MTN Speed Test Results

What I would like to know is if you have a slow device which works at <1.8mbps and you compare it to a new one that can do >3.6mbps, then how do they rate when using just a 3g network?
 
Keeper said:
V3G, Sorry If I bashed at Vodacom cause my MTN SIM didn't wanna work with my Vodafone Modem in the start. I don't even care now that it works, cause MTN is useless!:D hahahahah!

:p VODACOM YOU RULE GUYS, NICE WORK, KEEP IT UP! :p
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Most importantly you went for the E272 instead of the E220. I'm sitting at the airport in JHB at the moment and just got this on my E272:

Download Speed: 2928 kbps (366 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1099 kbps (137.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
 
vodacom3g said:
Most importantly you went for the E272 instead of the E220. I'm sitting at the airport in JHB at the moment and just got this on my E272:

Download Speed: 2928 kbps (366 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1099 kbps (137.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
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How many months after the "launch"? :rolleyes:
 
vodacom3g said:
Most importantly you went for the E272 instead of the E220. I'm sitting at the airport in JHB at the moment and just got this on my E272:

Download Speed: 2928 kbps (366 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1099 kbps (137.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
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Please post the official speedtest<dot>net results for us to check. Is this for MTN?
 
Hi all
would like to post my speed test but can't - my HSDPA card connects (reportedly at 3.6) but web pages won't load. Not sure if MTN has a problem at the moment or if something has happened at my end.
 
morkhans said:
How many months after the "launch"? :rolleyes:
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:confused:

Although the download speed is quite tasty, I was more excited about the upload.....

Oh...got it. Sorry, this is not on MTN, I did these tests with my VC sim. I was replying to Keepers post. My bad.

My reply was more about the fact that the 272 is the new 220.
 
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For the last 4 days i got no 3G and edge is even worse.Its unstable.I am in durban,phoenix.Mtn been terrible lately.I cant upload because of mtn.Anyone know whats going on? The network been bad lately.I get around 6.3 kbps on edge lately.
 
I'm using N95

I'm in Jhb
I get Down: 1396kbps:174KB/s
Up: 331kbps:41.3KB/s
Ping: 417 ms

 
Speedtest JHB JHB West 9 KM from MTN HQ

Test 1
Upload 1821
Download 348

Test 2
Upload 2138
Download 346


Test 3
Upload 1923
Download 347

Time 5:18 am
Device E220
Firmware upgrade from mtn.co.za the support link :p:p:p:p:p:p:p:p
 
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I was recently shocked and surprised when I had to switch to my phone's sim to make a data call. I got great results. Something like 1.3Mbps down and 260kbs up.

...And this from MTN?! Never thought they would have caught up so quickly. Well, thanks to Vodacom who is driving the market forward with excellence.

The customer wins, because I automatically have a fully redundant internet solution at home. Now I just need to work out how am I going to pay for it all?
 
Location: Helderberg Village, Somerset West
Server: speedtest.net / Johannesburg
Download: 1350kbps
Upload: 336kbps
Ping: 304ms
Device: Huawei E620

Notes:
This was after installing a Poynting LPDA antenna, signal strength went from between -107 and -101dBm to a steady -83dBm, occasionally -81dBm.
It appears that it's no longer just the Harrington Street tower that has had the 64kbps upload restriction lifted.
Using the speedtest.net Cape Town server resulted in a ping of around 170ms, perhaps traffic no longer needs to go to Johannesburg and back.
 
Hey ginggs, looks like MTN are finally doing away with their stupid upload cap...

Location: Century City
speedtest.net / CPT
down: 949 kbps
up: 345 kbps
ping: 173 ms
E630

http://www.speedtest.net/result/285218009.png

Tower details:
Received 2008/06/17 21:44:30
Serial Number: 2416, Message Identifier: 250, Data Coding Scheme: 1, Page 1 of 1
MONTAGUE GARDENS
 
morkhans said:
Hey ginggs, looks like MTN are finally doing away with their stupid upload cap...
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Did you see Ecape's post a few back?

Looks like they've silenty enabled HSUPA too. He uploaded faster than you downloaded!
 
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