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The cross-sea section of the East Rail Line was officially opened to traffic, allowing East Rail passengers to go directly to the Hong Kong Island area without changing trains, and no longer need to focus on the “flying station” on the mobile phone to cross the dragon, greatly improving the transportation convenience. However, because of this, the flow of people in the station has increased significantly, and the busy hours are even more “people-to-people”, which puts the 5G network to the test again.
In the end, when there are many commuters crossing the sea and using 5G to surf the Internet and watch movies, it is the most stable and smooth to use the side platform first, without fear of crowds. Even if the train platform is forced, can you still enjoy the 5G network smoothly? This time From Tai Wai Station to Admiralty Station, test the 5G performance better than you can see.
From Tai Wai Station to Admiralty Station, test 5G performance is better than yours
The 5G network test of the East Rail Line will be conducted at five key interchange platforms, namely Convention and Exhibition, Hung Hom, Kowloon Tong, Tai Wai and Admiralty. During the time when trains enter and leave the train, passengers get on and off, and the flow of people is high, the test base stations will be automatically selected. Execute “SpeedTest”, and download the 1.15GB “Magic Sound” video offline through “Netflix” to test the network performance of SmarTone 5G in high-traffic situations at each station of the East Rail Line crossing the sea. In addition, test the actual network experience of different programs.
Exhibition station
▲ When transferring trains towards Admiralty on the platform of the convention and exhibition station, when a large number of passengers get on and off the train, SmarTone 5G has a stable performance of 323 Mbps download and 89.9 Mbps upload, while the download speed of Internet provider B is 147 Mbps, and the download speed of Internet provider C is second. It is 129mbps, while the download speed of network provider A is only 89mbps, which is astounding.
▲ For video streaming, SmarTone 5G can download a 1.15GB video in as little as 47 seconds, while network providers A, B, and C complete the download in 1 minute 48 seconds, 1 minute 25 seconds, and 1 minute 34 seconds, respectively. SmarTone 5G is nearly 2 times faster than other network providers.
Hung Hom Station
▲ In the case of passengers getting on and off the platform of East Rail Line Hung Hom Station at a deeper position in the basement, SmarTone 5G still has high-speed “SpeedTest” download results, especially the stability of the upload part is quite obvious, with a download speed of 314 mbps and 82 mbps respectively. The upload speed easily beats the 222 mbps download speed and 58 mbps upload speed of network provider A, the 145 mbps download speed and 44 mbps upload speed of network provider B, and the 171 mbps download speed and 54 mbps upload speed of network provider C .
▲ The stable network performance of SmarTone 5G is reflected in the video download section of “Netflix”. It can download a 1.15GB video in about 46 seconds on the platform of Hung Hom Station on the East Rail Line, which is faster than the 55 seconds of network provider A and the 55 seconds of network provider B. 2 minutes 1 second and 1 minute 29 seconds of network provider C up to 20% to 100% faster.
Tai Wai Station
▲ Going to the platform of Taiwei Station, SmarTone continued to have high-speed 5G download performance during the time of passengers getting on and off, with a download speed of up to 339mbps, which is more than 5 times higher than the 62.1mbps download speed of network provider B. The network providers A and C completed the test at 160mbps and 112mbps download speeds.
▲ When waiting for the bus at Tai Wai Station, if you want to download a video to watch while waiting, even if there are many passengers getting on and off the bus, you can still download a 1.15GB video in about 47 seconds, which is quite fast. Other network providers need 1 More than a minute, the performance is not as good.
Admiralty Station
▲ On the platform of Admiralty Station on the East Rail Line, even if the off-duty hours forced the platform, SmarTone 5G’s “SpeedTest” performance was still outstanding and stable, with a download speed of 241mbps. The download speeds of network providers A and C are only 55.4mbps and 63.8mbps, respectively, which are affected by the flow of people. And the upload speed of network provider C is only 7mbps, the situation is appalling.
▲ Even if the platform is crowded with people, SmarTone 5G still completes the 1.15GB video download in the fastest 1 minute and 2 seconds, while other network providers need about 2 minutes to complete.
Crowd videos, play video games, watch YouTube 4K and click again?
In addition to the network speed test data, the actual performance of 5G Internet access at each station of the East Rail Line can also be seen through different apps, from playing video games, watching movies to YouTube 4K broadcasting. This time, at Hung Hom Station of the East Rail Line, I tried to play “Man in a Bottle” through SmarTone 5G. The whole game is smooth and there is no lag, so players don’t need to worry about the performance of the Lag machine or high ping value.
The “Zoom” video call, which is necessary for office work, was originally used on the East Rail Line with SmarTone 5G, and it can also stream smoothly as if sitting at home. At the East Rail Line Convention and Exhibition Station, I tried using “Zoom” as a video call. Even when walking around the station, it can ensure the playback quality of the video stream, and the screen is clear and smooth without any sense of delay.
As for another must-have entertainment streaming video, SmarTone 5G uses “YouTube” to play 4K resolution videos, even in the most crowded Admiralty Station after get off work hours, it can still be streamed almost without pause, even if you want to. Fast forwarding and rewinding the video process will not hinder the smoothness of playback.
Summary: No matter how many passengers, SmarTone 5G Internet access is smooth and stable
The 5G performance was tested by getting on and off the bus at 5 stations of the East Rail Line during peak hours. It can be seen that the SmarTone 5G network can still ensure the smoothest 5G performance even in busy hours in crowded places. Make full use of the smooth and low-latency characteristics of 5G network, and integrate the best mobile application experience into life perfectly.