Vodacom Speed Test & Results: speed.vodacom.co.za & speedtest.net

[Syndyre]

In that case rather wait the extra 4 days and see what happens - if anything...

That's the plan, its a new complex so there aren't any physical lines at all, that's their excuse for taking so long but we'll see. If I could get decent 3G coverage I'd probably have just given up on them by now but I'm just out of range for that.

 

[Dolby]

I'm being a tad nasty anyway

Just for the users here, GET A DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR ! Not one person has actually suggested to me until last night. I downloaded a file at 20:12 and got 60kb/sec. I installed the accelerator and got 180kb/sec .... quickest my 3G has been at.

I tried downloading something else today ... 260kb/sec ... my 3G has new life In addition I got a video accelerator. I can now play a 6 minute clip in youtube without buffering. I've never been able to do this.

Get it at www.speedbit.com and let me know the results

 

[SecretCode]

Just for the record, speedtest.net shows 1784Kbps download to Cape Town node. Since I'm not on 3.6 this is pretty close to 100%. And I'm in Mooinooi, northwest province. Not bad! (I'm not sure where the 3G signal is coming from ... I don't think it's this town ... how do you find out?)

 

[Syndyre]

I'm being a tad nasty anyway

Just for the users here, GET A DOWNLOAD ACCELERATOR ! Not one person has actually suggested to me until last night. I downloaded a file at 20:12 and got 60kb/sec. I installed the accelerator and got 180kb/sec .... quickest my 3G has been at.

I tried downloading something else today ... 260kb/sec ... my 3G has new life In addition I got a video accelerator. I can now play a 6 minute clip in youtube without buffering. I've never been able to do this.

Get it at www.speedbit.com and let me know the results

If you use FF get DownThemAll. integrates right into the browser, even easier.

 

[AirWolf]

HSDPA 1.8 profile

Download Speed: 1758 kbps (219.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 316 kbps (39.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[SoftDev]

HSDPA 3.6 profile

Download Speed: 2047 kbps - 255.9 KB/sec
Upload Speed: 336 kbps - 42 KB/sec

 

[AirWolf]

HSDPA 3.6 profile

Download Speed: 2047 kbps - 255.9 KB/sec
Upload Speed: 336 kbps - 42 KB/sec

So not much difference between the 2 profiles yet.

 

[vodacom3g]

So not much difference between the 2 profiles yet.

Uplink will be close as the network won't be loaded in the up direction.

Downlink is a pure function of how much backhaul is available at the specific tower and obviously how congested the links are.

At OR Tambo, the other day, I got 2900 down which is not too bad for a busy site. But obviously there was enough capacity available there.

 

[Starstreak [clone of Skeptik]]

So not much difference between the 2 profiles yet.

Download Speed: 1891 kbps
Upload Speed: 319 kbps

I was never getting close to these speeds before and they are higher than expected for the 1.8 profile.

Conclusions:

• The tower has had 3.6 turned on so I get the faster speeds. It wasnt on for the so-called test period.
  
• My profile has not been changed and Im still on 3.6.

 

[vodacom3g]

Download Speed: 1891 kbps
Upload Speed: 319 kbps

I was never getting close to these speeds before and they are higher than expected for the 1.8 profile.

Conclusions:

• The tower has had 3.6 turned on so I get the faster speeds. It wasnt on for the so-called test period.
  
• My profile has not been changed and Im still on 3.6.

If you use a 3.6 device on a 1.8 profile you'll see speeds like this, often exceeding the 1.8 limit for short bursts. While a 1.8 device is limited in hardware a 3.6 device, when on a 1.8 profile, is limited in software so it'll achieve 100% without problem.

