Cell C Speed Test Results

[Base122]

Oi!
You're not allowed to superglue your (LTE) modem to the base station antenna and then conduct speed tests! :erm:

 

[Pavan]

LTE eat my shorts

 

[OMB]

LTE eat my shorts

:wtf:

 

[Porsche Driver]

LTE eat my shorts

I take my hat off to you ! ! !

 

[Madhawk]

LTE eat my shorts

Yeah, right... try again later and see what you get.

 

[Pavan]

Yeah, right... try again later and see what you get.

 

[Tun@]

So whats the story behind it & when might we see this "on the street"

 

[OMB]

So whats the story behind it & when might we see this "on the street"

+1 this is clearly not a standard connection

 

[Tun@]

Guessing its got something to do with this.........an update would be interesting

Speeds in excess of 100Mbps are seen in testing using Samsung LTE dongles.

http://mybroadband.co.za/news/broadband/18963-cell-c-42mbps-hspa-arrives-in-april-2011.html

Wheres the PE peps.......whats cooking with the 42Mbps? - happening or not?

 

[The_Unbeliever]

But is the speed sustainable?

Load your torrent manager with a few torrentz, fire her up and see if the connection speed is sustainable...

 

[chrisc]

Gets better and better. Now there is time to make a cup of tea whilst the mail downloads

 

[system32]

Very happy with Cell-C

Here are 2 tests

15.55Mbps DL, 2.72Mbps UP, 70ms ping (Cell-C Server)



13.38Mbps DL, 2.78Mbps UP, 33ms ping (Cell-C Server)
The 2nd test is more typical of what I get (over the last 3 months)

File downloads from sf.net (via tenet) usually 1.5MBytes/s (4 streams)
Torrent 0.7Mbytes/s - 1MBytes/s

K4605 (E372), TL-WR1043ND, OpenWrt, LPDA11A, -63dBm
AFAIK, Connected to Site 1139 (Comaro Crossing - JHB South), About 910m away.

Been working well since July 2011, except when the base station got taken out by lightning - was down for 2 days!

 

[system32]

With speedtest.net, I often don't see the Cell-C speetest server.
Q. Is there a way to select/show Cell-C test server?

Answer::

Create a speedtest.net account - this recommended to keep history of your tests.
Go to Settings
Select Preferred Server
Select Johannesburg Cell-C​

You can also refine you settings like TZ, Location, Date Format, etc

 

[Porsche Driver]

 

[chrisc]

Is it possible for the speed of a 3G modem to be worse when connected via a 3G router? I'm using a TP-Link 3220 and it detects the modem after 2 mins and connects. If I do a speed test, I can get (say) ping 155ms, download 0.90mb and upload 0.1mb. If unplug the modem and put it straight into a USB socket, it then shows ping 95ms, download 2.2mb and upload 0.8mb.

I have repeated this test 10 times and each time the result via the router is at least 40% slower than a direct connect.

Any suggestions guru's? Thanks

 

[ajax]

Is it possible for the speed of a 3G modem to be worse when connected via a 3G router?

There will be the following uncertainties:
1) whether the modem connects to the same tower while plugged into the router
2) whether it receives the same signal strength or SNR while plugged into the router
3) Wireless interference could slow the connection down.

To reduce uncertainty for (1) and (2), stick the modem in e.g. a window or some fixed location and connect to the pc/router via a short USB cable. Careful with long ones! If you're lucky, maybe the manufacturer could provide help with mapping the % on the router to dBm.
For (3), rather connect to the pc via the ethernet connection.

 

[chrisc]

There will be the following uncertainties:
1) whether the modem connects to the same tower while plugged into the router
2) whether it receives the same signal strength or SNR while plugged into the router
3) Wireless interference could slow the connection down.

To reduce uncertainty for (1) and (2), stick the modem in e.g. a window or some fixed location and connect to the pc/router via a short USB cable. Careful with long ones! If you're lucky, maybe the manufacturer could provide help with mapping the % on the router to dBm.
For (3), rather connect to the pc via the ethernet connection.

I cannot get tower info when the modem is plugged into the router, but the aerial is aimed at what I have been told is a powerful transmitter
The speed results with wireless on and off are:

On - ping 133ms, d/l 1.54, u/l 0.14
Off - ping 149ms, d/l 2.32, u/l 0.23

I also tried moving the 3G modem away from the router using a high quality (so said the label on the wrapper) 2 metre USB extension cable. This made no difference.

I contacted TP-Link's help site and got a fairly encouraging reply from the Chinese lady there. I sent all the info to them and await their reply.

It is necessary to keep wireless switched on, or the iPads here won't work, but my main PC is connected via a LAN cable

 

[system32]

Impressive.

Can you post details of your equipment, location, connection, etc.

 

[Porsche Driver]

Impressive.

Can you post details of your equipment, location, connection, etc.

LOCATION: Jhb
CONNECTION: Cell C HSPA+
EQUIPMENT: Huawei E367 modem

CAR: Porsche 911

 

[system32]

LOCATION: Jhb
CONNECTION: Cell C HSPA+
EQUIPMENT: Huawei E367 modem

CAR: Porsche 911

Thanks.

Very impressive both speed and car!

I'm using the Vodacom K4605 ([-]E367[/-] E372 with Vodacom firmware).
Is there any benefit in flashing the K4605 with non-branded software/firmware from http://www.dc-files.com/ ?
I'm currently getting 10-15Mbps - which judging by the other Cell-C results is still good,
Not as good as OMB, Porsche Driver, Pavan, Base122 and a few others.