Bloody Vodafone

[crazyhorse]

Yes. My laptop runs with the SIM inside it. Never has a problem. I can't remember the last time I dropped a call... and I never lose text messages.

OMG..... you're laptop can make calls????????????

[Dave Lobster]

OMG..... you're laptop can make calls????????????

Of course it can. You phone can access the internet too.. Calls is the easiest thing your mobile device can do..

[NZsarge]

Never thought I would say it, but sidewinder is correct, their voice service makes their text service look good. I frequently have to make 3 calls to complete one as the calls drop so frequently. Plus the delays in speach when you can stay connected make conversation difficult.

Maybe that explains the weird conversation I had with my nephew last night then again maybe not, I was in Ashhurst at the time so...

[Mully]

How many of you are using old shit phones that have probably been dropped every day for the last three years, and are struggling along with a snapped antenna?

We replaced out 2 1/2 year old Scodafone work phones with Telescum phones in July - immediately rubbish.

Then they were replaced in September (14th) with XT mobiles from Telescum. They are rubbish too.

[firefighter]

Go with Telecom or 2 Degrees.

Because they have so many customers, and the majority of people now use Vodafone, their network constantly gets overloaded, even on just a weekend, forget any event your attending.

At all events i've been to recently, including The Big Day Out, my mates with thier Vodafone mobiles could'nt get text messages through, but I had no problems with my Telecom, sending or recieving.

Vodafones Network is'nt big enough for it's customer base, so bugger being with them.

Typical of everything N.Z, short sighted and only planning for the now, not the future.

[What?]

The "problem" is that none of the mobile companies ever imagined that so many of their customers would spend all day every day non-stop text-messaging, so the network sometimes gets over-loaded, and the messages are delayed. Sometimes by days.
This is not limited to Vodafone, or NZ for that matter.

[Beemer]

I had a friend ring me one morning and ask why I sent her a text at 3am - I hadn't, I'd actually sent it at 6pm but it hadn't arrived until 3am. Tough luck if it was a text to say "I'm stranded, pick me up!"

I have problems with my phone too, like Gremlin does - and have had all along, even when with Telecom (with TelstraClear now). Phone can be sitting right next to me but it doesn't ring and I'm not on a call, but people calling me get put straight through to the message service. Then I get a beep to say I've got a message and have to ring them back, which costs ME money.

Sometimes I get the "message cannot be sent" error message but I have no idea if it's a problem with my phone or the one I am trying to send a text to.

I don't recall any problems like this when I first had a mobile phone (okay, no texting in those days) back in 1994. And the phone was better quality and had better ring tones!

[cheese]

The thing is that you have kids sending 500 texts a day instead of a 30second phone call. So that BS loads up the network and you get delays. SMS is not a priority service.

[Naki Rat]

Anybody else had problems with a Vodafone cellphone with capability to update time setting for NZ Daylight saving time not doing so because Vodafone have a different date set for the start/finish of NZ DST? Last year they were weeks out of step and I'm guessing they will be again this year

Ran it past Vodafone a couple of days ago with no success and a stream of BS excuses so essentially I've just turned off that feature and have changed the clock manually. Ain't captive customer bases great

[Naki Rat]

The thing is that you have kids sending 500 texts a day instead of a 30second phone call. So that BS loads up the network and you get delays. SMS is not a priority service.

Somebody with a better knowledge of this will soon be along but from what I understand SMS are sent on a carrier signal which has limited capability (text character limit) and are given a lower priority to the original data purpose for the signal (SMS delays).
If it's worth communicating then I make a call. SMS is just for junk communication.

[Gremlin]

How many of you are using old shit phones that have probably been dropped every day for the last three years, and are struggling along with a snapped antenna?

1.5 yo Nokia E71... hardly a shit phone. Reception can be so good, I can be going up big lifts in Auckland CBD and maintain a connection. Even my previous phone, the E61 couldn't do that.

Anybody else had problems with a Vodafone cellphone with capability to update time setting for NZ Daylight saving time not doing so because Vodafone have a different date set for the start/finish of NZ DST? Last year they were weeks out of step and I'm guessing they will be again this year

Full credit to Vodafone here, my Nokia flipped over at the correct time, no problem.

[PirateJafa]

Vodafone has tricks for that too.

Phone sits on my desk... suddenly I get a txt... I have a voicemail It never rang, now I have to pay to collect the message, then pay for the phone call back to the person...

Cunning vodafone... very cunning

I solved that problem by recording my voicemail message as "I refuse to listen to any voicemail messages that are left for me. If I'm not answering, send me a text message or expect no reply."

Problem solved.

[GSXRjohn]

Ok does anyone know what their issue is? I currently receive texts four hours after they had been sent. Sometimes I don't get them for a few days.

I rang Vodafone today only to be told that they know there is a problem and they are working to fix it. So I ask when? The reply.....It's not an easy fix but they are working hard.

I'm getting a little sick and tired of people ringing me thinking that I'm ignoring them. Maybe I am but not the point.

So anyone actually know what is going on and when this problem will be fixed?

Telecom NZ SMS network got a fault on it last sunday afternoon and issue was resloved by Telecom NZ early Wednesday Morning

The Vodafone network can only deliver the SMS once they reach our network I can %100 confirm issue was not on the Vodafone NZ network

Thanks John

[Gremlin]

I solved that problem by recording my voicemail message as "I refuse to listen to any voicemail messages that are left for me. If I'm not answering, send me a text message or expect no reply."

Problem solved.

My boss would shoot me if I had that... Clients need to get hold of me... I always pick up messages.

Bloody annoying having to ring an Australian landline from my mobile tho...

[GSXRjohn]

Anybody else had problems with a Vodafone cellphone with capability to update time setting for NZ Daylight saving time not doing so because Vodafone have a different date set for the start/finish of NZ DST? Last year they were weeks out of step and I'm guessing they will be again this year

Ran it past Vodafone a couple of days ago with no success and a stream of BS excuses so essentially I've just turned off that feature and have changed the clock manually. Ain't captive customer bases great

Auto time update is not enabled on the network as we only have one time zone in NZ and handsets take care of DST these days, Check you have the latest software / firmware on your device for the latest DST settings

Just cause a phone has a feature built in by the like of Nokia, SE, Samsung does not mean the carrier to support it

John