HSDPA - show of hands

[PJG777ZN]

I live in the same building as the Paradise Valley tower and this afternoon the speed is cronic was OK when I left Waterfall at lunch time What's Up or should I say DOWN !!!

 

[PJG777ZN]

I'm on the 5th floor 3 floors below the Paradise Valley Tower (same of 3 blocks ) and tonite the a telkom speed test done at 9.07 pm was d/load time 50.8 secs at speed 9.8 kbytes per sec Have never seen HSDPA LED come on but was ! well impresses with speed tests in last 2 weeks

 

[TheflyOfCapeTown]

Crappy hsdpa speeds

As per request,

George, South Western Cape (Mountain Goat)

Last Result:
Download Speed: 358 kbps (44.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 345 kbps (43.1 KB/sec transfer rate)


For hsdpa that sux .

Vodacom3g, i have sent you a message about this. Noone from local engineering has come back to me. This has been for over 2 weeks now
Please help /

 

[3GisDaMan]

Durbanville, later the same night...

Test Start Time : June 8, 2006, 12:09:27 am
Test End Time : June 8, 2006, 12:10:14 am
Download Time : 47.36 seconds
Size of file : 5238323 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed : 864.12 (Kilobits/sec)
Estimated line speed : 108.01 (KiloBytes/sec)

 

[3GisDaMan]

By the way, do we pay for these speed tests?

 

[Tallies]

Good Morning Pretoria

Morning speed in Waterkloof Ridge Pretoria:

06:20 AM

Download Speed: 844 kbps (105.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 344 kbps (43 KB/sec transfer rate)

Will be offline the rest of the day, will check again tonight!

 

[bruceahibbert]

Pretoria Sunnyside

DL: 840 kbps
UL: 346 kbps

07:06

 

[Swoosh]

Kyalami - 18:00

DL: 150 kbps
UL: 80 kbps

it use to be fast... whats up with that.....

 

[vodacom3g]

Kyalami - 18:00

DL: 150 kbps
UL: 80 kbps

it use to be fast... whats up with that.....

Was this last night 6pm?

Your area was upgraded (AFAIK) in the night, so maybe check again.

 

[fingers121]

It's still bad for me in the Cape, even after the software patch has been loaded (well at least it was supposed to have been)

Vodacom Speed Test:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 70 kbps (8.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 13 kbps (1.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Telkom Speed Test:
Download time: 87.484 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 46.6 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 5.7 (kiloBytes/second)

This is on HSDPA! Seems more like GPRS speeds to me - what's going on?

 

[WRX1KNP]

By the way, do we pay for these speed tests?

Oh yes, check your usage

That's why I am reluctant to run them continuosly.

- R

 

[fingers121]

Seems as if the problem in the Cape is now sorted:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 820 kbps (102.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 344 kbps (43 KB/sec transfer rate)

Last Result:
Download Speed: 971 kbps (121.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 343 kbps (42.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Last Result:
Download Speed: 1095 kbps (136.9KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 335 kbps (41.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

So things are certainly working much better now! Let's hope it's stays that way - please!

 

[internaut]

From Cape Town with HSDPA -

Sentech 512K test:
Speed Test
Your download speed is: 15.69 KBps, or 125.52 Kbps
The test took 34.099 seconds to complete

 

[vodacom3g]

Looks like some of the towers in Cape Town (and other areas) did not make the upgrade schedule last night. Hopefully they'll be done tonight, will confirm.

 

[fingers121]

Looks like some of the towers in Cape Town (and other areas) did not make the upgrade schedule last night. Hopefully they'll be done tonight, will confirm.

Looks as if Milnerton was one of them... I'll try again in the morning, in the meantime, I'll pull my hair out - that's if I can get a grip on it...

 

[rabbiddog]

Speeds are better than a few days ago (did all my updates and killed 80MB in no time at all)

Telkom
* Download time: 7.234 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 564 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 69.1 (kiloBytes/second)
TCP/IQ
Download speed 194.72 KBits/sec
24.34 KBytes/sec
Upload speed 760.63 KBits/sec
95.08 KBytes/sec

 

[Tallies]

Early Evening Pretoria

Well, so far so good....

17:50 Waterkloof Ridge

Download Speed: 691 kbps (86.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 117 kbps (14.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Not spectacular, but better than 3G!

 

[ArminM]

Well, so far so good....

17:50 Waterkloof Ridge

Download Speed: 691 kbps (86.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 117 kbps (14.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Not spectacular, but better than 3G!

Alberton@17:58
Download Speed: 1144 kbps (143 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 56 kbps (7 KB/sec transfer rate)

way betta than normal - just need to get your kind of up speeds too.

 

[WRX1KNP]

Scottsville, Pietermaritzburg.

2-3 Bar signal.

Gamco:

595 & 777 Kbps (Download tested twice)

(Edit) Vodacom Speed Test @ 18:07:

Download Speed: 606 kbps (75.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 341 kbps (42.6 KB/sec transfer rate)



This is what I always used to get, hope it lasts!

@V3G: Thnx for keeping us informed!

- R

 

[internaut]

If I can kick speeds of 200KB/s then I'll feel like a cock in a henhouse.