4mbps running at 512mbps?

Is your 4mbps line running at 512kbps?

  • Yes

    Votes: 59 45.7%

  • No

    Votes: 64 49.6%

  • Unsure

    Votes: 6 4.7%
  • Total voters
    129
jeez, didn't know the Kruger Park had 4meg :-) Why does it work out there and not in the middle of bloody JHB GP... :-( My problem is unfortunately more about old degraded infrastructure, will take a bit longer to sort out...
 
aborg said:
jeez, didn't know the Kruger Park had 4meg :-) Why does it work out there and not in the middle of bloody JHB GP... :-( My problem is unfortunately more about old degraded infrastructure, will take a bit longer to sort out...
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It's close to the Park, don't know if the park has it ;) :D :p
 
Hmmm

Kickthebucket claims to have had his problem fixed.

However I really doubt it was the same problem most of us are experiencing.

I have had a tech guy at the exchange for 3 days now and still no fixing.

It's pretty obvious when 20+ people have the same problem all on DIFFERENT exchanges that the problem must be elsewhere.

So many exchanges can't have DSLAM cards or whatever break at the same time. On top of that. Even if you DSLAM is damaged or there is a problem at the exchange, you will notice a lot more PROBLEMS on your line, like it dropping. Packet loss. Bad pings. And variable low download speeds.

It makes no sense that we all have the EXACT same download speed. That sounds more to me than just a damaged card.

On top of it, KickTheBucket is almost useless when it comes to information. People telling us "I got my problem fixed" really helps the rest of us, ZERO. We need to know specifics so we can pass on to the people we communicate with.

There is a lot of raving about this wonderful photonman. Personally if he is so wonderful why doesn't he read this thread and actually provide us with some USEFUL information. If he is high level enough tech to adjust upload speeds, surely he can shed some light on an obviously serious problem being experienced in different locations.

Personally I would be a lot more greatful to have some light shed on this siginificant problem.
 
My 4mb line is sitting around 200-600kbps with a max of about 50kbps download. I'm in Durban so I also have the prob.
 
also...

I haven't bothered calling the fault reporting line as yet (cause I haven't got an hours worth of free time to waste) but I'm gonna have to tonight. The problem will be trying to explain to someone(or something!) that my line is saying 4096 but I'm not getting 4096, they'll probably say its port shaping or there's high network traffic or something of that sort.:mad:
 
hoegh said:
The problem will be trying to explain to someone(or something!) that my line is saying 4096 but I'm not getting 4096
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As with all big bureaucratic companies, the extend to which ppl are able to help/understand is limited by the defined business processes.

An off the wall idea would be to phone them ask to be downgraded to the e.g. 2048Kbps profile. The hope is this may trigger a process which includes the integrity checking of most other service configuration parameters. Then later just upgrade back to 4096.

A real long shot ... but hey if nothing else is working, you got nothing to loose.
 
mine was doing this.
I called in and requested "the specialist", and it was fixed within a couple of days.
Who can guess what i am going to do every time i report a fault now :D
 
That sounds like a good idea and "logically speaking" should work, i'll give it try tonight.

thanks
 
Roman4604 said:
As with all big bureaucratic companies, the extend to which ppl are able to help/understand is limited by the defined business processes.

An off the wall idea would be to phone them ask to be downgraded to the e.g. 2048Kbps profile. The hope is this may trigger a process which includes the integrity checking of most other service configuration parameters. Then later just upgrade back to 4096.

A real long shot ... but hey if nothing else is working, you got nothing to loose.
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tried it, didnt work.
just ask for a specialist - that should sort your problem out.
(hopefully)
actually i was probably just lucky
 
Nope, they've tried that on me as well, doesnt work. They are busy looking at my DSLAM now since yesterday (apparently)

Roman4604 said:
As with all big bureaucratic companies, the extend to which ppl are able to help/understand is limited by the defined business processes.

An off the wall idea would be to phone them ask to be downgraded to the e.g. 2048Kbps profile. The hope is this may trigger a process which includes the integrity checking of most other service configuration parameters. Then later just upgrade back to 4096.

A real long shot ... but hey if nothing else is working, you got nothing to loose.
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Azul said:
Kickthebucket claims to have had his problem fixed.

However I really doubt it was the same problem most of us are experiencing.

I have had a tech guy at the exchange for 3 days now and still no fixing.

It's pretty obvious when 20+ people have the same problem all on DIFFERENT exchanges that the problem must be elsewhere.

So many exchanges can't have DSLAM cards or whatever break at the same time. On top of that. Even if you DSLAM is damaged or there is a problem at the exchange, you will notice a lot more PROBLEMS on your line, like it dropping. Packet loss. Bad pings. And variable low download speeds.

It makes no sense that we all have the EXACT same download speed. That sounds more to me than just a damaged card.

On top of it, KickTheBucket is almost useless when it comes to information. People telling us "I got my problem fixed" really helps the rest of us, ZERO. We need to know specifics so we can pass on to the people we communicate with.

There is a lot of raving about this wonderful photonman. Personally if he is so wonderful why doesn't he read this thread and actually provide us with some USEFUL information. If he is high level enough tech to adjust upload speeds, surely he can shed some light on an obviously serious problem being experienced in different locations.

Personally I would be a lot more greatful to have some light shed on this siginificant problem.
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Um, ok sunshine... maybe you should go right back to the begining of this topic and see who started it. I'm PRETTY sure (excuse the sarcasm) i had the exact same problem.

Secondly, if you go back to page 4, you will see that i posted everything that i knew about how my fault was fixed.
 
I voted no assuming we are not talking about the single international thread is limited to 512kpbs
 
well well, got home yesterday afternoon to find my line bac up and running at full speed, dont know how and dont know why:confused: but im just glad:D
 
WTF? That PDF says ESSR should be limited to 512kbps/256kbps MAX. WTF ? Which brainless idiot made up these rules? No wonder everything's broken!
 
fragtion_ said:
That PDF says ESSR should be limited to 512kbps/256kbps MAX. WTF ?
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This doc is from early 2004, at which stage if I'm not mistaken, only 512/256 was being provided. I would believe by now they have 3 differing profiles on the ESR (as named by the vendor Cisco, not ESSR) for their 3 products (384/128, 512/256 & 4096/384+).
 
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