{"id":275685,"date":"2018-09-19T13:02:05","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:02:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=275685"},"modified":"2018-09-19T13:03:57","modified_gmt":"2018-09-19T11:03:57","slug":"gautrain-mobile-speed-shootout","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/cellular\/275685-gautrain-mobile-speed-shootout.html","title":{"rendered":"Gautrain mobile speed shootout"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thousands of passengers use the Gautrain every day<\/strong><\/a>, and most of them spend the trip on their smartphones browsing websites, reading mail, and communicating.<\/p>\n

Good cellular coverage is therefore needed for these commuters to enjoy a good online experience, which is a challenge along a route with many underground tunnels.<\/p>\n

This raises the question: which mobile operators have the best coverage and performance along the Gautrain route?<\/p>\n

To establish which cellular network reigns supreme, MyBroadband conducted hundreds of speed tests along the Gautrain route.<\/p>\n

The tests were conducted using Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 smartphones which ran a custom version of the MyBroadband Android Speed Test app<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

The full route \u2013 from the Hatfield station to the Johannesburg station \u2013 were done twice to ensure accurate results.<\/p>\n

The results<\/h3>\n

The test results showed that while the performance of all networks was good in certain areas, other areas were dead zones for most operators.<\/p>\n

The route between Marlboro station and Johannesburg station, which is partly underground, had very little coverage from Cell C, Telkom, and Rain.<\/p>\n

Good news is that Vodacom and MTN have very good coverage on the full Gautrain route \u2013 even inside the underground tunnels.<\/p>\n

Vodacom had the highest average upload and download speeds, while MTN had the highest average signal strength along the full route.<\/p>\n

The table below provides an overview of the performance of the networks along the Gautrain route.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Gautrain Average Performance<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operator<\/strong><\/td>\nDownload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nLatency (ms)<\/strong><\/td>\nSignal Strength<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/strong><\/td>\n56.38<\/td>\n15.96<\/td>\n28<\/td>\n4.32<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/strong><\/td>\n35.50<\/td>\n12.96<\/td>\n31<\/td>\n4.49<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain<\/strong><\/td>\n24.41<\/td>\n11.66<\/td>\n24<\/td>\n3.10<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom<\/strong><\/td>\n18.51<\/td>\n4.25<\/td>\n38<\/td>\n3.27<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/strong><\/td>\n13.46<\/td>\n6.54<\/td>\n27<\/td>\n3.80<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Gautrain Peak Speeds<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Operator<\/strong><\/td>\nDownload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\nUpload (Mbps)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom<\/strong><\/td>\n169.1<\/td>\n31.4<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN<\/strong><\/td>\n131.6<\/td>\n35.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain<\/strong><\/td>\n81.0<\/td>\n31.1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom<\/strong><\/td>\n56.9<\/td>\n17.9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell<\/strong> C<\/strong><\/td>\n47.2<\/td>\n20.0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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Now read:\u00a0How to get your money back from an expired Gautrain card<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Good mobile coverage and speed are necessary to make your Gautrain trip easier \u2013 here are the mobile operators which top the rankings.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":276267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_facebook_post_id":"","_sma_instagram_post_id":"","_sma_threads_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[355,35,42,43716,109,41],"class_list":["post-275685","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cellular","tag-cell-c","tag-headline","tag-mtn","tag-rain","tag-telkom","tag-vodacom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275685"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/23"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=275685"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275685\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":276265,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/275685\/revisions\/276265"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=275685"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=275685"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=275685"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}