Afrihost New Network Feedback - Part 2

[AfriGuy]

Greetings guys!

Just had a catch up with the team on how things are panning out so far. I've taken notes that I though I'd share here.
Naturally though, I've had to redact some information. Happy cracking

/troll

 

[Nikkel]

Greetings guys!

Just had a catch up with the team on how things are panning out so far. I've taken notes that I though I'd share here.
Naturally though, I've had to redact some information. Happy cracking

/troll

The only thing I could "crack" is Wednesday... Wednesday and Saturday is the only two days with what looks like the amount of letters that's blacked out and Saturday would be a odd day for an announcement

 

[AfriGuy]

The only thing I could "crack" is Wednesday... Wednesday and Saturday is the only two days with what looks like the amount of letters that's blacked out and Saturday would be a odd day for an announcement

Getting warmer. It's a day between Monday and Sunday.

 

[Hummercellc]

Any news on this?

Afrihost Account

1 * * *
2 dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za (169.1.5.173) 21.846 ms 19.811 ms 20.437 ms
3 dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za (169.1.5.174) 28.309 ms 25.494 ms 25.853 ms
4 dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za (169.1.5.204) 21.906 ms 21.078 ms 21.157 ms
5 41.162.84.192 (41.162.84.192) 21.916 ms 20.065 ms 21.918 ms
6 172.18.1.162 (172.18.1.162) 29.297 ms 29.202 ms 29.049 ms
7 cloudflare.ixp.joburg (196.46.25.198) 188.483 ms 188.018 ms 188.969 ms
8 104.20.31.244 (104.20.31.244) 193.902 ms 194.283 ms 194.084 ms

PING afrihost.com (104.20.31.244) from 169.0.XXX.XXX: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=0 ttl=47 time=196.373 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=1 ttl=47 time=195.330 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=2 ttl=48 time=194.898 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=3 ttl=48 time=194.174 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=4 ttl=48 time=194.220 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=194.498 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=195.259 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=7 ttl=47 time=195.012 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=8 ttl=47 time=193.908 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.31.244: icmp_seq=9 ttl=47 time=194.158 ms

--- afrihost.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 193.908/194.783/196.373/0.710 ms

Mweb Account

1 197-81-XXX-XXX.jhb.mweb.co.za (197.81.XXX.XXX) 0.866 ms 2.546 ms 0.858 ms
2 197-81-146-1.jhb.mweb.co.za (197.81.146.1) 27.876 ms 32.004 ms 29.287 ms
3 vl85.vic-hscore-2.optinet.net (197.81.146.4) 28.581 ms 27.649 ms 28.818 ms
4 12.te0-7-0-2.vic-p-1.optinet.net (197.80.5.241) 29.555 ms 30.581 ms 32.051 ms
5 201.bu-ether5.vic-pe-2.optinet.net (197.80.7.71) 30.545 ms 29.594 ms 30.547 ms
6 bu-ether1.tis-pe-2.optinet.net (197.80.4.9) 29.791 ms 30.067 ms 29.315 ms
7 bu-ether2.tis-pe-1.optinet.net (197.80.4.252) 30.818 ms 30.148 ms 30.781 ms
8 197-80-4-195.jhb.mweb.co.za (197.80.4.195) 29.681 ms 31.547 ms 29.829 ms
9 cloudflare.ixp.joburg (196.46.25.198) 29.315 ms 29.621 ms 31.257 ms
10 104.20.30.244 (104.20.31.244) 28.835 ms 28.901 ms 30.112 ms

PING afrihost.com (104.20.30.244) from 197.81.XXX.XXX: 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=29.904 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=30.167 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=30.610 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=29.647 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=4 ttl=58 time=30.302 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=5 ttl=58 time=30.600 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=6 ttl=58 time=29.746 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=7 ttl=58 time=30.064 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=8 ttl=58 time=29.606 ms
64 bytes from 104.20.30.244: icmp_seq=9 ttl=58 time=30.310 ms

--- afrihost.com ping statistics ---
10 packets transmitted, 10 packets received, 0.0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 29.606/30.096/30.610/0.348 ms

 

[AfriGuy]

Any news on this?

-snip

We're still working on it, our network team are aware of it.

 

[Zarkon]

So when is gian announcing the price cuts we've been waiting for

 

[AfriGuy]

So when is gian announcing the price cuts we've been waiting for

See my very descriptive post #4145

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Greetings guys!

