Afrihost CAPPED ADSL Feedback (MTN)

[Kwerty]

YouTube is dead.

Tracing route to youtube-ui.l.google.com [74.125.230.232]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     6 ms     2 ms     7 ms  192.168.1.1
  2    15 ms    11 ms    32 ms  105-236-234-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236
.234.65]
  3    11 ms    22 ms    19 ms  41.181.221.254
  4    19 ms    10 ms    20 ms  tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.18
4.28]
  5    12 ms    12 ms    16 ms  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8]
  6    12 ms    12 ms    29 ms  196.44.31.106
  7   154 ms   155 ms   160 ms  am-cr-1.am--lt-cr-1.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.22
1]
  8   154 ms   154 ms   153 ms  ls-pr-2.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.20
3]
  9   155 ms   153 ms   159 ms  google-peering-ls-pr-2.uk.mtnns.net [209.212.99.
13]
 10   168 ms   167 ms   169 ms  209.85.255.78
 11   156 ms   155 ms   158 ms  209.85.250.169
 12   155 ms   157 ms   154 ms  par08s10-in-f8.1e100.net [74.125.230.232]

Trace complete.

I've never seen youtube end up there before...

 

[Aquiva]

My own Youtube connection at the office is stuttering and buffering at anything higher than 360p, and I have access to some significant bandwidth.

Could you try run a traceroute to it and see if there are any jumps in latency.

Yet on WebAfrica it works perfectly! Note it is streaming on high and not a single buffer!




TRACE:

traceroute live.twitch.tv
traceroute: Warning: live.twitch.tv has multiple addresses; using 199.9.251.242
traceroute to live.twitch.tv (199.9.251.242), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.111 ms 1.114 ms 0.821 ms
2 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.210.128.1) 14.179 ms 14.602 ms 15.797 ms
3 vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net (196.38.72.193) 32.208 ms 31.906 ms 31.598 ms
4 196.35.115.136 (196.35.115.136) 31.227 ms 30.943 ms 31.743 ms
5 168.209.6.13 (168.209.6.13) 28.829 ms 25.212 ms 24.974 ms
6 core1b-ctn-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net (168.209.2.4) 31.921 ms 32.250 ms
core1b-ctn-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net (168.209.6.4) 31.472 ms
7 168.209.201.6 (168.209.201.6) 184.606 ms 180.567 ms 179.468 ms
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 *^C

 

[sgs]

My own Youtube connection at the office is stuttering and buffering at anything higher than 360p, and I have access to some significant bandwidth.

Could you try run a traceroute to it and see if there are any jumps in latency.

None whatsoever:
1. 192.168.1.1; 6.466, 6.594, 6.534

2. 105.236.4.193; 105-236-4-193-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za; 12.430, 13.937, 14.988

3. 41.181.53.150; ipc-recieve-tb-1a.mtnbusiness.net; 17.656, 18.937, 20.163

4. 41.181.184.28; tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net; 45.157, 45.376, 45.393

5. 196.44.18.8; unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net; 26.364, 27.525, 29.193

6. 196.44.31.106; 31.141, 27.479, 28.347

7. 196.44.31.221; am-cr-1.am--lt-cr-1.uk-a.mtnns.net; 172.586, 168.484, 168.055

8. 209.212.111.203; ls-pr-2.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net; 168.412, 167.030, 170.100

9. 209.212.99.13; google-peering-ls-pr-2.uk.mtnns.net; 168.002, 162.307, 162.995

10. 209.85.255.78; 162.679

11. 209.85.250.169; 162.529, 153.171, 152.995

12. 74.125.230.231; par08s10-in-f7.1e100.net; 154.130, 154.045, 152.754

 

[psynapt1k]

Had the same with YouTube this morning and just as bad this evening.
Getting nearly 18Mb/s on SpeedTest, yet Youtube videos start very quickly in full HD and kick back to 480P or 360P within a few seconds on auto setting, when I manually select 1080P it streams perfectly.

Something definitely wrong....

 

[AfriGenie]

Yet on WebAfrica it works perfectly! Note it is streaming on high and not a single buffer!

View attachment 170333


TRACE:

traceroute live.twitch.tv
traceroute: Warning: live.twitch.tv has multiple addresses; using 199.9.251.242
traceroute to live.twitch.tv (199.9.251.242), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.111 ms 1.114 ms 0.821 ms
2 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.210.128.1) 14.179 ms 14.602 ms 15.797 ms
3 vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net (196.38.72.193) 32.208 ms 31.906 ms 31.598 ms
4 196.35.115.136 (196.35.115.136) 31.227 ms 30.943 ms 31.743 ms
5 168.209.6.13 (168.209.6.13) 28.829 ms 25.212 ms 24.974 ms
6 core1b-ctn-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net (168.209.2.4) 31.921 ms 32.250 ms
core1b-ctn-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net (168.209.6.4) 31.472 ms
7 168.209.201.6 (168.209.201.6) 184.606 ms 180.567 ms 179.468 ms
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 *^C

Would it be possible for you to run comparative traceroute on the Afrihost and Web Africa accounts to Youtube?

 

[Aquiva]

Yet on WebAfrica it works perfectly! Note it is streaming on high and not a single buffer!

View attachment 170333


TRACE:

traceroute live.twitch.tv
traceroute: Warning: live.twitch.tv has multiple addresses; using 199.9.251.242
traceroute to live.twitch.tv (199.9.251.242), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.111 ms 1.114 ms 0.821 ms
2 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.210.128.1) 14.179 ms 14.602 ms 15.797 ms
3 vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net (196.38.72.193) 32.208 ms 31.906 ms 31.598 ms
4 196.35.115.136 (196.35.115.136) 31.227 ms 30.943 ms 31.743 ms
5 168.209.6.13 (168.209.6.13) 28.829 ms 25.212 ms 24.974 ms
6 core1b-ctn-gi0-1.ip.isnet.net (168.209.2.4) 31.921 ms 32.250 ms
core1b-ctn-gi0-2.ip.isnet.net (168.209.6.4) 31.472 ms
7 168.209.201.6 (168.209.201.6) 184.606 ms 180.567 ms 179.468 ms
8 * * *
9 * * *
10 * * *
11 *^C

And...... YOUTUBE RUNNING @ 1080p watch that little buffer line running ahead!

 

[Aquiva]

Would it be possible for you to run comparative traceroute on the Afrihost and Web Africa accounts to Youtube?

Sorry senior, my 1GB free account is depleted from tests done for this forum over past few weeks :-D

The trace to youtube obviously ends on the Akamai servers in SA (as it should).

traceroute to youtube.com (74.125.233.96), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2) 1.323 ms 0.977 ms 0.794 ms
2 196-210-128-1.dynamic.isadsl.co.za (196.210.128.1) 14.509 ms 15.029 ms 14.250 ms
3 vlan2473.cdsl2-ctn.isdsl.net (196.38.72.193) 33.430 ms 32.583 ms 31.755 ms
4 196.35.115.136 (196.35.115.136) 31.998 ms 32.087 ms 31.382 ms
5 168.209.2.13 (168.209.2.13) 31.614 ms 32.024 ms 43.664 ms
6 168.209.6.12 (168.209.6.12) 25.243 ms 25.112 ms 25.391 ms
7 168.209.100.101 (168.209.100.101) 40.134 ms 40.756 ms 40.514 ms
8 168.209.1.179 (168.209.1.179) 42.102 ms
196.26.0.130 (196.26.0.130) 81.460 ms
168.209.1.179 (168.209.1.179) 41.629 ms
9 72.14.205.16 (72.14.205.16) 40.933 ms 41.014 ms 40.804 ms
10 72.14.239.129 (72.14.239.129) 40.597 ms 40.838 ms 41.172 ms
11 jnb01s08-in-f0.1e100.net (74.125.233.96) 47.490 ms 48.113 ms 47.337 ms

 

[AfriGenie]

Sorry senior, my 1GB free account is depleted from tests done for this forum over past few weeks :-D

Could you maybe send me the username of that account, I can always add some data to assist with the testing.

 

[Aquiva]

Could you maybe send me the username of that account, I can always add some data to assist with the testing.

PM sent.

 

[Aquiva]

PM sent.

Ok, it doesn't want to Authenticate now and it seems AfriSupport has gone home!

 

[akuma]

chiming in

youtube is stuttering horribly on my capped afrihost account.

Tracing route to youtube-ui.l.google.com [74.125.230.228]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1     5 ms     1 ms     1 ms  ADSL [192.168.1.1]
  2     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  3     8 ms    13 ms     7 ms  41.181.221.253
  4     7 ms     7 ms     7 ms  41.181.221.254
  5    74 ms     7 ms     7 ms  tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.18
4.28]
  6     8 ms     8 ms     7 ms  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.8]
  7     8 ms     7 ms     7 ms  196.44.31.106
  8   152 ms   151 ms   151 ms  am-cr-1.am--lt-cr-1.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.22
1]
  9   151 ms   153 ms   151 ms  ls-pr-2.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.20
3]
 10   165 ms   159 ms   154 ms  google-peering-ls-pr-2.uk.mtnns.net [209.212.99.
13]
 11     *      167 ms     *     209.85.255.78
 12   161 ms   161 ms   164 ms  209.85.250.169
 13   165 ms   165 ms   168 ms  lhr08s06-in-f4.1e100.net [74.125.230.228]

Trace complete.

 

[akuma]

Ok, it doesn't want to Authenticate now and it seems AfriSupport has gone home!

maybe he dc'd. XD

 

[Thor]

Jip 40mbps line

WA account YouTube perfect


Afrihost acc buffers on 144p


Openweb account works smooth.


Taking all the similar issues tonight think its safe to assume AF is testing stuff etc.

Luckily my DL are running full

 

[nicki]

Is your line back up? Mine still down...

 

[shooter_za]

Can't watch Youtube at 144p (if at all) and now sites are barely loading. Can't get much more that 60 kb on this 2mb line for most of the day.

I thought this was fixed? Milnerton, CT.

 

[Mark.K]

Mine was also bad gave up in the end. Glad I downgraded before the 25th think I'll look again how things are going with ah next year. Will keep it as a backup account for now

 

[Thor]

Is your line back up? Mine still down...

This is my home line, the office lines are still down

 

[nicki]

Ok.

 

[Bedford]

More IPC is on the way indeed, no confirmed dates as yet though - although I'd expect it'll be after the Telkom freeze period is over in early 2015.

What does the Telkom freeze entail? Does the freeze including installations?

I only ask as im moving in the next month or 2

 

[Bedford]

I cannot believe this!!!! Got an email that AH+ is goin ahead, so guess what guys get ready to pay for that double data!

Oh and it gets better the launching price will be R99 but will probably go up when this "promotion" ends

I cannot believe that so many people voted yes for this product. Either the numbers were tampered with Zimbabwe style or the general consumer is extremely naïve.

I am so bitterly disappointed...