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saartjie1313

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So, I live on a farm and currently have a service provider with wifi. I am getting 6-8 Mbps for unlimited internet. After sum digging, I realise cell C lte coverage is fairly good inside my house. Getting on my mobile device about 20-35Mbps download speed but upload is only 1Mbps.

Had a look at cell c options, but it seems you can either get a router from them at a cost or get your own and use their sim?

Is there anyone out there using Cell C? What is the best option to get at least 30Mbps? Is there any way to verify it up front?
 
If your phone can achieve that indoors, any CAT 6 or CAT 7 (or even CAT 11) router can achieve similar or better speeds.

Simply find a router of that caliber that is not network-locked.

By the way, if you connect such a router to an outdoor antenna, you could achieve even better speeds.
 
Am using a Huawei B315 router
Indoors see 23 mbps down and 18 mbps up
You can get used versions
An outdoor antenna will make it more reliable, and essential if you have a steel roof

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DapperDanMan said:
If your phone can achieve that indoors, any CAT 6 or CAT 7 (or even CAT 11) router can achieve similar or better speeds.

Simply find a router of that caliber that is not network-locked.

By the way, if you connect such a router to an outdoor antenna, you could achieve even better speeds.
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Download speeds seem fine, but upload is not good. Would this improve the upload speed tremendously? Or am I chasing the wind?
 
saartjie1313 said:
Download speeds seem fine, but upload is not good. Would this improve the upload speed tremendously? Or am I chasing the wind?
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Yes, because of larger/stronger radios inside the router, and higher amounts of power being supplied to it and by it.

chrisc said:
Am using a Huawei B315 router
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Those are great because they are almost always not network-locked.

However, they are classified as CAT 4 routers only, so they cannot increase speeds by means of carrier aggregation tech.

But if you do get one, make sure it comes with two of those antennas, as can be seen in the pic.
 
chrisc said:
Does it matter much?
Upload is usually slower than download
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I am speaking under correction. But streaming live tv does that not need a good upload speed? I have a mibox, and i only do streaming. Recently, I got into live channels but do struggle with my current wifi configuration.
 
BCR said:
Having a good upload speed I'm sure won't hurt but can't advise exactly what it should be because the articles I've read seem to concentrate only on download speeds .... or, maybe the speed requirements they quote for SD, HD, 4K are symmetrical ?

I'd like to know if you've tested Telkom LTE where you are + if it works, as there's more chance of it surviving compared to Cell C (who are using MTN for prepaid & Vodacom for contracts last I read).

I definitely wouldn't sign up for a Cell C contract, especially now that they're hanging on by a thread.

With Telkom LTE you won't get uncapped, but with the one package it'll probably feel close to it - 2TB per month & unused data rolls over to the next month.

It's too pricey for my liking, but depending on what you currently pay to your WISP it might be within reason & a consideration.

You can get it from Axxess, Afrihost, Web Africa, MWEB.
I think Web Africa’s cheapest at R699 (saw that recently) but read their T's and C's carefully, especially to do with cancellation fees ?
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When it comes to cell phone providers, I had all except telkom. Tested a co-worker who also stay on the farm only a km or so more towards the road mtn router. And it wasn't working in my house.

According to telkom coverage in my area, i have nothing here. Also, according to speedtest app, no coverage from telkom. A pay R950 for 6-8Mbps unlimited wifi. I might as well go for satelite that would give me 10Mbps speed for the same price. It's ridiculously expensive just to get some decent Internet speeds here.

Cell c is the only lte connection i can get here and cell phone reception that actually works in my house. I am aware of their "migration," but whats a person to do when you are desperate for decent internet?
 
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