I'd suggest finding the location of both towers (ACMA radcomms database), and go for a drive, and see what speed you get while within a KM of each tower.. Otherwise you're likely to go to all this work, and then find there's only 8mbps available at the tower you're working off, or something similarly silly.. (Don't laugh, there's a place we like to visit with the kids up near Nabiac where we're less than a KM from the closest tower, but max out at 8mbps on 3g..) On 9 January 2017 at 14:27, Paul Julian <paul@oxygennetworks.com.au> wrote:
Hi All, I know this has been talked about before and I have been playing around with some options but I was hoping I could draw on some real life experiences from others.
I am trying to get a decent Telstra Mobile signal in a rural area, doing my research I can see that there is a Telstra Mobile site 31 km's away which supports 3G 850Mhz and 4G 700Mhz. There is another site which is 24km away which has 3G 850Mhz and 4G 1800Mhz on it, I think the first site would be a better line of sight then the closer one.
My iPhone 6 drifts between 2-3 bars of 3G and sometimes 1 bar of 4G at the location, however data speed is pretty sad at around 1.5-2Mbit/s when it actually works.
Currently I am using a Routerboard 411U with a Sierra Wireless MC8705 PCIe modem and a 7dbi omni antenna which is external, I figure it's only connecting to the 850Mhz 3G as it only supports that band out of the bands available at the towers. I have thought about using the SXTLTE model as it supports 1800Mhz but would that do the job as only one site supports 1800Mhz and I am not 100% sure which site I am actually reaching at the moment ?
What would people suggest in this case ? Should I upgrade to a newer modem and stick with the existing setup and if so which one ? Should I use a better antenna ?
I would appreciate any suggestions as I need to get some reliable data there and am hoping to get around 5-10Mbit/s if at all possible.
Thanks Paul _______________________________________________ Public mailing list Public@talk.mikrotik.com.au http://talk.mikrotik.com.au/mailman/listinfo/public_talk.mikrotik.com.au
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