Afrihost network woes explained

[Jan]

Afrihost network problems explained

Network traffic and bandwidth management hardware are the root of Afrihost DSL subscriber woes.

 

[Zyzzyva]

Wish them the best.

 

[kingrob]

Cisco products, or did they go cheapskate and don't want to name it?

 

[Hummercellc]

Cisco products, or did they go cheapskate and don't want to name it?

Cisco, Juniper Networks, Huawei, ZTE, Zyxel and Fortigate/Fortinet all make Carrier Grade equipment and software, so it could be any of them in theory....

 

[gusza]

My money is on them using Allot appliances for the traffic management. Very powerful appliances but can be very tricky to configure.

 

[Bobbin]

When technology just gets too complicated for humans to tame It happens I guess.

 

[Hummercellc]

My money is on them using Allot appliances for the traffic management. Very powerful appliances but can be very tricky to configure.

I think it could be Huawei.....

 

[Segg]

When something breaks, and can't be fixed correctly or effectively, then it usually gets replaced

 

[kingrob]

When something breaks, and can't be fixed correctly or effectively, then it usually gets replaced

+1

I fully agree!

Seriously, if something is not working 100%, you remove it and put in a new system that does work 100%.

It's not 1990 anymore.

 

[Kosmik]

I think it could be Huawei.....

Same, MTN are punting these network devices over CISCO as they cost less. Clients can go with CISCO but it raises the equipment cost.

 

[semaphore]

How many times did they have to say top engineers at x, x, x in that article.:erm:

 

[kingrob]

The other obvious question for Gian is how can he employ hardware on his network, that his technicians are not knowledgeable about?

It's a recipe for disaster.

 

[Thor]

The other obvious question for Gian is how can he employ hardware on his network, that his technicians are not knowledgeable about?

It's a recipe for disaster.

Was just about to post that.

 

[karnuffel]

Too late. Wont use them again. Why only now? Either they didnt care enough about their clients to keep them informed or they didnt know what was wrong....

 

[Segg]

Too late. Wont use them again. Why only now? Either they didnt care enough about their clients to keep them informed or they didnt know what was wrong....

Probably a noticeable increase in cancelations

 

[semaphore]

Too late. Wont use them again. Why only now? Either they didnt care enough about their clients to keep them informed or they didnt know what was wrong....

But no guy, are you sure your exchange is not congested ? :erm:</sarcasm>

 

[CuppaJoe]

This is all well and good, but like other ISPs who also brag about the millions they are investing in network upgrades, if you cannot see any improvement at ground-level, it is just fairy tales.

 

[bantu]

...this explains why my mobile data (3 + 3) has been running uncapped for the past few months, but then I can't complain, because I'm not paying extra.

 

[Dan C]

"We have been working closely with MTN ..."

This is one of the problems

 

[KillerBOB]

How many times did they have to say top engineers at x, x, x in that article.:erm:

True, really badly written.