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#130852 30-Sep-2013 17:12

Hi,
I am thinking of getting RBI Wireless with Lightwire who run through vodafone's tower. If I can get 3G Mobile Broadband at my house does the mean Vodafone's RBI Wireless is avaliable at my address?

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#905250 30-Sep-2013 17:22

Not really you need to be in a RBI zone, Someone on the North Shore Takapuna could not get RBI

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#905287 30-Sep-2013 18:31

Where are you based? I'm an RBI installer for Waikato to Auckland area, so feel free to get in touch via email or message if you would like some options and an address check.

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#907301 3-Oct-2013 17:20

If you are getting Vodafone's 3G, then you should be able to sign up for their RBI service. That was my situation last year.

Having had over a year of using it, I would say go somewhere else.

Average speeds started at just under 5Mbps and are now down to under 3Mbps as measured by Truenet.co.nz. Latency is high - often above 100 mSecs. Reliability is OK except that when the cell site you point at is fully utilised, your service degrades and may stop all together. 111 calls do not always get connected. Their data angel is a crock and just gets in the way of your using the service. But beware, if you go over your 5 or 15 GB data cap, it will cost you $30/GB overage (that is 20 times the wholesale cost).

The latest issue with Vodafone is that they are using dynamic proxies which means that my webmail service logs me off during a current session because the IP address they see for me, keeps changing (I have just created a new topic in this stream to try to find out why dynamic proxies are used).

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#907316 3-Oct-2013 17:34

RuralJohnny: If you are getting Vodafone's 3G, then you should be able to sign up for their RBI service. That was my situation last year.

This is incorrect. Vodafone's 3G covers 97% of the population. Wireless RBI is only available in wireless RBI areas which make up a small % of this

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#907324 3-Oct-2013 17:41

The first sentence may be incorrect. The remainder is definitely correct.

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#907327 3-Oct-2013 17:50

RuralJohnny: The first sentence may be incorrect. The remainder is definitely correct.

100% incorrect and upgrades are always happening to RBI sites, What RBI site are you attaching to?

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#907330 3-Oct-2013 17:55

I have had customer service issues for most of the points raised. For the others, I have performance graphs (some Truenet, some Speedtest screen shots) that confirm the points made. They are correct. Each of them. I point at the Buckland cell site.

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#907332 3-Oct-2013 17:58

RuralJohnny: I have had customer service issues for most of the points raised. For the others, I have performance graphs (some Truenet, some Speedtest screen shots) that confirm the points made. They are correct. Each of them. I point at the Buckland cell site.

Buckland as in Bucklands Beach East Auckland?

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#907337 3-Oct-2013 18:03

I know it as Buckland, just south of Pukekohe. My system signal strength is listed as good (-92dBm) and my connection does drop out of HSPA frequently.

But in defending Vodafone, you have not answered the question I posed elsewhere - why does Vodafone use dynamic proxies?

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#907343 3-Oct-2013 18:11

OK I know where you mean now, I use to own a house in Pukekohe

Are you sure the Buckland site has been upgraded for RBI capacity / speed? I am sure I have never seen notification for that site been upgraded I will check tomorrow

This thread is not about dynamic proxie and answering the question/s about RBI

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#907347 3-Oct-2013 18:20

johnr: OK I know where you mean now, I use to own a house in Pukekohe

Are you sure the Buckland site has been upgraded for RBI capacity / speed? I am sure I have never seen notification for that site been upgraded I will check tomorrow

This thread is not about dynamic proxie and answering the question/s about RBI

Well if I am not getting my RBI service from that site, then my original post is then 100% correct!

Oh, and please feel free to answer that query over at topic 130957 - http://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=49&topicid=130957

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#907349 3-Oct-2013 18:22

Who installed your RBI setup?

That area might work off the site located just above Pukekohe race track, Need to check if Buckland has it's own site

Are you in RBI coverage when checking the RBI coverage map?