Cape Town coverage understated

Posted by Linoman

I got hold of a Neotel phone yesterday, and was able to make calls from my office in Stellenbosch! Voice quality was excellent. I took the phone along while driving around and I must say I was very impressed with their coverage. Their Cape Town coverage map is very understated.

Stellenbosch town centre: No Signal

Stellenbosch (Plankenbrug, Onder Papagaaiberg, Devonvalley, Welgevonden Estate, Vlottenburg): Low signal, Probably only good for voice

Traveling on the M12 from Stellenbosch to Blackheath I had low signal all the way until I went over the hill at Saxenburg, from there it was 3-4 bars.

Saxenburg, Blackheath Industria, and down Hindle Rd to the R300: 2-4 bars

R300 onto the N2 towards Somerset West: 1-3 bars up to Baden Powell Drv.

N2 (Baden Powell to Macassar): Low signal

Somerset West (Somerset Mall, Gants Plaza, Somerset Industrial Park): 4 bars

R44 past the Lord Charles up to Bel Aire: 2-3 bars

Good one Neotel.

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3 comments

  1. Anonymous  

    September 29, 2008 at 1:30 AM

    hrmm, Stellenbosch and S/West aren't technically Cape Town. Don't you wanna drive around where we have CA numberplates and let us know what its like down here as well :)

  2. Danie  

    February 12, 2009 at 12:49 PM

    Sounds good, I know they were quite busy in Stellenbosch digging up the place end of last year, is there any improvement in signal, specifically Welgevonden? All cell network connectivity in that area is very bad and I'm considering Telkom vs Neotel?

  3. Unknown  

    May 18, 2009 at 10:44 AM

    Help! I moved to Welgevonden in Stellenbosch recently, only to discover the house doesn't even have a Telkom connection. Neotel therefore seems to make (even more!) sense, and rumour has it that they are 'almost here', but when I phone Neotel's call centre they refuse to give me ANY indication of roll out plans. In the meantime, I have to run my SOHO off my cell phone - no office line, no fax - highly unprofessional! Can anybody please tell me whether/when Neotel will be available here? Otherwise I'll have to start digging up the road to get a Telkom point/line!

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