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<\/a>Coverage map and test locations<\/p><\/div>\n
LTE download \/ upload speeds – local<\/h3>\n
When testing Cell C\u2019s LTE service for download and upload speeds, two test results showed that the speeds remained within the 10Mbps range. Upload speeds were shown to be within the 2.3Mbps range with Speed Test, and 1.76Mbps from the MyBroadband Speedtest.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Local speed test<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Local MyBroadband test<\/p><\/div>\n
LTE download \/ upload speeds \u2013 international<\/h3>\n
The international speed tests for the Cell C LTE service showed download speeds in the 3Mbps range, and an uploads of around 2Mbps. MyBroadband tests showed a download speed of 5.66Mbps and an upload of 1.59Mbps.<\/p>\n
<\/a>1.59Mbps International speed test<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>MyBroadband international test<\/p><\/div>\n
Download<\/h3>\n
Downloading a 1.1GB game demo (PES 2013), Cell C LTE managed speeds of up to 900 kB\/s.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Torrent download – game demo<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>Download graph<\/p><\/div>\n
Downloading a large file (6GB) produced speeds of up to 816 kB\/s<\/p>\n
<\/a>Large torrent test<\/p><\/div>\n
Cell C LTE latency<\/h3>\n
Some general ping tests to local and international servers showed great latency results, with roughly 34ms latency to MyBroadband.co.za, and roughly 220ms latency to a UK based website.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Local and international ping test<\/p><\/div>\n
Cell C LTE for gaming<\/h3>\n
A number of ping tests were done to local gaming servers in order to check latency times.<\/p>\n
Pings sent from Johannesburg to the Cape Town and Johannesburg Mweb CS:GO servers delivered pings of 79ms and 47ms\u00a0respectively.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ping test: Mweb Gamezone CT and JHB servers for CS:GO<\/p><\/div>\n
Pings sent from Johannesburg to the Cape Town and Johannesburg Mweb CS:GO servers delivered pings of 73ms and 62ms\u00a0respectively.<\/p>\n
<\/a>Ping test – Mweb BF3 Cape Town and JHB servers (from JHB)<\/p><\/div>\n
Pings sent from Johannesburg to South African WAGE CS:GO servers gave results of around 64ms, while a ping to the local SGS Battlefield 3 server had a latency of \u00a0and around 42ms.<\/p>\n
<\/a>WAGE CS:GO server ping test<\/p><\/div>\n
<\/a>SGS BF3 server ping test<\/p><\/div>\n
Cell C LTE for gaming – conclusion<\/h3>\n
The signal strength did seem to fluctuate, even within the areas of dense signal coverage, but the general experience was favourable.<\/p>\n
When playing Counter Strike: Global Offensive on local servers, connection and joining games was quick and responsive. While in the game, there was very low latency, despite the odd drop in signal, which saw me beginning to lag behind in certain situations and enduring some cheap deaths.<\/p>\n
On an internationally hosted server (UK), connecting to a game was a little slower, with speeds fluctuating to lower levels and a fair amount of lag, to the point which it did hamper the gaming experience.<\/p>\n
With the high prices of data aside, Cell C\u2019s LTE option is a suitable alternative to an ADSL connection. Keep in mind Cell C is still in its testing phase of the LTE network, so coverage and signal strength did differ significant from area to area, and while gaming (on local servers) was smooth, there was occasional slowdown and lag still present.<\/p>\n