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- Thread starter wconan
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My MTN BIS speeds (Bold 9000) SUX big time here in Cape Town (Plattekloof/Goodwood area mostly) ... to the point where I ask myself every day if BIS is still worth it. Some of the VC speeds indicated above do seem unrealistic on BIS. If so then you guys are VERY fortunate as I've been getting the idea BIS is a throttled service as it's more beneficial for the networks when you go off BIS onto the internet VPN.
All that I know is that my BIS feels like a dialup on MTN and after seeing the result below I now know why 
Getting the following result:
Avg. Download Speed: 29.04Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 94.34Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 14.9Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 21.16Kbits/s
Do you need to specify a specific APN for BIS under advance > TCP/IP ? and will this increase your speed?
Getting the following result:
Avg. Download Speed: 29.04Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 94.34Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 14.9Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 21.16Kbits/s
Do you need to specify a specific APN for BIS under advance > TCP/IP ? and will this increase your speed?
All that I know is that my BIS feels like a dialup on MTN and after seeing the result below I now know why
Getting the following result:
Avg. Download Speed: 29.04Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 94.34Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 14.9Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 21.16Kbits/s
Do you need to specify a specific APN for BIS under advance > TCP/IP ? and will this increase your speed?
I used the blackberry.net APN when testing
diabolus
Executive Member
Is BIS HSDPA now? How do you get 8Mbit/s ? I thought BIS was max 3G [384 kbps] ?
diabolus
Executive Member
If you specify an APN then you're not using BIS are you? You will obviously get faster speeds if you don't use BIS and go directly onto the pay-per-mb data APNs .
mine
i did one test and got 2Kbits/s max down speed which sucks.
did another one and got these results:
Connection Type: Carrier
Avg. Download Speed: 69.29Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 192.03Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 23.74Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 95.41Kbits/s
What should my APN be? its currently blackberry.net.
i did one test and got 2Kbits/s max down speed which sucks.
did another one and got these results:
Connection Type: Carrier
Avg. Download Speed: 69.29Kbits/s
Max. Download Speed: 192.03Kbits/s
Avg. Upload Speed: 23.74Kbits/s
Max. Upload Speed: 95.41Kbits/s
What should my APN be? its currently blackberry.net.
diabolus
Executive Member
Uhm no, that just means you are connected to BIS , it does not mean your data is going via BIS . Just like you can see the "Wifi" icon, does not mean you are actually connecting via Wifi . You have to set each application to use BIS specifically [or it will pick whichever is available ] . Most default BB apps are set up to use BIS anyway. Simplest way to test all this is to turn OFF your APN settings [there's a checkbox under Options -> Advanced -> TCP/IP] , BIS apps will continue to function, non-BIS apps will not work.
I have a few apps that can not go via BIS [mostly video streaming / downloading type of apps] and if i turn off my APN settings they can't even load. If i turn the APN settings on it will use the regular 3G and not BIS, even if my BB indicates the "capital 3G and BIS icon" .
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