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

[Colin62]

Tip for those logging faults. If you know your setup is good, as in it worked perfectly yesterday and today things are terrible (and you have not changed anything), then there is nothing to stop you from insisting that a fault is logged. The helpdesk can't refuse to log a fault.

They can put you off with excuses about their system being slow, and promise to log it as soon as you hang up.... If you never get the confirmation sms, you might think they never did log it though. I wonder if there is some sort of performance grading done based on the number of faults they couldn't fix (and had to log) that the guy I spoke to did *not* want to log a fault?

 

[morkhans]

They can put you off with excuses about their system being slow, and promise to log it as soon as you hang up.... If you never get the confirmation sms, you might think they never did log it though. I wonder if there is some sort of performance grading done based on the number of faults they couldn't fix (and had to log) that the guy I spoke to did *not* want to log a fault?

I am still waiting for my call. So unless the helpdesk once again ignored the contact number I gave them (because I don't receive calls on the SIM in my datacard) and the SMS with my ref and the "we could not get hold of you" messages have been delivered there; then it would appear that no one works over weekends.

 

[Iam3G]

I just did a speed test for interests sake:

Download Speed: 1875 kbps (234.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 84 kbps (10.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

I'm friggen happy!

See my colgate smile

 

[Steinie]

Vodacom Mobile Broadband Speed Test

Last Result:

Download Speed: 1887 kbps (235.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 850 kbps (106.3 KB/sec transfer rate)


This is quite normal for me. The highest download speed so far has been around 2350 kbps ... way below the expected 3600.

I don't think I'll be renewing my 3.6 subscription at this stage ... and I can live with lower download speeds as they are less important than the download speeds.

 

[AirWolf]

On the Vodacom speed test:

Download Speed: 1875 kbps (234.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 67 kbps (8.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload speed is very sluggish, but download is pretty considering I'm on the 1.8 profile.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/303977356.png
1670kb/s download; 244kb/s upload to Jo'burg. Strangely the map showed my in the vicinity of the Free State .

 

[Hummercellc]

Well....

I complained more then once about Vodacom's Uplink speed, after that it improved for about a week now back to 24kbps.... so i give up. can't wait for my contract to end so i can bye bye Vodacom they just don't seem to be as up to date as MTN. Ok i know MTN don't have great 3G coverage but atleast there network works.

i did a speed test with MTN and got 3102KBPS downlink and 1265KBPS UPLINK,
Vodacom on the 1.8 profile was 1788 KBPS Downlink 24KBPS UPLINK,
On the Vodacom 3.6 Profile i get 2455KBPS Downlink 365KBPS UPLINK.
So MTN The better buy as you don't have to pay the R49-00 extra for higher speeds plus you get higher speeds!

 

[SaiyanZ]

The theoretical speed in Milnerton seems to have increased. Last month I was getting around 1100kbits/sec, now it is 1380kbits/sec with the Vodacom speedtest. Then again, in practice I get dial-up speeds when the network is busy which is almost all the time except for late at night. It's all a lie, that makes people with no computer sense falsely happy.

Even when you connect with VMC the icon tray pops up saying 7.2mb/sec connected! WTF is up with that. I think Vodacom should remove that because 7.2mb/sec doesn't even exist yet. Shouldn't even say 3.6mbits/sec since I'm on the 1.8mbits/sec package. That's false advertising. Some fools will actually think that they're getting 7.2mbits/sec and tell their friends who may be fools too and believe them.

 

[vodacom3g]

The theoretical speed in Milnerton seems to have increased. Last month I was getting around 1100kbits/sec, now it is 1380kbits/sec with the Vodacom speedtest. Then again, in practice I get dial-up speeds when the network is busy which is almost all the time except for late at night. It's all a lie, that makes people with no computer sense falsely happy.

Even when you connect with VMC the icon tray pops up saying 7.2mb/sec connected! WTF is up with that. I think Vodacom should remove that because 7.2mb/sec doesn't even exist yet. Shouldn't even say 3.6mbits/sec since I'm on the 1.8mbits/sec package. That's false advertising. Some fools will actually think that they're getting 7.2mbits/sec and tell their friends who may be fools too and believe them.

Suspect it will only be the "fools" who don't bother to educate themselves on how the OS they paid so much for, works.

 

[Jovs]

Been struggling the past few months, getting better speeds on GPRS than on 3G :

Last Result:

Download Speed: 51 kbps
Upload Speed: 319 kbps

Mailed the guys at support@vodacom.co.za and after a few more e-mails / phone calls and a lot of time on this forum things seem to be back to normal :

Last Result:

Download Speed: 1888 kbps
Upload Speed: 332 kbps

What a relief!

 

[R13...]

speedtest.net



DL = 1260kb/s
UL = 104kb/s

Vodacom on E220

 

[MainMeat]

VC, what's up?!

DL = 1260kb/s
UL = 104kb/s

Vodacom on E220

You're lucky!

Here is my results:

First try: http://www.speedtest.net/result/310657511.png
Second try: http://www.speedtest.net/result/310659695.png

This is with an external antenna mounted outside, with a -51dbm signal and the antenna pointing at the tower which I see when standing outside - VC, what;s going on? It's been deteriorating for the last 3 weeks getting slower and slower every day?

 

[morkhans]

Has anyone else noticed that speed.vodacom.co.za is getting stuck on the upload test? I noticed that the webserver got updated recently (someone forgot to replace the default page), which might have something to do with it. Gets stuck in IE and FF.

 

[vodacom3g]

Has anyone else noticed that speed.vodacom.co.za is getting stuck on the upload test? I noticed that the webserver got updated recently (someone forgot to replace the default page), which might have something to do with it. Gets stuck in IE and FF.

See it as well. Will escalate.

 

[Spamhater]

I`m very impress with my 1.8 mb hsdpa internet speed today,

 

[Hosehead]

Mine.

and 60 seconds later even faster

 

[Jovs]

Speed test on Cell phone

Hi there,

I have a 3G enabled symbian phone and want to run a speed test on it (connection seems allot slower than E220 modem) but it can't open the java apps for the Vodacom speed test or speedtest.net. Is there any other way I can test this on my phone ?

 

[Hosehead]

I think you need to download some appl. I tried a speed test myself but no go. Maybe one of the Nerds on here can help?

 

[riscbroker]

I use a 3G phone as a modem, generally get about 700 kbps down, 120 up (phone is capable of 3.6) as tested on speedtest. I'm not sure whether the phone will go quicker if used independently

 

[Xbox 360 Agent Weed]

Good news guys!!!!!!!!!!!!

Vodacom HSDPA is getting so pathetic soon they'll have to pay us to use their service!!!!

 

[AirWolf]

Hi there,

I have a 3G enabled symbian phone and want to run a speed test on it (connection seems allot slower than E220 modem) but it can't open the java apps for the Vodacom speed test or speedtest.net. Is there any other way I can test this on my phone ?

Use the phone as a modem on your pc, then do the speedtest.