LTE connection but i have LTE-A coverage

[Rolly69]

Hi everyone, so i recently got my Huawei B525s-65a LTE/LTE-A router with a telkom Data plan from Webafrica(TELKOM Package) which is month to month.
I asked Telkom will i be able to get LTE-A connection because i have coverage in my Area, and they said it will connect to LTE-A,even Webafrica sales reps told me it will connect to LTE-A.
Right now it connects to only LTE(4G) according to my router.


Is there anyway to connect to LTE-A? I am from Newcastle, KZN and pings too London is around 210-220.
With my Vodacom sim, (phone connected to computer) i get average ping to london of around 190-200, sometimes 184 on LTE.
I have full Signal and that's a + point for me, but i'm looking for LTE-A since i don't have Fibre yet.
Here is my Speedtest done

On The Network preferred Mode, There is only 1800mhz and 2300mhz band,2G, 3G, 4G. This speedtest was done on the 2300mhz Band.

RSRQ is -5dB
RSRP is -77dBm
RSSI is =-51dBm

Uplink Speed 56
Downlink Speed 294

Sorry i am pretty new to LTE and im looking for some advice in what i can change

 

[cavedog]

79Mbps is still pretty good. If you select 2300MHz it should connect to 4G+ if you have coverage. When the connection is idle it will likely only show 4G but once you do a speedtest it should show 4G+

That said you would need to use a Huawei band tool if you wish to change between 2300MHz 4G+ and 2100+1800MHz 4G+ Telkom runs 2 LTE-A networks currently. 2300MHz LTE-A will obviously be much faster due to it having more spectrum.

Also not sure if you are aware but you can switch apns between internet and unrestricted if you plan on playing games to move from a strict nat to Type 2 or Open.

 

[marioat1]

How long after applying was router delivered?

 

[The Door]

2300MHz LTE-A will obviously be much faster due to it having more spectrum.

Not necessarily. Where I am 2300 is way slower in the evening than 1800Mhz. I assume everyone uses it when they're home from work (residential area). During the day, 2300 is better mostly except for upload.

 

[Rolly69]

@cavedog so i can confirm, when doing a speedtest it does switch over to 4g+. Thanks for that.
Can you tell me a little more about the APN? I would love to learn more, as i'm a gamer how do i do this?

@marioat1 it was quick, 2days then i received my router, which remains webafrica's. This is Month to Month , so no doggy contracts. Which i like alot took about 54 hours to receive and activate my sim Really decent .

 

[cavedog]

Not necessarily. Where I am 2300 is way slower in the evening than 1800Mhz. I assume everyone uses it when they're home from work (residential area). During the day, 2300 is better mostly except for upload.

You are right I guess I should have been more specific. 2300MHz is technically faster due to it having more spectrum but the speed the end user get will depend on tower congestion.

 

[cavedog]

@cavedog so i can confirm, when doing a speedtest it does switch over to 4g+. Thanks for that.
Can you tell me a little more about the APN? I would love to learn more, as i'm a gamer how do i do this?

@marioat1 it was quick, 2days then i received my router, which remains webafrica's. This is Month to Month , so no doggy contracts. Which i like alot took about 54 hours to receive and activate my sim Really decent .

Just go to network settings profiles. The default one would probably be TelkomSa as profile name with internet set as the apn.

You can create a new profile and name it anything you like and type in the apn field unrestricted

That should open the nat.

 

[biometrics]

Just go to network settings profiles. The default one would probably be TelkomSa as profile name with internet set as the apn.

You can create a new profile and name it anything you like and type in the apn field unrestricted

That should open the nat.

Really? None of that application form red tape of Vodacom?

 

[cavedog]

Really? None of that application form red tape of Vodacom?

Nope all free on Telkom for prepaid and contract aswell as the resellers.

 

[Rolly69]

@cavedog So i tried it, gives me more ping with packet loss

 

[The Door]

Just go to network settings profiles. The default one would probably be TelkomSa as profile name with internet set as the apn.

You can create a new profile and name it anything you like and type in the apn field unrestricted

That should open the nat.

Yeah, I use this. Seriously easy to switch.

 

[Dan C]

@cavedog So i tried it, gives me more ping with packet loss

Unrestricted gives me 20 ms more in latency and lower DL speed.

 

[The Door]

Unrestricted gives me 20 ms more in latency and lower DL speed.

Interesting... I'll test that in a bit. What sites are you testing to? Local or international?

 

[Dan C]

Interesting... I'll test that in a bit. What sites are you testing to? Local or international?

MyBB speedtest. I'm using my tablet however. But it does connect to 4G+

 

[The Door]

MyBB speedtest. I'm using my tablet however. But it does connect to 4G+

Interesting - all results with ping 60 and higher are on the unrestricted APN, the rest are on the standard APN.
I learned something new.

 

[Rolly69]

Strange enough, i only get LTE-A when i download something, but when you play games it just uses LTE.

 

[biometrics]

Quick test:

frequency apn ping down up
1800 internet 72 5 12
1800 FWB 74 4 12
1800 TelkomInternet 74 4 11
1800 unrestricted 33 2 13
2300 internet 66 3 4
2300 FWB 69 4 4
2300 TelkomInternet 18 36 4
2300 unrestricted 17 34 5

vs Rain on the same mast: (no 2600 available)

frequency apn ping down up
1800 rain 17 6 17

 

[Dan C]

Interesting - all results with ping 60 and higher are on the unrestricted APN, the rest are on the standard APN.
I learned something new.

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WTF how can you travel so fast ? One minute you are less than 50 miles from Pretoria. Next minute over 600 miles

 

[daneza]

WTF how can you travel so fast ? One minute you are less than 50 miles from Pretoria. Next minute over 600 miles

He's got the Mo'distance teleportation add-on bundle. Available to cadres and the highly connected, invitation only.

Intriguing thread. Subbed. If you have full signal there's not much you can do about your ping. Telkom and Vodacom have different routing. These apn differences are interesting though.

 

[TheSuperSonic]

@Rolly69 what Signal interference noise ratio are you getting with your Fixed LTE!?