Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

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Haven't used internet in almost 48 hours but i continue to be shaped to 50% of my download speeds

Pity you don't tell us your package and total GB's, I can't remember every posts details. The shaping depends on your GB's.

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Download speed have worsened; Currently shaping is at 25% download speed

No shaping at present! :-)

[pXius]

What sort of peer2peer speeds do you guys get on the normal uncapped accounts?

I'm on a Openweb Gamers King account, and my speeds after hours are 100% (non existent throughout the day) but I might need some downloading potential throughout the day in the coming weeks.

(10mb line)
Advice?

[jannier]

What sort of peer2peer speeds do you guys get on the normal uncapped accounts?

I'm on a Openweb Gamers King account, and my speeds after hours are 100% (non existent throughout the day) but I might need some downloading potential throughout the day in the coming weeks.

(10mb line)
Advice?

Afrihost has a different approach.

It gives priority-no shaping to real-time and streaming services.
Downloads and p2p are shaped depending on IPC capacity and you overall download history.
There are times after midnight to early morning when there is no shaping on those protocols.

Priority-no shaping to real-time and streaming protocols.
Shaping to download and p2p protocols

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What sort of peer2peer speeds do you guys get on the normal uncapped accounts?

I'm on a Openweb Gamers King account, and my speeds after hours are 100% (non existent throughout the day) but I might need some downloading potential throughout the day in the coming weeks.

(10mb line)
Advice?

During the day? Capped or Business uncapped NOT uncapped consumer. It is shaped to hell and gone after using it. I can't give a figure because I don't know the cut-off points a guess would be over 50GB.

[Raysmith]

A slightly harsh way of putting it

Generally, it's fairly accurate though. IPC and bandwidth are totally different. IPC is capacity, 24 hours a day, and it's difficult for us to simply increase capacity when we have long periods where there network is mostly under-utilised. If we can encourage as many of our clients to schedule torrents and P2P during these times, this will free up the network during peak usage for the vital services that actually need real-time speeds. If not, then we do have to manage the demand accordingly, which results in shaping.

Think of it as beating or avoiding the traffic

I think we all understand this but could you maybe tell us which times are off-peak. Actual hours please.

[Afrihost Dev Team]

I think we all understand this but could you maybe tell us which times are off-peak. Actual hours please.

There are no fixed time slots as it is all dependant on network demand. So the times mentioned below may change as usage patterns change.

Over the last 2 weeks, off-peak times have between 10pm and 7am. That being said, please keep in mind that we start to relax shaping as demand decreases, so some accounts may still be shaped at 10pm, but most accounts are unshaped by midnight.

[m.zakariyya.g]

There are no fixed time slots as it is all dependant on network demand. So the times mentioned below may change as usage patterns change.

Over the last 2 weeks, off-peak times have between 10pm and 7am. That being said, please keep in mind that we start to relax shaping as demand decreases, so some accounts may still be shaped at 10pm, but most accounts are unshaped by midnight.

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On the weekend I was being shaped at 1 in the morning.

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On the weekend I was being shaped at 1 in the morning.

They said MOST not all! You didn't say how much you pulled with what package!