Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

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AfriMan said:
That's somehow very, very sad :(

Hope it gets back up soon :(
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Me too. I'm sorry AfriMan, I know it's not under your control.

This is the second time (third if you count my AH account upgrade to 10Mb, but that was my decision) this month alone that I'm paying for additional data just to download something simple as email.

I know the IPC issue isn't an AH problem, but it does come to show the long way internet access in South Africa still has to go.
 
kripstoe said:
Me too. I'm sorry AfriMan, I know it's not under your control.

This is the second time (third if you count my AH account upgrade to 10Mb, but that was my decision) this month alone that I'm paying for additional data just to download something simple as email.

I know the IPC issue isn't an AH problem, but it does come to show the long way internet access in South Africa still has to go.
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Don't worry guy. By 2020 80% of the population will have 100Mbps connections.

That way, if you're shaped to 10% you will still have a 10Mbps connection.
 
kripstoe said:
Me too. I'm sorry AfriMan, I know it's not under your control.

This is the second time (third if you count my AH account upgrade to 10Mb, but that was my decision) this month alone that I'm paying for additional data just to download something simple as email.

I know the IPC issue isn't an AH problem, but it does come to show the long way internet access in South Africa still has to go.
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To be honest, at this rate it really looks like Mobile Data will be much more of a norm in a few years. Considering the fixed costs and technicalities, mobile is becoming more and more reasonable for business.
 
AfriMan said:
To be honest, at this rate it really looks like Mobile Data will be much more of a norm in a few years. Considering the fixed costs and technicalities, mobile is becoming more and more reasonable for business.
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It cannot be considered reasonable until mobile can compete with the already expensive ADSL.

Even for business, mobile is just too expensive in this economy.

Anyway, if the powers that be had removed there fingers when they were supposed to South Africa wouldn't be in the ludicrous broadband position it is in now. We're easy 5+ years behind the rest of the world.
 
It's looking good...but...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 746 kbps (93.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 404 kbps (50.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 170 ms
10/28/2013 8:54:07 PM

International speedtest that. Doing tracert's gives me no hop higher than 33ms to youtube and other sites. Still much better than it was so props for the quick fix AfriTeam! Whoop Whoop. :p

Edit: Adding a local speedtest

Last Result:
Download Speed: 856 kbps (107 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 426 kbps (53.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 37 ms
10/28/2013 9:00:43 PM

My line stats are rock solid. Low attentuation, high SnR margin...downlink sync 4095kbps...exchange downlink 14000kbps.

Getting a tad tired of my 4mb line performing like a 1mb at night during peak hours when I am actually at home...just saying hehe.
 
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Hush9300 said:
It cannot be considered reasonable until mobile can compete with the already expensive ADSL.

Even for business, mobile is just too expensive in this economy.

Anyway, if the powers that be had removed there fingers when they were supposed to South Africa wouldn't be in the ludicrous broadband position it is in now. We're easy 5+ years behind the rest of the world.
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It depends on how you look at it, I guess, For the most part, I'm just glad that we can offer our clients a broader range of options for practical and financial needs :)
 
Of course as an ultimate mobile backup system Afrihost will need to invest in some carrier pigeons - after getting a dog and some IPC in PE, Bfn, EL, Pretoria and the moon
 
AfriMan said:
It depends on how you look at it, I guess, For the most part, I'm just glad that we can offer our clients a broader range of options for practical and financial needs :)
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Which is good but the notion that mobile will be a viable alternative to cable connections in the near future is a pipe dream, unfortunately.

Mobile operators are still to greedy and keep throwing infrastructure investment as a deterrent for price cuts.
 
Looks like the South is back up and running - but we'll continue to monitor for now.

Thanks for the patience and understanding guys - we really, really appreciate how awesome you guys have been.
 
Hush9300 said:
Which is good but the notion that mobile will be a viable alternative to cable connections in the near future is a pipe dream, unfortunately.

Mobile operators are still to greedy and keep throwing infrastructure investment as a deterrent for price cuts.
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Well, if you think about it - no IPC costs, mean that networks can really grow at their own pace. What would be great is to see more players in the market and that will probably happen. But I personally feel that mobile bandwidth will continue to drop in price as we get more consumer spend and devices on the market.

I recently was chatting to someone who was working on systems to replace CB radios with IRC Chat services on smartphones - so I think we'll see a lot more of those ideas surfacing :)
 
AfriMan said:
Well, if you think about it - no IPC costs, mean that networks can really grow at their own pace. What would be great is to see more players in the market and that will probably happen. But I personally feel that mobile bandwidth will continue to drop in price as we get more consumer spend and devices on the market.

I recently was chatting to someone who was working on systems to replace CB radios with IRC Chat services on smartphones - so I think we'll see a lot more of those ideas surfacing :)
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I don't know about that... Mobile is facing its own challenges right now, like spectrum. No different to IPC if you ask me.

The fact that TV operators are so slow to move over DTTV is also hindering mobile operators because they're waiting for that spectrum to be freed up and in the mean time they're left with nothing else to do but re-farm already available spectrum.
 
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