Telkom 1TB Feedback Thread

[netstrider]

@netstrider which router did you use previously.. Im currently using a huwei b525 and would definitely buy a b818 if speed improves by 20mb or so

Only have a ZTE Mifi router which is locked to MTN. At the office we have a B618 which has pretty much identical performance to the B818 currently.

 

[Dretastic06]

Only have a ZTE Mifi router which is locked to MTN. At the office we have a B618 which has pretty much identical performance to the B818 currently.

how did you get the unrestricted APN?

 

[Dretastic06]

Yeah me aswell... However must also check what you get during peak times... Was getting around 20mb at 7pm yesterday and it went back up to 50mb after 9 im still happy with that speed.
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will test later during peak

 

[netstrider]

how did you get the unrestricted APN?

I just set it up in the router. Just works.

 

[Dretastic06]

I just set it up in the router. Just works.

can you please send the details?

 

[netstrider]

can you please send the details?

Disable the data connection in your router then go to Connection profile settings and create a new APN.

APN: unrestricted
no username or password.

Save the profile and then you can set it to default. Enable data connection and it will be using the unrestricted APN.

You can usually verify by checking your global IP.

 

[netstrider]

Okay, so a roughly 19h20 speedtest while watching netflix.

 

[cavedog]

Telkom is capable of doing 200Mbps download on Band 40 easily.

 

[Dretastic06]

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Okay, so a roughly 19h20 speedtest while watching netflix.

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this is nuts

 

[DJ29]

Damn you lucky mine dropped to 20mb from around 50mb at around 7 just like yesterday most likely it will be back up to 50mb after 9pm...the tower you connect to must not be congested at all.

 

[LFX]

Telkom is capable of doing 200Mbps download on Band 40 easily.

Some towers will be limited to 100Mbps though right?

 

[Dretastic06]

Mine was running high 70s to between 40-50 during peak, now im craving that b818

 

[cavedog]

Some towers will be limited to 100Mbps though right?

If it has band 40 on it then no and that is most of Telkoms towers.

 

[netstrider]

London not too bad either. Only the one test though ao will have to do some more during peak hours.

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[Fjorko]

Hi Guys, i got this as a backup connection to FF Fibre, so how do I activate the sim when i get it next week ? Or is it automatic when i stick it into a device ?

Thanks

 

[ronnie_94]

Hi Guys, i got this as a backup connection to FF Fibre, so how do I activate the sim when i get it next week ? Or is it automatic when i stick it into a device ?

Thanks

Should be automatic, however if not activated within 48 hours excluding weekends give them a call or speak to them on live chat to help.

 

[Fjorko]

Should be automatic, however if not activated within 48 hours excluding weekends give them a call or speak to them on live chat to help.

Thanks ronnie

 

[netstrider]

Just did another test and played with the bands. Decided to put it back on Auto as 1800Mhz on its own and 2300Mhz on its own has worse performance.



When using Huawei Manager or whatever the App is called and I run a speedtest I can see it changes between bands during a speedtest.

 

[netstrider]

Taking sea the results are good. I only take sea after 00:10 to be fair to those around me on LTE.

Getting between 2MiBs and 8MiBs, while 5MiBs seems to be the average for this specific target.

 

[EnT@nGleD]

Finally got this activated on Saturday.

Unfortunately less than impressed at this stage. Only seems to come into its own close to midnight. The ping is erratic and too unstable to play CS:GO on from 8 - 10 pm. I have locked it to TDD40 which seems to give the best performance.