Digicel Digimodem Mobile Tests

18 February 2010
By Matt Temar & Samson Busai

Our objective is to produce data for anyone interested in utilizing the Digimodem. The Digimodem can be useful for tracking systems.

Ouir test equipments:

Hardware

Laptop Notebook - Windows XP
Digimodem (USB) from Digicel
Blackberry Phone
Toyota Bus - Sam's (B 11064) Avg Speed 40km/hr

Software

Windows XP
Digicel application wizard installed.
Facebook Chat
Gmail Chat
DOS command - ping www.google.com -t

Testing real time connection by using chat and ping.

Results

Executing ping command to www.google.com -t.
Time-out as usual with the modem but applications are steady at number 3.
Latency very high in town maybe because of buildings.

Long time-out riding from Unelco to fungkuei

Connection established at Fatumaru Bay.

Long time-out from Tebakor Agriculture Supplies to Tebakor station.

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Good connection from Tebakor/Malapoa road to Solwota Club. Low latency.

Ping response
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Mele connection not steady

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Mele-Maat road
Trac
Ping response
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Clems Hill

Ping response
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Towards Tamate Village

Ping response
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Up the hill towards Tamate village

Ping response
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Around Tamate Village

Ping response
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Long time-out from junction at Mangaliliu to Tanoliu

Stop at Tanoliu Village. FB chat not steady.

Message: Could not connect to Facebook Chat at this time.
tanoliu now 7:14pm Matt Sending: test 7:16pm Matt test

Ping response
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We captured some changes on our return trip. Between Mangaliliu road and Tanoliu, we had some ping responses. We concluded that, our connection depends on the Digicel tower locations.

Ping responses
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At Tamate Village, the connection is better than before. There is a tower right next to the village.

Ping response
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