Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

[Sinbad]

10 meg account, over 450GB every 30 days without an issue.

[AfriMan]

How much can I download a week with out getting shapped or throttled a week on 1mb line uncapped with Afrihost? Currently do around 170gb per month on my telkom account.

So it's about 170/31=5.5gb per day.

What can you do with a afrihost account?

On a 1Mb line, you will probably be lightly throttled on 170GB. If you want to move that much data, maybe consider a 4Mbps data account, so you can take advantage of more bandwidth and put some space between the throttle and your actual line speed. You can still bundle a mismatched line and data package.

Just an idea

[KingLv]

So what will it cost me??? I don't even know if my exchange can do 4mb in my location.

[KingLv]

So whats the limit on a 4mb line?

[blunt]

if you got a smart router , you can do it there and it will automatically applied to your network without extra config
example a mikrotik router

here is my dns config for mikrotik if you have one or for anyone else

/ip dns static
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.l.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.google.co.za ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=google.co.za ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=gmail.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.gmail.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mail.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=gmail-imap.l.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=googlemail.l.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=chatenabled.mail.google.com ttl=\
1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=gmail-smtp-msa.l.google.com ttl=\
1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=code.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.gmodules.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=gg.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=kh.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mw1.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mw2.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mt0.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mt1.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mt2.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=mt3.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=khm.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=cbk0.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=cbk1.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=cbk2.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=cbk3.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=csi.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=maps.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=maps.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=earth.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=maps.google.co.za ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=news.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=docs.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=play.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=plus.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=video.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=music.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=sites.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=support.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=books.google.co.za ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=calendar.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=accounts.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=sketchup.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=translate.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=blitz.appspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=appengine.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.google-analytics.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=ssl.google-analytics.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.blogblog.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=bp0.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=bp1.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=bp2.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=bp3.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=img1.blogblog.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=img2.blogblog.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www1.blogblog.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www2.blogblog.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=0.bp.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=1.bp.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=2.bp.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=3.bp.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=4.bp.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=image.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=buttons.blogger.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=upload.blogspot.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=googleappengine.blogspot.com ttl=\
1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=id.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=dl.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=t0.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=t1.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=t2.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=t3.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.gstatic.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=clients0.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=clients1.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=clients2.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=clients3.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=0.tqn.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=s.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=i0.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=i1.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=i2.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=i3.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=i4.ytimg.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=csi.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.youtube.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.youtube.co.za ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=upload.youtube.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=ad-emea.doubleclick.net ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=youtube-ui.l.google.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=www.youtube-nocookie.com ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=pagead0.googlesyndication.com \
ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=pagead1.googlesyndication.com \
ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=pagead2.googlesyndication.com \
ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=pagead3.googlesyndication.com \
ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=webcache.googleusercontent.com \
ttl=1d
add address=196.23.168.147 disabled=no name=translate.google.co.za ttl=1d
add address=165.165.46.16 disabled=no name=www.bing.com ttl=1d
add address=165.165.46.16 disabled=no name=bing.com ttl=1d

thanks, unfortunately my router is pretty standard but ill fiddle around and see what i can do with one of my ubuntu boxes or something

[AfriMan]

So what will it cost me??? I don't even know if my exchange can do 4mb in my location.

So whats the limit on a 4mb line?

A normal 4Mbps Uncapped will cost you R397 per month. You can do about 280GB+ before you get throttled, depending on network congestion and traffic. This is over a 30 day rolling period (not necessarily from month to month)

[SquirellyWrath]

So what are the eu pings like for gaming? Getting over Mwebs **** eu ping. Also do they do those notices to stop downloading certain torrents?

[timmie23]

So what are the eu pings like for gaming? Getting over Mwebs **** eu ping. Also do they do those notices to stop downloading certain torrents?

I get 200ms - 350ms on average in Guild Wars.
220ms last time I checked on Drakensang Online.
Both EU servers. Have the 4Mbps Uncapped Bundle

[Chaosza]

Hi AfriMan

Just wanted to give feedback to users who might get throttled. You practically cannot do much at all with ur line. The speeds are so bad I couldnt even reply to this thread. I had to buy a 1gig account and dialup to reply.

What is the expected speeds of a throttled 4 meg account? Is what im experiencing the norm? If so do I need to wait 30 days before I can use my internet again? Cant even connect to steam, wow lags around 12000ms from 200ms. Brings back the memories of 56k dialup.

Regards

Throttled

[Sinbad]

Not supposed to drop below about 1.5mbps when throttled. This was my experience. I slowed down to 200kb/sec.

[Chaosza]

"We evaluate our network capacity each hour and if capacity opens up we will unthrottle uncapped users who may have been throttled until such a time that the capacity is used up again."

Not really sure if I can believe this statement made in the AUP. I tested at 5am yesterday and still no change to my throttled situation. Is Afrihost's capacity really stretched at that hour in the morning?

[The_Librarian]

Chugging nicely along. Usage is now over 8Gb's.

[AfriMan]

Hi AfriMan

Just wanted to give feedback to users who might get throttled. You practically cannot do much at all with ur line. The speeds are so bad I couldnt even reply to this thread. I had to buy a 1gig account and dialup to reply.

What is the expected speeds of a throttled 4 meg account? Is what im experiencing the norm? If so do I need to wait 30 days before I can use my internet again? Cant even connect to steam, wow lags around 12000ms from 200ms. Brings back the memories of 56k dialup.

Regards

Throttled

You shouldn't drop below 1Mbps, which should allow decent speeds. You'll need to PM me your details so I can look into this.

[AfriMan]

Not supposed to drop below about 1.5mbps when throttled. This was my experience. I slowed down to 200kb/sec.

It shouldn't drop that low. Please PM me your username so I can check the throttle settings on your account.

[CPTBoy]

What are other people's experiences with Skype calling?

Had a conference call this morning with guys from UK / USA and Australia and it was quite bad actually. Very choppy.

I have done this every Friday with another provider and haven't experienced this.