Cell C’s R8 billion LTE network plans

Ockie said:
They have been having a trial for the last 3 years or something. Not commercially available to users though as far as I understand it. They propably mean they expanding on that?
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Ja, I'm just poking fun. Although it is essentially non-existent from a consumer perspective.

I'm wondering why now though? I thought they were waiting for the spectrum to open up. I guess they realised they'd be waiting until 2050 for that to happen?
 
I think there must of been an exodus from Cell C, there's been a big improvement in quality of the service
 
Segg said:
+1

They first need to fix their data throughput issues.

I dumped them for MTN in January and haven't looked back!
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I'm still with Cell C. Haven't had too much to complain about really, except when I travel to Gauteng (which isn't too often anymore though). I've had a pretty okay time with Cell C in Cape Town and surrounds, nothing amazing but tested MTN and wasn't really much better.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I'm still with Cell C. Haven't had too much to complain about really, except when I travel to Gauteng (which isn't too often anymore though). I've had a pretty okay time with Cell C in Cape Town and surrounds, nothing amazing but tested MTN and wasn't really much better.
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I found when Cell C was working their speed was similar to MTN, where MTN is good for me is that it's reliable! Cell C was pathetic (mainly in GP) I'd have more instances of no data throughput than availability, calls took ages to setup and I often had to cancel the call and redial
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I'm still with Cell C. Haven't had too much to complain about really, except when I travel to Gauteng (which isn't too often anymore though). I've had a pretty okay time with Cell C in Cape Town and surrounds, nothing amazing but tested MTN and wasn't really much better.
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Same. Get better CellC signal in most places than MTN. Vodacom still beats them both though in most areas. (This has been my experience.)
 
I've had no problems except in some spots in the boondocks when CellC would switch over to vodacom roaming (EDGE or better).

And I suspect Voda throttles any CellC connection/data throughput, making it next to useless.
 
Segg said:
I found when Cell C was working their speed was similar to MTN, where MTN is good for me is that it's reliable! Cell C was pathetic (mainly in GP) I'd have more instances of no data throughput than availability, calls took ages to setup and I often had to cancel the call and redial
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I always have to cancel and redial! Often the call is one-sided and I have to try a third time! Pathetic, in GP anyway.
 
mmmig said:
I think there must of been an exodus from Cell C, there's been a big improvement in quality of the service
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I would guess so, I am one that moved from a Cell C contract to VC prepaid (their contracts are a rip off!!)

DrJohnZoidberg said:
I'm still with Cell C. Haven't had too much to complain about really, except when I travel to Gauteng (which isn't too often anymore though). I've had a pretty okay time with Cell C in Cape Town and surrounds, nothing amazing but tested MTN and wasn't really much better.
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That is suprising, I have noticed a marked improvement in the call quality while driving (I am guessing this has more to do with Cell C roaming on VC than Cell C itself), but the biggest improvement has been on the data side. LTE is AWESOME. VC also seems to have less congestion than Cell C in the greater Cape Metro as far as I have experienced.

If Cell C can get some dates going on the LTE that would be great, saying "the future" is to vague to commit my money to.

One thing I find very strange is when my Cell C is roaming on VC the call quality seems to be worse than my now VC sim. Not scientific, but still dodgy.
 
Such a waste of money, why not build a solid HSPA network.
We dont all need LTE, cut your losses focus on data connectivity and not chase speed, you wont beat the MTN, Vodas and Telkoms...
 
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