Boudz78
Hey guys,
As you well know, alfa launched a week ago the "Student plan" in which it started in LAU.
Apparently, alfa advertises 900MBPS speed when im reaching almost 35 MBPS and sometimes 50MBPS. im benefiting from the night offer which suprisingly offers 5GB for 5$ . I was just wondering can the SiM card be a bottleneck for the speed?
Im living in Beirut, so i doubt any coverage issues.
Anyone using night offer can share their speeds? :)
EDIT : am using the offer to download Steam games so will be using DL
nuclearcat
It depends on phone a lot, and base station you are connected.
I doubt anywhere you can get real 900, it is usual "up to". About your phone, just check specs of vendor, what kind of data modem you have.
Boudz78
Am using an iPhone 6S, and usb tethering to a MacBook.
Apparently, an iPhone 6S can hold up to 450 mbps
I ran Speedtest and got around 100 Mbps on DL.. which is no whereclose to my actual downlod speeds at 35-50mbps.
Perhaps alfa is throttling the speed, or my sim card is throttling..
nefe_lpmk
All wireless speeds are on a shared basis system.
ELI5 if 1 person is using the station he will get the full speed , the more users on the same station the lower the speed will be.
Also, make sure your sim card is new and supports 4G+.
I suggest updating the sim at an alfa/touch service center, it is 5000 LL + your id.