Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

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What does this mean ito speed"
Account Status: Account Active
Shaping Policy: 18.8% Download/ 6.25% P2P

Am I getting 18.8% of max possible speed on downloads?
Is hop 6 where the slowdown is enforced?

C:\>tracert google.com

Tracing route to google.com [74.125.24.113]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 59 ms 31 ms 23 ms 105-236-6-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.6.65]
3 9 ms 9 ms 10 ms ipc-recieve-jh-1a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.5]
4 40 ms 45 ms 42 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
5 36 ms 32 ms 33 ms jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
6 252 ms 181 ms 251 ms am-cr-2.nl--am-tpr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.218]
7 281 ms 233 ms 287 ms core2.ams.net.google.com [195.69.145.100]
8 251 ms 206 ms 250 ms 209.85.254.95
9 334 ms 443 ms 405 ms 72.14.238.69
10 237 ms 224 ms 218 ms 66.249.95.21
11 196 ms 272 ms 227 ms 72.14.235.189
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 191 ms 191 ms 218 ms de-in-f113.1e100.net [74.125.24.113]

Trace complete.

C:\>tracert eunews.frugalusenet.com

Tracing route to eunews.frugalusenet.com [178.22.82.51]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 8 ms 11 ms 9 ms 105-236-6-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.6.65]
3 9 ms 10 ms 11 ms ipc-recieve-jh-1a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.5]
4 8 ms 71 ms 29 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
5 11 ms 9 ms 9 ms jh-dca-2.za--qux-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.114]
6 197 ms 198 ms * am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.141]
7 221 ms 189 ms 242 ms ams-ix.prolocation.net [195.69.146.128]
8 200 ms 294 ms 198 ms rc04-20g-12-rc05-20g-12.prolocation.net [94.228.128.126]
9 194 ms 232 ms 197 ms 178.22.82.51

Trace complete.

That's correct, the percentages show what maximum speeds you can achieve while under the current shaping policy. Noted that this does change and dynamically adjust itself according to network load.

The timeout you're seeing here isn't related to shaping though, this is an ICMP timeout which is unrelated :(
 
When doing a trace route with my afrihost acc.

Tracing route to vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 12 ms 14 ms 15 ms 105-236-10-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.
10.65]
2 33 ms 34 ms 33 ms ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.54.86]

3 37 ms 37 ms 37 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.18
4.28]
4 33 ms 34 ms 34 ms compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.2]
5 215 ms 176 ms 175 ms ls-cr-2.uk--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.113]

6 188 ms 231 ms 189 ms am-cr-1.nl--ls-cr-2.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.18
3]
7 176 ms 179 ms 180 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.1
41]
8 179 ms 180 ms 178 ms TenGigabitEthernet1-4.ar8.AMS2.gblx.net [208.48.
1.109]
9 192 ms 191 ms 193 ms ip-64.214.130.30.gblx.net [64.214.130.30]
10 338 ms 339 ms 341 ms 145.254.16.129
11 340 ms 345 ms 341 ms 92.79.230.2
12 339 ms 340 ms 339 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
13 345 ms 341 ms 342 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

THis is when I use my Telkom capped acc.

C:\Users\convex>tracert vodafone.de

Tracing route to vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 11 ms 15 ms 14 ms ti-224-168-01.telkomadsl.co.za [105.224.168.1]
2 42 ms 30 ms 29 ms ti-226-0-06.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.6]
3 25 ms 25 ms 24 ms ti-226-0-13.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.13]
4 21 ms 24 ms 24 ms 165.165.214.213
5 170 ms 169 ms 169 ms lon-ip-hsll-1-gig-0-1-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.
43.9.46]
6 189 ms 190 ms 189 ms ldn-b5-link.telia.net [62.115.35.89]
7 194 ms 198 ms 196 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [213.155.132.194]
8 187 ms 189 ms 190 ms hbg-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.249.11]
9 189 ms 201 ms 198 ms hbg-b1-link.telia.net [213.155.135.81]
10 210 ms 207 ms 207 ms vodafone-ic-136086-hbg-b1.c.telia.net [213.248.7
5.218]
11 205 ms 205 ms 205 ms 188.111.128.85
12 212 ms 207 ms 209 ms 92.79.230.14
13 213 ms 207 ms 203 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
14 207 ms 205 ms 203 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

Now between 10 and 14 on both, are the Pings im getting when I play Heroes of newerth on Eu servers.

Is anyone else experience high pings with afrihost to Eu ?

I don't know why its timing out between 15 and 30. I don't get any Dc's when I play. Just the huge difference in ms.
 
Could you expand on what factors that includes?

What if I have no more turbocharges left? I would have to buy another one. But I'm already paying R797 a month? Why should I have to spend more? I have no inclination to download the internet.

