{"id":265845,"date":"2018-08-24T18:00:44","date_gmt":"2018-08-24T16:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=265845"},"modified":"2018-08-24T15:13:00","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T13:13:00","slug":"the-fastest-mobile-speeds-in-south-africa-and-how-you-can-improve-yours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/mobile\/265845\/the-fastest-mobile-speeds-in-south-africa-and-how-you-can-improve-yours\/","title":{"rendered":"The fastest mobile speeds in South Africa – and how you can improve yours"},"content":{"rendered":"

MyBroadband recently published a list<\/a> <\/strong>of the fastest mobile speeds measured in South Africa during a series of driving tests.<\/p>\n

These tests were conducted using high-end LTE smartphones, including Samsung Galaxy S8 and S9 devices, and a custom version of the MyBroadband Android\u00a0Speed Test App<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n

It found that the newcomer Rain had the fastest\u00a0highest mobile speed measured – hitting an incredible\u00a0196Mbps download and\u00a028Mbps upload in the Broadacres area.<\/p>\n

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\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Network<\/th>\nDownload<\/th>\nUpload<\/th>\nLatency<\/th>\nPhone<\/th>\nArea<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Rain<\/strong><\/td>\n196Mbps<\/td>\n28Mbps<\/td>\n22ms<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy S9<\/td>\nBroadacres<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Vodacom\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n167Mbps<\/td>\n30Mbps<\/td>\n26ms<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy S9<\/td>\nSandton<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Telkom\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n143Mbps<\/td>\n8Mbps<\/td>\n22ms<\/td>\nSamsung\u00a0Galaxy S8<\/td>\nWoodlands<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
MTN\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n136Mbps<\/td>\n27Mbps<\/td>\n18ms<\/td>\nSamsung Galaxy S9<\/td>\nErasmusland<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Cell C<\/strong><\/td>\n92Mbps<\/td>\n22Mbps<\/td>\n21ms<\/td>\nMotorola Moto Z<\/td>\nBryanston<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Speaking to BusinessTech, chief operating officer of Rain South Africa, Kartik Mistry, said that the phone model used in the tests was important.<\/p>\n

“It\u2019s extremely important to have the right quality of phone to ensure that a user can benefit from the features of the network,” he said.<\/p>\n

He added that while there aren\u2019t any specific settings on a router to improve speeds, there are two important factors to consider when one looks for general improvement of internet for one\u2019s home or mobile use.<\/p>\n

“As mentioned above, the quality of your device, either your smartphone or router, is important,” he said.<\/p>\n

“The other is the placement of your device, specifically in the case of a router, is also very important. There are factors that may influence your connection and speed, and generally placing your router near a window<\/strong> helps with your experience.”<\/p>\n

Mistry said that Rain also had a number of plans to expand and upgrade it network in the coming years.<\/p>\n

“We continue to grow our network daily. We are currently at 2,000+ sites and aim to have 5,000 towers in three years,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Read:\u00a0Here\u2019s what to expect from the new iPhone which could launch next month<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The fastest mobile speeds measured in South Africa right now – and how you can improve yours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":214989,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[26],"class_list":["post-265845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobile","tag-headline"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265845"}],"version-history":[{"count":17,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265845\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":265907,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265845\/revisions\/265907"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/214989"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}