Fourways/Randburg area reception

[Martian]

Hi guys

Would persons living in these areas please be so kind as to post their speedtest results in this thread? Seems from the posts I've read that people in these areas are struggling with decent speeds.

I stay in Craigavon and even though I am covered by the coverage map, I rarely get download speeds in excess of 1.5mbps.

Also lodged a query with 8ta and received the following response:
"Kindly be advised that Networking has just confirmed that there is poor coverage in the area(-26.01233 27.990166). Planned site will improve coverage: GC_Fourways_Life_Hospital_COW. They could not commit as when exactly it will be on air."

To 8ta I ask, why is the area shown as covered when you guys know it is a poor coverage area?

 

[Martian]

I will definitely do that. To be honest I don't care what the reasons for the slow speeds are, a service was promised and now I am not receiving that service.

 

[terminator2]

I am in Ferndale, Randburg near Hill and Pine, I get around 2.5mbps-4mbps.

 

[Meteor]

I'm in bromhof, randburg. Barely get 1 mbps. Been like that for past month.

 

[terminator2]

 

[terminator2]

Just tried speedtest again and got 5mbps, guess it varies, some days I get terrible speed.

Lets say 95% of the time I get good speed, even in stormy weather its good.

 

[SmartKit]

At Fourways Mall I'm getting 12Mbps...

 

[Martian]

Geez you guys are lucky.

Phaktza any idea which tower you're running off?

 

[SmartKit]

Geez you guys are lucky.

Phaktza any idea which tower you're running off?

Unfortunately I'm not sure. Opensignal doesn't have the 8ta towers and I haven't physically seen it either. My signal isn't great, however, but the speed is a minimum of 7Mbps.

 

[XTRMNTR]

I am thinking of getting the 8ta 10 gig deal but am worried about the speed I will get in Kent Avenue which is in Ferndale, Randburg. Is there anyone around me who already has a 8ta connection and if so can you please tell me what is the average speed you get?

 

[Telkom]

I am thinking of getting the 8ta 10 gig deal but am worried about the speed I will get in Kent Avenue which is in Ferndale, Randburg. Is there anyone around me who already has a 8ta connection and if so can you please tell me what is the average speed you get?

Hi XTRMNTR!

You are welcome to try our prepaid service which will allow you to test the 8ta network. Once you have the 8ta service, you can test our network by manually choosing to connect to 8ta's network and you will be able to check the coverage and average speeds etc.

Regards,
Social Media Team

 

[SirMCDeats]

At Fourways Mall I'm getting 12Mbps...

I'm close to Bellairs Checkers, getting 0.31 Mb/s and ping is on average 250 - 500

 

[Skywalker786]

Using 8ta on my live in Lonehill

Download 4.13
Upload. 1.86

Strangely enough getting almost full 8ta signal, first time ever in a year.

 

[Telkom]

Using 8ta on my live in Lonehill

Download 4.13
Upload. 1.86

Strangely enough getting almost full 8ta signal, first time ever in a year.

Have fun!

Regards,
Social Media Team

 

[Jhercules]

So after a few good weeks, my connection is worse than ever. Yesterday and today I can only get EDGE, used to get excellent signal all the time. Can't even browse the web. What's happening?

 

[Choppie81]

Had the same problem from about two days ago. Had to get a an extension usb cable to get the modem closer to the window. Wasnt like that before. An still the signal is much weaker.

 

[Telkom]

Hi all!

If you need this reported - please use our template - we will gladly assist.

Regards,
Social Media Team

 

[Martian]

Been reported, didn't help. Too many users, too few towers.

 

[Jhercules]

How's your connections running guys? Signal is back to normal, but they are throttling the **** out of us or something. Only time it's usable is between 5pm and 8pm for me. Daytime is bad and using the nightowl is impossible, it disconnects constantly and once connected downloads don't go above 50kb/s... Sigh

 

[simonisjf]

Also slow after 7pm Fourways

How's your connections running guys? Signal is back to normal, but they are throttling the **** out of us or something. Only time it's usable is between 5pm and 8pm for me. Daytime is bad and using the nightowl is impossible, it disconnects constantly and once connected downloads don't go above 50kb/s... Sigh

Hey guys,

Yeah I also noticed horrible speeds after about 7pm. Im just behind the Leaping Frog shopping mall. Very good signal, close to 100% but speeds are horrible at some times during the evenings...