Yeah I just bought the 6mbps service yesterday. I was trying to sort out an issue the whole night but in vain. I was not able to setup a simple password on my router.
Secondly, I am indifferent about the performance speedwise. I went from 2mbps to 6mbps (so they say). I hardly notice any difference. I am getting only 2 bars on the signal strength. Maybe that could be the reason.
Another issue I faced was that suddenly the router signal bars would turn Blue (indicates UMTS and dunno what it does). The impact on browsing was that the connection goes dead. No borwsing possible further.
How many bars do you get?
But since it has just been one night so far, I'd give it more time to settle.
I get the full strength till the modem is working, but after 15 minutes or so the modem restarts off its own and The blue signal comes for some seconds.
I went today to the Mobily shop, they changed some settings and did some troubleshooting and told me to check for another couple of days and if the problem is persistent, they would change this set !!!
So till that time keeping my fingers crossed. BTW after the troubleshooting, its working fine for the last 2 hrs !!!
I'm using the lan cable for the internet connectivity now and not through WIFI and the frequency of getting disconnected has reduced a bit. Like used to get disconnected in every 20-25mins and now in 1hr or so.
Will take it again to the Mobily shop for trouble shooting. BTW, for the first time the customer care of the subscriber didnt disappoint me, so a silver lining !!
OMG, why dint I read this before. I've got my 4G Router two weeks back. Similar problems, yet to find a solution.
But luckily for me, I paid only SR 1220 for a 15 months on my 6mbps Unlimited data plan including the wifi modem.
I'm planning to replace it with a 3G modem. Will update this in case of any luck.
I was about to bump this post to get updates from @saimans and @agent47 Thanls for doing that for me Dave.
My Go connection subscription is expiring tomorrow and it's going for good this time. Will do the same for the time being: 3.5G USB modem
Guys - No doubt the speed is good, But it still gets disconnected of its own at times, but the good thing is that the frequency of it getting disconnected is decreased considerably. Now it gets DC in couple of hrs.... The worst part is if you are in the mid of downloading something.... And I'm forced to live with this issue !!!
Hi Guys, I moved to AlKhobar 3 months back and initially opted for the compound's DSL service which expires on 5th August. They have offered me the next six months renewal for SAR 1500 (unlimited download). I was considering switching to 4G. Could anyone advise me which is better? Either to continue with DSL or to switch to 4G? If 4G, then which is the best service provider?
Thanks in advance.
@Ghanshyam: the only issue I had with DSL was when it got disconnected for a weekend after a sandstorm. The connection to the whole compound was restored only after the weekend. The speed is also OK. But what about the $$ part? Which is more economical, without compromising the speed?
@ legend: My previous posting was in North Iraq and I had WiMAX connection there, which was beautiful. The speed was excellent, most of the time close to 100MBPS.
I'm using the mobily 4G router and it works normally in my laptop but however, it doesnt work on my phone.It always says " Authenticating with connected 4G Router and suddenly disabled.I'd like to know whats the problem why my phone cannot connect to 4G router.
Guys,I Live In Dammam And i am planning to get a mobily broadband service for 2 mbps (since i am alone i don't want to waste more on 6mbps or 4mbps) But If possible can any1 tell me how much download speed can i expect in 2mbps subscription and also wat is better to purchas 4g or 3.5g router?? Plz Help
As salam alaikum
i bought 4g mobily router with 2 mbps speed and i am not getting a exact speed and not getting good network the network bar are some times showing blue or some times green with 2 1 bars can any one help me please how to get good speed and good network for this
Dears, I am one of a victim of Mobily having 6Mbps but getting only 512Kbps, I make lot off research on Mobily LTE4G broadband at home and I reached a conclusion that, it's not useful for those who are gamer, HD video downloader, or watching HD videos, because Mobily saying that it is UL (unlimited) but they are liar they have FUP (fair uses policy) you can get 1Mbps to 6Mbps but there is no difference except of fast browsing
.I think it's a backlog of Mobily because we are living in cloud computing, online file sharing and 3D etc. it's a period of TB/GB not KB or MB.
1. If you are having frequently disconnection problem then update the firmware with latest one, you can find it in mobily website, click on view the details in connect 4G you will find firmware update on the right corner below menu bar (Please read manual before updating the firmware for your safety)
2. If you are having problem with blue or green signal then login to your router by typing 192.168.2.1 in explorer address bar click the submit button (no password is by default) then click on LTE/UMTS in the bottom you can find Band and four radio button select on 4G only then apply changes.
3. If you are having problem with signal then try to keep router near the window.
Hi edwimp,I totally agree with you. We should be talking more in gb and tb rather than anything else.A friend of I who I met last week is using Mobily fiber optics. Its called E-life. It is just fantasticIt costs 299 sar per month but it is really worth it.On Speedtest.net, it was showing 38 mbps in download and 5.5 in upload.I tried to download a demo of PES 2013 from a direct link on a website (not torrent etc..) and this 1go file download was going to be downloaded in 13 mins!!The download's window showed 1.2 Mo per second.I didn't let the download finish but Im pretty sure that it could get on the time displayed.Maybe you should think about it. Normally, this is made for companies but he took for his own usage.I currently have STC DSL that is 4mbps and me 3.5 on speedtest. I can often watch Youtube in HD but I prefer to download them to avoid any loss of data in the buffering that makes it redownloading from you're your current visualization point. I may soon get the STC 20 Mbps plan. My ping is 75 wich is average in Saudi Arabia. My friend with his E-Life has 45. The good thing with a wired connection is that your ping remains stable whereas with 3g, 4g etc its just a mess.I also watch and download HD Videos for DVDs and youtube.360p on Youtube was OK 5 years ago but now I just cant bear it specially when I watch gameplays from well-known youtube etc
Im looking for a the best ping possible as I often play on the Xbox Live. In the Fps like BO2, you miss one frame, you then miss one shot on this same time
Well I guess this is becoming too complicated for many people lol. I know that for many a 3g connection is fine. My father, for ex, just use internet to read newspapers and read emails. But yeah.. this kind of usage has nothing to do with mine.We should definitely avoid those wireless connections whatever their providers are