Afrihost Mobile Feedback

AfriNatic said:
If I can transfer you some airtime to do tests using the MTN apn can you do some comparative traceroutes for me between the MTN and Afrihost APN?
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I'm happy to do this. I'll see if I can get around to it sometime tomorrow. Is it just a case of loading data and then using the MTN APN again? I have Fing installed, and can use that for some traceroutes. Otherwise I will just hotspot and use my PC.
 
PhireSide said:
I'm happy to do this. I'll see if I can get around to it sometime tomorrow. Is it just a case of loading data and then using the MTN APN again? I have Fing installed, and can use that for some traceroutes. Otherwise I will just hotspot and use my PC.
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Yes anything. Just switching between the apn even hotspot can work. Just want some comparative trace routes to see where the issue is. Our traffic graphs don't indicate an issue but we need to investigate and locate the issue to fix it and a trace route can help identify the cause.
 
Bryn said:
Time for Afrihost to sit MTN down for a real talk.

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Can you reboot and check to see if you have better speeds now?

Our Noc team has logged it with MTN and advised that clients should reboot/toggle airplane mode and see of the speeds are still slow.
 
AfriNatic said:
Can you reboot and check to see if you have better speeds now?

Our Noc team has logged it with MTN and advised that clients should reboot/toggle airplane mode and see of the speeds are still slow.
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Browsing is sort of okay, but I'm getting packet loss and speed tests don't work nicely.
 
Hi @AfriNatic, not sure if this is your bag but could you assist with voicemail set up? Specifically I seem to keep defaulting to 'voicemail lite'.
 
Bryn said:
I had an opportunity to test this over the weekend, as a family member is on MTN. Zero issues, lightning fast for them, while I sit with a broken connection barely 2m away.

Afrihost has a serious problem on MTN's network.
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It's been going on for a long time, but back in December 2020 / January 2021, I was literally the only one complaining :
(things started going wrong for me - in PE - around mid-Nov 2020)

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@AfriNatic - have you received any feedback from MTN, regarding my posts above. It's now the better part of 10 days, and I've received no correspondence from either them, or your Escalations dept. Below are some recent speedtests ; what I take away from all this is that the only consistency is...
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@AfriNatic and/or other Afri rep/s : As a reminder (from posts long ago), I'm using MTN via Afri. on a B525. The service seems to be deteriorating badly for me. Will send you a PM of my tower & other relevant details, after posting this. Can you find out from MTN if there is a tower issue...
mybroadband.co.za mybroadband.co.za

The feedback I eventually got was that it was my coverage that was the issue, but it worked perfectly fine before mid-Nov.

Decided to leave Afrihost as a result, but maybe if more are affected at a time, then they bother doing something about it ... @AfriNatic at the time confirmed in one of his posts that the Telkom network was more robust (not necessarily the exact word used, I think), so if one can get Telkom LTE, my suggestion is to move to them, either directly, or even through Afrihost / Axxess etc. should be fine.
 
Traceroute results, using my phone as a mobile hotspot:

