HSDPA: Vodacom versus MTN

[rpm]

HSDPA: Vodacom versus MTN

 

[ocean-addict]

do they really mean bits throughout this article? or did they mean bytes?

 

[Pitbull]

do they really mean bits throughout this article? or did they mean bytes?

Internet speed is measured in bits

 

[sox63]

HSDPA: Vodacom versus MTN

Are the times the tests were conducted available? And also location?

 

[rpm]

Are the times the tests were conducted available? And also location?

They were conducted during various times - early morning, late morning, afternoon, evening - and at various locations.

 

[Neo]

MTN did not achieve the same peak speeds as Vodacom even though the company announced the launch of their 3.6 Mbps service a few weeks ago. In recent testing it was not possible to exceed 1.8 Mbps with any download speed tests on the MTN network.

Still no sign of the advertised 3.6Mb/s and absolutely no sign of the advertised 7.2Mb/s.

If multiple MTN users reported >2Mb/s around the country, one could assume there are 3.6 towers but congested by backhaul. But this is not the case, it seems that everyone is still getting <1.8Mb/s which seems to indicate the most, if not all towers are still on 1.8.

Surely,at this point someone should take MTN to task for patently false advertising.

 

[Skeptik]

Surely,at this point someone should take MTN to task for patently false advertising.

Why don't you do it on behalf of MyADSL then

 

[Neo]

Why don't you do it on behalf of MyADSL then

I can, but did not really want to steal your thunder as the champion of all things fair and the local ASA scout.

 

[Skeptik]

I can, but did not really want to steal your thunder as the champion of all things fair and the local ASA scout.

No, really I insist. Try to do it under your real name though

 

[AirWolf]

I can concur with MTN international being very stable. Got consistently between 1000 and 1300 kbps for a 7Mb download a few minutes ago.