[OT] .::The Official 3G/4G LTE Thread::.

[Witch3r]

Guys any downsides when porting number to a different network ?

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Do not port out your number. I am a victim of MNP. I can not receive alerts from freelancer sites, google (some times) , hotmail (many times), Many other sites which requires number verification and so on.

 

[shah95]

Do not port out your number. I am a victim of MNP. I can not receive alerts from freelancer sites, google (some times) , hotmail (many times), Many other sites which requires number verification and so on.

Never expected it to be that bad, this should be a simple thing like everywhere else in the world, but in pak everything gets the worst of it..

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[shah95]

So what? Our IK is most handsome PM in the world.

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Kaash k bas un ka chehra dekh kr hi sari zindagi guzar sakti .. [emoji853] [emoji6]

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[zafarabbasrizvi]

This is insane price. Operators are never gona renew their licenses at this price.

https://propakistani.pk/2019/05/07/cabinet-approves-proposal-for-telcos-license-renewal/

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[StrikerX]

This is insane price. Operators are never gona renew their licenses at this price.

https://propakistani.pk/2019/05/07/cabinet-approves-proposal-for-telcos-license-renewal/

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Previous govt set a precedent with the renewal price of Ufone, all 3 telcos that are renewing this year will argue that otherwise it's gonna be unfair to these 3.

 

[zafarabbasrizvi]

Previous govt set a precedent with the renewal price of Ufone, all 3 telcos that are renewing this year will argue that otherwise it's gonna be unfair to these 3.

Exactly. There must of a level playing field for all. How Zong can pay almost a double for which Ufone paid $291 Million. Price has already becomes more than double when you compare $ rate of 2004 and 2009.

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[murtaza12]

https://propakistani.pk/2019/05/10/zong-4g-becomes-the-first-operator-to-cross-11000-4g-cell-sites/

Read as: "Zong becomes the first operator to post 11,000 meaningless press releases"

 

[zafarabbasrizvi]

https://propakistani.pk/2019/05/10/zong-4g-becomes-the-first-operator-to-cross-11000-4g-cell-sites/

Read as: "Zong becomes the first operator to post 11,000 meaningless press releases"

So what? Jazz is winner of Oakla 4G Speed test with 1100 cell sites. Cell sites and coverage doesn't matter. Speed matters only in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. Where Oakla tests 4G speed and give award. Zong is stupid who is providing 4G to stupid villagers. 4G is right of only burgers residing in posh areas of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

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[zakiuddin]

So what? Jazz is winner of Oakla 4G Speed test with 1100 cell sites. Cell sites and coverage doesn't matter. Speed matters only in Islamabad, Karachi and Lahore. Where Oakla tests 4G speed and give award. Zong is stupid who is providing 4G to stupid villagers. 4G is right of only burgers residing in posh areas of Lahore, Karachi and Islamabad.

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Stupid Villagers ? wow, most of the 4G revenue comes from these villages where MBB subscription is high due to non availability of dsl or fiber internet,

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[zafarabbasrizvi]

Stupid Villagers ? wow, most of the 4G revenue comes from these villages where MBB subscription is high due to non availability of dsl or fiber internet,

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Sssshhhhh don't say this, Jazz will mind it.

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[Aizazst]

Stupid Villagers ? wow, most of the 4G revenue comes from these villages where MBB subscription is high due to non availability of dsl or fiber internet,

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I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic [emoji14]

 

[khanorak]

Stupid Villagers ? wow, most of the 4G revenue comes from these villages where MBB subscription is high due to non availability of dsl or fiber internet,

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He was saying it sarcastically

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[Witch3r]

Just came from the tour of Hunza and Gilgit and i was amazed to see that only telenor and zong works there (other than SCOM). No jazz and ufone 2g signals were there let alone 3g or 4g. So, i am going to ditch jazz now and switching to zong because i have to travel a lot due to nature of my job.

 

[khanorak]

Just came from the tour of Hunza and Gilgit and i was amazed to see that only telenor and zong works there (other than SCOM). No jazz and ufone 2g signals were there let alone 3g or 4g. So, i am going to ditch jazz now and switching to zong because i have to travel a lot due to nature of my job.

[emoji106]

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[zafarabbasrizvi]

How many of you experiencing this on Jazz. Call connects through 3G and within few seconds (maximum a minute) fall back to 2G. And there is so much difference between 3G and 2G call that you immediately realise that call has been shifted to 2G. This happen every time, irrespect of the 3G signal strenth.

And I never experience this issue on Ufone, Telenor and Zong.

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[murtaza12]

How many of you experiencing this on Jazz. Call connects through 3G and within few seconds (maximum a minute) fall back to 2G. And there is so much difference between 3G and 2G call that you immediately realise that call has been shifted to 2G. This happen every time, irrespect of the 3G signal strenth.

And I never experience this issue on Ufone, Telenor and Zong.

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Happens to me only if 3G signal is weak, or if my phone is on 900 MHz 3G.

Otherwise as long as 2100 MHz 3G is strong, the call stays connected on 3G.

 

[zafarabbasrizvi]

Happens to me only if 3G signal is weak, or if my phone is on 900 MHz 3G.

