I wish I could read this, and not feel a little frustrated by it. Either I have a really bad understanding of how an unshaped connection works, or there are "unmentioned" factors to this statement.
Explain the following scenario:
10mbps exchange, syncing at ~6mbps, using an Afrihost capped account.
When I try watch twitch.tv video streams, I can't watch in 380p without the video stopping to buffer every 15 seconds. When I download from my FTP server with 100mbps upload, I struggle to get an average of 150kbps download. Regardless of countless port resets, modem resets, turning the connection off for a day, and so on these issues remain.
So you must be thinking, well is must be a line issue or congestion or some Telkom related problem? Well that's what I've been told by every Afrihost person I've spoken to. So what's the catch?
Using the exact same line, I connect to my backup MWeb capped account. Twitch.tv streams are now perfect (not even a stutter) in 1080p+ (source quality), and my FTP downloads run at a consitent 680kbps, until the file is downloaded - I've tested a 15Gb file.
Well maybe its just a fluke, and the routing I happen to get when redialing the connection is better? I've done this experiment 10 times in a row - Afrihost was terrible 10 times, MWeb was perfect 10 times. I've taken videos to prove to the scenario to Afrihost support people.
So what's the explanation - surely if I am unshaped, I should achieve the best result regardless of whether I am on MWeb or Afrihost? The difference is quality is absolutely undeniable.
Something isn't right - looks to be affecting the South.
