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Device: Huawei B593s-601 LTE modem/router
Antennas: Internal only (both ports)
Network Operator: MTN-SA (PLMN = 65510)
Service Provider: MTN-SP
Area: Faerie Glen, Pretoria East (about 4km east of Menlyn Park shopping mall)
Received signal: RSSI=-75dBm, RSRP=-99dBm, RSRQ=-6dBm
Date of test: Monday 14 July 2014 @ 21:20
Result: See below
Comment: Very stable downlink, no wild speed fluctuations as with Telkom Mobile

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That's a very weird result for MTN LTE because the implied of FDD upload speeds. Almost seems like 3G? The upload speed should be around 20Mbps. (I know that uploads don't feature in this thread).

My own result from earlier:

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In all my MTN LTE testing, I've found the almost symmetric uploads speeds to be true. If however you only have 1 bar signal, then I suppose it is possible. (-99dBm is very high, so I guess that does explain things)

So you say TM LTE is much worse? In another thread I posted how I have TM and MTN LTE running side by side...TM 5 bars and MTN 3 bars...same tower. I'm always intrigued by these LTE consistencies. Another oddity is that some guys have quite average signal but the highest speeds on the leaderboards.
 
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Azimuth said:
That's a very weird result for MTN LTE because of the implied FDD upload speeds. Almost seems like 3G? The upload speed should be around 20Mbps. (I know that uploads don't feature in this thread).

My own result from earlier:

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In all my MTN LTE testing, I've found the almost symmetric uploads speeds to be true. If however you only have 1 bar signal, then I suppose it is possible. (-99dBm is very high, so I guess that does explain things)

So you say TM LTE is much worse? In another thread I posted how I have TM and MTN LTE running side by side...TM 5 bars and MTN 3 bars...same tower. I'm always intrigued by these LTE consistencies. Another oddity is that some guys have quite average signal but the highest speeds on the leaderboards.
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Mmm, I know; based on other results I was expecting a faster uplink. But there's no mistake there - all I can say is that the uplink speed varies quite a bit on MTN, with a low of about 2Mbps and a high of about 6Mbps between tests. By contrast, the downlink speed is generally quite steady on MTN.

My comment about stability relates more to how the downlink speed varies during the course of one test : with MTN it's quite stable, whereas with TM it varies a lot and occasionally even slows to a dead crawl in the last few seconds, which of course pulls the overall downlink result down. Weird.

RSSI/RSRP=-75/-99dBm is a steady 3 bars on my B593. With Telkom Mobile (presumably on the same tower), I get a little bit more - often a steady 4 bars and up to about RSSI=-67dBm. This is all with internal antennas only.

The other variable here is the actual back-end ISP, which could also be the constraint. All of my MTN tests were done with MTN as the back-end ISP as well. Was your result of last night done with Afrihost as the back-end ISP ?

Interesting how my downlink speed is fractionally higher than yours (27.86 vs 24.64 Mbps) and yet your much higher uplink speed bumps your connection grade up to an A+. Hmmph :sick: lol
 
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My comment about stability relates more to how the downlink speed varies during the course of one test : with MTN it's quite stable, whereas with TM it varies a lot and occasionally even slows to a dead crawl in the last few seconds, which of course pulls the overall downlink result down. Weird.
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Okay, I get you on the stability. I used to have that with TM LTE when, I presume, the LTE segment was still very new (October 2013). Over time the speed test stability smoothed out and became quite flat.

With my new Afrihost Mobile connection, stability is choppy as the high seas - and that's MTN. Again I'm intrigued by these inconsistencies. Obviously tower specific but even towers don't remain constant.

The other variable here is the actual back-end ISP, which could also be the constraint. All of my MTN tests were done with MTN as the back-end ISP as well. Was your result of last night done with Afrihost as the back-end ISP ?
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Yeah, perhaps the backhaul is the last piece to be upgraded. I would be surprised at that, though. The rate that the cable projects have been going for years and years...

Interesting how my downlink speed is fractionally higher than yours (27.86 vs 24.64 Mbps) and yet your much higher uplink speed bumps your connection grade up to an A+. Hmmph :sick: lol
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I noticed that, yes. There must be some funky equation for connection grading. "Faster than xx%" seems to be the addition of download and upload, amongst other things.
 
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