RAIN LTE Off-Peak Unlimited speeds

[R4ziel]

Hey guys

I saw a couple of posts of people saying here they use the RAIN off peak during the day and another sim for when that is not active, so I tried the same solution at home, unfortunately the RAIN sim speeds are on a GOOD day 500 kbps and most of the time speed test does not even load, what kind of speeds were you guys getting to actually be using it, is it just my area that is useless for Rain, or what is the problem?

 

[Kosmik]

Hey guys

I saw a couple of posts of people saying here they use the RAIN off peak during the day and another sim for when that is not active, so I tried the same solution at home, unfortunately the RAIN sim speeds are on a GOOD day 500 kbps and most of the time speed test does not even load, what kind of speeds were you guys getting to actually be using it, is it just my area that is useless for Rain, or what is the problem?

I'm getting up to 3.5MBps or roughly 25-30Mbps.

 

[Jet-Fighter7700]

anything and everything, you kind of take your chances with RAIN

Ive gotten huge speeds, and cr@p speeds.
its all dependent on a million things, time of day, tower load, ect ect...

 

[biometrics]

Started great last year with 40 Mbps down and 15 Mbps up. About 6 months ago it started slowing and by about 2 months ago it was around 1 Mbps down. Thats when I bailed and doubled my Telkom LTE for about the same price as have two networks.

 

[minkukel]

Just keep in mind that the spikes are actual downloads.

 

[kabusi]

Hey guys

I saw a couple of posts of people saying here they use the RAIN off peak during the day and another sim for when that is not active, so I tried the same solution at home, unfortunately the RAIN sim speeds are on a GOOD day 500 kbps and most of the time speed test does not even load, what kind of speeds were you guys getting to actually be using it, is it just my area that is useless for Rain, or what is the problem?

Mine is the same pathetic speeds and their support will only tell you to reset your router and move it around. After that you will be told that the towers in your area are congested. As if that is your fault.

 

[R4ziel]

So basically it's not useful at all and a fruitless exercise, fantastic.

Thanks for the quick replies gents, its much appreciated.

Guess Ill just have to organize my download schedules to make use of the Telkom night time thing

 

[backstreetboy]

Around 10 to 20Mbps. Works great for me for a bona fide mobile service...

 

[Dan C]

So basically it's not useful at all and a fruitless exercise, fantastic.

Thanks for the quick replies gents, its much appreciated.

Guess Ill just have to organize my download schedules to make use of the Telkom night time thing

Good enough for me to stream Netflix in HD and browse these forums at the same time.

Just get the SIM without enabling the R250 uncapped and test it first.

 

[lotus123]

30-40mbps, but that can change quickly.

I've discovered that local towers change all the time (signal strength and speed) and sometimes I just re-position the external antenna and speed is restored. Bit of a pain climbing up the ladder, but you do what you have to.

 

[BradleyKZN]

I generally get 20mbps at home and work. Test it out where you need to and then decide

 

[R4ziel]

30-40mbps, but that can change quickly.

I've discovered that local towers change all the time (signal strength and speed) and sometimes I just re-position the external antenna and speed is restored. Bit of a pain climbing up the ladder, but you do what you have to.

The best I have gotten over about a week is 3 mbps, the rest of the time it takes about 30 minutes to do a speed test because the web page loads forever, sometimes google takes so long to load its easier to just not use it at all.

So I guess that's a no go for RAIN

 

[BradleyKZN]

The best I have gotten over about a week is 3 mbps, the rest of the time it takes about 30 minutes to do a speed test because the web page loads forever, sometimes google takes so long to load its easier to just not use it at all.

So I guess that's a no go for RAIN

Have you tried moving your router/antenna around a bit?

 

[kabusi]

The best I have gotten over about a week is 3 mbps, the rest of the time it takes about 30 minutes to do a speed test because the web page loads forever, sometimes google takes so long to load its easier to just not use it at all.

So I guess that's a no go for RAIN

Give it a try moving your router around. Maybe the tower is the problem and it picking up another tower helps a bit.

 

[skimread]

My connection dies daily at 9:00AM in the morning. It's like people get to the office and download all their mails.

 

[NeonNinja]

My connection dies daily at 9:00AM in the morning. It's like people get to the office and download all their mails.

Ground floor (where I am) I get 2-3Mbps, 1st floor 6-8Mbps, 3rd floor 10Mbps - 15Mbps.

 

[skimread]

Ground floor (where I am) I get 2-3Mbps, 1st floor 6-8Mbps, 3rd floor 10Mbps - 15Mbps.

OK stay on ground floor in the morning at 9:00. Deal?

 

[BradleyKZN]

Ground floor (where I am) I get 2-3Mbps, 1st floor 6-8Mbps, 3rd floor 10Mbps - 15Mbps.

I have the exact problem, upstairs where I sit, I get 20mbps. Take it into the boardroom and its almost instantly unusable

 

[R4ziel]

I have an external antenna that goes up to the roof, signal shows full 4G+ on the management page, its not a signal problem

 

[mrlgm007]

To day is a okay day with rain

Currently 8 to 10 mb on a FTP or http download.

Max i get is 35 mb and this is from 1am to 5am

then again i do have a external antenna and the tower is a distance from me.