Today I started using the 3G service I got from Alfa, I won’t make a judgement on it yet since I was very busy and I barely managed to use it but the speeds were a little slow when I did test them. I did not use it for browsing yet and the only app I used was whatsapp so I didn’t see any improvement in this area.
I contacted customer support via mail today and they called me back, they were very helpful and I’ll make a post about that on another day.
Here’s a small list of results I got from the speedtests (using speedtest.net app for android)
- Sin El Fil, 08h26, Down 119 kbps, Up 336 kbps, ping 131 ms
- Sin El Fil, 09h15, Down 41kbps, Up 370 kbps, ping 211 ms
- Sin El Fil, 09h15, Down 609kbps, Up 382 kbps, ping 211 ms
- Naccache, 20h24, Down 311 kbps, Up 166 kbps, ping 329 ms
Reception in Sin El Fil is a little bad indoor (1-2 over 5) and good outside (3-5 over 5) but I managed to make good quality phone calls indoors and outdoors. In Naccache it’s good with a full reception outdoors and an indoor reception similar to the one I got outdoors in Sin El Fil.
I am currently using the connection to download app updates on my phone and they are downloading faster then usual so that’s a good sign! I got to go watch the latest episodes of How I met your mother and 2 and a half man now but I promise you I’ll keep updating you about the connection as I test it!
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