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@ rhino, hope everything turns out better than you could ever imagine-if it is meant to be, it will be(unless you really stuff up, so be careful! Women ARE complicated)
@ sosial, my friend in the uk has given up totally on music. The market there is not suited to new music as it is to bands who are just the craze of the day. Our market is more suited for something new, and original. It is not easy to make it, but international interest means record label. The day of a record contract meaning you made it is long over. In fact, 90 percent of the time it means nothing more than that you are pretty much screwed. Music has always been business, but now, if you want to make it you have to consider the business side as well as your talent.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 09:41:38
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If there's someone in SA able to unlock N70's, they could really be onto something here...Phones4U are selling PAYG Orange-branded n' locked N70's for £139.95! (approx R2000!)
http://www.phones4u.co.uk/sho[....]NetKey=4&HandsetKey=142462&s=b
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Posted: 2006-10-03 10:09:54
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South African mobile operator Cell C is considering offering a third-generation (3G) service to compete with bigger rivals MTN and Vodacom, and to complement its EDGE service, but the move will depend on the feasibility of such an offering.
This is according to CTO Pierre Obeid, who says: “Currently we are looking at the market – studying the viability of offering 3G.
“We might offer 3G services in due course, but unless there is a market need for the service, we will not roll-out a 3G network.”
Obeid adds that the company, currently offering an EDGE service significantly slower than Vodacom or MTN's 3G and high-speed downlink packet access broadband options, has consciously focused on home PC Internet access through a USB modem allowing consumers to use Cell C EDGE.
“That was a market that was not previously addressed,” he says.
According to another senior source inside the network operator, who does not wish to be named, Cell C has seen a 20% month-on-month growth in data traffic over the past six months.
However, subscriber numbers on Cell C's EDGE offerings were not forthcoming at the time of publication.
Carrying 85% of traffic
Despite a popular belief that Cell C is still largely “piggy-backing” off Vodacom's infrastructure through a roaming agreement, Obeid reveals 85% of its traffic (voice and data) is now handled by Cell C infrastructure.
“We now have 2 165 base stations,” he says, predicting that by 2009 this will be more than 2 400.
However, he also points out that Cell C is likely to continue using Vodacom's network for the foreseeable future in specific areas – notably remote locations where potential subscriber numbers do not justify rolling out infrastructure, but where coverage is needed.
“Our roaming agreement with Vodacom? Well, we consider it an advantage to Cell C, not a disadvantage,” Obeid argues.
Meeting obligations
After five years, Cell C claims to cover 63% of the population and 28.5% of the geography of SA. This is above its licence obligations of 60% population and 8% geographical coverage six years into its existence – terms stipulated at Cell C's inception.
Questioned on the heated dispute between Cell C and Vodacom dating back to May, when Vodacom accused Cell C of sending it “technically illegal” data, causing its own network to fail, Obeid is tight-lipped.
“We're still talking to Vodacom on this issue – there's no further statement at this stage except to say that we still believe in the statements we made at the time.”
Vodacom had, at the time, temporarily terminated interconnection links with the smaller operator, and both sides blamed each other for the problem.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 11:36:45
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I read about the Virgin prepaid starter packs going down to R55 (w/ R50 airtime) at CNA, Edgars and Jet. Considering the data rates and the amount I'm on the net w/ my cell I decided to give it a crack and hope their service improves in the future.
Not a single person knew what I wasa talking about. They all told me that it was still R89. When I quoted the ad I just got a blank stare.
i love this country.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 14:07:55
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On 2006-10-03 14:07:55, Siosal wrote:
i love this country.
I'm pissed off coz I've been standing in a queue at the Cape Town traffic department's Green Point branch for close on an hour and there doesn't seem to be any progress.
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T39m>T300>T68i>K700i>P910i> N70...should be going back to
before year-end.
[ This Message was edited by: brix25 on 2006-10-03 13:57 ]
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Posted: 2006-10-03 14:32:00
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i am sitting in a planning session...just quickly out to make a few calls....
this day is turning for the worst...the sun is shining, the birds are chirping (takes a shoe and throws it at one, hitting the CEO of the company instead) Oh dear, I need some rain again....
My signal keeps bumming out...I reseated my sim card, and it has been fine since, but still, it is annoying.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 14:48:45
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Wow! You guys check Awares sisters W850??
Looks pretty good!!
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Posted: 2006-10-03 15:10:44
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My K700 switches off whenever I recieve a call. The light stops working randomly. The phone switches off for no reason then won't start up until I've removed and replaced the battery. i did a master reset. Still the same. i probably need to get a firmware. Or even get a new battery.
But my upgrade is only a week away. And I need it!
Argh!
"Time! You bugger! i don't believe in you! Do you hear? You don't exist! Now leave me alone!"
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Posted: 2006-10-03 15:13:21
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I hate contracts. I hope I'll be able to just ingore the upgrade when the time comes.
There's been a lot of things. At some point I upgraded my package to talk 120 then later I wanted to degrade, they told me that I have to pay some good amount of rands. But they didn't refunded anything when I was upgrading the package.
I just don't understand this.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 16:27:00
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TeenInvader: I used to feel the same way about contracts until I calculated how much I spent on PAYG. Sometimes contracts can be quite complicated, read the fine print and hassle them if you're still not happy...I'm on the phone ASAP to companies if I ever get crappy service. If they( I assume Vodacom) are giving bad service you should let their big bosses know about it...check out
www.hellopeter.com if you feel like venting.
EDIT: @786KBR: Broer, I checked out that mini-review by Aware and have to say I'm pretty impressed by the W850...ok, I've never been a fan of anything slider-ish but this one looks quite solid. One feature I like about the phone though is TrackID, hold the phone next to a radio while music is playing and it will recognise the track...Now tell me how brilliant is that?
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T39m>T300>T68i>K700i>P910i> N70...should be going back to
before year-end.
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Posted: 2006-10-03 17:46:58
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