Just had a catch up with the team on how things are panning out so far. I've taken notes that I though I'd share here.
Naturally though, I've had to redact some information. Happy cracking

/troll

Knew im getting a Lamborghini...

From what i can see, it says the following

Dear Iceman

We know its taken a bit of time, but we are delighted to inform you, that you now the proud owner of a new Lamborghini

With love Gian

 

[Icemanbrfc]

Getting warmer. It's a day between Monday and Sunday.

Got it

 

[Icemanbrfc]

I must of cracked it, because AfriGuy has gone silent

 

[NewBiks]

Unable to stream Twitch with my AH account as it buffers constantly, I've used the test account and it streams perfectly fine without buffering.

All of this has been reported to CC.

Things need to improve.

 

[kohlhtor]

Same in pe download speed afrihost 400 kb/s webafrica 1.1 mb/s this is with keep to share

 

[BlaKingPrime]

Its bad again

Area: Durban / Durban North

Account type : Capped Account /10mbps

Local Tracert:

Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [104.20.71.110]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 23 ms 21 ms 22 ms dbn-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.161]
4 22 ms 23 ms 22 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.162]
5 22 ms 26 ms 21 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
6 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 41.162.84.192
7 30 ms 30 ms 31 ms 172.18.1.162
8 332 ms 316 ms 306 ms cloudflare.ixp.joburg [196.46.25.198]
9 272 ms 276 ms 297 ms 104.20.71.110

Trace complete.

Tracert to affected site: all EU sites

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.244.69]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms dbn-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.161]
4 24 ms 22 ms 22 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.162]
5 23 ms 21 ms 22 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
6 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms 41.162.84.192
7 30 ms 31 ms 31 ms 172.18.1.162
8 94 ms 96 ms 151 ms if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41.206.178.29]
9 284 ms 309 ms 311 ms if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.206.178.2]
10 248 ms 245 ms 251 ms if-p-6.core2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [41.206.164.6]
11 297 ms 291 ms 297 ms if-xe-0-0-0-2000.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.158.1]
12 339 ms 335 ms 317 ms if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.158.30]
13 287 ms 295 ms 338 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore2.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.139.1]
14 283 ms 283 ms 267 ms if-ae-11-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.139.42]
15 276 ms 268 ms 262 ms if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.130.130]
16 257 ms 260 ms 266 ms 195.219.83.102
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 221 ms 221 ms 223 ms unknown.Level3.net [212.187.139.230]
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 225 ms 234 ms 235 ms ae0.er01.telhc.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.109]
21 241 ms 252 ms 270 ms 132.185.255.148
22 227 ms 231 ms 248 ms bbc-vip114.telhc.bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.69]

Trace complete.


Tracing route to www.battle.net [24.105.29.30]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms dbn-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.161]
4 22 ms 22 ms 22 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.162]
5 38 ms 22 ms 22 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
6 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms 41.162.84.192
7 31 ms 30 ms 31 ms 172.18.1.162
8 163 ms 154 ms 144 ms if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41.206.178.29]
9 374 ms 348 ms 378 ms if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.206.178.2]
10 395 ms 383 ms 380 ms if-ae-5-40.tcore2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.159.89]
11 344 ms 350 ms 358 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.158.5]
12 409 ms 419 ms * if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.158.30]
13 * * 368 ms if-ae-6-2.thar1.NJY-Newark.as6453.net [80.231.138.18]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 379 ms 387 ms 403 ms if-ae-14-15.tcore2.NTO-New-York.as6453.net [66.198.111.9]
16 433 ms 405 ms 385 ms if-ae-12-2.tcore1.N75-New-York.as6453.net [66.110.96.5]
17 397 ms 398 ms 396 ms 66.110.96.146
18 410 ms 417 ms 403 ms hu-1-3-0-9-cr02.newyork.ny.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.84.245]
19 398 ms 410 ms 418 ms be-33-pe01.60hudson.ny.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.84.78]
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 as30036.350ecermak.il.ibone.comcast.net [173.167.57.150] reports: Destination net unreachable.

Trace complete.



