3G/4G/5G News & Discussion(Dedicated Discussion Thread)

[awais.9]

Go to PTCL and ask them how much GBs of data you usually consume every month.

I also wanted to do the same but i had to keep PTCL, as my monthly use was ~75 to 100 GBs.

u can ask by just calling 1236

[HellsGuardian]

yea speed test showing different speed, sometimes less sometimes more where as IDM pulls max speed u can get, even better than torrents for me
on torrents i get 500+ where as on IDM i get 600+ speed

though there's a strange thing, with torrent downloads, even on restricting speed at 450 or 400, browsing gets slower n fb simply dies where as with IDM even at 600+ speed everything works fine even when i have restricted upload speed at 6kb/s max

because with a torrent client, it makes connections to a lot of peers so even though speed is restricted but number of peers is just too high for your modem to handle perfectly.
You can limit the max number of peers/connections per torrent to a smaller value (may be 50?) you can keep reducing this number as long as you are getting a reasonable speed from that number of peers. Also reduce maximum global connections. And set upload speed to low as well

And all those who are saying that speedtest is not reliable, its not the speed test its your connection which is not reliable! Ever heard of burst speed? Almost all networks provide burst speed but soon this speed decreases and stabilizes at a fixed value. With speedtest and a high burst speed, the result ends too soon for the speed to stabilize. In case of IDM the downloads are usually larger so speed comes to its nominal value

[awais.9]

going for warid LTE since its much cheaper, now lets hope for the best, dont need it for downloading though i have nayatel for that

[awais.9]

because with a torrent client, it makes connections to a lot of peers so even though speed is restricted but number of peers is just too high for your modem to handle perfectly.
You can limit the max number of peers/connections per torrent to a smaller value (may be 50?) you can keep reducing this number as long as you are getting a reasonable speed from that number of peers. Also reduce maximum global connections. And set upload speed to low as well

And all those who are saying that speedtest is not reliable, its not the speed test its your connection which is not reliable! Ever heard of burst speed? Almost all networks provide burst speed but soon this speed decreases and stabilizes at a fixed value. With speedtest and a high burst speed, the result ends too soon for the speed to stabilize. In case of IDM the downloads are usually larger so speed comes to its nominal value

i think once i was downloading more torrents n since it has restriction of peers per torrent n global connections so i changed them to 500 n 400 i think it wasnt more torrents on download but i was seeding around 20 torrents to get a good ratio
now i have changed them to this though even if i am downloading one torrent even then this happens, n there arent much seeders, hardly a few maybe 4-5 since its private tracker so even 1-2 r enough to give me full speed

[awais.9]

so which is better, zong or warid, for 4g?
warid's promo of 5gb is ending by end of this month so ignore that

[dms664]

yea speed test showing different speed, sometimes less sometimes more where as IDM pulls max speed u can get, even better than torrents for me
on torrents i get 500+ where as on IDM i get 600+ speed

though there's a strange thing, with torrent downloads, even on restricting speed at 450 or 400, browsing gets slower n fb simply dies where as with IDM even at 600+ speed everything works fine even when i have restricted upload speed at 6kb/s max

In torrent you are seeding as well

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[awais.9]

nope
only 6kb/s while downloading as it wont download otherwise

[axe.effect]

so which is better, zong or warid, for 4g?
warid's promo of 5gb is ending by end of this month so ignore that

It ALL depends on coverage and signal strength for 4G.

Zong is faster and has latest generation 10 MHZ spectrum.

Warid has stronger signals, especially in basements.

Check 4G coverage on their websites, that's most important.

Two Zong network base stations for 4G are approx 1 km away from my house and i get 1-2 bars of 4G signals at ground floor and no signals in basement. So i am now gonna test warid LTE.

How do you know about the 5GB offer ending?. I think they will disallow multiple subscriptions to maintain their quality.

[exxorebel]

My issue is still unresolved .. never ever going to order anything from daraz.pk. now they say that the device has a fault and will be replaced... but the rider has been coming from last 2 days.. and still have not arrived..

[awais.9]

It ALL depends on coverage and signal strength for 4G.

Zong is faster and has latest generation 10 MHZ spectrum.

Warid has stronger signals, especially in basements.

Check 4G coverage on their websites, that's most important.

Two Zong network base stations for 4G are approx 1 km away from my house and i get 1-2 bars of 4G signals at ground floor and no signals in basement. So i am now gonna test warid LTE.

How do you know about the 5GB offer ending?. I think they will disallow multiple subscriptions to maintain their quality.

if u subscribe multiple times, that increases no of months too?
i went to port my no to warid n then i asked about this offer n he told me that its ending, good thing he told me in time hahaha
4g coverage of both warid n zong according to the maps finishes just few meters away from my home :S
but i guess some signals may get carried with the wind hahaha

[dr.siddiqui]

I was astonished When i called daraz.pk and found that they?re charging 4000 for the device which costs 2500 only just because it is short in market as i couldnt find it on any franchise near my place.

[mubeenshahid]

Hoping 4G comes soon in Sargodha so i can disconnect my ptcl

[dr.siddiqui]

ordered it through smartchoice.pk but luckily found device on one of the franchises on my way to office so bought it and cancelled order but the smart choice guy was in constant communication with me which is something good and they were also asking the original price i.e 2500 so if any body is willing to order online definitely recommend

[dr.siddiqui]

[umarkhan1]

Zong 3g

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[dms664]

I was astonished When i called daraz.pk and found that they?re charging 4000 for the device which costs 2500 only just because it is short in market as i couldnt find it on any franchise near my place.

Its for 4k in shops also. It incl 1500 package as well according to shopkeeper

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[dr.siddiqui]

Thats what i thought as well but the operator at daraz.pk told me otherwise.

[axe.effect]

if u subscribe multiple times, that increases no of months too?
i went to port my no to warid n then i asked about this offer n he told me that its ending, good thing he told me in time hahaha
4g coverage of both warid n zong according to the maps finishes just few meters away from my home :S
but i guess some signals may get carried with the wind hahaha

I don't know about months, but it should increase too. There was a user above who used multiple subscriptions of same package, ask him.

The offer is supposed to end, as many people misuse it. i am on warid now. I just took two warid speed tests and they are much slower than zong, due to this offer.

Warid LTE speed test, outdoor with 3 bars signals strength.

Check out my Ookla Speedtest result. What's your speed? http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/a/1399711004

Actually, H+ can offer speed upto 42 mbps, so these LTE speeds are just a joke. Lte is supposed to be 42+ mbps speed.

But i like LTE, as it drains less battery as compared to 3G in normal internet use and phone doesn't get hot too.
@chaudhary9
Update, check signals using sim, the coverage map is just an idea.

[typeN]

An off topic question but someone here was telling about watching criket in HD.. can some plz give me the link

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[altisdualvvti]

@zong mobile WiFi users does zong is offering volume carrying forward option just like nayatel or not

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