 

[AirWolf]

speed.vodacom.co.za
Download Speed: 1825 kbps (228.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 243 kbps (30.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267046240.png

• Server: Johannesburg
• Ping: 367ms
• Distance 350mi
• Download: 1546 kb/s
• Upload: 296 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267047236.png

• Server: Cape Town
• Ping: 312ms
• Distance 800mi
• Download: 1689 kb/s
• Upload: 252 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267048908.png

• Server: London
• Ping: 1027ms
• Distance 5900mi
• Download: 1002 kb/s
• Upload: 140 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267050473.png

• Server: New York
• Ping: 769ms
• Distance 8250mi
• Download: 886 kb/s
• Upload: 151 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267051613.png

• Server: Sydney
• Ping: 735ms
• Distance 6550mi
• Download: 531 kb/s
• Upload: 111 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267052611.png

• Server: Tokyo
• Ping: 868ms
• Distance 8400mi
• Download: 614 kb/s
• Upload: 89 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267053411.png

• Server: Mumbhai
• Ping: 1504ms
• Distance 4400mi
• Download: 488 kb/s
• Upload: 42 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267054030.png

• Server: Moscow
• Ping: 1064ms
• Distance 5900mi
• Download: 621 kb/s
• Upload: 88 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267055200.png

• Server: Cairo
• Ping: 885ms
• Distance 4150mi
• Download: 363 kb/s
• Upload: 64 kb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/267055933.png

• Server: Valdivia
• Ping: 673ms
• Distance 5650mi
• Download: 623 kb/s
• Upload: 126 kb/s

That's it for tonight.

 

[SoftDev]

HSDPA 3.6 profile

Download Speed: 2288 kbps - 286 KB/sec
Upload Speed: 360 kbps - 45 KB/sec

 

[vodacom3g]

Q: how do you know which HSDPA profile your SIM Cards are on?

Presumably all of the trial HSDPA 3.6 profiles must have been reset to HSDPA 1.8 profiles by now, so unless one has subscribed to HSDPA 3.6 @ ZAR50/month, or one's SIM Card's profile has not yet been reverted to HSDPA 1.8, one's SIM Card should be using the HSDPA 1.8 profile...

If anyone is unsure, try using [searchforum]MDMA +ginggs[/searchforum], which displays the HSPA uplink & downlink profile obtained from the HSPA network...

My understanding is that they're doing the roll-back slowly, so some peeps might still see 2M+ speeds for a few days, probably till into this week.

 

[vodacom3g]

Ok, was just wondering - bcos the HSDPA 1.8 profile limit is a s/w limit and prior to the HSDPA 3.6 trial it was also possible to get peak speeds of slightly higher than 1.8 - at least until the s/w limit kicked in on a data transfer.

Yes, will be the same again.

 

[SoftDev]

ic on the v4me site under My Account, Services and then under Value Added Services - Active there is a new entry, HSDPA 3.6 that shows Active.

 

[Iam3G]

Its the 4th of May @ 08h10pm. HSDPA Profile is on 1.8.

Here's my latest(and worst thus far) Vodacom Speedtest Result:

Download Speed: 157 kbps (19.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 298 kbps (37.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

And its quite friggen frustrating downloading a 100Meg file at 4.5KB/s on HSDPA.

I go on leave for a week and come back to this

 

[AirWolf]

Its the 4th of May @ 08h10pm. HSDPA Profile is on 1.8.

Here's my latest(and worst thus far) Vodacom Speedtest Result:

Download Speed: 157 kbps (19.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 298 kbps (37.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

And its quite friggen frustrating downloading a 100Meg file at 4.5KB/s on HSDPA.

I go on leave for a week and come back to this

On international?

I've had some You Tube videos load at 10KB/s.

 

[Iam3G]

The Speedtest result is on local, the file i was downloading on international.

I did another test:

Download Speed: 140 kbps (17.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 320 kbps (40 KB/sec transfer rate)

Worse than before!

 

[SoftDev]

ic, this is post trial, definitely a new service indicator.

 

[Iam3G]

1 hour later:

Download Speed: 144 kbps (18 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 326 kbps (40.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Something is definitely wrong here. Will check again tomorrow at work.