B970b is now available for us to order on our system. ;)

Head down to your local Vodashop boys! :)

Not sure if the stock is in yet, but ask the store to order it in so long and to contact you when it arrives.
 
morkhans said:
It's doesn't take much to link someone's love for pink volksies to sparkling vampires.


Right enough off topic in this thread otherwise it's infractions for ockie!! Just give us the info! ;) :p
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None of those vampires were hot! They all look like twinkies! bleh! And I did not really enjoy any of the Twilight movies. Give me a sweaty Bruce Willis with a big gun in his hand and Im there! *awaits infraction* lol

You boys will be looking at round about R1900.00 cash for the B970b router. This is only a indication. Enquire instore before you commit yourself or request that the store order it for you.
 
IIRC the the B970 came in at about R2700 when it first arrived? I was hoping for something closer to R1500, but it has come down a bit.
 
morkhans said:
IIRC the the B970 came in at about R2700 when it first arrived? I was hoping for something closer to R1500, but it has come down a bit.
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I believe Vodacom is still awaiting its charity registration number to be approved :p (kidding)

At least the price has come down. But please remember, the price above is only a indication. The markup that used might be lower than the standard markup out there. ;)
 
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