View Full Version : Cap has been implemented
AcidRaZor
27-01-2005, 10:13 PM
There goes the "2 week notification period" they gave us.
It seems the 64k cap has been implemented, and for some reason, i have hit it.
Wait, let me try stop my LEGITIMATE TORRENT DOWNLOADS
Nope, capped @ +- 64kb/128kb
Fun fun fun...
WBS is pissing me off even more day by day... probably not the company itself, but by the attitude of some of there managers *cough* everyone *cough*
Decotey
27-01-2005, 11:15 PM
maybe its just those slow speeds come back?
Ravilj
28-01-2005, 04:30 AM
are you sure about this?
have you confirmed this with WBS?
or are you just talking crap like in most of your recent posts noone?
arf9999
28-01-2005, 06:50 AM
.....or are you just talking crap like in most of your recent posts noone?
Ravilj = Master of the tactful remark. :)
AcidRaZor
28-01-2005, 07:17 AM
blow me
blow me
noone = Master of the tactful response :)
slimothy
28-01-2005, 03:12 PM
I don't think so, I could be wrong, but ever since my connection started dropping randomly a few days back I have downloaded like crazy when it was working. I have been able to get past 3GB and I am still downloading at high speeds (when it is working that is). I think we should get official confirmation before we start posting threads like this one.
Crash
28-01-2005, 03:33 PM
I have gone miles past 3gb and still have full speed....
ghostim
28-01-2005, 03:35 PM
at the speeds I get these days it will take me a year to reach the cap :D
Ravilj
28-01-2005, 04:00 PM
Spoke to WBS! THERE IS NO 3 GIG CAP YET! Though I do think they may have throttled the bandwidth a bit.
are you just talking crap like in most of your recent posts noone?
Looks like I was right :/
AcidRaZor
28-01-2005, 07:03 PM
throttled a bit? I can't even get my kb/s up more than 12? browsing seems fine though
LoneGunman
28-01-2005, 08:54 PM
no sign of cap on this side either - believe me, I'd whine like Winston Smith looking at his customer cancellations, if that was the case,,
AcidRaZor
28-01-2005, 09:34 PM
ye, probably
im just glad they're not AS ignorant as sentech
they come close though
aborg
28-01-2005, 11:28 PM
I have zero speed....no wait full speed....ah damn no speed ...sh$t what now disconnected....cool!!! full speed....ah no sucking again for 3 hours...this is so freekin unstable its unbelievable....I am getting slowly pissed of with this....and what is this about a cap now implimented...i didn't receive any notification.
BTW I am uploading three times faster then downloading...is there a cap on uploading?
Aborg, I take it you must've moved your UT to the antenna array on my side of the Bryanston-bs, or has the Western array now infected your array as well :D
Daveogg, can I come round to your place - maybe pitch a tent in the yard or something, what the heck can we all travel down there to share your base-station(s)? :D
native
29-01-2005, 03:55 AM
I dont think WBS have implemented a cap yet, they will inform their clients first as they are doing with their messed up billing system.
nocilah
29-01-2005, 04:19 AM
**** i wonder what this 'holy' grail service is going to be like once it goes live into the retail sector. Although I am sure the CAP will help. Sentech seem to to belive that from day one its good to throttle users...
whats a good speed with iBurst?
...whats a good speed with iBurst? :confused: Sorry, I should actually go back to sleep, not following...any speed above 0kbps is a "good speed" lately with iBurst.
aborg
29-01-2005, 07:55 AM
Yeah i don't thin the cap is there, I tested a view protocols for speed. Http d'ling freekin fast 40 - 60 KB/s rest of the bunch non-existent. I think Iburst is shaping traffic/ports again. Sorry ic, I suggest you move to the west of Bryanston-bs - it is still unstable but now and again I get good speeds on browsing.
Daveogg
29-01-2005, 08:21 AM
Noone has been capped
AcidRaZor
29-01-2005, 10:32 AM
da dum dish
thank you daveogg, you get a noddy badge for seeing what I truly meant by it.
no one, has been capped :D
slimothy
29-01-2005, 10:51 AM
A good speed is 120KB + for me, I average at 110KBps in the day and about 125KBps - 135KBps in the night.