MTN APN

phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute www.google.com
traceroute to www.google.com (172.217.170.4), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 9.886 ms 15.580 ms 5.624 ms
2 * * *
3 10.110.38.78 (10.110.38.78) 58.223 ms 31.041 ms 49.235 ms
4 * * *
5 41-208-11-4.mtnns.net (41.208.11.4) 106.265 ms 50.457 ms 41.194 ms
6 41.181.242.105 (41.181.242.105) 49.783 ms 48.338 ms 39.082 ms
7 196.44.29.89 (196.44.29.89) 50.850 ms 88.158 ms 89.854 ms
8 196.44.29.118 (196.44.29.118) 89.642 ms 121.304 ms 92.601 ms
9 196.44.29.140 (196.44.29.140) 95.381 ms
196.44.29.138 (196.44.29.138) 63.401 ms 89.380 ms
10 196.44.29.97 (196.44.29.97) 52.102 ms
196.44.29.89 (196.44.29.89) 88.630 ms 88.795 ms
11 72.14.243.186 (72.14.243.186) 106.791 ms 64.342 ms 64.876 ms
12 * 10.252.249.30 (10.252.249.30) 69.021 ms *
13 216.239.40.248 (216.239.40.248) 68.043 ms
jnb02s02-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.170.4) 89.545 ms 49.703 ms
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phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute facebook.com
traceroute to facebook.com (69.171.250.35), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 5.053 ms 4.236 ms 4.039 ms
2 * * *
3 10.110.38.78 (10.110.38.78) 80.992 ms 35.366 ms 53.313 ms
4 * * *
5 41-208-11-4.mtnns.net (41.208.11.4) 71.430 ms 68.740 ms 53.351 ms
6 41.181.242.105 (41.181.242.105) 38.638 ms 52.528 ms 44.139 ms
7 ae66.pr02.cpt1.tfbnw.net (157.240.78.252) 44.546 ms 53.324 ms 80.675 ms
8 po102.psw03.cpt1.tfbnw.net (129.134.55.49) 31.729 ms
196.44.29.118 (196.44.29.118) 35.265 ms
po102.psw01.cpt1.tfbnw.net (129.134.55.33) 35.211 ms
9 157.240.38.65 (157.240.38.65) 88.426 ms
173.252.67.3 (173.252.67.3) 41.903 ms
157.240.38.67 (157.240.38.67) 93.557 ms
10 edge-star-mini-shv-01-any2.facebook.com (69.171.250.35) 88.154 ms
ae66.pr01.cpt1.tfbnw.net (157.240.77.254) 37.837 ms
edge-star-mini-shv-01-any2.facebook.com (69.171.250.35) 71.382 ms
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phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute amazon.com
traceroute: Warning: amazon.com has multiple addresses; using 176.32.103.205
traceroute to amazon.com (176.32.103.205), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 35.042 ms 4.636 ms 3.701 ms
2 * * *
3 10.110.38.70 (10.110.38.70) 95.671 ms 77.613 ms 55.736 ms
4 * * *
5 41-208-11-4.mtnns.net (41.208.11.4) 50.738 ms 54.034 ms 27.538 ms
6 41.181.242.105 (41.181.242.105) 61.991 ms 39.912 ms 49.529 ms
7 41.181.189.66 (41.181.189.66) 181.265 ms 308.612 ms 173.096 ms
8 196.44.29.118 (196.44.29.118) 185.344 ms 179.341 ms 177.438 ms
9 lo-mtn-mse-pe-01--ct-cr-3.za.mtnns.net (196.44.0.28) 182.766 ms
lo-mtn-mse-pe-01--tb-cr-3.za.mtnns.net (209.212.98.30) 182.631 ms 179.387 ms
10 41.181.189.66 (41.181.189.66) 181.157 ms 197.197 ms 176.510 ms
11 81.52.186.189 (81.52.186.189) 172.334 ms 213.160 ms 215.603 ms
12 193.251.129.79 (193.251.129.79) 255.903 ms 386.589 ms 250.411 ms
13 193.251.128.13 (193.251.128.13) 365.978 ms * *
14 google-5.gw.opentransit.net (193.251.249.38) 255.318 ms
193.251.248.56 (193.251.248.56) 497.292 ms
google-5.gw.opentransit.net (193.251.249.38) 317.016 ms
15 * * *
16 * * *
17 * * *
18 * * *
19 * * *
20 * * *
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Afrihost Mobile APN

phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute www.google.com
traceroute to www.google.com (172.217.170.68), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 5.860 ms 5.582 ms 5.069 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 100.127.3.14 (100.127.3.14) 137.072 ms 55.412 ms 32.746 ms
7 100.127.3.15 (100.127.3.15) 57.241 ms 50.946 ms 37.163 ms
8 * * *
9 169-1-2-253.ip.afrihost.capetown (169.1.2.253) 74.350 ms 43.825 ms 45.610 ms
10 * * *
11 169-1-21-83.ip.afrihost.co.za (169.1.21.83) 107.135 ms 44.652 ms 30.958 ms
12 100.127.2.172 (100.127.2.172) 58.716 ms * 70.341 ms
13 72.14.216.130 (72.14.216.130) 51.313 ms 47.335 ms 51.725 ms
14 10.252.235.94 (10.252.235.94) 123.552 ms
10.252.249.30 (10.252.249.30) 57.054 ms
10.252.254.94 (10.252.254.94) 51.631 ms
15 * * 172.253.66.2 (172.253.66.2) 107.281 ms
16 * 216.239.40.249 (216.239.40.249) 98.666 ms
jnb02s04-in-f4.1e100.net (172.217.170.68) 68.914 ms
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phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute facebook.com
traceroute to facebook.com (102.132.99.35), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 6.173 ms 5.442 ms 4.448 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 100.127.3.14 (100.127.3.14) 79.804 ms 78.729 ms 54.082 ms
7 100.127.3.15 (100.127.3.15) 39.274 ms 50.177 ms 40.285 ms
8 * * *
9 * 169-1-2-253.ip.afrihost.capetown (169.1.2.253) 45.008 ms 77.264 ms
10 * * *
11 169-1-21-87.ip.afrihost.co.za (169.1.21.87) 46.982 ms 44.287 ms 46.419 ms
12 ae1.pr04.cpt1.tfbnw.net (157.240.78.176) 44.771 ms 72.974 ms 45.435 ms
13 po104.psw04.cpt1.tfbnw.net (129.134.55.59) 42.221 ms
po103.psw02.cpt1.tfbnw.net (129.134.55.39) 77.434 ms *
14 * * *
15 edge-star-mini-shv-01-cpt1.facebook.com (102.132.99.35) 65.001 ms 70.201 ms 55.269 ms
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phillip@macbook ~ % traceroute amazon.com
traceroute: Warning: amazon.com has multiple addresses; using 176.32.103.205
traceroute to amazon.com (176.32.103.205), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 192.168.43.1 (192.168.43.1) 6.365 ms 35.924 ms 5.582 ms
2 * * *
3 * * *
4 * * *
5 * * *
6 100.127.3.14 (100.127.3.14) 63.203 ms 39.199 ms 49.531 ms
7 100.127.3.15 (100.127.3.15) 37.286 ms 52.971 ms 44.147 ms
8 * * *
9 * * 169-1-2-253.ip.afrihost.capetown (169.1.2.253) 95.019 ms
10 * * *
11 169-1-21-83.ip.afrihost.co.za (169.1.21.83) 68.291 ms 53.907 ms 69.598 ms
12 wdcnw-os-cer-1-wan.osnet.co.za (196.25.26.65) 56.137 ms 57.074 ms 43.906 ms
13 10.189.30.2 (10.189.30.2) 183.627 ms 194.801 ms 189.499 ms
14 * be5956.rcr21.b023101-0.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (149.11.248.209) 282.447 ms 359.930 ms
15 be2348.ccr41.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com (130.117.51.73) 235.688 ms 344.759 ms *
16 * be2099.ccr31.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com (154.54.82.34) 336.017 ms 495.840 ms
17 38.140.158.98 (38.140.158.98) 408.537 ms 408.990 ms 409.507 ms
18 * * *
19 * * *
20 * * *
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PhireSide said:
I had to use MTN APN as using the Afrihost one wasn't allowing my VPN to connect. I'll do some pings a bit later on and report back
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We NAT Mobile connections which could be the issue.

I can request the NAT to be removed for you if you want.
 
AfriNatic said:
We NAT Mobile connections which could be the issue.

I can request the NAT to be removed for you if you want.
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It used to work prior with no issue, only when the recent issues started did I find that connectivity was a bit sporadic.

But let me get some ping results for you and then if it's something that can't be fixed, maybe we can try having NAT removed for my number to see if that helps.
 
We are investigating the issue with MTN. It seems to be very intermittent and some clients that complained earlier the week is fine now with more complaining now. We don't see a clear pastern and it makes it super hard to find the issue.

We have gone through our whole mobile routing checked every interface and we can not find the issue.

MTN has moved traffic around as of yesterday again and we are hoping that this was the fix but it seems not.

We have added a notice while we continue to investigate the issue.
 
@AfriNatic im having big problems with the Afrihost apn, 62% loss vs 0% loss on mtn apn.

it’s been over a week now and I’m close to leaving just to be able to use my phone.

without moving see both speed tests.
 

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AfriNatic said:
We are investigating the issue with MTN. It seems to be very intermittent and some clients that complained earlier the week is fine now with more complaining now. We don't see a clear pastern and it makes it super hard to find the issue.

We have gone through our whole mobile routing checked every interface and we can not find the issue.

MTN has moved traffic around as of yesterday again and we are hoping that this was the fix but it seems not.

We have added a notice while we continue to investigate the issue.
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Yap. Very intermittent. But very close to call it quits on Afrihost MTN. I thought it was loadshedding related. But currently no loadshedding. The difference is loadshedding both Afrihost MTN and MTN APN does not work (towers down). Intermittently Afrihost MTN not working but switching to MTN is fine.
 
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