I was luckily among the people who were selected for the trial phase of the 4G network, so I got my dongle from Alfa yesterday and below are some random tests I performed today after I got my connection activated.
As you can notice the speeds and ping delay are less than what one would expect on a 4G network but that might be due to my location since my reception meter was half full, so I’ll soon try to repeat the test from another place.
Note that Alfa 4G currently covers Beirut only and will slowly expand to other regions, same as what happened when 3G was launched.
Update:
I performed two additional tests near Tayouneh today and got the below speeds.
Dude- that’s not 4g, that’s like bad 3G.
There is hope. I have notice improveme in my 3G. Just ran a test to Cyprus. Between 3.5 to 5 Mbps down, with a 50ms ping. I’m near zalka.
What HAPPENED when 3G was launched ?! dude it’s STILL HAPPENING!
you don’t even have 3G from your side of the Office in DownTown!!! if you don’t want talk about North Areas!
Ping is so damn high. Not suitable for online gaming
Dear,
try downloading a file or a speed test from site thinkbroadband.com
Thanks for the update. Big improvement.
On 3G, early 6am test, I’m getting 6mb down and .4mbps up.
No doubt, we are finally improving the network.
Where were you when you performed the first set of tests?
I was at Azarieh in downtown.
the first batch of tests you did were not on 4G although the USB dongle says its a 4G modem, it supports 3G(HSDPA,HSUPA) and 2G( Edge, GPRS) and it falls back to 3G speeds when 4G coverage is absent. if you do your tests in an area with no 4G or 3G you will get 2G speeds.
Currently 4G covers only parts of beirut
I know, and the dongle’s client was displaying “LTE” next to the reception meter at the time of the first test, so I was on 4G at that time not 3G.