AcidRaZor
29-01-2005, 10:59 AM
you suck
slimothy
29-01-2005, 11:00 AM
yes... I suck data off the internet at higher speeds than you
Daveogg
29-01-2005, 11:28 AM
I will wear my badge with honour.
aborg
29-01-2005, 10:36 PM
The cap on the amount of data has not been implemented, but a cap on bandwidth has, torrents are capped (sometimes) at 8 KB/s so is any other p2p i've tried. Web pages are not capped, and irc and ftp are mediocre. /me thinks WBS is definately testing there capping/shaping software and hardware thats why the network stability has been up the pole lately. I still think we should pay much less for this beta test phase or maybe not at all. This is just what I've been experiencing since beginning of Jan 05.
slimothy
30-01-2005, 04:19 AM
so use a socks proxy
Gary Waterworth
31-01-2005, 12:52 PM
There goes the "2 week notification period" they gave us.
It seems the 64k cap has been implemented, and for some reason, i have hit it.
Wait, let me try stop my LEGITIMATE TORRENT DOWNLOADS
Nope, capped @ +- 64kb/128kb
Fun fun fun...
WBS is pissing me off even more day by day... probably not the company itself, but by the attitude of some of there managers *cough* everyone *cough*
Maybe get the full story 1st. I had a long chat with Emil about some other problems I was having. They have brought in teh Traffic shaping on certain ports . This is prob what has affected your torrent stuff. But the overall 3GB cap is not in yet.
AcidRaZor
31-01-2005, 01:09 PM
Traffic shaping on which ports? Because I terminal into alot of servers overseas... Let me go do a test or two... grrrrrr
Shaping I can understand, but why can I upload @ a constant 10kb/s (limited) and not get even 1.5kb/s downstream on torrents?
Thats "let us strangle you" instead of "let us throttle you"
You'd think it's the same thing, but it's not...
netaholic
31-01-2005, 10:06 PM
dude your not capped dude you just got a bad signal in your area. i have had a few friends saying they were capped so they came to my place with there IBURST and TADA 80 k a second and more. They will sort out the problems dude just Relax. I have downloaded 5 gigs in 4 days and still going strong. Chill out dude hehe ;)
AcidRaZor
01-02-2005, 08:55 AM
netaholic, suck my balls...
iBurst (in their package description) says they will throttle any other connection not browsing/mail/streaming/vpn related to 64k
I think that is why my torrents aren't running at such wonderful speeds
I connect to two towers, Northcliff (I think, but Im like less than 1km away from Roodepoort tower, but facing towards Northcliff, have LOS) and Bedfordview/Eastgate (wherever that might be)
You can't tell me that @ both locations torrents aren't working.
slimothy
01-02-2005, 10:02 AM
Don't get so defensive, you are not capped, nobody is capped yet.
Yes torrent speed suck, this is because of port shaping, if you use a socks proxy you will find you get higher speeds. If i download a torrent direct my speeds will suck too, but then I can go ahead and download somethign through HTTP and have blazing speeds.
You realise anytime in other threads that you tell people to suck your balls they're going to just bring this thread up right? It's almost like you're waiting for iBurst to fail.
AcidRaZor
01-02-2005, 10:32 AM
Actually, yes, I'm waiting for iBurst to fail. Just as I was waiting for Sentech to fail.
What proxy server do you use then? Hmmm? Mr. I r more intelligent than noone (bwhahahaha noone, I crack myself up sometimes)
slimothy
01-02-2005, 10:55 AM
The following is a quote from you in a post you made today, the full post can be read here (http://www.mybroadband.co.za/vb/showpost.php?p=160245&postcount=8)
I never changed any kind of MTU setting and I get full speeds (over 100kb/s) when mutlithreading...
then in this thread you say "Well my torrent speeds suck I MUST BE CAPPED blah blah suck my balls... you suck riblyhoobla bleh"
I don't want to divert from the topic, especially to insult anybody.. but you are either skitzo, stupid or both. You are not capped, thats all there is to it.
AcidRaZor
01-02-2005, 11:23 AM
roses are red, violets are blue,
im Schizophrenic, hey so am I!
AcidRaZor
01-02-2005, 11:30 AM
I don't want to divert from the topic, especially to insult anybody.. but you are either skitzo, stupid or both. You are not capped, thats all there is to it.
1 word, misinformation
How do you get people to follow you?
Confuse them, then convince them that you know the way... I do like any other church would do...
Plus, I don't like what iburst is doing, and I'm trying to derail their obvious ignorance and get them to fall hard like we did to Sentech.
We'll see who wins, consumer is where the money is, no consumer, no money. Simple as that.