Feedback for 4G LTE

ILIA_93 · 2013-05-16T15:22:12+00:00

If any one can recalls the "Become the Minister of Telecommunications for a Day" competition sometime ago, well I won. But not to become the minister, I got...

new_user

Ahmad Toutounji wroteHello guys do you recommend "Residential Broadband" from touch or alfa, and is it worth it to get a router for it? Will the signal and speed increase compared to an average smartphone?
I want to replace my slow dsl and i wonder if this is a good option.

If you are getting a good signal on your phone then residential broadband should work fine. The speed you would get is similar to what you get when you turn on a hotspot from your phone. A router is preferred if you intend to use the service all the time because keeping a hotspot turned on would drain your phone's battery. It will not give a faster speed but it will give better coverage. You can choose to use a battery powered portable router that might have less coverage and allows less users to connect simultaneously. With a fixed router you get more coverage, more users can connect and you can hook it through ethernet cable to your old network.

I have data sim which is similar to residential broadband but has higher charges. The router I use is a portable router not bought from touch. I wonder if we can use a router not bought from touch for residential broadband.

ahmad-toutounji

I believe you can but i guess you need to give it to them to "program" it first

new_user

Is there a correlation between alfa and touch 4g services? If touch service goes down in a certain location at a certain time, does that mean that alfa service will likely be down during that time?

infiniteloop

Recharged with 365 plan before the prices change, I still have like 9 months but only 1 month worth of 3g membership, how can I recharge $ without days? Can we do it online?

new_user

infiniteloop wroteRecharged with 365 plan before the prices change, I still have like 9 months but only 1 month worth of 3g membership, how can I recharge $ without days? Can we do it online?

There is a dollar only card with around 1$ value but if you compare it to the card that has both dollars and days you will find out that you are paying the same amount just without getting the days. You can recharge dollars at a phone shop but their prices are also illogical, you are still better off just buying a recharge card with dollars and days even if at some point you might reach the maximum accumulation of days. Best way to do it is online. Go to alfa or touch website, create an account and recharge.

xazbrat

infiniteloop wroteRecharged with 365 plan before the prices change, I still have like 9 months but only 1 month worth of 3g membership, how can I recharge $ without days? Can we do it online?

They have these offers that come for data boosters, weekly data bundles etc---I think these are only for data, not for days. Not sure if they have anything > 1 week for pure data though.

jsaade

Weird connection today with Alfa.
My mobile data works fine on my phone, my broadband SIM keeps disconnecting from 4G every second.

new_user

Is someone familiar with the new 4G pricing plan of alfa in terms of what happens when you exceed the data limit for prepaid line?
They say:
**Your bundle will be automatically upgraded to the nearest bigger volume, and you’ll receive prorated MBs; all at no extra cost until your renewal date.
The way I understand it is if 1GB costs $3.5 and 7GB cost 9$ and you are subscribed to 1GB and spend 5GB you pay depending on how much the extra GB would have cost compared to the price of the next bundle:
3.5+ (9-3.5)*(5-1)/(7-1) = 3.5 + 3.67 = $7.17

They also say the following which is confusing:
Extra MB for all data bundles: $0.01

So what do you think would be the cost if I use 5GB on a 1GB plan?

They also mention:
*For Alfa Prepaid Plan only, the 3GB data bundle will soon include, in addition to the GBs, minutes and SMS.

Any idea when this will become available? Touch already has many nice web and talk plans and there is no such counterpart for alfa

samer

new_user Is someone familiar with the new 4G pricing plan of alfa in terms of what happens when you exceed the data limit for prepaid line?

My understanding is that this is only relevant to people who subscribed to a plan that no longer exists. For example the 20 GB plan was replaced with 25 GB. They're explaining how the transition will happen. I might be wrong though.

Call 111. Alfa operators tend be patient and helpful in explaining that stuff. If you land on someone useless, end the conversation and dial again. You could also use their live chat.

new_user Extra MB for all data bundles: $0.01

This is their standard fee when you go above your quota.

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