We carefully plan our capacity based on usage trends, sometimes there are spikes that (like traffic) have to be managed by rules and systems so that everyone gets the best experience and access possible. Unless that is a 24/7 problem that could have been projected from growth statistics or usage trends, it's not something you can solve overnight. Just like the council is not going to order a new road after a traffic jam, and also take time to plan and then implement an upgrade if the issue persists, we need to carefully plan for and motivate any changes to the network based on trend analysis, not just for the current trend but for future usage possibilities based on the statistics we have.

We can assure all our clients that our network people are doing the math and analyzing reports and determining exactly what is going to be needed to deliver a great experience, and to do as little shaping as is sustainably possible for general users. We are committed to finding solutions, and any of our clients will know that we don't make such promises lightly. Resources, finances and time are being committed to make sure that we figure this out as quickly as possible.
 
When doing a trace route with my afrihost acc.

Tracing route to vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 12 ms 14 ms 15 ms 105-236-10-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.
10.65]
2 33 ms 34 ms 33 ms ipc-recieve-tb-2a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.54.86]

3 37 ms 37 ms 37 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.18
4.28]
4 33 ms 34 ms 34 ms compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.2]
5 215 ms 176 ms 175 ms ls-cr-2.uk--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.113]

6 188 ms 231 ms 189 ms am-cr-1.nl--ls-cr-2.uk-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.18
3]
7 176 ms 179 ms 180 ms am-tpr-1.nl--am-cr-1.nl-a.mtn.net [209.212.111.1
41]
8 179 ms 180 ms 178 ms TenGigabitEthernet1-4.ar8.AMS2.gblx.net [208.48.
1.109]
9 192 ms 191 ms 193 ms ip-64.214.130.30.gblx.net [64.214.130.30]
10 338 ms 339 ms 341 ms 145.254.16.129
11 340 ms 345 ms 341 ms 92.79.230.2
12 339 ms 340 ms 339 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
13 345 ms 341 ms 342 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

THis is when I use my Telkom capped acc.

C:\Users\convex>tracert vodafone.de

Tracing route to vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 11 ms 15 ms 14 ms ti-224-168-01.telkomadsl.co.za [105.224.168.1]
2 42 ms 30 ms 29 ms ti-226-0-06.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.6]
3 25 ms 25 ms 24 ms ti-226-0-13.telkomadsl.co.za [105.226.0.13]
4 21 ms 24 ms 24 ms 165.165.214.213
5 170 ms 169 ms 169 ms lon-ip-hsll-1-gig-0-1-0.telkom-ipnet.co.za [196.
43.9.46]
6 189 ms 190 ms 189 ms ldn-b5-link.telia.net [62.115.35.89]
7 194 ms 198 ms 196 ms ldn-bb1-link.telia.net [213.155.132.194]
8 187 ms 189 ms 190 ms hbg-bb1-link.telia.net [80.91.249.11]
9 189 ms 201 ms 198 ms hbg-b1-link.telia.net [213.155.135.81]
10 210 ms 207 ms 207 ms vodafone-ic-136086-hbg-b1.c.telia.net [213.248.7
5.218]
11 205 ms 205 ms 205 ms 188.111.128.85
12 212 ms 207 ms 209 ms 92.79.230.14
13 213 ms 207 ms 203 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
14 207 ms 205 ms 203 ms rechnung.vodafone.de [139.7.147.49]
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.

Trace complete.

Now between 10 and 14 on both, are the Pings im getting when I play Heroes of newerth on Eu servers.

Is anyone else experience high pings with afrihost to Eu ?

I don't know why its timing out between 15 and 30. I don't get any Dc's when I play. Just the huge difference in ms.

These traces look like they're hitting two different servers on hop 10/11, so it could be that one server may be performing different. The server accessed may depend on routing as well. Can you trace to the server IP and see if you see different latency to the individual IP? Drop me the results in PM if you'd like, or post them here :)
 
I don't know whats up with AH at the moment, its 7pm and still heavy shaping is being applied
 
Makes me miss my 30mb down / 5mb up Wideband I had in Wisconsin, USA last year before i moved back to SA. lol
 
Feel sick to my stomach moving to Afrihost. I dont think paying R700 for 0-10 Kb/s is funny at all :(
 
That's correct, the percentages show what maximum speeds you can achieve while under the current shaping policy. Noted that this does change and dynamically adjust itself according to network load.

The timeout you're seeing here isn't related to shaping though, this is an ICMP timeout which is unrelated :(

The moment mtnbusiness hands over to "normal" mtn timings seems to go through the roof?
so, irrespective of all the "have to manange the network" messages, what went wrong?
 
I don't know whats up with AH at the moment, its 7pm and still heavy shaping is being applied

Sorry about this :( Our network still seems to be recovering from the bigger increase in demand we saw earlier today. We're still shaping too many client than we'd like to see - however the network has slowly but surely made signs of returning to normal.
 
