Afrihost CAPPED ADSL Feedback (MTN)

electrofreeze · Mar 17, 2015

we need more ipc!!!!

avr-rulez · Mar 17, 2015

@Afriguy
NNTP is screwd again........

well I suppose almost 15 hours for a 1 gig file does not seem too bad

Prodegy · Mar 17, 2015

Just logged here to point out the same problem, it used to only be in the evenings now its happening in the day, huge packet loss cape town area. From gaming clients to TS, Mumble, vent w/e. All of it just has packet loss causing delay. I did a tracert to LoL EUW servers and actualy had 50% packet loss.

BrendanMc · Mar 17, 2015

trying to stream netflix and its a no go.

Tracing route to www.us-east-1.prodaa.netflix.com [184.73.252.179]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 6 ms 31 ms 14 ms 105-236-240-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.23
6.240.129]
3 8 ms 8 ms 8 ms ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.54.86]

4 33 ms 32 ms 32 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-i.za.mtnbusiness.net [66.8.11.1
86]
5 9 ms 8 ms 8 ms compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.2]
6 152 ms 152 ms 151 ms ls-cr-2--tb-cr-1.uk-b.mtnns.net [196.44.31.113]

7 157 ms 151 ms 151 ms ls-pr-2.uk--ls-cr-2.uk-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.18
7]
8 151 ms 151 ms 155 ms 195.50.122.181
9 * * 226 ms ae-3-80.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.1
42]
10 224 ms * 225 ms ae-3-80.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.69.149.1
42]
11 224 ms 225 ms 225 ms AMAZON.COM.edge2.Washington1.Level3.net [4.79.22
.74]
12 237 ms 227 ms 234 ms 72.21.220.157
13 234 ms 227 ms 227 ms 205.251.245.226
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 324 ms 338 ms 284 ms 216.182.224.81
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

On WA 2 Mbs uncapped account it works just fine:

See below:

So on 1/5th the download speed netflix streams likes a dream.

On my capped 10mb account it wont even start playing

image132 · Mar 17, 2015

I sent the PM. I don't know if you received it.

AfriGuy · Mar 17, 2015

image132 said:
We've been trying to tell you guys this for ages now.

I changed back to Afrihost and started it over. This is what it's currently at:

View attachment 200190

I can tell you as it gets closer to peak that value is going to keep going up.

I'll PM you now. The problem is you guys keep 'testing' my account from JHB where there is no issue. It's down here in the south. Either the South IPC or something else causing this but it's down here. It's incredibly frustrating.

I can test the account on my end, I'm in CPT. Not seeing any issues on my personal account though.

AfriGuy · Mar 17, 2015

avr-rulez said:
@Afriguy
NNTP is screwd again........

View attachment 200192

well I suppose almost 15 hours for a 1 gig file does not seem too bad

Are your other downloads slow too?

image132 · Mar 17, 2015

Don't know what's changed but it's a whole lot better now:

Prodegy · Mar 17, 2015

No improvement here, still ~10% packet loss to TS3 in EU, and league of legends is beyond unplayable again this evening on afrihost ping is 180 but just massive packet loss all the time.

psynapt1k · Mar 17, 2015

Why are torrents so irregular? - My torrents used to be stable before "the incident" over the weekend. A good torrent now jumps from 10K to 1,2Meg in fluctuations - my 20meg line is currently torrenting at average 200KB/s whats going on with the network?

image132 · Mar 17, 2015

Spoke too soon.

Played a match making game with a friend and had 20% loss.

-_-

Prodegy · Mar 17, 2015

^ ye I tried as well I was just blinked around. Switched to another ISP reconnected and was perfect

image132 · Mar 17, 2015

Prodegy said:
^ ye I tried as well I was just blinked around. Switched to another ISP reconnected and was perfect

Do you live in Cape Town?

