Expect faster 5G speeds in Joburg and Pretoria – Rain
Rain has made a significant change to its 5G network in Gauteng, which covers major urban areas such as Johannesburg and Pretoria.
Many Rain 5G users recently reported that their network configurations had been changed.
Specifically, their 5G wireless routers said the network type they were connected to had changed to “SA” from its previous “NSA” configuration.
These two terms refer to two categories of basic 5G network architecture – non-standalone (NSA) and standalone (SA).
Non-standalone network architecture relies on an active 4G or LTE connection to provide more speed and data bandwidth. This means that users connected to NSA 5G are actually using both 4G and 5G network hardware.
Standalone 5G networks do not have any 4G connection and are completely independent. This means that all traffic from the 5G client is transmitted over the 5G network.
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