Ping to bras.afrihost.co.za:


Pinging bras.afrihost.com [155.239.255.250] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=63

Ping statistics for 155.239.255.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 20ms, Maximum = 21ms, Average = 20ms

Affected Services: All Gaming to EU Servers

DNS:
169.1.1.1 169.1.1.9

 

[poolshark]

Hello again, that small little quick fix you guys did lasted about 1 day.
Pings are back and all apps an games are once again unplayable
High latency and slow speeds on my unshaped line for another night.
Can you not just bypass the KLT 41.206.178.2 server/exchange PLEASE

GlenHills Durban North
10mbps unshaped 100gb capped
DNS - 169.1.1.4 169.1.1.9

TRACE ROUTE LOCAL

C:\Users\1>tracert google.co.za

Tracing route to google.co.za [216.58.223.35]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 23 ms 21 ms 22 ms dbn-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.161]
4 24 ms 21 ms 21 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.162]
5 23 ms 23 ms 21 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
6 23 ms 22 ms 22 ms 41.162.84.192
7 31 ms 31 ms 30 ms 172.18.1.162
8 34 ms 31 ms 31 ms 72.14.194.206
9 30 ms 31 ms 31 ms 72.14.239.129
10 30 ms 30 ms 31 ms jnb01s08-in-f35.1e100.net [216.58.223.35]

Trace complete.

C:\Users\1>

TRACE ROUTE INTERNATIONAL

C:\Users\1>tracert bbc.co.uk

Tracing route to bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.22]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 27 ms 24 ms 23 ms dbn-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.161]
4 23 ms 25 ms 25 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.162]
5 24 ms 24 ms 25 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
6 68 ms 40 ms 33 ms 41.162.84.192
7 34 ms 33 ms 30 ms 172.18.1.162
8 149 ms 148 ms 150 ms if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41
.206.178.29]
9 305 ms 312 ms 321 ms if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.20
6.178.2]
10 357 ms 356 ms 346 ms if-ae-5-90.tcore2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.
159.109]
11 339 ms 346 ms 296 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.1
58.5]
12 308 ms 312 ms 322 ms if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.2
31.158.30]
13 322 ms 304 ms 321 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore2.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.2
31.139.1]
14 364 ms 333 ms 360 ms if-ae-11-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.
139.42]
15 293 ms 281 ms 285 ms if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.
130.130]
16 247 ms 252 ms 258 ms 195.219.83.102
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 250 ms 234 ms 228 ms unknown.Level3.net [212.187.139.230]
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 246 ms 246 ms 253 ms ae0.er02.telhc.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.105]
21 264 ms 251 ms 248 ms 132.185.255.148
22 272 ms 279 ms 283 ms 212.58.244.22

Trace complete.

C:\Users\1>

Ping to bras.afrihost.net

C:\Users\1>ping bras.afrihost.com

Pinging bras.afrihost.com [155.239.255.250] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=63

Ping statistics for 155.239.255.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 20ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 20ms

C:\Users\1>

 

[Unhappy1]

FFS Afrihost

Tracing route to bbc.com [212.58.244.23]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.174]
4 22 ms 21 ms 22 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
5 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms 41.162.84.192
6 32 ms 31 ms 31 ms 172.18.1.162
7 189 ms 180 ms 178 ms if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41.206.178.29]
8 381 ms 361 ms 359 ms if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.206.178.2]
9 383 ms 379 ms 368 ms if-ae-5-30.tcore2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.159.85]
10 367 ms 375 ms 370 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.158.5]
11 353 ms 312 ms 320 ms if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.158.30]
12 318 ms 334 ms 349 ms if-ae-19-2.tcore2.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.138.22]
13 346 ms 360 ms 376 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.131.2]
14 325 ms 291 ms 301 ms if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.130.130]
15 323 ms 346 ms 355 ms 195.219.83.102
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * 358 ms 354 ms unknown.Level3.net [212.187.139.230]
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 299 ms 291 ms 285 ms ae0.er02.telhc.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.105]
20 330 ms 336 ms 336 ms 132.185.255.148
21 * 342 ms 351 ms 212.58.244.23

Trace complete.

 

[Vorastra]

Not even going to bother doing the full report again.

Target Name: bbc.co.uk
         IP: 212.58.244.23
  Date/Time: 2016/09/06 8:03:40 PM - 2016/09/06 8:13:40 PM

