Telkom LTE frequency/bands

[ajax]

Those LTE speeds are better than what I am seeing in my tests of the new Cell C 5G service ...

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How does the B618s-65d compare with the MC801A in terms of speed ? The MC801A uses a Qualcomm SD X55 chipset which should perform very well on LTE with Cat22 7-Band carrier aggregation.

It would be interesting to see how the MC801A fares against the G5TS on the same LTE service as that uses a different ZTE chipset which has 3GPP Rel. 16 support but presumably inferior LTE performance.

I have both the B618s-65d and G5TS and the MC801A outperforms them both on LTE. I have tested Telkom, MTN and Vodacom.

 

[Jake45]

I have both the B618s-65d and G5TS and the MC801A outperforms them both on LTE. I have tested Telkom, MTN and Vodacom.

How much faster on average do you think it is versus the B618 and the G5TS ? Is it 10, 20, 50 or 100% faster ?

 

[ajax]

A quick test:
Both routers next to each other on Telkom LTE 80+80 service.
Huawei B618s-65d:


ZTE MC801A


Only noticed now the speedtest servers were different, but shouldn't matter much
I at least made sure that both routers were using the same bands, but if memory serves, the 618s-65d does not have band 20.

 

[Jake45]

@ajax: Many thanks for doing the tests ! A 30% improvement is noticeable. I would be very happy with those speeds, particularly the 32Mbps upload.

Unfortunately my suburb does not appear to be in line for Telkom 5G coverage but I would settle for those LTE speeds. I will be very interested to see what data deals are going to be offered on Black Friday this year.

 

[camross007]

Those LTE speeds are better than what I am seeing in my tests of the new Cell C 5G service ...

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How does the B618s-65d compare with the MC801A in terms of speed ? The MC801A uses a Qualcomm SD X55 chipset which should perform very well on LTE with Cat22 7-Band carrier aggregation.

It would be interesting to see how the MC801A fares against the G5TS on the same LTE service as that uses a different ZTE chipset which has 3GPP Rel. 16 support but presumably inferior LTE performance.

Plenty of issues with G5TS and Telkom. Router cant aggregate band 40+40 as well as 3+40 so it will stick to a single block of 20mhz.
You will be stuck on 40 or band 1+3.

 

[ajax]

Plenty of issues with G5TS and Telkom. Router cant aggregate band 40+40 as well as 3+40 so it will stick to a single block of 20mhz.
You will be stuck on 40 or band 1+3.

Yeah, MC801A can do 1+3+40, for example. My signal isn't that great, but performance is excellent nonetheless.
Can also do 40+40 but switches bands automatically when the upload test starts.