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Will try again later.
Telkom running like a breeze now!
Through can't wait for my mtn cap on 14th, windows updates destroyed it! Mtn is by far best for my area.
Well I got my B618 router today and just set it up after 10pm tonight. Everything connected and working. Full 5 bars 4G+ connection. Speeds are up and down depending which speedtest you use but generally the upload is faster than the download and I have a ping of +300ms.
I have the B618s-22d router for a week now, and a similar experience. I am also from the Northern Suburbs, Cape Town. Only getting 1 bar, but registers as 4G. Download speed is 0.5mbps with a similar upload. The map coverage area said I was covered for LTE-A, never seen it register as 4G+. Even with the router in the roof, no difference. Seems like the APN "lte.broadband.is" could also be the problem here because my alternative Cell C SIM with the "internet" APN, I get much better speeds.
Does it register at 4g+? Might have put the sim in my b618 then.Well I got my B618 router today and just set it up after 10pm tonight. Everything connected and working. Full 5 bars 4G+ connection. Speeds are up and down depending which speedtest you use but generally the upload is faster than the download and I have a ping of +300ms.
Does it register at 4g+? Might have put the sim in my b618 then.
well it did for a brief minute. everytime I checked since then it's just 4G but full 5 bars.
Ping: 111ms
Download: 43.69Mbps
Upload: 18.29Mbps
That's the latest test this morning...


Yeah I have the same model router and now suddenly after 12am I'm getting this;
Ping: 55ms
Download: 40.87Mbps
Upload: 18.44Mbps
Also, I'm on the default internet APN. so who knows...maybe it's just network congestion?
I think we are talking about two different products. Now I'm also wondering if I'm in the right thread. Because there are two types of Fixed Cell C LTE products.
One product is sold from Cell C themselves (which I'm guessing use the internet APN). Another product is sold from Axxess, but the APN/upstream provider is Internet Solutions e.g. "lte.broadband.is" I can't use internet APN from Cell C with the same SIM from Axxess, because it is an Internet Solutions product.
How did you acquire yours?
Tracing route to www.google.co.za [216.58.223.35]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.8.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 56 ms 35 ms 47 ms 10.178.230.178
4 53 ms 49 ms 49 ms 10.220.232.193
5 57 ms 33 ms 32 ms 10.178.230.2
6 55 ms 31 ms 32 ms 10.178.231.9
7 59 ms 32 ms 34 ms 196.23.129.193
8 660 ms 613 ms 616 ms 197.98.173.1
9 598 ms 654 ms 640 ms 196.38.77.32
10 578 ms 620 ms 601 ms 168.209.0.72
11 554 ms 552 ms 629 ms 196.26.0.130
12 601 ms 605 ms 583 ms 72.14.205.16
13 684 ms 585 ms 661 ms 72.14.239.129
14 664 ms 675 ms 642 ms 216.58.223.35
Tracing route to google.co.za [216.58.223.35]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.10.2
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 63 ms 66 ms 50 ms 10.178.230.178
4 46 ms 44 ms 49 ms 10.220.232.193
5 49 ms 31 ms 47 ms 10.178.230.2
6 42 ms 38 ms 48 ms 10.178.231.9
7 41 ms 30 ms 36 ms 196.23.129.193
8 711 ms 519 ms 599 ms 197.98.173.1
9 672 ms 764 ms 747 ms 196.38.77.32
10 693 ms 658 ms 690 ms 168.209.0.34
11 782 ms 771 ms 771 ms 196.26.0.10
12 602 ms 639 ms 639 ms 72.14.214.90
13 617 ms 719 ms 639 ms 72.14.239.129
14 655 ms 679 ms 683 ms jnb01s08-in-f3.1e100.net [216.58.223.35]
Trace complete.
Tracing route to google.co.za [216.58.223.67]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.10.2
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 37 ms 43 ms 51 ms 10.178.230.178
4 46 ms 53 ms 55 ms 10.220.232.193
5 47 ms 39 ms 47 ms 10.178.230.2
6 48 ms 48 ms 49 ms 10.178.231.9
7 50 ms 32 ms 48 ms 196.23.129.193
8 568 ms 564 ms 702 ms 197.98.173.1
9 583 ms 639 ms 639 ms 196.38.77.32
10 489 ms 513 ms 639 ms 168.209.0.72
11 494 ms 499 ms 492 ms 196.26.0.130
12 486 ms 465 ms 414 ms 72.14.205.16
13 536 ms 485 ms 499 ms 66.249.94.87
14 506 ms 535 ms 548 ms 72.14.239.179
15 546 ms 573 ms 515 ms mba01s07-in-f3.1e100.net [216.58.223.67]
Trace complete.