Afrihost Business Uncapped Feedback

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Seeyou said:
I'd love to, but come the 25th I'll be billed for another month of Business Uncapped at 10mbps, and my line will be running at 20mbps by then - and I'm all about instant gratification, so running at 10mbps on a 20mbps line would drive me nuts :D

Do you have a rough estimate, or even a guess as to when the pricing changes will happen? Maybe I can make some plan in the meantime so I'm not paying for only 10mbps, and not locked in to a month's notice period at another ISP.
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Why not use Afrihost Home Uncapped for the 20Meg for now? They the same price.
 
Chevron said:
Why not use Afrihost Home Uncapped for the 20Meg for now? They the same price.
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That's what I was considering. My only concern is that the feedback threads for AH Business Uncapped an AH Home Uncapped are two veeeeery different beasts. I've had zero complaints with Business Uncapped recently - while Home Uncapped seems to be hit and miss. Capped accounts are apparently on the same level as Business Uncapped - but expensive, so I'm torn. WA have 400GB capped for R599 which should cover my usage and is a full R400 less than I'd pay for home uncapped with AH - but for some reason they've also gone the one month cancellation notice route and I don't want to be locked into a contract with another ISP if/when AH adjust their pricing. Bad timing!
 
Seeyou said:
That's what I was considering. My only concern is that the feedback threads for AH Business Uncapped an AH Home Uncapped are two veeeeery different beasts. I've had zero complaints with Business Uncapped recently - while Home Uncapped seems to be hit and miss. Capped accounts are apparently on the same level as Business Uncapped - but expensive, so I'm torn. WA have 400GB capped for R599 which should cover my usage and is a full R400 less than I'd pay for home uncapped with AH - but for some reason they've also gone the one month cancellation notice route and I don't want to be locked into a contract with another ISP if/when AH adjust their pricing. Bad timing!
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Afrihost recently got a crapload of IPC capacity installed recently. From what I've seen the home experience has improved considerably since then.
 
I have noticed Business has become silky smooth - guess that's the reason. If that's the case, perhaps the Home Uncapped is a reasonable stop-gap. Thanks for the info!
 
Anyone having issues with nntp on afrihost business? from news.afrihost.co.za.

I can connect, but my connection goes at 1/2kBps. I havent tried international news servers, but the FTP speeds are good. basically getting 4mbps any time day or night... assuming my line plays ball...
 
Spyk3r said:
Anyone having issues with nntp on afrihost business? from news.afrihost.co.za.

I can connect, but my connection goes at 1/2kBps. I havent tried international news servers, but the FTP speeds are good. basically getting 4mbps any time day or night... assuming my line plays ball...
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Odd, we aren't seeing any general issues with our news server. Are you seeing the slow speeds with all the content you grab?
 
AfriGuy said:
Odd, we aren't seeing any general issues with our news server. Are you seeing the slow speeds with all the content you grab?
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Yeah. Doesn't matter whether it is brand new or 2 weeks old. Tried alt binz and sabnzbd as well
 
PostmanPot said:
Morning AfriMan

When I sign up for Business, likely at 00h01 on 1 March 2014 when my current account at another ISP ends, will it be instant? I already have an Afrihost account which I use for prepaid data. Will I use the same username/password, or will I get a new one?



:D
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Aha ... so ... Postman P ... Good to see you are also considering the Business Account from AH. ;)

Seems in reality we both have the same issue with You Know Who and are both headed toward the OTHER You Know Who. :D
From next month we can troll the cr.p out of our ex You Know Who for kicks...:whistle:
 
TEXTILE GUY said:
Aha ... so ... Postman P ... Good to see you are also considering the Business Account from AH. ;)

Seems in reality we both have the same issue with You Know Who and are both headed toward the OTHER You Know Who. :D
From next month we can troll the cr.p out of our ex You Know Who for kicks...:whistle:
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Bwahaha. :D

Heyyy, no trolling!
 
PostmanPot said:
Bwahaha. :D

Heyyy, no trolling!
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No, wouldn't do that. :D

AH and OW accounts have both worked well for me. I am just keen to consolidate OW capped and uncapped to AH Business for better all round performance 24/7 - this being my personal account.

Moved the business from WA to AH Business and I am impressed to say the least. (If Telkom would stop fiddling with the lines).
 
Fudzy said:
I feel sorry for Afrihost when the ISP jumpers turn on them.
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Hmmmm ...

I would definitely "turn on them" if they constantly throttled my account during office hours, then deny that they are doing this and have me chase Telkom lines, Telkom exchange, my line and my modem and router while all the time claiming that there is nothing wrong and that I was getting the priority service I was paying more for than their entry level accounts... while at the same time being given a "take-this-or-go-back-to-the-broken-account" attitude from their support staff when raising valid concerns about an under-performing new account they assigned me because nothing worked from 9AM to 5PM, not even browsing or e-mail.

But ... despite all the above still happening to the ISP account I "jumped" (if you count enduring this from September last year to January this year as jumping) from during my 30 day notice period, and my Afrihost Business Unshaped performing with zero issues 24/7 on the same Telkom lines, Telkom exchange and my dodgy equipment, the only "turning on" I have done is getting what I am paying for and nothing less for the SAME cost as the ISP I jumped from.

Waffle waffle blahblah.

TL;DR -- this and this but NOT this
 
I am very disappointed with the speed of my line of late - I use it purely to game with and the lag being experienced on games like BF4 on PS4 is pathetic, even my friend on his 1mb mweb entry level line gets no lag, really this is unacceptable, please can you investigate this for me, I have reset router, re-entered my details, no other devices on the network, my ps4 is plugged in through Ethernet cable and wifi is off on the router. In the past it was fine, now all of a sudden slow, UNACCEPTABLE for the amount of money I pay for a premium product!!!!!
 
LegionECX said:
I am very disappointed with the speed of my line of late - I use it purely to game with and the lag being experienced on games like BF4 on PS4 is pathetic, even my friend on his 1mb mweb entry level line gets no lag, really this is unacceptable, please can you investigate this for me, I have reset router, re-entered my details, no other devices on the network, my ps4 is plugged in through Ethernet cable and wifi is off on the router. In the past it was fine, now all of a sudden slow, UNACCEPTABLE for the amount of money I pay for a premium product!!!!!
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Hi Legion

Please would you run the afrihost support tool available on their homepage, and post the results here :)

Z
 
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