Voldemort
Death eater
Hi guys
Over the years ive had plenty of forumites complaining of signing with the various companies only to be disappointed with regards to things like signal level, throughput, latency, even though when they sign these contracts the coverage maps show full coverage. Its important to note that there are a couple of factors that these maps do not take into account:
1- trees: Trees affect radio frequency on a big scale. If you are in a heavily wooded area the RF will be diminished and the problems will be complimented by the structure you stay in.
2- Zinc roofs: Even though your roof might be tiled your zinc roofed garage, for instance, would be getting in the way like a lead plate to radiation- Ive solved thousands of complaints like this with either a yagi antenna installation or a WCDMA flat panel antenna. Bear in mind with this that if you are in a complex your landlord would need to approve the yagi install, and in complexes like Lonehill, fourways or Sandton this would be difficult.
3- Stone: Aside from lacking line of site- stone is pretty much the worst. I have sites on properties whereby the owners arent even getting proper signal from it thanks to their stone fireplaces, or the stone additions their neighbours have added to their houses. To fix this we try and add cell extenders pointing either away from the stone or over it, in most cases this remedies the situation.
4- Resistence from homeowners: The majority of the complaints that i get in the Gauteng area are from residents not wanting us to construct a site in their area. Anybody who has ever done research into this field knows and understands the risks of electromagnetic frequency and understands the levels at which they are being produced- one has a greater chance of developing cancer from using their microwave oven than they have of being irradiated by a tower- this matter has been proven, yet every time Carte blanche releases a broadcast about how some sheep farmer in New zealand got a brain tumor then everybody is up in arms. I have personally been at arms length with hundreds of cell phone towers replacing equipment for 6 years and can happily say that im not only fit as a fiddle, but im running the 2 oceans marathon next year for the 3rd time.
5: Office complexes and double storey houses: The concrete slab is a factor, dont fool yourself- the concrete is about as blocking to us as superman is to kryptonite- check the 2nd floor of your house and you will feel our pain.
I was in Korea a year ago and they had cell extenders installed to catch a site 400m away- if they are struggling with signal? Then God help us all...
The reason i compile this is not just because of signal issues- its to look out for you in the first place- if you have a tower in your area thats sporting 400kbps download and 1.2mbps upload? Its a congested tower and needs to be reported- extra transmission is needed on the site! What would be even better is if a new tower could be constructed!
My recommendation to you is that when you want to choose a service provider on contract, rather take them on prepaid and try them for a Gig or 2, then make your descision- it will save both of us a lot of trouble.
Over the years ive had plenty of forumites complaining of signing with the various companies only to be disappointed with regards to things like signal level, throughput, latency, even though when they sign these contracts the coverage maps show full coverage. Its important to note that there are a couple of factors that these maps do not take into account:
1- trees: Trees affect radio frequency on a big scale. If you are in a heavily wooded area the RF will be diminished and the problems will be complimented by the structure you stay in.
2- Zinc roofs: Even though your roof might be tiled your zinc roofed garage, for instance, would be getting in the way like a lead plate to radiation- Ive solved thousands of complaints like this with either a yagi antenna installation or a WCDMA flat panel antenna. Bear in mind with this that if you are in a complex your landlord would need to approve the yagi install, and in complexes like Lonehill, fourways or Sandton this would be difficult.
3- Stone: Aside from lacking line of site- stone is pretty much the worst. I have sites on properties whereby the owners arent even getting proper signal from it thanks to their stone fireplaces, or the stone additions their neighbours have added to their houses. To fix this we try and add cell extenders pointing either away from the stone or over it, in most cases this remedies the situation.
4- Resistence from homeowners: The majority of the complaints that i get in the Gauteng area are from residents not wanting us to construct a site in their area. Anybody who has ever done research into this field knows and understands the risks of electromagnetic frequency and understands the levels at which they are being produced- one has a greater chance of developing cancer from using their microwave oven than they have of being irradiated by a tower- this matter has been proven, yet every time Carte blanche releases a broadcast about how some sheep farmer in New zealand got a brain tumor then everybody is up in arms. I have personally been at arms length with hundreds of cell phone towers replacing equipment for 6 years and can happily say that im not only fit as a fiddle, but im running the 2 oceans marathon next year for the 3rd time.
5: Office complexes and double storey houses: The concrete slab is a factor, dont fool yourself- the concrete is about as blocking to us as superman is to kryptonite- check the 2nd floor of your house and you will feel our pain.
I was in Korea a year ago and they had cell extenders installed to catch a site 400m away- if they are struggling with signal? Then God help us all...
The reason i compile this is not just because of signal issues- its to look out for you in the first place- if you have a tower in your area thats sporting 400kbps download and 1.2mbps upload? Its a congested tower and needs to be reported- extra transmission is needed on the site! What would be even better is if a new tower could be constructed!
My recommendation to you is that when you want to choose a service provider on contract, rather take them on prepaid and try them for a Gig or 2, then make your descision- it will save both of us a lot of trouble.
