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mario2002
Joined: Feb 15, 2004
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From: Jeffrey's-Bay ,South Africa
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Tahir don't fool yourself buddy. I don't care about mtn vodacom cellc,but atm mtn is the fastest data network around ! At least what the garden route is concerned. Vodacom only offers limited 3g in PE Plet and CT ! You can count the repeaters on your fingers ! Mtn on the other hand have began implementing edge on all there repeaters on the same stretch of road. 2technicians can upgrade/test 1 tower/day if all goes smooth.Vodacom's 3g need to erect twices many towers and I know for a fact in Jeffreysbay at least they will have a big headache to get the 'go ahead' from the enviorment dep. for the envisaged site !
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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@mario: Doubt he's been anywhere near J-Bay. Tahir forgets that MTN has been a leader in data that's why more business clients choose to go with Y'ello. Even when they offered free GPRS last the speeds were pretty fast considering a whole lot of people joined the network to take advantage of the free GPRS.
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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From: South Africa
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@Mario and Brix.If You think upgrading 2 basestation a day is fast for edge.Vodacom is upgrading 15 basestation a day to 3G......MTN ONLY HAS 5 GPRS ROAMING PARTNERS,Vodacom has 33.Vodacom over 9 months is going to upgrade 1000 basestation to 3g.700 are on now.At this time Vodacom is 2 months ahead in rolling out............Mario you said Vodacom has to put twice as much repeaters than what they have now.Vodacom is installing 3g equipment on 2G mast.Look around about every 5 KM there is a 2g mast,every 2g mast has to be upgraded to 3g
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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From: South Africa
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I just read in todays paper that a Cape Town company will be streaming FTV(Fashion TV) on cellphones from Tomorrow.
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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LOL...it's more of a novelty than anything else. R5 for a minute of a rampshow is ridiculous. Check downloading tones(they don't specify whether it's mp3) will cost R15...thank you very much but this fuss around m-commerce is reminiscent of the internet boom. Lessons have invariably been learnt but I doubt people will be rushing
to get Karl Lagerfeld's latest collection on their mobiles.
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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From: South Africa
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@ Brix when you download stuff from Vodafone LIVE if it tells you MP3 it is an full MP3 tone.The problem with you is you have not used or own a LIVE! handset yet
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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@Tahir:Never mentioned Vodafone Live in my previous post...they should pay you for the free publicity you've given them the last couple of months. I'm trying to access the much vaunted Vodafone Live portal from my phone. It should not be a problem as I'm on Vodacom... I'm not buying a branded handset to access the site.
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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The only difference is if you had Vodafone Live handset.Your browsing is FREE.Remember if you dont have a 3G handset with 3G coverage you will not see the 3G stuff
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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So there's no way of accessing the wap site unless I've got a Vodafone branded phone... Brilliant idea...more reasons to just love them.
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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From: South Africa
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@ Brix visit www.live.vodafone.com to view Vodafone Live SA portal.Remember you will not get the 3g menus if you are not using a VodafoneLive 3G phone or if you dont have 3G coverage
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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I can't get the particular site on my phone...just shows me the address at the top, nothing else.
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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@Brix just enter the address like this live.vodafone.com .It works
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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Hey mr vodacom. You are making a big issue of nothing. On MTN i have at least 5times faster gprs than on voda, i dont give a flying f*ck why, and im not complaining. MTN may be slow, but at least they are fast. PmPl.
ARSENAL : Samsung Galaxy SII
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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LOL@Rhino.
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OluYom
Joined: Oct 27, 2004
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From: Nigeria
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@Brix and all: You guys seem to be having a whole lot of fun on data here.
I hate branded handsets and cannot imagine why anyone's access to content should depend on whether or not they have a branded handset 
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Posted: 2005-05-01 11:39