Feel sick to my stomach moving to Afrihost. I dont think paying R700 for 0-10 Kb/s is funny at all :(

I'm sincerely sorry that we've let you down :( We should start seeing improvements tonight, the shaping should start easing up really soon.
 
Most users will be seeing lighter shaping. We've seen traffic die down over the last hour and we've slowly opened up the network as we've see more available capacity to give back to Uncapped clients. Let's hope it stays this way :)
 
WTF!!!!! I cannot take this **** anymore!!!!!

Code:
Tracing route to www.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.254
  2     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  105-236-3-1-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.
1]
  3   140 ms   140 ms   138 ms  ipc-recieve-rb-4a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.89]
  4   131 ms   134 ms   131 ms  rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
  5   158 ms   157 ms   158 ms  jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
  6   160 ms   161 ms   221 ms  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
  7   140 ms   142 ms   145 ms  tengigabitethernet5-1.hr15.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.n
et [196.31.63.198]
  8   122 ms   120 ms   122 ms  cms-gm.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]

Trace complete.

and..

Code:
Tracing route to star.c10r.facebook.com [31.13.64.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.254
  2     9 ms     8 ms     8 ms  105-236-3-1-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.
1]
  3   158 ms   152 ms   152 ms  ipc-recieve-rb-4a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.89]
  4   171 ms   145 ms   145 ms  rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
  5   150 ms   148 ms   146 ms  jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
  6   171 ms   149 ms   172 ms  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9   343 ms   350 ms   352 ms  edge-star-shv-07-ams2.facebook.com [31.13.64.97]


Trace complete.
 
Well, there is no shaping on my account, but I'm being treated to these wonderful speeds on my 4 Meg line:

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Code:
[silvercode@silvercode-home:~]$ tracepath google.com                                                                                                                                                       (09-10 20:13)
 1:  silvercode-home.local                                   0.043ms pmtu 1500
 1:  192.168.1.1                                           2.247ms 
 1:  192.168.1.1                                           1.568ms 
 2:  105-236-148-222.access.mtnbusiness.co.za              1.763ms pmtu 1492
 2:  105-236-8-193-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za              340.076ms 
 3:  ipc-recieve-tb-1a.mtnbusiness.net                   418.919ms asymm  8 
 4:  tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net               353.685ms asymm  6 
 5:  unc-cpt-1.mtnns.net                                 330.085ms asymm  6 
 6:  196.44.31.106                                       326.521ms asymm  7 
 7:  am-cr-1.am--lt-cr-1.uk-a.mtnns.net                  601.702ms asymm  9 
 8:  ls-pr-1.uk--ls-cr-1.uk-a.mtn.net                    622.006ms asymm  9 
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     Too many hops: pmtu 1492
     Resume: pmtu 1492 
[silvercode@silvercode-home:~]$
 
WTF!!!!! I cannot take this **** anymore!!!!!

Code:
Tracing route to www.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.254
  2     8 ms     8 ms     8 ms  105-236-3-1-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.
1]
  3   140 ms   140 ms   138 ms  ipc-recieve-rb-4a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.89]
  4   131 ms   134 ms   131 ms  rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
  5   158 ms   157 ms   158 ms  jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
  6   160 ms   161 ms   221 ms  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
  7   140 ms   142 ms   145 ms  tengigabitethernet5-1.hr15.jnb6.za.mtnbusiness.n
et [196.31.63.198]
  8   122 ms   120 ms   122 ms  cms-gm.afrihost.com [197.242.144.102]

Trace complete.

and..

Code:
Tracing route to star.c10r.facebook.com [31.13.64.97]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

  1    <1 ms    <1 ms    <1 ms  192.168.0.254
  2     9 ms     8 ms     8 ms  105-236-3-1-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.3.
1]
  3   158 ms   152 ms   152 ms  ipc-recieve-rb-4a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178
.89]
  4   171 ms   145 ms   145 ms  rb-cr-1.za--rb-dca-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.0.14
6]
  5   150 ms   148 ms   146 ms  jh-cr-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.95
]
  6   171 ms   149 ms   172 ms  qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165
.115]
  7     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  8     *        *        *     Request timed out.
  9   343 ms   350 ms   352 ms  edge-star-shv-07-ams2.facebook.com [31.13.64.97]


Trace complete.


same nonsense here as well. Centurion area...

1 <1 ms <1 ms 1 ms 192.168.7.6
2 10 ms 9 ms 11 ms 105-236-4-129-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.4.129]
3 134 ms 143 ms 129 ms ipc-recieve-rb-3a.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.178.77]
4 98 ms 96 ms 96 ms rb-dca-2.za--rb-cr-1.za-a.mtnns.net [196.44.31.120]
5 94 ms 94 ms 96 ms jh-cr-1.za--rb-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.0.42]
6 120 ms 114 ms 114 ms qux-jh-dca-2.za-b.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.165.115]
 
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