Telkom Mobile 3G/HSDPA Speedtest Results

[Telkom]

i have a mtn 3g 24month contract.
use to work fine, but the last month my signal strenght sucks.
so i bought a 8ta simcard, and R150 airtime, poped the simcard into my mtn dongle, converted the airtime to data, and it works perfectly.
where i live the 8ta signal is alot better than the mtn.

Welcome

 

[ShaneVanS]

Hi all,

Is anyone else struggling with VERY erratic speeds on 8Ta in Pretoria? I'm in the East (Garsfontein) and since Friday last week it has been so erratic it's almost impossible to make a Skype call. It's up & down, at times upload speed is faster than download

Some tests done today:

13:34 http://speedtest.net/result/2184654843.png
12:57 http://speedtest.net/result/2184609307.png
12:45 http://speedtest.net/result/2184593196.png
12:42 http://speedtest.net/result/2184589777.png

And this is with a Poynting antenna! (which I resorted to after the previous speed problem took so long to resolve)

I'm quite frustrated because it is so unstable, and I need a fast, stable connection. When I started on the contract (back in Feb i think) the signal was brilliantly fast and consistent. But since then it has got slower with an improvement only after installing the antenna.

Shane

 

[Telkom]

Hi all,

Is anyone else struggling with VERY erratic speeds on 8Ta in Pretoria? I'm in the East (Garsfontein) and since Friday last week it has been so erratic it's almost impossible to make a Skype call. It's up & down, at times upload speed is faster than download

Some tests done today:

13:34 http://speedtest.net/result/2184654843.png
12:57 http://speedtest.net/result/2184609307.png
12:45 http://speedtest.net/result/2184593196.png
12:42 http://speedtest.net/result/2184589777.png

And this is with a Poynting antenna! (which I resorted to after the previous speed problem took so long to resolve)

I'm quite frustrated because it is so unstable, and I need a fast, stable connection. When I started on the contract (back in Feb i think) the signal was brilliantly fast and consistent. But since then it has got slower with an improvement only after installing the antenna.

Shane

Hi ShaneVanS

We have responded to your PM and are looking into your issue.

Regards,
Social Media Team

 

[Evil-Twin]

Hey 8ta,

I have emailed you, I have received a case number, I have had two technicians come to my home and I am now beginning to feel agitated. I am unable to stay connected for more than an hour, I need to keep on reconnecting. And this is a speedtest result:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2195595226.png

My reference number is: 1717438

I don't mind the fact that my internet speed is pathetic, obviously I would prefer it to be faster, but I've learned not to wish for the impossible. However I cannot cope with an inconsistent connection. I would really appreciate some kind of a solution.

 

[Evil-Twin]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2197514356.png

Pathetic.

 

[ActivateD]

Pity about my ping but speeds are awesome even though i am roaming on MTN.

 

[Evil-Twin]

That's a nice result there. I am going to cancel my 8ta account in the next few weeks, moving over to iburst.

 

[AirWolf]

Jhb:

London:

New York:

 

[Reelix]

I have a funny feeling I'm being slowly throttled to death, since my download speed is going doing week by week, yet my upload speed is remaining constant...

These tests were done in order from top to bottom.

Local 1:

International 1 (North America):

Local 2:

International 2 (Australia):

Local 3:

- Back to partially sane DL speeds, but my UL speed is still double (AkA: Throttle)
International 3 (Russia):

And the kicker?

I'm sync'd at 28.8MB (8ta branded E367)

Doing a: ping 165.165.38.147 -l 1 -t

Gives me a constant ping between 30ms and 50ms (Except during a speedtest when it expectedly jumps to the 200's or so), so my line is fine - I'm just being throttled to death :/

I'd normally just blame my terrible signal, but that wouldn't account for the fact that my upload speed is always between 2x -> 5x higher than my download speed, and the ping results are fine...

For reference, when I got the modem, I could happily stream 1080p (Granted, I didn't MEAN to, but it could stream just fine ;P) - I'm now getting jitter-buffering on 240p vids...

- Edit -

Woo - All time weirdest result!

My upload speed is 8 times higher than my download speed ;D

- Edit 2 -

Local 4 (Oct 7): Down: 0.53, Up: 1.14, Ping: 64ms (I've hit the max image limit on this post)

 

[DXL]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2225510407.png - JHB

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2225516730.png - London

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2225521241.png - New York

 

[Evil-Twin]

I am so sick of this!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2225704375.png

What a stuff up.

 

[SKL_H]

Now this is awesome I have to buy the 120GB, 8.ta its the best I am never changing ever until I get ADSL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2226471291.png

I am around Kempton

 

[SKL_H]

Later I get even better WOW!!!! 8.ta ROCKS !!!!!!!, feast you eyes on this.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2226483623.png

8.TA IS THE BEST IN SA

 

[Reelix]

8.TA IS THE BEST IN SA

For pricing - Yes.

I take it you havn't been to the speed-test results in the CellC forums?

- Unrelated Edit -

I did a speed test using the same modem 2 minutes apart - Modem stayed in the same position - I simply swopped SIM's, and reconnected.

8ta:

CellC:

I dare someone to tell me that 8ta's not throttling me

 

[SKL_H]

For pricing - Yes.

I take it you havn't been to the speed-test results in the CellC forums?

- Unrelated Edit -

I did a speed test using the same modem 2 minutes apart - Modem stayed in the same position - I simply swopped SIM's, and reconnected.

8ta:

CellC:

I dare someone to tell me that 8ta's not throttling me

Thats true hey but wait until the 8ta LTE arrives them you will be astonished.....:wtf:

 

[Reelix]

Thats true hey but wait until the 8ta LTE arrives them you will be astonished.....:wtf:

In what - Mid 2014?

 

[noro11]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2227332153.png

This was a rather slow result. I usually get 11-13 Mb download speeds.
8ta is unbeatable if you live in the right place (close to a tower). 8ta sucks, like any other provider
at the end of the month when everybody is downloading like mad to use up unused bandwidth.

 

[noro11]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2227344311.png

tested again and got a 12 Mbps....

 

[CAPS LOCK]

 

[Reelix]

Dear 8ta tower ID 35446

I love you <3
(Scroll up to my previous results on different towers to find out why)