Broadband speed test competition: Win a Samsung Galaxy Tab

rpm · Feb 5, 2012

Welcome to our latest giveaway: a 7’’ Samsung Galaxy Tab. All you have to do to stand a chance to win this Android tablet PC is to test your broadband speed and post your result here.

To enter

Test your broadband speed here: Broadband speed test
Post your result in this thread

The competition will close on Friday 11 February, and the winner will be announced in the announcement forum.

Note: 5 entries per member allowed.

kilobits · Feb 5, 2012

Goody goody, rubs hands...

384 ADSL (OpenWeb Gold)

Local:
Test conducted on 05 February 2012 10:47:47 PM
Download Speed: 321 kbps (40.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 88 kbps (11 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 144 ms

International:
Download Speed: 121 kbps (15.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 34 kbps (4.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 304 ms

Edit: I should have paused my downloads during this test... oops.

rpm · Feb 5, 2012

Sample entry

4Mbps ADSL (Telkom Internet)

Download Speed: 3493 kbps (436.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 401 kbps (50.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 47 ms

Scooby_Doo · Feb 5, 2012

Mweb uncapped 1meg ADSL

Local

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 22:59:18 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 878 kbps (109.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 423 kbps (52.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 67 ms

International

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:00:09 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 798 kbps (99.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 372 kbps (46.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 185 ms

ColdComfort · Feb 5, 2012

CellC

Entry No.1
Local
Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:00:03 PM

Download Speed: 6186 kbps (773.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 874 kbps (109.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 130 ms

International

Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:02:53 PM

Download Speed: 2579 kbps (322.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 266 kbps (33.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 293 ms

tsume · Feb 5, 2012

Vodacom HSDPA

Local
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:01:19 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)
Download Speed: 578 kbps (72.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 191 kbps (23.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 190 ms

International
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:03:36 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)
Download Speed: 646 kbps (80.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 201 kbps (25.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 306 ms

Strange that international is faster than local, but still these speeds are horrible especially since my modem and dialog box are showing that it's locked onto HSDPA

adrianx · Feb 5, 2012

384 ADSL - OpenWeb Standard

Local
Test conducted on Sun 05 Feb 2012 23:06:23 SAST
Download Speed: 307 kbps (38.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 101 kbps (12.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 110 ms

International
Test conducted on Sun 05 Feb 2012 23:09:44 SAST
Download Speed: 283 kbps (35.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 96 kbps (12 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 356 ms

shaunvw · Feb 5, 2012

384 uncapped Telkom

Local:

Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:11:20 PM

Download Speed: 347 kbps (43.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 98 kbps (12.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 115 ms

International:

Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:13:01 PM

Download Speed: 320 kbps (40 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 81 kbps (10.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 403 ms

Rosaudio · Feb 5, 2012

Local - MWEB 4Mbps
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:16:05 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 3478 kbps (434.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 417 kbps (52.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 71 ms

International - MWEB 4Mbps
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:17:15 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 3474 kbps (434.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 409 kbps (51.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 185 ms

Must say i'm quite impressed with those results!

Stokstert · Feb 5, 2012

8ta 10Gig Promo

Local

Test conducted on 05 February 2012 23:16:54

Download Speed: 2063 kbps (257.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 2571 kbps (321.4 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 80 ms

International

Test conducted on 05 February 2012 23:18:23

Download Speed: 5429 kbps (678.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 1967 kbps (245.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 418 ms

Knyro · Feb 5, 2012

384kbps ADSL (GDS)

Local

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:18:00 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 269 kbps (33.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 100 kbps (12.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 185 ms

International

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:15:37 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 262 kbps (32.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 67 kbps (8.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 302 ms

Grasmuis · Feb 5, 2012

4mb mweb shaped adsl

Local speedtest
Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:20:08 PM
Download Speed: 3576 kbps (447 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 506 kbps (63.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 23 ms

International
Test conducted on 05 February 2012 11:21:46 PM
Download Speed: 3531 kbps (441.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 546 kbps (68.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 221 ms

Mux · Feb 5, 2012

Local
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:22:09

Download Speed: 1495 kbps (186.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 394 kbps (49.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 59 ms

International
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:24:43

Download Speed: 1249 kbps (156.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 404 kbps (50.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 177 ms

Viva · Feb 5, 2012

Cell C 3G

Local
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:29:56 GMT+0200
Download Speed: 2396 kbps (299.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1498 kbps (187.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 136 ms

International
Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:32:08 GMT+0200
Download Speed: 2319 kbps (289.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1156 kbps (144.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 297 ms

Sidenote: It's good to see there is no significant difference, apart from latency, between my local and international speed.

The_Assimilator · Feb 5, 2012

Axxess 384k uncapped ADSL

International

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:37:36 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 231 kbps (28.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 75 kbps (9.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 253 ms

Local

Test conducted on Sun Feb 05 2012 23:38:49 GMT+0200 (South Africa Standard Time)

Download Speed: 250 kbps (31.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 77 kbps (9.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 142 ms

Digital_Reaper · Feb 5, 2012

Mweb uncapped 4Mbps ADSL

Download Speed: 4845 kbps (605.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 415 kbps (51.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 42 ms

qinglung · Feb 5, 2012

MTN 3G/HSPA

Local

Test conducted on Sun 05 Feb 2012 23:45:53 SAST

Download Speed: 4787 kbps (598.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2722 kbps (340.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 91 ms

International

Test conducted on Sun 05 Feb 2012 23:48:04 SAST

Download Speed: 3636 kbps (454.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1631 kbps (203.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 286 ms

absynth · Feb 5, 2012

10Mbps ADSL(Telkom Internet)

Local

Download Speed: 8449 kbps (1056.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 847 kbps (105.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 49 ms

International

Download Speed: 2602 kbps (325.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 592 kbps (74 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 372 ms

10Mbps ADSL (Afrihost)

Local

Download Speed: 8414 kbps (1051.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 851 kbps (106.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 52 ms

International

Download Speed: 4427 kbps (553.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 806 kbps (100.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 215 ms

4cer · Feb 6, 2012

local

Test conducted on Sunday, February 05, 2012 11:57:43 PM

Download Speed: 3460 kbps (432.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 418 kbps (52.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 79 ms

int

Test conducted on Monday, February 06, 2012 12:00:28 AM

Download Speed: 3461 kbps (432.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Upload Speed: 399 kbps (49.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Latency: 197 ms

PapercutPrincess · Feb 6, 2012

Mweb Uncapped 384k ADSL

Local

Test conducted on 06 February 2012 00:03:51
Download Speed: 273 kbps (34.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 105 kbps (13.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 120 ms

International

Test conducted on 06 February 2012 00:04:56
Download Speed: 261 kbps (32.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 103 kbps (12.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 266 ms

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