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Azimuth

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1. jcheek - 90.60Mbps - Faerie Glen, Pretoria East, Gauteng
2. RVQ - 86.64Mbps - unknown suburb, Sandton, Gauteng
3. Hyperbole - 85.74Mbps - Pretoria Gardens, Gauteng
4. Prankst3r - 85.66Mbps - Umhlanga Ridge, Durban, KZN
5. rob54321 - 83.47Mbps - Heldervue, Somerset West, Western Cape (Poynting XPOL-0002-v2)
6. InusB - 81.5Mbps - Glen Marais, Kempton Park, Gauteng
7. oliverwww - 81.00Mbps - Morningside, Gauteng
8. 14. HowTo - 78.57Mbps - Springs, East Rand, Gauteng
9. Fifaguy - 77.54Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
10. Doug_Dread - 76.30Mbps - Horizon, Roodepoort, Gauteng
11 jacqueso - 76.06Mbps - Centurion, Gauteng
12. Biggles190 - 75.25Mbps - Northwold, Johannesburg, Gauteng (Poynting XPOL-0001)
13. Azimuth - 73.76Mbps - Helderkruin, Roodepoort, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
14. oomdomy - 71.98Mbps - Pretoria North, Gauteng
15. Marakker - 71.38Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
16. User52 - 70.30Mbps - Durban (noteworthy mention: iPhone 5S hotspot)
17. jman - 68.83Mbps - unknown suburb, Polokwane
18. hcpeer - 67.83Mbps - Ridgeway, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
19. saliehendricks - 67.31Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape (Poynting XPOL-06)
20. Nobby - 66.53Mbps - George, Western Cape
21. kurtg - 65.77Mbps - Greenstone, East Rand, Gauteng (Poynting LPDA-0092's)
22. CPTBoy - 56.80Mbps - Uitzicht, Durbanville, Cape Town, Western Cape
23. rpm - 49Mbps - Johannesburg, Gauteng
24. kingrob - 45.52Mbps - Cape Town, Western Cape
25. Teejaybee - 39.20Mbps - de Tyger, Cape Town, Western Cape
26. Imoe - 36.73Mbps - Kosmosdal, Centurion, Gauteng
27. spikry - 36.18Mbps - Cottesloe, Johannesburg, Gauteng
28. Lord Flacko - 34.95Mbps - Queenswood, Pretoria, Gauteng
29. redcliff - 29.49Mbps - Parkhurst, Johannesburg, Gauteng
30. rustyb1968 - 27.15Mbps - Bellville, Western Cape
 
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I've listed and ordered the top 20 LTE speed test results.
 
Not a bad speed for 3G. You will enjoy LTE though, without a doubt.
 
Area: Faerie Glen, Pretoria East (about 4km east of Menlyn Park shopping mall)
Antenna system: Poynting twin LPDA-0020 ("V1") array, oriented at +45 and +135 degrees
Distance to tower: Approx 1.36km (assuming the connected tower is the one I think it is!)
Device: Huawei B593s-601 LTE modem/router
Connection mode : Forced 4G
Network Operator: Telkom Mobile (PLMN = 65502)
Service Provider: Telkom Internet
Signal parameters: RSSI=-48, RSRP=-74, RSRQ=-6
Result: see here
Date of test: Thursday 17 July 2014 @ 16:26

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Telkom mobile, please create an higher capped account. We want 100gig +100gig packages or maybe 200+200 :)
 
Ok...as requested - here it is!

Area: Northwold, Randburg
Antenna system: Poynting XPOL-0001
Distance to tower: About 800 m
Device: Huawei B593s-601 LTE modem/router
Connection mode : Forced 4G
Network Operator: Telkom Mobile 60+60
Service Provider: Telkom Internet
Signal parameters: RSSI=-65, RSRP=-89, RSRQ=-6
Result:
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Date of test: Thursday 2 June 2014 @ 04:49

To be honest, this is my best result by a long short. Second fastest is 72.36 Mb/s and the rest are mostly in the 50's and 60's. I guess the early morning test must have made the difference.

The antenna makes a big difference as well, but I think this is because I live in a valley, and by having the antenna on the roof, it allows for better line of sight reception.
 
Biggles190 said:
To be honest, this is my best result by a long short. Second fastest is 72.36 Mb/s and the rest are mostly in the 50's and 60's. I guess the early morning test must have made the difference.
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Definitely not a congestion issue. TM LTE is notorious for up and down LTE results. I also got a 73Mbps result and 50's after that. Recently it dropped to 10-20Mbps and I switched to MTN - back up to 30Mbps.

The antenna makes a big difference as well, but I think this is because I live in a valley, and by having the antenna on the roof, it allows for better line of sight reception.
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Send me those photos so I can post them for you....
 
Tested last night, best I can get from TM LTE is about 5mbps DL. Sometimes. Reception is 10%.

Usually fails and switches back to 3G. 3G is 20%, also quite poor, not worth pursuing.
 
You really have an excellent case for an outdoor antenna then. Considered it?
 
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We've had huge success with outdoor antennas and LTE. See here. :)

Edit: didn't realise you had VDSL!
 
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LTE Installation

Telkom Mobile LTE
Huawai B880-73 router
2 X Poynitng LPDA 0092
Location: Greenstone, Gauteng

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kurtg said:
Telkom Mobile LTE
Huawai B880-73 router
2 X Poynting LPDA 0092
Location: Greenstone, Gauteng

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Thanks for the update, kurtg - very nice, image-ey post, btw ;-)

Nice that the B880 gives the Cell_ID - a very important feature that the B593's "simplified" software doesn't have. But a bit disappointing that the way of reporting RSSI, RSRP and RSRQ is not consistent between these two Huawei devices. A perfect example of how not to write software - thanks, Huawei !

Some more thoughts on that point and the content of these B880 screens is presented over here on the Huawei B593 thread where it belongs (well, sorta).

A great post nonetheless - thanks for sharing!
 
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