Cell C Speed Test Results

[ginggs]

Huawei E3276 / TP-Link MR-3420 / ROOter Huntsman 2013-06-18
Camps Bay, Cape Town (Cell-C LTE)

Download 19.51Mbps
Upload 3.38Mbps
Ping 81ms

 

[Hal]

Here in Lyndhurst, Johannesburg connection remains un stable and this is all I get:


Your Latest Results

Test conducted on 01 July 2013 10:17:21 PM

Download Speed: 1778 kbps (222.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 31 kbps (3.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 263 ms

Up load speed both local and internation is about the same as is the ping/latency number. Guess this is cell c problem rather than mweb who apparently do the international link.

Starting to think base level DSL not so bad.

 

[elriconess]

Why is national faster then international.

International:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2813014802

Local:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2813013056

 

[Legosa]

You mean International faster than National

Luck of the draw, guess if you did the test again it would be the other way around.

 

[Praeses]

Why is national faster then international.

Local:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2813014802

International:

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/2813013056

Because international has to go through very long submarine cables and various hops to a server in Norwich?

 

[elriconess]

You mean International faster than National

Luck of the draw, guess if you did the test again it would be the other way around.

Thanks Language Ninja! My home languages are Afrikaans and Dutch.

 

[elriconess]

Because international has to go through very long submarine cables and various hops to a server in Norwich?

That doesn't make sense, on Vodacom International data transfers faster than local data. That's a conundrum.

 

[elriconess]

Exempli gratia: Vodacom

Local

Download Speed: 10094 kbps (1261.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2199 kbps (274.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 82 ms

International

Download Speed: 13451 kbps (1681.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2099 kbps (262.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 215 ms

 

[Praeses]

That doesn't make sense, on Vodacom International data transfers faster than local data. That's a conundrum.

The links you posted showed faster local (8.8Mbps) than international (3.36Mbps). Your new speedtest results show the opposite though.

And why post Vodacom speed tests in the Cell C thread?

 

[elriconess]

The links you posted showed faster local (8.8Mbps) than international (3.36Mbps). Your new speedtest results show the opposite though.

And why post Vodacom speed tests in the Cell C thread?

It was an example only. To showcase the difference between the two networks.

 

[ginggs]

Cell-C LTE, Huawei E3276, Umhlanga

Download: 28.53Mbps
Upload: 15.34Mbps
Ping: 37ms

 

[Lord Anubis]

Im in shock. My Internet was dead for two months:wtf: but im not complaining, lets see how long this lasts

 

[ginggs]

Cell-C LTE, Huawei E3276, Cape Town International Airport

Download: 27.43Mbps
Upload: 11.30Mbps
Ping: 48ms

 

[cenredash]

Cell-C LTE, Huawei E3276, Cape Town International Airport

Download: 27.43Mbps
Upload: 11.30Mbps
Ping: 48ms

How come at Cape Town International Airport. According to their website their LTE coverage doesn't include the Airport. Am I missing something in their coverage area?

 

[ginggs]

How come at Cape Town International Airport. According to their website their LTE coverage doesn't include the Airport. Am I missing something in their coverage area?

They've expanded their LTE coverage in Cape Town since they published those maps in December.
I can get LTE in Rondebosch and Clarement as well.

 

[cenredash]

Very interesting .. I wonder if it really is worth me getting that launch promo, I'm in kenilworth. I just got a Giga200 on the weekend from Cavendish... any idea if its generally available yet?

 

[elriconess]

It's getting better:

 

[elriconess]

another:

 

[whatwhat]

Durban, La Lucia.

1296ms, 6.8kb/s download, 7.2kb/s upload on an iPhone 5.

 

[Steinie]