View Full Version : Slow downloads - Neotel
Madote
16-08-2008, 09:32 PM
Hello all. I've just recently signed up with neotel (prime). i'm struggling to get above the 200kbs mark.... O.S = windows XP. I see a month ago there was talk about people experiencing the same problem. Have you guys managed to find a solution. Is it indeed XP that to blame? Bit torrent advises a static ip address? Can somebody please help....
Tx.
matrixweb
16-08-2008, 09:35 PM
Hello all. I've just recently signed up with neotel (prime). i'm struggling to get above the 200kbs mark.... O.S = windows XP. I see a month ago there was talk about people experiencing the same problem. Have you guys managed to find a solution. Is it indeed XP that to blame? Bit torrent advises a static ip address? Can somebody please help....
Tx.
i think they got those arials things
rtzouves
16-08-2008, 10:32 PM
Have you checked your signal on the modem? Make sure you have at least three bars otherwise it is probably the signal that is to blame. Also try moving the modem around as a 30cm difference in my modem position can mean a 200-400kbps increase in speed. Oh yes and make sure the modem says EVDO on it and not 1X.
Madote
17-08-2008, 07:32 AM
Signal on modem=3 bars, also says evdo, wil try repositioning the device and see... tx. will let you guys know. has anybody tried changing to vista?
matrixweb
17-08-2008, 10:09 AM
Signal on modem=3 bars, also says evdo, wil try repositioning the device and see... tx. will let you guys know. has anybody tried changing to vista?
there is a thread about this just search and check
RichardG
17-08-2008, 11:18 AM
I am on Windows Vista, and I myself cannot download more than 150 KB/S. Sites downloading slow, google takes a bit of time...
I would recommend you try download something locally with a download manager.
try downloading Ubuntu from www.mirror.ac.za, and report your speeds also try www.speedtest.net
CaTcH21
17-08-2008, 11:50 AM
just when i thought i need to get Neotel :(
rtzouves
17-08-2008, 12:38 PM
I am on Windows Vista, and I myself cannot download more than 150 KB/S. Sites downloading slow, google takes a bit of time...
150 KB/s
is a pretty good speed Richard the post above is talking about not reaching speeds of 200Kbps (note the lower case b) which is almost 1/10th of the speed you are getting.
matrixweb
17-08-2008, 01:28 PM
150 KB/s
is a pretty good speed Richard the post above is talking about not reaching speeds of 200Kbps (note the lower case b) which is almost 1/10th of the speed you are getting.
i agree he has a good speed + he is uncapped
RichardG
17-08-2008, 03:41 PM
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1144 kbps (143 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 39 kbps (4.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
speedtest.neotel.co.za
KillerX
18-08-2008, 10:09 AM
4kb upload speed! erg. Thats the thing with wireless - it is so unstable. Even tho its uncapped, and even tho you have 2.4mbps in theory youre speed can vary from 10kb/s to 200kb/s without your signal changing, just from minute to minute.
The timeouts and fluctuations irratate me too much. Id be very interested in Neotel once they bring out an ADSL UNCAPPED offering. Then id happily sign for 24months if the price was right.
Ultra_Immortal
18-08-2008, 01:58 PM
150kb/s is very good.
All I get with Sentech is 28kb/s.
fingers@fingers.co.za
18-08-2008, 02:09 PM
Hello all. I've just recently signed up with neotel (prime). i'm struggling to get above the 200kbs mark.... O.S = windows XP. I see a month ago there was talk about people experiencing the same problem. Have you guys managed to find a solution. Is it indeed XP that to blame? Bit torrent advises a static ip address? Can somebody please help....
Tx.
I constantly get around 1Mbps, with no aerials. I do use getright/flashget/wget by default, in threaded mode, depending on the OS i'm using at the time.
rtzouves
18-08-2008, 04:41 PM
Not to be picky, but guys you really need to start posting using the correct units of measurement. Kbps (lowercase b) is Kilo bits and is 1/8th of KBps (uppercase B) Kilo Bytes. Posting in the incorrect measurements only serves to confuse everyone reading the post. I realise that this may seem petty, but its like trying to explain that the garage down the road is 100 m away by telling someone it is 100 km away. I think you can all agree that this would not be a very effective means of communicating a measurement.
