Tests of Rain\u2019s 5G network in Pretoria and Centurion have shown an impressive performance, with download speeds exceeding 500Mbps in certain areas.<\/p>\n
MyBroadband conducted this testing following complaints from Rain 5G subscribers about slow speeds and intermittent connectivity issues.<\/p>\n
Many Rain 5G users took to online platforms to complain about the fact they were not getting the advertised speeds associated with their products.<\/p>\n
Many of these users contacted MyBroadband, complaining about connection speeds dropping to around 1Mbps at times.<\/p>\n
Many Rain 5G subscribers said despite their routers showing they had solid 4G and 5G reception, their Internet connections were down.<\/p>\n
Last week Rain CEO Willem Roos told MyBroadband they were \u201cacutely aware\u201d of the complaints about their 5G network, and in particular issues experienced in the Pretoria North area.<\/p>\n
He explained there had been a configuration error on the network which was causing the intermittent connectivity problems.<\/p>\n
Roos told MyBroadband he was confident the problems had been resolved, however, and that most affected users would have a much better experience.<\/p>\n
He added that their 5G network has significant capacity and it maintained average download throughput speeds \u201ceasily exceeding\u201d 200Mbps.<\/p>\n
To test these claims, MyBroadband conducted Rain 5G network performance tests in Pretoria and Centurion.<\/p>\n
As these tests had to be conducted in multiple locations, MyBroadband built a testing kit which could be used in a car.<\/p>\n
The kit included a Huawei 5G outdoor CPE, which was powered by a car power inverter, and both Windows and Apple laptops.<\/p>\n
Network tests were conducted using MyBroadband\u2019s Speed Test platform, which is hosted in Teraco\u2019s vendor-neutral data centres to ensure an objective testing environment.<\/p>\n
We performed network tests in 12 areas in Pretoria and Centurion where Rain has 5G coverage, including Sinovile, Hatfield, Gezina, Sunnyside, Queenswood, Clubview, and Eldoraigne.<\/p>\n
The results were impressive. The average download speed on Rain 5G was 288Mbps, the average upload speed was 42Mbps, and the average latency was 20ms.<\/p>\n
The peak download speed, which was achieved in Hatfield with clear line-of-site to the Rain 5G tower, was 519Mbps.<\/p>\n
The peak upload speed of 66Mbps was recorded in Queenswood while the lowest latency across all of the tests was 10ms.<\/p>\n
The table below provides an overview of the Rain 5G network tests which were performed on Saturday, 23 May.<\/p>\n
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