Afrihost MTN Fixed LTE-A Thread

[xera]

I got this last night. Proof I can get 100Mbps.

So why am I not getting 100Mbps?

Clearly some network change being rolled out, that removed my 50Mbps throttle limit.

 

[Xfactor1-ZA]

This service has just degraded and degraded over the months. where i used to get great speeds now all i get is random network disconnects, slow speeds and terrible latency.

 

[William1102]

This service has just degraded and degraded over the months. where i used to get great speeds now all i get is random network disconnects, slow speeds and terrible latency.

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It is why I switched, MTN is throttling and causing issues, I have had so much of packet loss and slow speeds with massive ping spikes to 1000ms,

It will unfortunately always creep up rather sign up for something else

 

[Hummercellc]

MTN have disabled carrier aggregation on all fixed LTE and 5G products across the whole network.

Plus they have a secondary throttling protocol on top on the ISP thresholds.

Fixed Wireless on MTN is essentially dead.

Using normal mobile data in a router, full carrier aggregation works and no throttling.

It's a sad state of affairs.

 

[HerZeLeiD]

MTN have disabled carrier aggregation on all fixed LTE and 5G products across the whole network.

I was sure of this too, because my TPlink MR600 stopped aggregating completely for an entire year. I got a ZTE G5TS (No 5G coverage at all it turns out) and moved it to a different spot in the house and I've been connected to both bands 41 and 3 for 8 days straight now. It would sometimes require several reboots to aggregate because it likes to be stuck on only Band 3 or Band 1. Forcing bands seems to not help either. No idea why aggregating is such a struggle on fixed MTN. I've since cancelled anyway because being limited to 20mbit after hitting 250GB on a 100mbit service at over R600 is laughable.