N95 HSDPA Speed on MTN

[gresham]

Hi there ,

i just wanted to know if i need to change any settings on the Nokia N95 to enable HSDPA using MTN.
I have checked my 3G and HSDPA coverage at street level on the mtn site(seems to have 100% coverage), however whenever i connect using the PC Suite all i get is a 3G transfer rate of abt 280 - 340Kbs. I'm sure theres a way to get the full speed of HSDPA so i was wondering if anyone knew how.

BTW im in Pinetown, Durban

Thanks

 

[Piesang]

Hi there ,

i just wanted to know if i need to change any settings on the Nokia N95 to enable HSDPA using MTN.
I have checked my 3G and HSDPA coverage at street level on the mtn site(seems to have 100% coverage), however whenever i connect using the PC Suite all i get is a weak 3G transfer rate of abt 280 - 340Kbs. I'm sure theres a way to get the full speed of HSDPA so i was wondering if anyone knew how.

BTW im in Pinetown, Durban

Thanks

Is your phone's "High speed packet access" enabled?

Go to Settings, Connection, Packet Data.

 

[gresham]

Is your phone's "High speed packet access" enabled?

Go to Settings, Connection, Packet Data.

yep , just checked , its enabled but still very slow speeds.
even did gamco speed test but still no luck.

 

[JK8]

Hi there ,

i just wanted to know if i need to change any settings on the Nokia N95 to enable HSDPA using MTN.
I have checked my 3G and HSDPA coverage at street level on the mtn site(seems to have 100% coverage), however whenever i connect using the PC Suite all i get is a weak 3G transfer rate of abt 280 - 340Kbs. I'm sure theres a way to get the full speed of HSDPA so i was wondering if anyone knew how.

BTW im in Pinetown, Durban

Thanks

I doubt youdd be getting 340kbs speeds on 3G, so I guess you are getting weak HSDPA speeds.

 

[gresham]

so is there any way to tell what im connecting to 3G or HSDPA?

 

[JK8]

so is there any way to tell what im connecting to 3G or HSDPA?

Should you get any speed higher than 384, then you connecting via HSDPA.

 

[Piesang]

I'll do a speedtest tonight.

 

[gresham]

@ Piesang
so how did the speed test go ?

 

[Mams]

Piesang: we await ur speedtest...

 

[Piesang]

Ok, sorry about this. Only got a chance to do it today.

The highest download speed I got in Parow was 1281kb/s (1.3mb/s).
The highest download speed I got in Brackenfell was 840kb/s.

There are times where I get between 300kb/s and 600kb/s.

I'm happy with the results. If I could get a constant 1.3mb/s I will definately get myself the MTN 2GB bundles.