RAIN LTE-A: Speedtests

Sooo, RAIN now pulling Telkom Tactics?? Speeds on Premium package now advertised as "Up to 200Mbps"???

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That should just be an interim measure.

ISPs worldwide cannot handle the traffic as it is currently, so they are probably ensuring that they don't add fuel to the fire by overpromising speeds that they cannot supply until the traffic patterns return to normal.
 
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WTF is wrong with RAIN they say we throttle to 10Mbps and they give you these shitty speeds :mad::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown::thumbsdown: , it's like am in the year 2000.

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I cancelled my 24/7 uncapped today due to slow speeds for the past few days.
 
So i decided I would give rain a try. My sim card arrived today and this my speed in Durban south area.

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I will be cancelling this.
 
I've been wondering if Rain 5G would be worth it, whether the package where they cap the speeds at 30mbps or 200mbps.

Have you all noticed quicker latencies on the 5G network? That seems to be a major selling point, especially in terms of online gaming.
 
I've been wondering if Rain 5G would be worth it, whether the package where they cap the speeds at 30mbps or 200mbps.

Have you all noticed quicker latencies on the 5G network? That seems to be a major selling point, especially in terms of online gaming.
thats the only reason why i would want it
 
I will definitely say don’t get a rain sim if you are planning on one it’s poor service honestly if I’m not getting help from them that’s been with them for over an year and now that Fibre is rolling out and not sure for how long am I gonna bear this upsetting slow speeds honestly I’ll cancel
 

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I will definitely say don’t get a rain sim if you are planning on one it’s poor service honestly if I’m not getting help from them that’s been with them for over an year and now that Fibre is rolling out and not sure for how long am I gonna bear this upsetting slow speeds honestly I’ll cancel

I reckon you're just unlucky with positioning. Not sure about your equipment, but if you have good equipment then yeah...just unlucky...

I mean look at this, ours is insane...
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I reckon you're just unlucky with positioning. Not sure about your equipment, but if you have good equipment then yeah...just unlucky...

I mean look at this, ours is insane...
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you so lucky hopefully I’ll get a proper router month end the B525-65a by then I’ll definitely need your help ... for now there is nothing I can do honestly
 
Rain 24/7 Package in Strand Western Cape
 

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you so lucky hopefully I’ll get a proper router month end the B525-65a by then I’ll definitely need your help ... for now there is nothing I can do honestly

That is indeed the 250 package...Alright, if you wanna copy our overpowered setup, you're going to need a Huawei b618-22d, and a Poynting xpol-6 antenna. For the antenna, you will need TS9 to SMA adapter, to plug into the router.

I am curious to know your signal stats, and to see what band you are on. Our tower is far away, like over a kilometre, and we very slowly adjust the antenna mounted on a pole to get the best direct line to that tower, which to be honest, I can't even see. We point to that far away tower, because it's a 2600TDD tower, which is faster, but you need to have a high gain antenna if you're far away from it, and just keep on trying to reposition it until you manage to find a decent signal, then fine tune it from there.

If there is no 2600 tower in your area, that's pretty unlucky, however, we've gotten as high as 30-50mbps on the 1800 band, and the upload is like 25mbps...The only thing is that the 1800 towers are often quite congested, so at most times of the day, you only get like...10-20mbps even if you're all kitted out. Still a hell of a lot better than the connection you have.

The above mentioned equipment isn't really THAT expensive, considering the improvement you will have. Got our b618 for a grand, and the antenna for a grand. Just have to shop around.
 
That is indeed the 250 package...Alright, if you wanna copy our overpowered setup, you're going to need a Huawei b618-22d, and a Poynting xpol-6 antenna. For the antenna, you will need TS9 to SMA adapter, to plug into the router.

I am curious to know your signal stats, and to see what band you are on. Our tower is far away, like over a kilometre, and we very slowly adjust the antenna mounted on a pole to get the best direct line to that tower, which to be honest, I can't even see. We point to that far away tower, because it's a 2600TDD tower, which is faster, but you need to have a high gain antenna if you're far away from it, and just keep on trying to reposition it until you manage to find a decent signal, then fine tune it from there.

If there is no 2600 tower in your area, that's pretty unlucky, however, we've gotten as high as 30-50mbps on the 1800 band, and the upload is like 25mbps...The only thing is that the 1800 towers are often quite congested, so at most times of the day, you only get like...10-20mbps even if you're all kitted out. Still a hell of a lot better than the connection you have.

The above mentioned equipment isn't really THAT expensive, considering the improvement you will have. Got our b618 for a grand, and the antenna for a grand. Just have to shop around.

thanks I really appreciate this I’lldefinitely keep this in mind ... I’m trying my best to figure out what the states are so I’ll definitely keep you posted this I can only give after the lockdown oh also about the router I’m getting a B525-65a this one should be solid ? The antenna I’ll look into as well because I have been called by rain yesterday and they said I’m very much far away from the tower I’ll see now to get the tower info I’m trying my best to get all this info to fix up my poor speeds if we get this right we can help so many people that have the same problem thanks I really appreciate this efforts
 
I don't want to jinx it but for the first time in 5 months I've had almost a full day with no RAIN connection drops... it's almost spooky... end-times spooky....
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