Internet-signal help needed urgently

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BATMAN Wrote:

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> Is there anyone that can help me with technical
> help.I recently moved to a area where im battling
> for signal, i use 3g on my computer, and i pad, it
> takes 10minutes to load up a page.to have a bet i
> have to walk up the road with my i-pad and get
> perfect signal.I am so aggrivated with this, and
> getting behind,surely there is a way to improve
> signal.Everywhere else in this area has excellent
> signal!!!! They can send man to the moon, but cant
> get internet signal to my house. Please help
> before i go out my mind.....

Sounds like you have moved to Sunninghill.....have had same endless problems for last 2-3 years....and I'm still waiting for Telkom to install ADSL...

Speak to you service provider, they may assist by installing a fixed antenna on a pole mount (couple of meters in the air)

see if you can get a better 3g signal from competing provider, maybe you in dead spot with the one you signed up with.

you must know someone with alternative provider and a smart phone near you.

I have 3G thru VODACOM as back up to ADSL, and for travelling.
I upgraded to the super duper faster than lightning version,and it is barely faster than dial up,no matter where I am in the country............slightly better than nothing.
Some guys seem to be very happy so maybe I dont have the right provider?

@Rob, Vodacom sold me the gadget with the fastest speed currently available. Not much difference from the older version. Call the agent and report and he tells me the modems are capable of 7kbps (up/down) but our lines/Telkom only possible at 3-4kbps.

BATMAN Wrote:

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> Is there anyone that can help me with technical
> help.I recently moved to a area where im battling
> for signal, i use 3g on my computer, and i pad, it
> takes 10minutes to load up a page.to have a bet i
> have to walk up the road with my i-pad and get
> perfect signal.I am so aggrivated with this, and
> getting behind,surely there is a way to improve
> signal.Everywhere else in this area has excellent
> signal!!!! They can send man to the moon, but cant
> get internet signal to my house. Please help
> before i go out my mind.


Enquire about a booster 3G antenna from service provider. Cost approx R1500 and the guy who had one installed had better reception

FFS why don't Vodacom or others realize that they have these kind of problems and station relays or amplifiers on top of buildings or new developments....just another case of the large corporates losing touch with their core customer base....:S

The Sunninghill problem is that another corporate, Massmart stuck a 8 story building slap bang in the path of 3 cellular relay towers...
surely they could cut a deal to mount a relay on top of the building and remove the fake palm tower down the drag which is perched in some ones back yard.....:S