Hop  Sent  PL%     Min     Max     Avg  Host Name / [IP]
  1     2    0    0.76    0.77    0.76  home.gateway.home.gateway [192.168.1.254]
  2     3  100       0       0       0   [-]
  3     2    0    7.48    7.69    7.58  dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.174]
  4     2    0    7.38    7.79    7.58  dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
  5     2    0    7.43    9.11    8.27  41.162.84.192 [41.162.84.192]
  6     2    0   15.44   24.88   20.16  172.18.1.162 [172.18.1.162]
  7     2    0  166.32  201.48  183.90  if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41.206.178.29]
  8     2    0  340.22  374.11  357.17  if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.206.178.2]
  9     2    0  334.37  367.45  350.91  if-ae-5-40.tcore2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.159.89]
 10     2    0  334.88  387.40  361.14  if-ae-2-2.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.158.5]
 11     1    0  325.46  325.46  325.46  if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.158.30]
 12     2    0  332.76  373.36  353.06  if-ae-19-2.tcore2.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.138.22]
 13     2    0  330.32  359.98  345.15  if-ae-2-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.131.2]
 14     2    0  330.46  347.26  338.86  if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.130.130]
 15     2    0  329.79  346.48  338.13  195.219.83.102 [195.219.83.102]
 16     3  100       0       0       0   [-]
 17     2    0  337.11  350.94  344.02  www.level3.com.c.footprint.net [212.187.139.230]
 18     3  100       0       0       0   [-]
 19     2    0  329.44  337.02  333.23  ae0.er02.telhc.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.105]
 20     2    0  327.17  327.63  327.40  132.185.255.148 [132.185.255.148]
 21     2    0  334.68  366.15  350.42  bbc.co.uk [212.58.244.23]

 

[AfriFella]

Hi guys, apologies for the affected clients in KZN. I have passed your info and tests over to our Network Team. Let's see if we can get to the bottom of this.

 

[Samildanach]

Different night, same crap.

Area/ suburb
Amanzimtoti, Durban, KZN

Account type
Uncapped, 8Mb

Local traceroute
Tracing route to www.mybroadband.co.za [104.20.72.110]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 26 ms 24 ms 25 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.174]
4 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
5 25 ms 24 ms 25 ms 41.162.84.192
6 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms 172.18.1.162
7 348 ms 344 ms 370 ms cloudflare.ixp.joburg [196.46.25.198]
8 348 ms 322 ms 324 ms 104.20.72.110

Trace complete.

Traceroute to affected site/ service

Tracing route to www.bbc.net.uk [212.58.246.55]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 26 ms 24 ms 25 ms dbn-up2.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.174]
4 25 ms 23 ms 23 ms dbn-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.204]
5 27 ms 27 ms 26 ms 41.162.84.192
6 36 ms 41 ms 39 ms 172.18.1.162
7 220 ms 216 ms 214 ms if-ae-7-0.tcore1.JSO-Johannesburg.as6453.net [41.206.178.29]
8 364 ms 368 ms 352 ms if-ae-4-2.tcore1.KLT-Cape-Town.as6453.net [41.206.178.2]
9 371 ms 370 ms 364 ms if-ae-5-20.tcore2.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.159.61]
10 373 ms 397 ms 389 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore1.PV9-Lisbon.as6453.net [80.231.158.5]
11 383 ms 406 ms 376 ms if-ae-1-3.tcore1.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.158.30]
12 354 ms 353 ms 358 ms if-ae-2-2.tcore2.SV8-Highbridge.as6453.net [80.231.139.1]
13 374 ms 364 ms 373 ms if-ae-11-2.tcore1.L78-London.as6453.net [80.231.139.42]
14 338 ms 317 ms 309 ms if-ae-17-2.tcore1.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.130.130]
15 379 ms 389 ms 384 ms 195.219.83.102
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 380 ms 376 ms 350 ms unknown.Level3.net [212.187.139.230]
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 337 ms 351 ms 376 ms ae0.er01.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [132.185.254.93]
21 344 ms 346 ms 383 ms 132.185.255.165
22 330 ms 338 ms 352 ms bbc-vip046.cwwtf.bbc.co.uk [212.58.246.55]

Trace complete.

Ping to bras.afrihost.com

Pinging bras.afrihost.com [155.239.255.250] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=63
Reply from 155.239.255.250: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=63

Ping statistics for 155.239.255.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 23ms, Maximum = 26ms, Average = 24ms

List any other affected services

ALL INTERNATIONAL!

DNS being used
169.1.1.2
169.1.1.10

 

[standerr]

There is now zero doubt for me that Afrihost is out of capacity and shaping business accounts in the evenings to ease the load.
On Business uncapped account things are struggling, but on Telkom and free 1GB capped account all is fine.

 

[Hummercellc]

There is now zero doubt for me that Afrihost is out of capacity and shaping business accounts in the evenings to ease the load.
On Business uncapped account things are struggling, but on Telkom and free 1GB capped account all is fine.

I concur, it is the only explanation.