While it may feel like it, we do need to look at the data and see what the data says. I'd like to look at the full test results and take things from there.
Please complete the following, this is essentially just swapping torrents with NNTP.
Location:
Cape Town
Account type:
Business 4mb
Business optimisation on/ off if you're on Business Uncapped:
off
Local speedtest:
See attached
International speedtest
Traceroute:
See below
NNTP, and what provider you're using:
My main newserver is the afrihost news server and back is nextgennews.net getting the same results
HTTP speeds on
http://releases.ubuntu.com/14.04.3/ubuntu-14.04.3-desktop-amd64.iso:
See http speed attachment
FTP speeds on
ftp://ubuntu.mirror.ac.za/ubuntu-release/14.04.3/ubuntu-14.04.3-server-amd64.iso:
See ftp speed attachment
I know these tests are a pain, but it really does go a long way in spotting a trend that we can pass onto our team.
Just seeing slow downloads in the evenings isn't pointing us to anything obvious from our end.
Definitely no drops from our end, so not sure what underlying issues there are here.
Tracing route to afrihost.com [41.181.185.18]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 2 ms <1 ms 5 ms 10.0.0.2
2 * * * Request timed out.
3 39 ms 29 ms 27 ms cpt-up1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.105]
4 148 ms 151 ms 145 ms cpt-in1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.118]
5 41 ms 41 ms 34 ms cpt-net1.ip.adsl.co.za [169.1.5.128]
6 33 ms 32 ms 32 ms 41.164.52.40
7 32 ms 29 ms 28 ms 172.18.32.33
8 32 ms 34 ms 42 ms mtnns-2.cinx.net.za [196.223.22.31]
9 133 ms 295 ms 298 ms rb-cr-1.za.nl-ha-2.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.120]
10 213 ms 39 ms 57 ms tb-cr-2.za--ct-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.10
7]
11 53 ms 53 ms 65 ms jh-cr-1.za--tb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.66]
12 94 ms 86 ms 104 ms jh-dca-1.za--jh-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.21
7]
13 70 ms 68 ms 71 ms 18.185.181.41.in-addr.aserv.co.za [41.181.185.18
]
tracert bras.afrihost.com
Tracing route to bras.afrihost.com [155.239.255.250]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 1 ms 3 ms 1 ms 10.0.0.2
2 36 ms 27 ms 26 ms 155.239.255.250
Trace complete.
Hope I got everything you need.