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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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Whats the range and limit of the 1 3G "tower" in bloem, coz my phone shows 3g enabled at home. And at work, which is bout 10k s away. I live bout a k away fRom the only 3G tower i know of
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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From: South Africa
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@Rhino 8 A 3G NODE B transmits between 3-5KM only.If your 2G phone display 3G ENABLED it means the tower you picking up a signal from has a 3G transmitter.Remember a 2g network can transmit up to 35km.If your 2g signal is very strong at home or at work and displays 3G ENABLED it means you have 3G coverage.I will find out how many active 3G sites Vodacom have in Bloem.I know they had 1 in phase 1 roll out and the network radio planners did tell me that alot of people are buying 3G products in Bloem.
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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@celltech: Gave Vodacom customer care a call this evening and they said streaming wasn't supported over GPRS...so even though the K700 has streaming capability the it's unsupported:-(.
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Tahir Ally
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@Brix you should have just taken my advice when i told you streaming is only possible on 3G with Vodacom.The only reason Mr Branson has streaming on his virtual Virgin network is because he is not rolling out 3G
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brix25
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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@Tahir: I take your "advice" with a pinch of salt knowing that you're only interest is advertising Vodacom.
Audio streaming is possible over GPRS but Vodacom have decided to disable the feature on their network. Even video streaming is possible if you're prepared for some of the worst possible pictures.
When I told the call centre agent that I wanted to listen to live radio over GPRS she was under the impression that I was reffering to the built-in radio on my precious but she was soon straightened out by the guys who deal with data. |
Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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@Brix always dial 082155 for data support and not 082111
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Tahir Ally
Joined: May 29, 2003
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@ Brix if you had more than a pinch of salt of BRAINS you should have known all three networks dont stream anything on GPRS
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brix25
Joined: Aug 20, 2003
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Oh, seems like I hit a raw nerve there.
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Rhino8
Joined: Jan 07, 2005
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From: South Africa (Bloemfontein)
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@ tahir
Why aRe you always gettin worked up for nothing? We are suppose to discuss things on this forum, not fight about everything. This forum is turning into a battle bout who is the best operator in sa, everybody knows thats voda. True i use MTN coz they give me better speed on gprs, i will always use whichever networks gives me the best service on the products i wanna use.
I want a 3G smartphone, seems that my only option is blokia, any ideas?
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JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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....by the way my data speed on voda is faster than mtn now.. about 3.5 sec.... timed it!!
rhino there was only one tower and i think there still is... near the prison somewhere.... actually the fastest streamin is at the prison!!!
brix leave the call centre people.... they are there to assist the masses the not so clued up people..... coz sum people still dont know whats sms!!!
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brix25
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Quite ironic that the fastest streaming is at the prison...LOL.
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recklezz
Joined: May 17, 2005
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Man is it just me but dont you guyz get friggin frustrated with waiting for phones and complete idiots @ customer service???? Waiting for this damn Nokia 6680 is testing my patience... I've phoned Autopage, Vodacom and Nokia they all say sorry the phone is in the testing phase - yes i friggin know!!! hehe O man crazyeee stuff! Well its the middle of May and still waiting... yes we sign 24 month contracts but ure new cellphone is cool for about a couple of months, so u end up waiting for a year for a new phone and then.... you end up waiting a couple months more! (laughs) i hate waiting! Hey if any1 has anymore news on the release gimme a holler. |
JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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Are ull making up people??????? |
JK
Joined: Feb 24, 2005
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not sure bout the 6680, havent seen it but know a few people who are selling a 6630!!! any 1 interested??? |
brix25
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From: Cape Town, South Africa
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Good to see another new member of the family. 6630 is available coz Nokia has been advertising it in newspapers. It's also got EDGE so it should be available on MTN.
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Posted: 2005-05-16 21:11