Not to be picky, but guys you really need to start posting using the correct units of measurement. Kbps (lowercase b) is Kilo bits and is 1/8th of KBps (uppercase B) Kilo Bytes. Posting in the incorrect measurements only serves to confuse everyone reading the post. I realise that this may seem petty, but its like trying to explain that the garage down the road is 100 m away by telling someone it is 100 km away. I think you can all agree that this would not be a very effective means of communicating a measurement.
+1
internaut
18-08-2008, 09:09 PM
Is it kBits/S or Kbytes/s or kBytes/s or Kbits/S? :D :p
Madote
18-08-2008, 11:19 PM
Tried moving the modem/phone, still 3 bars, download speeds no different. Will keep you guys informed. (have called neotel techs...)
Kashif Khan
30-07-2009, 12:17 AM
well i got also neotel and i am really very upset from it.
speed is 16kbps,have anyone solution to increase it?
its 4 signals bar on the phone
BR
orin76
30-07-2009, 07:30 AM
well i got also neotel and i am really very upset from it.
speed is 16kbps,have anyone solution to increase it?
its 4 signals bar on the phone
BR
Is that 16kbps as in kilobits (i.e. 2 kilobytes per second)??? Cause if that's the case, you now have the lowest speed I have ever heard of on a broadband device.
Edit: Come to think of it, that's the slowest speed I've ever heard of on any internet device.
@ Kashif, can you provide PN and Rssi?
Robocop
30-07-2009, 01:01 PM
That's why when someone on this forum asks if he/she should go for Neotel 99% of the answers is NO.....!!!!.
agentrfr
30-07-2009, 03:13 PM
Why rez a dead forum? Last time it was posted on was 11months ago... :D
Kashif Khan
07-09-2009, 09:21 PM
well now i upgrade me package from neotel lite to neoflex,browsing speed is ok but downloading is 25 to 40kbps
whats the solution to increase it?
BR
Kashif Khan
PeterCH
07-09-2009, 09:58 PM
well now i upgrade me package from neotel lite to neoflex,browsing speed is ok but downloading is 25 to 40kbps
whats the solution to increase it?
BR
Kashif Khan
Multi-threaded downloads. Get FreeDownloadManager and download from a site which supports 'resume' then tell it to do at 4 connections - you should see 4 x 40kbps speed (hopefully).
Kashif Khan
10-09-2009, 12:36 AM
no man i don't wanna download it via download managers.
i got neoflex the paper comes with router therez clearly wrote that speed must bt 300kbps to 700kbps if they cannot provide this speed so i gonna send them back,i am in long street cape town and according to map i suppoe to have excelent speed but i got always poor speed.
JustinB
10-09-2009, 09:12 AM
no man i don't wanna download it via download managers.
i got neoflex the paper comes with router therez clearly wrote that speed must bt 300kbps to 700kbps if they cannot provide this speed so i gonna send them back,i am in long street cape town and according to map i suppoe to have excelent speed but i got always poor speed.
what??? so you'd prefer to not have resumable, multi-threaded downloads? Thats like buying a PS3 and putting it on a 37cm CRT TV.
On a good note, I'm now sure CT has something to rival durban poison :)
Neotel
10-09-2009, 10:33 AM
no man i don't wanna download it via download managers.
i got neoflex the paper comes with router therez clearly wrote that speed must bt 300kbps to 700kbps if they cannot provide this speed so i gonna send them back,i am in long street cape town and according to map i suppoe to have excelent speed but i got always poor speed.
Kashif,
PM'ed you for your details...
Style
10-09-2009, 11:34 AM
Wireless really makes it so much more complicated.
@ Neotel rep - Are they ever gonna increase the upload speed to 300kbps. its the only thing that makes the Prime offering so distasteful. A decent Upload speed is really important to all of us, I think we should all log a petition with as many users as possible and get Neotel to take notice and increase the upload speeds.
Hopefully next week I will get my Wilson amp and glass mount antenna and will be able to really put the connection through its theoretical maximum of 2.4mb. If I get perfect reception and bad speeds then I wont be too impressed. I might just buy a Dovado wireless router and have an open free wireless hotspot in my complex. that should chew through some gigs :D