Telkom Mobile LTE Speedtest Results

Telkom Mobile LTE Speedtest Results - post trial

Ok this is nuts...my download speeds are now doubled to quadrupled looking at my averages to date. Upload is fixed. The ping is just silly good.

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However, and there had to be a BUT, Internet traffic is oddly crawling. Just tapatalk alone is difficult to use.
 
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More and more it seems like my B593 may be faulty. The wireless seems to act up. Since my earlier tests, I'm now getting consistent high speed LTE complete with flatter throughput graphs. While typing from my PC, strangely enough also on wireless, the internet is very quick.

Here are some Neotel speedtest results:

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@oomdomy: if you are in coverage then TM will assist. Just PM them.

@Jacques: great result! Out of interest, please compare your results each time to the mybb Speedtest...sometimes there are quite large discrepancies.

Here's a Speedtest I just did over wireless on my iPhone and I'm getting insane speeds yet again:

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Edit: I've found that the Neotel and Ookla Speedtest give the same result. The mybb speedtest is borked.
 
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Here we go. Mybb is much lower, except for the Cape Town server.

JHB
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CPT
http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2370645802.png

Wirelesswarrior said:
@oomdomy: if you are in coverage then TM will assist. Just PM them.

@Jacques: great result! Out of interest, please compare your results each time to the mybb Speedtest...sometimes there are quite large discrepancies.

Here's a Speedtest I just did over wireless on my iPhone and I'm getting insane speeds yet again:

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New day, still rocking:

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I have received a second request to cancel my service because I am not in the coverage area.

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Telkom launched prepaid modems today and the following deals can be found for the B593:
With a Telkom Mobile Internet 5GB - R2649
With the 25GB +25GB Internet - R3299
With the 60GB + 60 GB Internet - R4099
 
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Faulty tower? Like I said all along...

Clearly I am out of coverage. /sarcasm
 
@Wirelesswarrior

Breathtaking :)

Are you using a Huawei B593 router with an external antenna to get those supersonic speeds ? :)
 
Telkom Mobile LTE Speedtest Results - post trial

Indeed I am. :) My setup is detailed here: http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=11282353

There is a very important message in this thread and I'm going to point it out:

1. The LTE coverage maps are wrong / out of date.
2. Your speeds can quadruple and double again if the tower has been misbehaving and undergoes maintenance. Check the history of my speeds to see what I mean.
3. You will be treated like an invader if you're not on the coverage map (bizarre).
 
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Can anyone confirm / deny the apparent claim that you are unable to use LTE on prepaid?

I had planned on purchasing the E3267 modem, yet was told by 2 separate in-store reps that whilst the modem could be purchased pre-paid, it required a SIM on contract to work (And that my prepaid SIM with the 60+60GB deal would not work), although the one rep hinted at it might be working in the future.

I've also seen several claims from users around the place that you can indeed use LTE on prepaid.

So - Was I being strung along by reps trying to make a commission, or... ?
 
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This is frustrating.

Went and bought the B593 LTE Modem this morning on the 25 + 25 Gig prepaid deal. Get to work and insert the sim into the modem. There is not data on money loaded onto the sim. The store does not answer their phones. I now have to travel 50km to get to the shop again as they can not sort out it over the phone. Nor do the shop answers it phone.

I hope the data experience is better that getting the data. The call centre just refer me back to the store.

Anyone able to assist?
 
@Reelix: I'm on Prepaid. LTE is now publicly available on prepaid as per the Dec catalog where they are selling LTE CPE's with prepaid data for the first time. See BigVan99's post.

@BigVan99: you can phone every TM store on the map. Not one will answer the phone. In some cases their mailboxes are full. Their modus operandi is all the same - "ignore phone calls". If you phone them on 180 using a TM SIM card you will be able to log a support request. Your other option is to PM Telkom Mobile here on mybb. They will eventually reply.
 
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