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And who has the best overall latencies? I know it depents on where you live and all of that stuff... Midrand maybe?
DragonLogos
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Well that should stir things up - Sainet looks the better deal because of the roll over - out of bundle has been a good money maker, looks like that door is closing
risingtide
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Telkom the cheapest throughout, and at double the speed of the competition? That will make the compulsive-obsessive Telkom hate mail posters choke.
supersunbird
Honorary Master
Well, it can only work one their own towers apparently (who knows how good their coverage is?).
they might be cheaper doesn't mean i'll take their option
Moederloos
Honorary Master
Well, when I can work out if the buggers (Telkom) cover me, I might get it.
But, true to form, finding that out from the Beast is near impossible.
But, true to form, finding that out from the Beast is near impossible.
Do a network search on your cellphone. See he you can get SA02
Moederloos
Honorary Master
I see a 655 02 (3G) ?
charlie_82
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Exactly. The last time I checked, there was only some very scattered coverage in Johannesburg and nowhere else.
charlie_82
Expert Member
http://www.telkom.co.za/products_services/w-cdma/do_move/coverage_map.html
Coverage seems to have gotten slightly better since I last checked, but still, only in the Gauteng region...
True, but they have bugger all coverage. I checked their coverage map, ordered it, and had no coverage. So I had to send it back. Their coverage map is not accurate.
friedpiggy
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Telkom also has no tower to tower hand off. This means its great as a mobile option if you not moving.
gmza
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In response to:
>>> And who has the best overall latencies? I know it depents on where you live and all of that stuff... Midrand maybe?
local:
61 packets transmitted, 61 received, 0% packet loss, time 60273ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 54.747/73.447/99.933/15.418 ms
i.e. average of 73ms to a local site with the worst packet in a 60-second period being only 100ms.
international:
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9034ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 350.443/356.492/378.259/7.494 ms
The above site uses a Huawei B970 which supports HSDPA and HSUPA. It connects at 7.2Mb/s download and 2.4Mb/s upload.
In response to:
>>> Telkom also has no tower to tower hand off. This means its great as a mobile option if you not moving.
Officially they say this, but I was on a VoIP over Telkom 3G call using a Nokia E-series and the call lasted during a drive from Sunninghill through to Morningside. This is a distance of about 8km and it seems pretty likely that the signal must have handed over between towers during the drive. I cannot be sure, but on balance of probability, I'd say that handover is happening, they're just saying otherwise so as not to appear to fall foul of their agreement with Vodafone. This restriction will fall away in a few weeks in any case once Vodacom is listed and the sale of Telkom's shareholding in it is completed.
>>> And who has the best overall latencies? I know it depents on where you live and all of that stuff... Midrand maybe?
local:
61 packets transmitted, 61 received, 0% packet loss, time 60273ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 54.747/73.447/99.933/15.418 ms
i.e. average of 73ms to a local site with the worst packet in a 60-second period being only 100ms.
international:
--- www.l.google.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 received, 0% packet loss, time 9034ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 350.443/356.492/378.259/7.494 ms
The above site uses a Huawei B970 which supports HSDPA and HSUPA. It connects at 7.2Mb/s download and 2.4Mb/s upload.
In response to:
>>> Telkom also has no tower to tower hand off. This means its great as a mobile option if you not moving.
Officially they say this, but I was on a VoIP over Telkom 3G call using a Nokia E-series and the call lasted during a drive from Sunninghill through to Morningside. This is a distance of about 8km and it seems pretty likely that the signal must have handed over between towers during the drive. I cannot be sure, but on balance of probability, I'd say that handover is happening, they're just saying otherwise so as not to appear to fall foul of their agreement with Vodafone. This restriction will fall away in a few weeks in any case once Vodacom is listed and the sale of Telkom's shareholding in it is completed.
gmza, was this tested on VC, MTN or Telkom?
InTheCube
Expert Member
Telkom 3G already has way better coverage in Gauteng than Neotel. Neotel are a disgrace.
EDIT: In fact, Telkom 3G has better coverage in Lenasia than even iBurst.
EDIT: And Telkoms 7.2mbps theoretical download speed is way better what anyone else can offer. iBurst offer 1mbps, Neotel offer 3.2mbps, ADSL offers 4mbps, and Vodacom/MTN offer 1.8/3.6mbps.
I'd say Telkom have so far done a good job with their 3G coverage, given the short space of time. I really hate Telkom, but I take my hat off to them this time. Well done.
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Rouxenator
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Latencies are for the birds - it is as overrated as CPU Ghz.
They can be giving it away for free, I still won't use it. I refuse to do business with rapists. Cause that is what they have been doing for SA ever since they started.
ToxicBunny
Oi! Leave me out of this...
cpu Ghz are overrated now?..... wow... you live in a strange and twisted world Rouxenator...
Latencies are more important for me than speed, when playing online games.