Telkom Mobile LTE Speedtest Results

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Very happy with it at the moment at home. I notice when trying it out at work in a sparsely populated area, there are 3 towers in range, the map shows that 2 are LTE-A and the closest is LTE. I'm using an antenna 12m above the ground. Having changed bands a bunch and pointed the antenna around, reboots, and recorded the cell ids, I notice that the towers are working differently on the different bands despite similar signal strength. Results are quite different to home too.
 
BayCityRoller said:
https://speedtest.mybroadband.co.za/result/10517941

Ping - 25ms
Download - 80.23Mbps
Upload - 6.13Mbps
2019-07-23 04:04:12
Server: Cape Town

Test using 450GB night-data SIM on Huawei B525 router with no special software - simply set to 4G / 3G auto.
No aerial / antenna either, so think it's quite impressive.
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Might be able to squeeze more if you get it on 4G+. Set it to 2300MHz (4G Only) mode and see if it shows 4G+ when doing speedtests.
 
cavedog said:
Might be able to squeeze more if you get it on 4G+. Set it to 2300MHz (4G Only) mode and see if it shows 4G+ when doing speedtests.
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Thanks @ cavedog

I briefly tested that out months ago, and also "3G Only".
From what I recall, on "4G Only" my upload speeds increased & download decreased (I think it was something like 30 up and 10 down! - a reversal of sorts) ; on "3G Only" I've achieved up to around 26 Mbps down.
 
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BayCityRoller said:
That's quite amazing - installed a patch to the software to change settings, using antenna/e or maybe closer to the tower / better positioned than I am ?
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Should have mentioned, using an antenna.

Stats are:

RSRQ: -7dB
RSRP: -83dBm
RSSI: -57dBm
SINR: >=30dB
 
ronnie_94 said:
Should have mentioned, using an antenna.

Stats are:

RSRQ: -7dB
RSRP: -83dBm
RSSI: -57dBm
SINR: >=30dB
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I don't know much about setting one up, though I've watched this clip before ; might look into it properly if I go the LTE route, more fully :

How to increase 4G LTE Home Broadband Router Speeds
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Telkom LTE-A , No antennas used. B525 Router
Ping: 18ms
Download: 160Mbps on speedtest, When downloading something on steam, i reached 186Mbps.
Upload: 10mbps on speedtest, not sure on steam.
KZN, Newcastle
 
You still in the pound seats.
7th July is the last time I saw anything above 20 Mbps.
I now get the same whether on 1800 or 2300 mhz :(

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Here is the speedtest, will post Steam download later :)
 

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I'm peaking at about 150Mbps probably due to peak time. My 200Mbps fibre line is down so feels like I'm still on fibre with these speeds :D

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That's pretty good considering its LTE-A. Wish we had fibre though :*(
 

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Location: Eversdal, Cape Town (indoors)
Device: iPhone

Rarely do mobile speed tests anymore with the luxury of fibre. Coincidentally, my fibre is a fraction of that speed at 20Mbps. :)
 
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Just got my Telkom Fixed LTE from Afrihost with the Huawei B525 today and these are my speeds. The Huawei dashboard keeps switching between 4G and 4G+ and speed test sometimes gives a latency error. I was hoping to at least get 10Mbps down.

When I tried the sim in my phone (Oneplus 6) I was able to get 20Mbps down in the exact same spot as the modem. So I really don't know what goes on, did Afrihost do something to slow the speeds on this modem because they do fiddle with it before giving it out.

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Dwayno said:
Just got my Telkom Fixed LTE from Afrihost with the Huawei B525 today and these are my speeds. The Huawei dashboard keeps switching between 4G and 4G+ and speed test sometimes gives a latency error. I was hoping to at least get 10Mbps down.

When I tried the sim in my phone (Oneplus 6) I was able to get 20Mbps down in the exact same spot as the modem. So I really don't know what goes on, did Afrihost do something to slow the speeds on this modem because they do fiddle with it before giving it out.

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Did you change the frequency? Force it to 2300MHz to have it on 4G+.
 
cavedog said:
Did you change the frequency? Force it to 2300MHz to have it on 4G+.
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No it said 4G+ when it was set to 4G only, if I select 2300Mhz it just says 4G and sometimes switches to 4G+ but makes no difference in speed.
 
Dwayno said:
No it said 4G+ when it was set to 4G only, if I select 2300Mhz it just says 4G and sometimes switches to 4G+ but makes no difference in speed.
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If you force it to 2300MHz then it will only show 4G+ when you transfer data. When the connection idles it will just show 4G.

Did you try 1800MHz and did a speedtest? If yes your last resort will be to try Band 1 (2100MHz) with the band tool.
 
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