Prodegy · Mar 17, 2015

Ye cape town, has these packet loss issues on Afrihost every night now, the worst thing that happens is it just drops connection to TS and gaming clients like LoL/Dota/CS/WoW and it doesnt reconect then I switch to another ISP and poof problem is gone.

image132 · Mar 17, 2015

Prodegy said:
Ye cape town, has these packet loss issues on Afrihost every night now, the worst thing that happens is it just drops connection to TS and gaming clients like LoL/Dota/CS/WoW and it doesnt reconect then I switch to another ISP and poof problem is gone.

Yep. We all have it. It's been so bad this month I've burnt through my backup account's cap.

The sole person in the Western Cape that doesn't is Afriguy over here.

avr-rulez · Mar 17, 2015

AfriGuy said:
Are your other downloads slow too?

Speedtest shows full line speed 8.7Meg. Ping 16mS

Hunted · Mar 17, 2015

Gaming is terrible on BF4 with Afrihost.. LAG galore!!!

If you look at the below screenshot you see 30 MS pings with Afrihost.

Afrihost to MTN Server

When on the Webafrica account and doing a speedtest to the same MTN server it also shows 30ms. (See Below)

Webafrica to MTN

However, doing tests too other hosted server like Telkom & MWEB whilst connected to Webafrica, then the pings goes down to 10ms or 9ms. (See Below) Vodacom hosted servers being the BEST!!. Shame on you Afrihost/MTN.

Webafrica to Telkom

Webafrica to MWEB

Webafrica to Vodacom

Pings to Google.co.za, whilst on Afihost:

Code:

Pinging google.co.za [66.8.14.49] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56
Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 66.8.14.49:
    Packets: Sent = 14, Received = 14, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 33ms, Average = 31ms

Pings from Webafrica to google.co.za

Code:

Pinging google.co.za [216.58.223.3] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54
Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 216.58.223.3:
    Packets: Sent = 15, Received = 15, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 27ms, Average = 25ms

Jitter tests

On Afrihost

On WebAfrica

In the above test it shows very much the same, but I did notice the ping/jitter test was done to the same Webafrica hosted server. Does this mean that when going through Afihost/MTN hosted servers pings pick up and causes the lag we are experiencing on the games?

What I do know is that the common problem here is Afrihost.

Packet-Kollector · Mar 17, 2015

Wait. you are complaining about getting 30 ping and amazing download speeds?
Please rip up your Telkom line and send it to me, I'd kill for those stats any day.

Thor · Mar 17, 2015

Hunted said:
Gaming is terrible on BF4 with Afrihost.. LAG galore!!!

If you look at the below screenshot you see 30 MS pings with Afrihost.

Afrihost to MTN Server

When on the Webafrica account and doing a speedtest to the same MTN server it also shows 30ms. (See Below)

Webafrica to MTN

However, doing tests too other hosted server like Telkom & MWEB whilst connected to Webafrica, then the pings goes down to 10ms or 9ms. (See Below) Vodacom hosted servers being the BEST!!. Shame on you Afrihost/MTN.

Webafrica to Telkom

Webafrica to MWEB

Webafrica to Vodacom

Pings to Google.co.za, whilst on Afihost:

Code:

Pinging google.co.za [66.8.14.49] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=30ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=33ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Reply from 66.8.14.49: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=56 Ping statistics for 66.8.14.49: Packets: Sent = 14, Received = 14, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 30ms, Maximum = 33ms, Average = 31ms

Pings from Webafrica to google.co.za

Code:

Pinging google.co.za [216.58.223.3] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Reply from 216.58.223.3: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=54 Ping statistics for 216.58.223.3: Packets: Sent = 15, Received = 15, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 27ms, Average = 25ms

Jitter tests

On Afrihost

On WebAfrica

In the above test it shows very much the same, but I did notice the ping/jitter test was done to the same Webafrica hosted server. Does this mean that when going through Afihost/MTN hosted servers pings pick up and causes the lag we are experiencing on the games?

What I do know is that the common problem here is Afrihost.

You really want absolute perfection ey? No playing around.

stuffsCPT · Mar 17, 2015

I cant play games with Afrihost account and cant work with it, It can barely open gmail...what can I use this account for?

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