Telkom Mobile LTE Leaderboard

[Azimuth]

Rules:

- Only one entry per member will be stored at a time
- i.e. Multiple submissions can be made, the highest speed applies
- Only the Top 30 results will be listed
- Location info is kindly requested, down to suburb please
- If you're making using of antenna(s), please state so
- Results from Speedtest.net or Neotel speedtest accepted
- Actual results gathered from:

Telkom Mobile LTE Speed Test results

8ta LTE trial Speedtest Results, Feedback and Comments

Leaderboard

1. jcheek - 90.60Mbps - Faerie Glen, Pretoria East, Gauteng
2. RVQ - 86.64Mbps - unknown suburb, Sandton, Gauteng
3. Hyperbole - 85.74Mbps - Pretoria Gardens, Gauteng
4. Prankst3r - 85.66Mbps - Umhlanga Ridge, Durban, KZN
5. rob54321 - 83.47Mbps - Heldervue, Somerset West, Western Cape (Poynting XPOL-0002-v2)
6. InusB - 81.5Mbps - Glen Marais, Kempton Park, Gauteng
7. oliverwww - 81.00Mbps - Morningside, Gauteng
8. 14. HowTo - 78.57Mbps - Springs, East Rand, Gauteng
9. Fifaguy - 77.54Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
10. Doug_Dread - 76.30Mbps - Horizon, Roodepoort, Gauteng
11 jacqueso - 76.06Mbps - Centurion, Gauteng
12. Biggles190 - 75.25Mbps - Northwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng (Poynting XPOL-0001)
13. Azimuth - 73.76Mbps - Helderkruin, Roodepoort, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
14. oomdomy - 71.98Mbps - Pretoria North, Gauteng
15. Marakker - 71.38Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
16. User52 - 70.30Mbps - Durban (noteworthy mention: iPhone 5S hotspot)
17. jman - 68.83Mbps - unknown suburb, Polokwane
18. hcpeer - 67.83Mbps - Ridgeway, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
19. saliehendricks - 67.31Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape (Poynting XPOL-06)
20. Nobby - 66.53Mbps - George, Western Cape
21. kurtg - 65.77Mbps - Greenstone, East Rand, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
22. CPTBoy - 56.80Mbps - Uitzicht, Durbanville, Cape Town, Western Cape
23. rpm - 49Mbps - Johannesburg, Gauteng
24. kingrob - 45.52Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
25. Teejaybee - 39.20Mbps - de Tyger, Cape Town, Western Cape
26. Imoe - 36.73Mbps - Kosmosdal, Centurion, Gauteng
27. spikry - 36.18Mbps - Cottesloe, Johannesburg, Gauteng
28. Lord Flacko - 34.95Mbps - Queenswood, Pretoria, Gauteng
29. redcliff - 29.49Mbps - Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Gauteng
30. rustyb1968 - 27.15Mbps - Bellville, Western Cape

 

[Azimuth]

I've listed and ordered the top 20 LTE speed test results.

 

[Dirk44]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3574430202.png
This is my current speed.

 

[Beri]

http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/882766660


Who needs lte...

 

[Azimuth]

Not a bad speed for 3G. You will enjoy LTE though, without a doubt.

 

[jcheek]

Area: Faerie Glen, Pretoria East (about 4km east of Menlyn Park shopping mall)
Antenna system: Poynting twin LPDA-0020 ("V1") array, oriented at +45 and +135 degrees
Distance to tower: Approx 1.36km (assuming the connected tower is the one I think it is!)
Device: Huawei B593s-601 LTE modem/router
Connection mode : Forced 4G
Network Operator: Telkom Mobile (PLMN = 65502)
Service Provider: Telkom Internet
Signal parameters: RSSI=-48, RSRP=-74, RSRQ=-6
Result: see here
Date of test: Thursday 17 July 2014 @ 16:26

 

[Napalm]

Telkom mobile, please create an higher capped account. We want 100gig +100gig packages or maybe 200+200

 

[Biggles190]

Telkom mobile, please create an higher capped account. We want 100gig +100gig packages or maybe 200+200

Yes please!

 

[Grasmuis]

FYI - My speedtest was done in Wilgeheuwel

 

[Azimuth]

Thanks for the correction. Fixed.

 

[Biggles190]

Ok...as requested - here it is!

Area: Northwold, Randburg
Antenna system: Poynting XPOL-0001
Distance to tower: About 800 m
Device: Huawei B593s-601 LTE modem/router
Connection mode : Forced 4G
Network Operator: Telkom Mobile 60+60
Service Provider: Telkom Internet
Signal parameters: RSSI=-65, RSRP=-89, RSRQ=-6
Result:

Date of test: Thursday 2 June 2014 @ 04:49

To be honest, this is my best result by a long short. Second fastest is 72.36 Mb/s and the rest are mostly in the 50's and 60's. I guess the early morning test must have made the difference.

The antenna makes a big difference as well, but I think this is because I live in a valley, and by having the antenna on the roof, it allows for better line of sight reception.

 

[Azimuth]

To be honest, this is my best result by a long short. Second fastest is 72.36 Mb/s and the rest are mostly in the 50's and 60's. I guess the early morning test must have made the difference.

Definitely not a congestion issue. TM LTE is notorious for up and down LTE results. I also got a 73Mbps result and 50's after that. Recently it dropped to 10-20Mbps and I switched to MTN - back up to 30Mbps.

The antenna makes a big difference as well, but I think this is because I live in a valley, and by having the antenna on the roof, it allows for better line of sight reception.

Send me those photos so I can post them for you....

 

[Jola]

Tested last night, best I can get from TM LTE is about 5mbps DL. Sometimes. Reception is 10%.

Usually fails and switches back to 3G. 3G is 20%, also quite poor, not worth pursuing.

 

[Azimuth]

You really have an excellent case for an outdoor antenna then. Considered it?

 

[Biggles190]

Send me those photos so I can post them for you....

As soon as I get on the roof again! I have flat roof, so need to climb up to get pics.

 

[RichardG]

Telkom mobile, please create an higher capped account. We want 100gig +100gig packages or maybe 200+200

+1 I am willing to pay up to R3000 if they do bring such package.

 

[Jola]

You really have an excellent case for an external antenna then. Considered it?

Tried one with Cell C, made little difference (doesn't help for congestion). But still have the directional antenna, may try it.

 

[Azimuth]

We've had huge success with outdoor antennas and LTE. See here.

Edit: didn't realise you had VDSL!

 

[kurtg]

LTE Installation

Telkom Mobile LTE
Huawai B880-73 router
2 X Poynitng LPDA 0092
Location: Greenstone, Gauteng

 

[jcheek]

Telkom Mobile LTE
Huawai B880-73 router
2 X Poynting LPDA 0092
Location: Greenstone, Gauteng

Thanks for the update, kurtg - very nice, image-ey post, btw ;-)

Nice that the B880 gives the Cell_ID - a very important feature that the B593's "simplified" software doesn't have. But a bit disappointing that the way of reporting RSSI, RSRP and RSRQ is not consistent between these two Huawei devices. A perfect example of how not to write software - thanks, Huawei !

Some more thoughts on that point and the content of these B880 screens is presented over here on the Huawei B593 thread where it belongs (well, sorta).

A great post nonetheless - thanks for sharing!