Afrihost MTN Fixed LTE-A Thread

xera said:
March I was getting 50Mbps
April I was getting 50Mbps
May I was getting 50Mbps

Any time of the day.

Now June, I get half that.

March: https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/10787247460
April: https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/10791826929
May: https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/10879228192
www.speedtest.net

Speedtest by Ookla - The Global Broadband Speed Test

Use Speedtest on all your devices with our free desktop and mobile apps.
www.speedtest.net www.speedtest.net

But don't bother posting Speedtest results - Afrigirl can't see them because the Afrihost office blocks Speedtest.net
Click to expand...
It is working now, and you are welcome to send screenshots; it doesn't have to be the results link.
 

Attachments

  • Screenshot_20250618_163721_Speedtest.jpg
    Screenshot_20250618_163721_Speedtest.jpg
    89.1 KB · Views: 11
Now it is slow again:

17872731807.png


This morning, and late last night, it was "normal"

10947230533.png
 
xera said:
Now it is slow again:

17872731807.png


This morning, and late last night, it was "normal"

10947230533.png
Click to expand...

Hello

MTN was busy with software upgrades as per their vendors recommendation however, these are being rolled back due to intermittent services and slow speeds.

MTN has just informed us of the emergency roll back happening tonight at 11pm to 6am.

Once the software has been rolled back we hope things will improve stability wise.
 
AfriNatic said:
Hello

MTN was busy with software upgrades as per their vendors recommendation however, these are being rolled back due to intermittent services and slow speeds.

MTN has just informed us of the emergency roll back happening tonight at 11pm to 6am.

Once the software has been rolled back we hope things will improve stability wise.
Click to expand...

Thanks for the heads-up.
 
Hi.

There was maintenance last night.

South Africa, Medium Impact • MTN | Emergency Maintenance
22:15 • 19 Jun 2025
MTN will be performing emergency maintenance at 11pm on 19th June 2025 to address an issue with intermittent connections. During this maintenance period, affected clients may experience service interruptions for up to an hour. We apologise for the inconvenience caused.
 
Voldemort said:
Have you maybe reached your cap?
Click to expand...

No.

With how slow it's been, it's also highly unlikely.

50Mbps Uncapped Pure LTE (MTN) - Subject to a monthly threshold of 150GB. Once you’ve reached your monthly data limit, your connection speed will be limited to 4Mbps for the remainder of the month.

I have used just over half of that.

And AfriGirl has been checking.
 
Forcing band 1 (so 1+1 aggregation) gives me 80Mbit avg during the day and a solid 100mbit (my limit) later in the evenings. Leaving my router to do it's own thing usually gets less than half that speed. Mine likes 41+3 for some reason which gives mediocre results.

But it wasn't always like this. When I got Fixed MTN LTE at the end of November 2024 it kept aggregating on band 1 and 3 and it gave massive packetloss in the afternoon to the point where you couldn't stream a 720p video without buffering pauses. I then had to force band 41 which was stable and okayish speed. Now band 41 is just usable and band 1 no longer gives packetloss.

I guess what I'm trying to say is for me personally 4G has never been "switch on and forget". You may have to fiddle with the band combinations from time to time.
 
Seems to be fixed since yesterday afternoon.

Getting more or less 50Mbps again!

Not sure what was fixed during the MTN emergency maintenance, but that may have resolved it..
Anyway shot for sorting it out.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter