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- Thread starter eddief1
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Sorry to hear that you're getting such slow speeds. Have you tried downloading our diagnostics app to help find the issue?
http://www.afrihost.com/site/page/afrihost_network_test?src=website_nav
Definitely looks good. International will always be somewhat slower than local, due to the latency and cable distance. These are definitely good results
My international has been crappy for the last day or three though.
NNTP runs fine in the mornings but this is gnarly.
Intl http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2460012653.png
Local http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2460013899.png
NNTP runs fine in the mornings but this is gnarly.
Intl http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2460012653.png
Local http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2460013899.png
Doesn't look too great, but I also think your local ping is unusually high. Latency locally would be much more pronounced on an international trace.
Could you post or PM a traceroute?
The local latency always gives that on the speedtest.
Code:
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.104]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms exchange
3 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms ipc-recieve-rb-2a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.65]
4 51 ms 49 ms 32 ms rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
5 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
6 10 ms 10 ms 10 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
7 175 ms 175 ms 175 ms ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.83
]
8 175 ms 221 ms 176 ms bbc-linx.pr01.thdow.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.103]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 176 ms 186 ms 176 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
11 173 ms 174 ms 175 ms 132.185.255.165
12 196 ms 189 ms 191 ms fmt-vip133.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.104]
Trace complete.
This is strange indeed, are these results consistent?
Yup.
Code:
Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 7 ms 7 ms 7 ms exchange
3 11 ms 10 ms 10 ms ipc-recieve-rb-3a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.77]
4 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
5 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
6 11 ms 10 ms 11 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
7 175 ms 175 ms 175 ms ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.83
]
8 177 ms 175 ms 175 ms bbc-linx.pr01.thdow.bbc.co.uk [195.66.224.103]
9 * * * Request timed out.
10 176 ms 176 ms 177 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
11 173 ms 175 ms 173 ms 132.185.255.165
12 172 ms 172 ms 172 ms fmt-vip132.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.103]
Trace complete.Although check the faster speed now, and the better ping at the ESR.
http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2461520697.png
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The MyBroadband speed test always shows high pings for me and it does it on Mweb as well hence I do not use it.
Yet International is ok.
MyBroadband
JHB - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462370555.png
CTN - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462371531.png
INT - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462376044.png
Speedtest.net
JHB - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240271906.png
CTN - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240274175.png
INT - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240304119.png
Yet International is ok.
MyBroadband
JHB - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462370555.png
CTN - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462371531.png
INT - http://speedtest.ookla.com/result/2462376044.png
Speedtest.net
JHB - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240271906.png
CTN - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240274175.png
INT - http://www.speedtest.net/result/3240304119.png
wingnut771
Honorary Master
Can you try to durban? Isn't Hilton in KZN? Where you are (how far away) in the country effects your ping.
wingnut771
Honorary Master
Yes, Hilton is 10km North of PMBurg and Durban is fine when on Mweb, but the game servers are all in JHB or CTN
mmm I see MyBroadband does not give a Durban option.
Yeah I know, try speedtest, just "begin test" so it chooses the closet server to get a true reflection of your best scenario ping.
I'm near hillcrest and I get a 32ms ping to the durban server (telkom).
Here are some other examples (4mb line) from MyBB although I'm not on AH:
I'll post some AH pings later when I log in.
EDIT:
On AH:
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International is really unacceptable today. Everything else is normal. (10Mb line)
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3243244774
International is really unacceptable today. Everything else is normal. (10Mb line)
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3243244774
Really sorry about this, international can be a bit slower than local - but these results are too slow
Have you contacted our Support team about this at all?
saliehendricks
Senior Member
Last 2-3 days are horrid: 
I am 10Mbps bundle capped package with a line sync at 3Mbps...but downloads are 0.5 local to an MTN server
Support ticket: VJA-439-36308
I am 10Mbps bundle capped package with a line sync at 3Mbps...but downloads are 0.5 local to an MTN server
Support ticket: VJA-439-36308
hansotto
Well-Known Member
I am on Afrihost capped and have a 4 meg line. Since yesterday International seems to be intermittent. Downloading pictures from my FTP site in the USA is a nightmare. Keep on being told that it is reconnecting. I also upload files to Denmark and keep on losing the VPN connection.
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3248784784
The upload speed seems rather slow. Or is that correct?
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3248784784
The upload speed seems rather slow. Or is that correct?
Last 2-3 days are horrid:
I am 10Mbps bundle capped package with a line sync at 3Mbps...but downloads are 0.5 local to an MTN server
Support ticket: VJA-439-36308
This seems to be related to congestion on your Telkom exchange at first glance. But we'll need to look at more tests to determine this, especially if we can test with an alternative network.
I would definitely recommend downloading our Network Test App and run some more tests
This local tests seems pretty normal, so we'd need to see more specific information with regard to the servers you're accessing like traces and pings to the site
jackshiels
Expert Member
Getting pretty poor speeds on my capped account. Only around 2MB of my 10MB speeds. Local sites are the same.
There seems to be a problem with the amount of data that I have downloaded during this month according to my data usage on client zone and what I know I did? Have anybody experienced this yet, I am the only user on my line and was not even at home during the day:wtf:
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