Intergrated SIM being throttled

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U_Guy

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Hi All
So many moons ago Telkom issued me with an Integrated SIM and 3g modem,
i have been using the sim card in an LTE router and getting amazing speeds (+-80mbps) until a month or 2 ago, where between the hours of 6pm and midnight the speeds have been throttled down to about 4 or 5mbps..

So a few things i have noted is that my neighbour who has the Telkom uncapped LTE deal and is pointed to the same tower as i am, does not get throttled during these times, so he gets great speeds, also his ip address starts with 41.*.*.* and my router ip address is 105.*.*.* and lastly if i use speedtest.net, my location is shown as Capetown and hence it uses a sever located in CPT to perform the speedtest...

Anyone else have this issue?
Any ideas on how i go about getting it rectified?

Thanks and Regards
U_Guy
 
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U_Guy said:
Hi All
So many moons ago Telkom issued me with an Integrated SIM and 3g modem,
i have been using the sim card in an LTE router and getting amazing speeds (+-80mbps) until a month or 2 ago, where between the hours of 6pm and midnight the speeds have been throttled down to about 4 or 5mbps..

So a few things i have noted is that my neighbour who has the Telkom uncapped LTE deal and is pointed to the same tower as i am, does not get throttled during these times, so he gets great speeds, also his ip address starts with 41.*.*.* and my router ip address is 105.*.*.* and lastly if i use speedtest.net, my location is shown as Capetown and hence it uses a sever located in CPT to perform the speedtest...

Anyone else have this issue?
Any ideas on how i go about getting it rectified?

Thanks and Regards
U_Guy
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How many Gigs do you use a month?
 
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Telkom Integrated SIM, where the sim card is paired to my adsl data...
 
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nope, based on the "cellid", we are connecting to the same tower
 
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ok i will give it a try, but remember its been happening for about the last 2 months or so, which means i have received many "new" ip's in that time, with the same result...
 
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yeah possibly...
so apart from those "peak" hours my speed is awesome, cant exactly complain to Telkom, as this is not an "official" lte service that im running...:)
 
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Remember those Uncapped LTE accounts are limited to 150 per base station and, in my thinking, given a better service level as they are marketed as a fix broadband solution vs a normal cellphone LTE connection. I'm not sure but the integrated wallet data service is meant to be a back up to ADSL, so I'd guess they probably lower your speed on the LTE to that of the account/line you have from them when they have demand on the tower/network...
 
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yeah that makes sense, i wonder if i log a call with Telkom, and ask them why they throttle my speed? cause the modem they provide is 21mbps capable, and maybe provide them with a screenshot of speedtest showing my location as CapeTown...
 
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Here's my uncapped vs
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Integrated
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Obviously its 3:30pm now
 
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For interest sake...can you try the speed test after 6 or 7 pm?
 
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For Internet sake can you please redo the speed test from the integrated sim after 7 or 8pm?
 
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