Rain 5G users - Please do a MyBroadband speed test

[Azg]

5g test Thursday 23rd January

That is super fast! How stable/ consistent is that speed?

 

[McGuywer]

5g test Thursday 23rd January

Please post your signal stats?

 

[mrlgm007]

That is super fast! How stable/ consistent is that speed?

No issue bud few up and down with load sheeding but other than that its Perfect month 3 I am in.

@McGuywer

As per request.

4G aka upload is on the bad side of late -101 to -93
5G aka download -82 to -96

 

[McGuywer]

Thank you @mrlgm007

I think my stats are similar but only getting around 100mbps.
I am on the edge of the coverage though.

 

[mrlgm007]

Thank you @mrlgm007

I think my stats are similar but only getting around 100mbps.
I am on the edge of the coverage though.

Testing via Lan or wifi ?

I posted in another thread with the difference between 2.4G ,5g , and lan.

 

[McGuywer]

Testing via Lan or wifi ?

I posted in another thread with the difference between 2.4G ,5g , and lan.

Testing via LAN on a Gigabit network.
Will see if I rotate the CPE if it makes a difference.
I certainly think that I am on the edge of the coverage and that is the issue.

 

[Bresder]

Got my LAN cable today but it's still slow. Spoke with Rain today and engineering team is looking up on it?

I don't know what else to do now, yet.

 

[PAYBACK]

Its been a long three months but glad I stuck it out. Holding thumbs it stays like this. Even at half these speeds will be happy. Touched 500Mbps briefly even in overcast conditions with storm brewing.

For context I am on the ragged edge of @rain_mobile coverage which seems to have changed slightly from the last time I checked. Have put a lot of work into my setup which is finally paying off. Tower happens to be the same one I have been connecting to all this time. Can only think that they have been optimizing.





I have solid 5 bars on ODU

 

[Impala]

Some amazing speeds. I am also on the edge of the coverage but received only around 30mbps with the indoor unit. So I hope that the new towers going live soon might change that

 

[robpsilva]

If for whatever reason I'm in a non 5G network, does it connect to the 4G network and give me those speeds?

 

[cavedog]

If for whatever reason I'm in a non 5G network, does it connect to the 4G network and give me those speeds?

Rain 5G simcards only connect to LTE Band 3 with network id of 65573. The network ID 65573 only gets broadcasted from 5G towers. If you do not get 65573 then there will be no service. If you do catch 65573 4G then it will only Band 3 meaning if you get 10Mbps you will be lucky as that band is shared by 65573 Rain 5G users, Rain Mobile, Rain Fixed LTE, Vodacom roaming.

 

[torgo]

Was enjoying Rain 5G. No issues. In the past week or so, they have dropped their signal strength or something. Where I used to pickup good signal, it's now weak or non existent. The 5G continuosly connects and disconnects.

 

[mrlgm007]

First 5g issue for the year tower is haveing some issues , Alarm been going off on the tower since 20th as per call center and a ticket is open 5 working days later.....

Back to normal 500 mb best support I ever had only a few hours to fix

 

[Jimmy]

Its been a long three months but glad I stuck it out. Holding thumbs it stays like this. Even at half these speeds will be happy. Touched 500Mbps briefly even in overcast conditions with storm brewing.

For context I am on the ragged edge of @rain_mobile coverage which seems to have changed slightly from the last time I checked. Have put a lot of work into my setup which is finally paying off. Tower happens to be the same one I have been connecting to all this time. Can only think that they have been optimizing.

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Wait wasn't your connection stable at like 300mbps? Or were you having issues the whole time?

 

[PAYBACK]

Wait wasn't your connection stable at like 300mbps? Or were you having issues the whole time?

Around 250 for about 2 weeks then it really went to ****. Has been stable "fingers crossed" for 4 days now.

 

[cavedog]

Around 250 for about 2 weeks then it really went to ****. Has been stable "fingers crossed" for 4 days now.

By the looks of the map you shared looks like the tower might have gone down.

I'm investigating but I believe the Cell ID show is the Cell ID for the 4G part of the connection and not the 5G and that the router could be using 4G and 5G from different towers so basically 4G from tower A close to you but that 5G is down on that tower so it's using 5G from tower B.

I looked at your posts and when signal NR dropped it was using another tower no doubt but the 4G part of your closest tower could have been unaffected so you think you are on the same tower but actually not.

 

[Jimmy]

@cavedog Hey bro. What do you think caused my 5G RSRP to go from -95dBm to -100+dBm over a matter of days? Max speed went from 360mbps to 200mbps and I suspect it's only going to get worse... sigh...

 

[cavedog]

@cavedog Hey bro. What do you think caused my 5G RSRP to go from -95dBm to -100+dBm over a matter of days? Max speed went from 360mbps to 200mbps and I suspect it's only going to get worse... sigh...

Could be a number of reasons. Sector antenna failed. Tower down and you actually picking up another tower. Hard to say

 

[Jimmy]

Could be a number of reasons. Sector antenna failed. Tower down and you actually picking up another tower. Hard to say

So what's the best way to get a techie to come investigate. Through their online support?

 

[MirageF1]

So what's the best way to get a techie to come investigate. Through their online support?

Pray of bid.