Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

Status
Not open for further replies.
AfriGuy

AfriGuy

Afrihost
Company Rep
Joined
Jun 12, 2013
Messages
14,236
LegionECX said:
Folks, let not kid ourselves any longer....the current shaping will apply until 01 October, only then will be lifted, until around the middle of October or say maybe the 20th when it will be applied again...for the whole week we have been hearing that the traffic is calming down and that we should be seeing improvements. Well not on my side, permanently shaped on p2p @ 6.25% on AH:crying: at least real time services work fine, which I suppose is better than other isp`s
Click to expand...

Shaping definitely shouldn't be applied for this amount of time.
Our IPC links are seeing normalised traffic flow but we're still carefully monitoring how things go.
 
Shpongle

Shpongle

Well-Known Member
Joined
Dec 5, 2010
Messages
225
Running an update on my Debian wheezy packages and they are flying at 7,117 bytes a second, the first time I dialed up to the internet in 1993 I could download files at twice this speed:(
 
kripstoe

kripstoe

Expert Member
Joined
Sep 15, 2012
Messages
3,820
18.8% Download/ 6.25% P2P

So the official statement is that this is caused by iOS updates? So this will be the case in future every time Apple releases an update?
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
Orihalcon said:
I was speaking of ONLY the data upgrade cost.

When your line gets boosted for free a R100 more will bump the data.

Currently the combo does cost R200 to boost from 2mb to 4mb yea.
Click to expand...

Correct. Data only is a R100 different, and for bundles it's R200 more. If you think about that though, You're moving from R279 line rental to a R399 line rental, so you're really saving a lot on the 4Mbps bundle :)
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
kripstoe said:
18.8% Download/ 6.25% P2P

So the official statement is that this is caused by iOS updates? So this will be the case in future every time Apple releases an update?
Click to expand...

I don't know if we can say that it's the only factors. But were pretty sure that they have contributed to the excessive demand we're seeing on the network. Until that demand subsides, we're going to have to continue shaping.

Having said that, as I've mentioned before, shaping disappeared pretty much after 12 pm. The network ran unshaped until around 7am, when the demand rapidly increased. Measuring against our trends, there is definitely an increase in demand.
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
Shpongle said:
Running an update on my Debian wheezy packages and they are flying at 7,117 bytes a second, the first time I dialed up to the internet in 1993 I could download files at twice this speed:(
Click to expand...

While we're shaping, downloads are going to be slow. Best to run these overnight for now when there is little or no shaping :(
 
Orihalcon

Orihalcon

Expert Member
Joined
Mar 5, 2010
Messages
3,024
Afriman.

Please oh please could you log a fault with telkom or do what you guys do make them aware of exchange congestion in Pinehurst Durbanville area between 17:30 and 22:00...

It is all nice and dandy that my line can fly at 440kB/s when everyon is asleep...but when I actually want to stream and watch in 720p my line runs at 150kB/s...like now...not cool. Eiya.
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
Just an update. Usage has dropped off dramatically and we're already easing up on shaping. Many clients should now be shaped less aggressively or not at all.

Let's hope that the demand issues are over and we can go back to normal performance. Thanks everyone for bearing with us. We should start seeing normal performance on throughput and latency tonight.
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
Orihalcon said:
Afriman.

Please oh please could you log a fault with telkom or do what you guys do make them aware of exchange congestion in Pinehurst Durbanville area between 17:30 and 22:00...

It is all nice and dandy that my line can fly at 440kB/s when everyon is asleep...but when I actually want to stream and watch in 720p my line runs at 150kB/s...like now...not cool. Eiya.
Click to expand...

We don't actually have a fault process for exchanges. To telkom, that falls outside of the line management area, we usually get a standard answer of 6 weeks to 12 months before they might address the issue.

I can try. Drop me a PM :(
 
Orihalcon

Orihalcon

Expert Member
Joined
Mar 5, 2010
Messages
3,024
AfriMan said:
We don't actually have a fault process for exchanges. To telkom, that falls outside of the line management area, we usually get a standard answer of 6 weeks to 12 months before they might address the issue.

I can try. Drop me a PM :(
Click to expand...

Yeah I know it is outside your scope...but every prod helps to move the beast a little :D
 
Type RSA

Type RSA

Expert Member
Joined
Aug 31, 2011
Messages
2,649
Spoke too soon..

2980611514.png


Now my ping is fkd!!! C'mon guys. Seriously!!! I am really getting a bit fed up now!!
 
AfriMan

AfriMan

Afrihost Representative
Company Rep
Joined
May 24, 2012
Messages
17,239
Type RSA said:
Spoke too soon..

2980611514.png


Now my ping is fkd!!! C'mon guys. Seriously!!! I am really getting a bit fed up now!!
Click to expand...

That would not be due to shaping. Pings and latency from our tests are running as normal. can you PM me or post a traceroute so I can take a look?
 
Status
Not open for further replies.
Top