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  1. S

    My ADSL speed upgrade late?

    Hi There, My line is still running at 1Mb/s and has not been shifted to 2Mb/s. I am a bit surprised since a friend of mine who stays in same complex as me in East London HAS been upgraded to 2Mb/s. Yet I have not. But now I read the below link that the upgrades are planned to be finished on...
  3. SmellyCelly

    What's the best company to get 3G data from?

    What's the best company to get data from? After having a CellC 3G data sim card, a Vodacom one and an Afrihost one, I can confidently say that Afrihost is my number one choice on all levels. They have the best prices, the best quality in terms of reception and speed, as well as the best...
  4. NeonNinja

    Ain't no one got nothing on me!

  5. NeonNinja

    2G only MTN network? WTF?

    So for the past hours I've only been able to attain 2G/EDGE on the MTN network. Smartphone, 3G tablet both halt on "E". Afrihost Mobile's sim is limited to 2G only. I've interchanged the sims throughout the devices. Area: Port Elizabeth, Walmer, 10th Avenue. Anyone else experiencing...
  6. V

    Can't download or stream HD movies

    Hi, i am trying to download or stream HD movies, but it keeps on giving me an error: No data received Unable to load the webpage because the server sent no data. I am on iburst wireless. Other movies and sites are fine, like youtube. Is there a setting i should change? I have...
  7. G

    Weird Line Speed Changes

    I have an uncapped 4meg ADSL line with Afrihost. My router always indicated that my current line speed was at 4096 with the maximum speed at 13312. Since about a week ago I noticed very slow downloads on my line, not hitting a rate higher than 200kb/s. When I logged into my router again, I...
  8. B

    8ta 21mbps speed in and around Sandton, Randburg, Bryanston

    Hi I am looking at getting a 21mbps modem. Im on 8ta 20gigs with a 3g modem i get about 4.5mbps dl and 2mbps ul at the moment. can anyone with a 21mbps modem in around these areas please share their speeds thanks
  9. J

    Best ADSL Upload speed in SA?

    Hi guys, First post ever so hope im in the right place and secondly im not super clued up on lingo so take it easy. Just got a quick one, who is the best ISP in SA in terms of the fastest consistant upload speed? across the board would be great but for arguments sake just say a 4 mbps...
  10. M

    Some basics questions around ADSL - exceptions vs what you get

    I'm recently new to the work of ADSL at home, although I'm somewhat of a nerd. I had these high expectations of silkysmooth streaming and enough bandwidth to host my own portfolio of cyber services, but alas I was hit with cold hard reality. Question 1: my adsl line seems to disconnect every...
  11. N

    Network Speed Tests for Durban (Vodacom, MTN, Cell C & 8ta)

    So since I am receiving such poor service from my current service provider, I'm going to port across to another network in about 2 months. So I've decided I'm going conduct a little experiment to see which service provider has the best network speeds in Durban and also the most consistent...
  12. U

    Gee Mweb Afrihost is faster

    I was just downloading a few torrents on my 4mb Mweb Premium account and it was coming down at 175KB/s (2pm 11/4/13) and I always use to get during the day 200 - 320Kb/s hence I always praised Mweb. When the Seacom cable went down I looked at a few free accounts to get me by, webAfrica and my...
  13. D

    Extending Wireless Range...

    Hi all, I am attempting to extend a wireless network. Having done some reading, I understand that the process of setting up a repeater is going to roughly halve my bandwidth. Is there any way to extend a wireless network without affecting speed? I can't use an ethernet cable (it's totally...
  14. J

    Cell C network issues... or iPhone 5 problem?

    I am posting this for two reasons: 1 - There are people here who may be able to help me, and I hope they will come forward and comment. 2 - I have a nasty feeling that I may be entering into another big fight, and want a good record of the proceedings. My problem: On Monday, 5 Feb 2013 I...
  15. M

    Call of Duty XBOX Live

    Hey All I got tired of searching the forum and coming up empty so I decided to post. Okay so I just wanted to know if there was any way to lower my ping to the call of duty servers as after playing with some other South Africans the game was alot easier and I actually managed to get a decent...
  16. G

    Router that limits speed

    My scenario: Me and a couple of roommates share an ADSL connection. Half of my roommates are too cheap and only want a 1Meg line, the other group wants a 4-10Meg line. I’m looking for a router that can limit the connection speed based on the IP. Ultimately the router should be able to divide the...
  17. W

    8ta speed tests East London

    Test Date: Oct 27, 2012 6:57 PM Connection Type: Cellular Server: Midrand Download: 887.6 kB/s Upload: 377.6 kB/s Ping: 83 ms A detailed image for this result can be found here: http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/361424074.png
  18. M

    Any faster and it will melt the copper...

    For the past 5 odd months this has been the norm. Attached image is for the past 20 odd hours on my 1M line :sick: Guess that's what Telkom means with 'best effort': Best Effort = You pay for 100%, we will try our best to see if we can give you anything over 40% PS: Below is for a test I...
  19. O

    Effect of roaming for data - new 8Ta/MTN data promotion - Sedgefield and generally

    The newly announced 8Ta data promotions, specifically the 5 GB one with roaming on MTN where 8Ta is not up to it, can anyone tell what the speed and general service is like in the Sedgefield area, please? Is there a difference between the delivery of data services to a direct MTN client as...
  20. O

    Roaming for data in MTN in Sedgefield area

    The newly announced data promotions, specifically the 5 GB one with roaming on MTN where 8Ta is not up to it, can anyone tell what the speed and general service is like in the Sedgefield area, please? Is there a difference between the delivery of data services to a direct MTN client as...
  21. D

    What's the fastest ADSL in South Africa

    Hi there, I just had this great surprise, I downloaded a 30MB file and it took like 3 seconds!!! Turns out it was downloaded from a locally hosted website and my internet connection (provided by UCT) was not speed capped. So the download speed was something like 9MB per second. So what...
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