Rain 5G users - Please do a MyBroadband speed test

Jip also in Doringkloof. Pop me a whatsapp and I will send you the Poynting info. Also want to find out if you have problems during the night. - Louis
 
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SNaidoo said:
LAN throughput on the Huawei CPE Pro 5G router is also sub 1Gbps - only getting around 500Mbps on the Iperf tests... anyone else experiencing this issue or know if this can be overcome?
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Just thinking out aloud here, I havent played much with gigabit on consumer hardware

Is it single thread? tcp or udp

I am not sure if Iperf uses disk io etc but you may be hitting the limit of what your pc can do (cheaper bus components etc)

Another thing is latency with single threaded tcp downloads, you can see how the speed drops off on this graph, add 1-2ms latency and it affects it


try run a test between 2 other devices on your lan and compare
 
Leno said:
Just thinking out aloud here, I havent played much with gigabit on consumer hardware

Is it single thread? tcp or udp

I am not sure if Iperf uses disk io etc but you may be hitting the limit of what your pc can do (cheaper bus components etc)

Another thing is latency with single threaded tcp downloads, you can see how the speed drops off on this graph, add 1-2ms latency and it affects it


try run a test between 2 other devices on your lan and compare
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Both devices are have gigabit lan ports and perform at gigabit speeds using the same test on my Asus routers. Hence my suspicion that the Huawei lan ports are sub standard or limited by the firmware some how.
 
Got my Rain 5G on Monday, 14 Oct, and I must say, I'm very impressed. At first, my download speed averaged at about 200, but it seems like they did something to the network, as for the past 3 days I have been averaging above 400.

This is the MyBroadband speed test results:
Ping: 15ms
Download: 458.04Mbps
Upload: 45.91Mbps

Speedtest.co.za results:
ISP: rain
Ping: 20ms
Download: 442.11Mbps
Upload: 33.87Mbps
Test your speed: http://speedtest.co.za

This is in The Reeds - Centurion
 
Does RAIN use 4G for the uploads like most other ISP's in the US? Would explain the crap upload speeds...

Most of the 5G networks in the US today also rely on 4G for uploads and use only 5G connections for downloads. That made it less complex for carriers to develop their networks. While you can download a video in record time, uploading one will take as long as it did before -- at least for now
 
irBosOtter said:
Does RAIN use 4G for the uploads like most other ISP's in the US? Would explain the crap upload speeds...

Most of the 5G networks in the US today also rely on 4G for uploads and use only 5G connections for downloads. That made it less complex for carriers to develop their networks. While you can download a video in record time, uploading one will take as long as it did before -- at least for now
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I don't think so. The highest I got on 4g was 20mbps download, but on upload on 5G, I get 50mbps for some reason
 
Anyone know if something happened with Rain 5G, I used to get 450-510+ on speed test now from Friday 1 November 2019 I'm lucky if I get 200mbps?
 
No, I don't think so? I tested just to make sure and I've not had such a large jump downwards.
 
My upload speed has halved though from 15-16 to 8. :(

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KnightLion said:
Anyone know if something happened with Rain 5G, I used to get 450-510+ on speed test now from Friday 1 November 2019 I'm lucky if I get 200mbps?
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