Otherwise as long as 2100 MHz 3G is strong, the call stays connected on 3G.

The problem is in indoors, phone always connects to 900 MHz falling back from 4G. 900 MHz 3G gave Jazz problems instead of any benefit in my opinion.

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[shaheerk]

The problem is in indoors, phone always connects to 900 MHz falling back from 4G. 900 MHz 3G gave Jazz problems instead of any benefit in my opinion.

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I've seen it happen with Telenor and Zong - albeit less. It's more of a hit-or-miss for the operators, and I've come to the conclusion it happens with ALL operators (it happened with O2 in London as well several times).

You can prevent it from falling back to 2G by forcing your phone to use either 4G or 3G - on standard Android phones, you can configure this via the *#*#4636#*#* menu. Not sure about the others.

So it's not an issue specific to Mobilink - but yes, there are places where 3G signals, outside (on the road), are strong but it'll fall back to 2G (and this specific spot has both 900Mhz and 2100Mhz signals, and both are strong). I asked a network guy and he said this is controlled by their servers. Forcing my phone to not go below 3G resolves this problem, but when they don't have 3G or 4G coverage in a specific place, then you're out of luck.

So... I've tried giving up when I remembered I had the same issue in London. I do know that on the previous floor in my building, there was an antenna so calls never fell back onto 2G. But in the new floor I am on, there's no 3G antenna so calls drop to 2G randomly. Telenor and Zong also have this issue in my office building.

But it's okay. We're bashing Mobilink. Let's continue to do so (I'm all in!).

And regarding my previous message that they're kicking me off the FnF package: I'm now on the ex-FnF package, which gives me 25GB data (free), 6,000 SMS (free), 500 on-net minutes (free) for Rs. 500 + tax. It's not free, but it's alright. Still cheaper than what I would be paying with Telenor or Zong.

And speaking of Telenor: https://www.telenor.com.pk/price-plans/postpaid-price-plans/freedom-plans/ they've refreshed some of their postpaid packages. Rather competitive, yes. Not as fast data speeds, but it does get the job done.

 

[murtaza12]

And regarding my previous message that they're kicking me off the FnF package: I'm now on the ex-FnF package, which gives me 25GB data (free), 6,000 SMS (free), 500 on-net minutes (free) for Rs. 500 + tax. It's not free, but it's alright. Still cheaper than what I would be paying with Telenor or Zong.

SMS' are so expensive on Jazz. The worst part is, on-net ones are the exact same as off-net. 2.15 per SMS.
I just checked the Jazz world app, and I've spent 120 rs on SMS in the past week. No wonder my credit disappears so quickly.

And speaking of Telenor: https://www.telenor.com.pk/price-plans/postpaid-price-plans/freedom-plans/ they've refreshed some of their postpaid packages. Rather competitive, yes. Not as fast data speeds, but it does get the job done.

Both Telenor and Zong have really nice postpaid packages to be honest. Way better than what Jazz is offering. But Telenor can't go 5 minutes without sending you 20 spam / promotional SMS and Zong 4G sucks here since they're refusing to expand the 4G+ coverage and they don't care for complaints.

Something Jazz actually made the effort to do by sending someone over. Even though they said we made as many changes as we could, but this is the best we can offer until there are plans for network expansion in your area.

Pretty sure they did nothing though since the signal strength indoors is still terrible, and in spots where I used to get full bars of 4G, it has now dropped to 3 bars.

 

[zafarabbasrizvi]

I've seen it happen with Telenor and Zong - albeit less. It's more of a hit-or-miss for the operators, and I've come to the conclusion it happens with ALL operators (it happened with O2 in London as well several times).

You can prevent it from falling back to 2G by forcing your phone to use either 4G or 3G - on standard Android phones, you can configure this via the *#*#4636#*#* menu. Not sure about the others.

So it's not an issue specific to Mobilink - but yes, there are places where 3G signals, outside (on the road), are strong but it'll fall back to 2G (and this specific spot has both 900Mhz and 2100Mhz signals, and both are strong). I asked a network guy and he said this is controlled by their servers. Forcing my phone to not go below 3G resolves this problem, but when they don't have 3G or 4G coverage in a specific place, then you're out of luck.

So... I've tried giving up when I remembered I had the same issue in London. I do know that on the previous floor in my building, there was an antenna so calls never fell back onto 2G. But in the new floor I am on, there's no 3G antenna so calls drop to 2G randomly. Telenor and Zong also have this issue in my office building.

But it's okay. We're bashing Mobilink. Let's continue to do so (I'm all in!).

And regarding my previous message that they're kicking me off the FnF package: I'm now on the ex-FnF package, which gives me 25GB data (free), 6,000 SMS (free), 500 on-net minutes (free) for Rs. 500 + tax. It's not free, but it's alright. Still cheaper than what I would be paying with Telenor or Zong.

And speaking of Telenor: https://www.telenor.com.pk/price-plans/postpaid-price-plans/freedom-plans/ they've refreshed some of their postpaid packages. Rather competitive, yes. Not as fast data speeds, but it does get the job done.

*#*#4636#*#* does not work in Samsung devices sadly.

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