3x New steam content servers

[HavocXphere]

I spy with my little eye 3 new steam content servers in SA:

A second Web Africe server and 2x Mweb servers (CPT & JHB), bringing the total to 1x IS, 2x WA, 2x MWeb.

They are already active, but I don't see any announcement yet from either WA or MWeb.

Solid start to the new year.

 

[Nerhzelok]

That's pure awesomeness. ^_^

 

[midnightcaller]

What is a steam content server? And how does this benefit an internet user
Sorry, if this sounds like a silly question.

 

[HavocXphere]

What is a steam content server? And how does this benefit an internet user
Sorry, if this sounds like a silly question.

See here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steam_(software)

Basically its good news for people in SA downloading (legal) games via the steam content distribution platform.

 

[burn]

Here is an announcement from MWeb Making WA look even more silly for not having uncapped but rather the free zone or what ever they call it

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ing-Feedback?p=5310812&viewfull=1#post5310812

 

[HavocXphere]

Here is an announcement from MWeb

http://mybroadband.co.za/vb/showthr...ing-Feedback?p=5310812&viewfull=1#post5310812

Nice find. Admittedly I wasn't monitoring page 121 of that thread for announcements.

Making WA look even more silly for not having uncapped but rather the free zone or what ever they call it

Um WA beat Mweb to the punch by ~9 months in setting up a content server.

 

[burn]

Um WA beat Mweb to the punch by ~9 months in setting up a content server.

True but MWeb have uncapped international, making a content server pretty much obsolete (except for saving MWeb money). The steam speeds I experience were pretty much full speed, although I am getting a few kbps more now

And the quality is decent, I'm getting the best WoW latency I have ever experienced over 5 years of playing. So I stand by my statement that MWeb is making WA look silly.

 

[Pyro]

I saw the WebAfrica one, which I've whitelisted (and get as little love from as the other one for Ion Assualt ).

Can someone get me the IPs of those MWEB ones?

I want to whitelist them and forward them through my MWeb account.

Even though I make a lot of use of my uncapped account, it's almost exclusively from local servers on MWEBs own network.

I'm seriously considering scrapping my 30GB+4Mbps from WebAfrica and getting just a slightly higher speed uncapped from Mweb.

Will see what the year hold on the broadband front though...

 

[Maddmatt]

How are we supposed to get the IPs? I only have the IP of one of the WA servers which is 41.185.60.43 but I want the other one too. I'm using Steamwatch so I can force Steam to use the WA Freezone servers.
I sent WA support a message, will post here when I get the other IP.

 

[Pyro]

WA is easy

steam.wa.co.za = 41.185.60.43
steam2.wa.co.za = 41.185.24.21

 

[HavocXphere]

Thanks Pyro.

To get the IPs, disable steamwatch/firewall & check the IPs it connects to in a connection monitoring tool. e.g. TCPView.

Then either look at traceroutes or do a whois if you don't know which is which.

 

[Maddmatt]

Looks like I can't finish my FEAR 2 download on the WA servers. Was at about 93% when I last saw it downloading. Are the WA severs struggling or don't they fully mirror FEAR 2?