Why Cell C is making its broadband network even faster

Amazing what a difference someone at the top can make to a company. Before Bruce Willis (Lars) joined Cell C, I would never have contemplated joining Cell C. But now they are a force to be reckoned with, and Vodacom in particular, are sitting up and taking notice. I have been with Cell C for 6 months on 5GB monthly data from Richards Bay, and am now considering giving up my home ADSL line, to buy a second 5GB per month data deal with Cell C.
I am hoping they will bring 42mbps to Richards Bay soon - they only need to upgrade 3 towers, and that will cover the entire city :D
Keep up the good work Lars
 
I am really impressed with what Lars has done. I cannot get ADSL in my area and without Cell C I would be paying Vodacom thousands of Rands a month. Now I pay R500 a month for my 12 gigs with Cell C. Probably going to buy another 5 gig promotional bundle soon!
 
pkid said:
I am really impressed with what Lars has done. I cannot get ADSL in my area and without Cell C I would be paying Vodacom thousands of Rands a month. Now I pay R500 a month for my 12 gigs with Cell C. Probably going to buy another 5 gig promotional bundle soon!
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Wow - R500 for 12GB is pretty decent. Getting that on Telkom would be about R131+R413+(12*R29) = R892

EDIT: 12GB (not 5GB)
 
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Apart from the technical difficulties of providing the full speeds, I'm not aware of too many 42Mbps capable devices.
 
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sunsoffun said:
Please Lars... consider bigger packages. Even 30Gigs at a decent price and you will have my money.
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Once you start using Internet for business, news and entertainment even 30Gigs will not cut it. I started with Mweb uncapped and quickly shot from 30GB a month to currently 90GB a month. I would drop Telkom in a second and willingly pay R1000 a month if it came with a 100GB cap.
 
An iPhone generates 24 times more data traffic than average. A tablet (like an iPad) is responsible for 122 times the traffic, and a laptop 515 times
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Average what?
 
Speedtests using the same modems and equipment comparing Cell C and Vodacom saw differing results. Cell C won out right and was decidely faster when testing to a neutral server located in South Africa. When tests to international servers were run, Vodacom edged out Cell C, and performance was far lower than that evidenced in the local tests.
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Can you post your results?

On my olde 2G network the problem is usually the hosted speedtest server and not the international link itself.

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(Speedtest.net server with poor IP transit)
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