{"id":263811,"date":"2018-06-10T17:59:50","date_gmt":"2018-06-10T15:59:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=263811"},"modified":"2018-06-10T18:02:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-10T16:02:58","slug":"rain-fixed-lte-a-vs-mobile-speed-test-comparison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wireless\/263811-rain-fixed-lte-a-vs-mobile-speed-test-comparison.html","title":{"rendered":"Rain fixed LTE-A vs Mobile – Speed Test comparison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Rain has launched its mobile products<\/strong><\/a> in South Africa, offering users a flat rate of 5c per MB (R50 per GB).<\/p>\n

The mobile products also include unlimited data for a certain number of days following their purchase, and the option to add on a 19-hour-per-day uncapped mobile usage bundle.<\/p>\n

The launch of the mobile products follow the unveiling of Rain’s fixed LTE-A packages in 2017, which offer a fixed-line alternative for broadband users.<\/p>\n

Speed tests<\/h3>\n

To see how Rain’s new mobile SIMs perform compared to its existing fixed LTE-A products, we conducted a series of speed tests.<\/p>\n

A Rain Mobile SIM and a Rain fixed LTE-A SIM were each placed in a Huawei B618 router.<\/p>\n

The routers were placed side-by-side and connected to a Windows 10 PC via an Ethernet cable, after which multiple speeds tests using MyBroadband’s web-based Speed Test page – accessed in Chrome – were conducted.<\/p>\n

The tests were conducted on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, and besides an initial discrepancy in speeds, the Rain Mobile SIM kept up with the Rain fixed LTE-A SIM – as shown below.<\/p>\n

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Midstream Estate – North<\/h3>\n
\n
\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rain Fixed LTE-A SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33.70<\/td>\n7.40<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
33.42<\/td>\n8.04<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.35<\/td>\n7.80<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.01<\/td>\n7.46<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
31.34<\/td>\n7.02<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain Mobile SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.41<\/td>\n7.50<\/td>\n20<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
22.64<\/td>\n7.79<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
21.19<\/td>\n7.80<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.57<\/td>\n7.43<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
20.58<\/td>\n7.80<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Lonehill<\/h3>\n
\n
\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rain Fixed LTE-A SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57.38<\/td>\n6.85<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
62.07<\/td>\n6.63<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
65.64<\/td>\n6.48<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
66.10<\/td>\n6.86<\/td>\n17<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
64.22<\/td>\n6.58<\/td>\n16<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain Mobile SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56.49<\/td>\n6.89<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
56.71<\/td>\n6.89<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
54.87<\/td>\n7.17<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
52.61<\/td>\n7.20<\/td>\n14<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
57.67<\/td>\n7.43<\/td>\n15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Midstream Estate – South<\/h3>\n
\n
\n<\/thead>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Rain Fixed LTE-A SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.47<\/td>\n8.98<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.37<\/td>\n8.88<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.72<\/td>\n8.92<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.07<\/td>\n8.88<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
30.08<\/td>\n9.15<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain Mobile SIM<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Download (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
29.03<\/td>\n8.90<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
26.28<\/td>\n8.95<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
25.59<\/td>\n9.00<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
28.02<\/td>\n8.95<\/td>\n19<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
27.91<\/td>\n8.88<\/td>\n18<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now read:\u00a0ZTE plans to shake things up when it gets back into business<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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