Cellular Internet Link
I've been
trying to figure out for a while now the ideal way to connect my house to the
Internet. A simple matter, one would think. But one that has caused some amount
of problems.
Firstly,
iBurst does not cover my area. Nothing to negotiate about there. Nor does
Neotel.
So my
only other option was ADSL from Telkom. Fine, except three technicians and 6
months later, they still have to "plant a pole" outside the house. So basically
those bunch of brain-damaged fools are not going to be my path
online.
Which
leaves me with cellular. Lots of bewildering options here, but I finally went to
the Vodacom store the other day and managed to grasp the finer details of their
various modem/data bundles. Bottom line is: either take out a R250 24 month
contract, or buy a R2800 modem and pay R180 a month pay-as-you-go for data
bundle.
Some
people at work got quite vocal about how this was a ripoff, which prompted me to
look online and lo-and-behold found Premium Phones (www.premiumphones.co.za) where I can
buy the same exact HSDPA modem for R1400, and have it delivered to me. And a
helpful call centre with knowledgable people who actually know what "HSDPA"
"3.2Mbps" and "Network Locked" means.
If it now
arrives in the next few days, I will be shouting these guys names all over the
place.
