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MTN HSDPA - my first test!
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The_Unbeliever
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/me made a comment as well... 
Fantastic1
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I made comment as well
Pitbull
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rpm said:
I've just done a HSDPA test in a secluded building with very low signal and a not to bad Latency of between 300 - 400 localy.
Downloaded 2.86MB
in less than 2 sec...... This is awesome...
I'm going to download something huge now.....LMAO....
Piesang
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Pitbull said:
If you download 2.86MB in 2 seconds it means that you have a 11mbit/s connection. HSDPA is 1.8mbit/s. And the chance that you will get that 1.8mbit/s is not good.
So I think you made a mistake somwhere or you donwnloaded over a wireless LAN.
Pitbull
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Fairlands Johannesburgkaeiou said:
This thing is great.
Piesang u need to do your calc again.... Download on HSDPA is 1.8MB/s
not Mb/s....
Piesang
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Pitbull said:
Click on the link. It shows 1.8Megabits
Pitbull
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Piesang said:Click on the link. It shows 1.8Megabits
Hi Piesang
Sorry m8 but i'm trying to run a speed test now but it gives me mixed results.
Will post them on here as soon as i get a repeated test with more or less the same result. I got a Upload speed of 4 MB which is deff not correct.
Will keep u guys posted.
Piesang
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Pitbull said:
What program are you using to test the speeds?
Pitbull
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Piesang said:
I'm running it on a broad spectrum of Site's from the internet... One is from Mcafee
Do now of one that is reliable ?
Piesang
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Pitbull said:
Try Netmeter.
I'm not sure of the url but it's a free program.
Pitbull
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Piesang said:
I'll try quick....ty
Pitbull
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Hi Guys.
I'm starting to doubt myself now....
Piesang i'm running this little Net meter thing it runs like a graph
i have a max now after going thru some pages of
MAX: 1638.4 KB/s
After what u posted about it running at 1.8Mb/s it must be true but according to this i'm getting 1.6MB/s
Might be a glitch.....
I honestly don't think this is correct or i'm running some very weird connection here....LMAO....
Will keep u posted.
I'm starting to doubt myself now....
Piesang i'm running this little Net meter thing it runs like a graph
i have a max now after going thru some pages of
MAX: 1638.4 KB/s
After what u posted about it running at 1.8Mb/s it must be true but according to this i'm getting 1.6MB/s
Might be a glitch.....
I honestly don't think this is correct or i'm running some very weird connection here....LMAO....
Will keep u posted.
Piesang
Executive Member
Pitbull said:
If it is true and you get about 1.6MB/s then it's cool. Must be a very big glitch then. Only problem is, how much are you going to pay at the end of the month for that amount of data??
Mr Anderson
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We've tested it here in the office where we have full HSDPA coverage and to be honest it's still not good for gaming and I honestly hope they don't try and market this product to gamers. For browsing and normal downloading it's VERY nice but the fact of the matter is, it's still packet switched and will never work with online games like BF2 and CoD2.
I do however find that online RPG games like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft have NO problem with GPRS connections and high latencies. The same cannot be said for games running on SGS' servers as any connection with a latency higher than 100ms will get you kicked instantly...and with a full HSDPA connection you still only manage 300ms - 500ms.
So for browsing and downloading HSDPA is awesome; For gaming, not so much.
I do however find that online RPG games like Guild Wars and World of Warcraft have NO problem with GPRS connections and high latencies. The same cannot be said for games running on SGS' servers as any connection with a latency higher than 100ms will get you kicked instantly...and with a full HSDPA connection you still only manage 300ms - 500ms.
So for browsing and downloading HSDPA is awesome; For gaming, not so much.
Pitbull said:
Nee my pel... HSDPA in 1.8 mega BITS per second. On a good day you will get around 200 kilo BYTES per second...
Incidentally the norm for quoting connectivity speed is in bits per second. I get confused myself sometimes...
Voldemort
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Hannes said:
hmm.......me wonders if we are quoting farmland again
