Looking at the latest MyBroadband Speedtest results for wireless broadband connections in South Africa reveals that MTN LTE has the fastest average download speed (29.61 Mbps) while Vodacom LTE boasts the highest average upload speed (12.02 Mbps).
Based on 25,699 Speedtests among South Africa’s wireless broadband providers, the average download speed was 18.76 Mbps.
MyBroadband’s Speedtest results are powered by Ookla’s Speedtest platform. The results have been filtered and aggregated (Joburg, Cape Town, and London test servers) to represent the best overall wireless broadband ISP performance across South Africa.
Below are the latest results:
| Wireless broadband speeds – MyBroadband Speedtest results (30 days to 10 April 2014) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | ISP | Service | Download Speed | Upload Speed |
| 1 | MTN | MTN LTE | 29.61 Mbps | 5.76 Mbps |
| 2 | Vodacom | Vodacom LTE | 19.36 Mbps | 12.02 Mbps |
| 3 | MTN | MTN 3G | 18.19 Mbps | 1.34 Mbps |
| 4 | 8ta | 8ta LTE | 16.46 Mbps | 3.28 Mbps |
| 5 | Vodacom | Vodacom 3G | 9.29 Mbps | 1.75 Mbps |
| 6 | 8ta | 8ta 3G | 3.48 Mbps | 1.06 Mbps |
| 7 | Cell C | Cell C LTE | 2.5 Mbps | 1.42 Mbps |
| 8 | Cell C | Cell C 3G | 2.47 Mbps | 0.9 Mbps |
| 9 | Neotel CDMA | Neotel CDMA | 0.72 Mbps | 0.31 Mbps |
| 10 | iBurst Wireless | iBurst Wireless | 0.61 Mbps | 0.21 Mbps |
Mobile broadband latency
Another important measure of broadband performance is latency – the amount of time it takes for a data packet to be sent from the user, to a server, and returned to the user. This is typically measured in milliseconds (ms). For online gaming, the lower your latency, the better your experience will be.
The results below are based on 24,882 Speedtests conducted to MyBroadband’s South African Speedtest server.
| Wireless broadband South African latency – MyBroadband Speedtest results (30 days to 10 April 2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | ISP | Service | Speed |
| 1 | Vodacom | Vodacom LTE | 45 ms |
| 2 | 8ta | 8ta LTE | 62 ms |
| 3 | MTN | MTN 3G | 87 ms |
| 4 | MTN | MTN LTE | 89 ms |
| 5 | Vodacom | Vodacom 3G | 92 ms |
| 6 | Cell C | Cell C LTE | 94 ms |
| 7 | 8ta | 8ta 3G | 117 ms |
| 8 | Cell C | Cell C 3G | 177 ms |
| 9 | iBurst Wireless | iBurst Wireless | 203 ms |
| 10 | Neotel CDMA | Neotel CDMA | 218 ms |
The results below are based on 13,189 Speedtests conducted to MyBroadband’s South African Speedtest server.
| Wireless broadband international latency – MyBroadband Speedtest results (30 days to 10 April 2014) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Rank | ISP | Service | Speed |
| 1 | MTN | MTN LTE | 234 ms |
| 2 | Vodacom | Vodacom LTE | 238 ms |
| 3 | MTN | MTN 3G | 247 ms |
| 4 | Vodacom | Vodacom 3G | 282 ms |
| 5 | 8ta | 8ta LTE | 289 ms |
| 6 | 8ta | 8ta 3G | 294 ms |
| 7 | Cell C | Cell C 3G | 295 ms |
| 8 | Neotel CDMA | Neotel CDMA | 306 ms |
| 9 | iBurst Wireless | iBurst Wireless | 434 ms |
Note that all of the results above are filtered to ensure that these are an accurate representation of what a real-world user might experience; in other words, none of the results include tests done from core locations on the respective networks of the ISPs listed.
In South Africa, the MyBroadband Speedtest platform is powered by Ookla technology, and the platform is hosted at Teraco and NAPAfrica’s vendor neutral data centres in Johannesburg and Cape Town. More info here: MyBroadband speed test: bigger and better
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Ho much did mtn pay for the turn on this survey. some one is getting free kfc or airtime for this bullshit. Never been so happy in my live been using Cell C for almost 2 years. previously been on mtn and its been the worst experience in my live. MTN say the contribute to sars and to soccer world cup but its the people in South Africa caught in mtn’s lying contracts who paid for it all. Think about it, they say that the lte is so fast on mtn. i cant remember getting anything other than EDGE unless my S4 was not a 3G enabled phone. SO SCREW YOU MTN YOU SUCK AND LIE AND STEEL MONY FROM PEOPLE AND TAKE THE FAME FOR IT.