Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

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werny said:
Exactly what is happening to me, router shows 4Mbps but when using my Afrihost capped account is usually just goes up until 2Mbps, rarely reaches 2.5Mbps :cry:

Honestly don't know where the problem lies as my exchange is not congested.
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Luck you. At least your router shows 4Mbps. Mine only shows 2Mbps still even though my line is definitely 4Mbp on telkom.

ADSL Availability
Service Available
Maximum speed available in your area 10 Mbps
Your Current Service speed 4 Mbps
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I dont mind paying the data portion, but my line should be 4Mbp and its just not syncing with Afrihost at all. I tried my capped unshapped accounts and router still only picks up 2Mbps down. Any feedback from afrihost department?
 
AfriGuy said:
Keep us posted on how things go, this may be the solution here :)
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No dice back to 480p buffering and not going above 100kbps and I have no shaping applied on clientzone. So I still am not sure what the issue is.
 
Rade84 said:
No dice back to 480p buffering and not going above 100kbps and I have no shaping applied on clientzone. So I still am not sure what the issue is.
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:(
Have you run any tests with BitMeter OS by any chance? Some comparisons between Twitch, YouTube and Vimeo would be useful.
 
Streaming is fine for me tonight. Watching the cricket now.

I checked clientzone and no shaping applied. Happiness.
 
AfriGuy said:
Are you seeing the streaming issues consistently? Are all the streaming sites affected?
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Yes, fairly consistent. Vimeo just now again. First 25 seconds played perfectly, then the buffering starts and pretty much stops playing. Youtube loads a segment very quickly, then pretty much stops loading until video catches up, video pauses, then loads the next segment quickly... etc etc.
 
Yeah also slow for me in CT tonight. Unshaped by torrents are in the single digits. Just did a normal download of a podcast which was at 40-60 kbps and youtube was stuttering even on 240p. Skype was decent though.
 
being shaped...only did 84gb....on a 10 mbps line....ah well, let my steam download chug not merrily along....
 
dazzazzad said:
Yeah also slow for me in CT tonight. Unshaped by torrents are in the single digits. Just did a normal download of a podcast which was at 40-60 kbps and youtube was stuttering even on 240p. Skype was decent though.
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Ditto streaming hasn't been great since we had that downtime in the south
 
I have to agree with you.
My 10mbps line is useless!

Struggling to even browse the internet. Takes minutes to even open a web page. I am typing this from my pho e as internet on my 10mbps line is useless. A messenger pidgeon would be faster.
kripstoe said:
This is not why I pay for a 10Mb line...

24.4 KB/s - 6.3 MB of 11.9 MB
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I can concur. My line has been fine now for couple of weeks.

(un)Luckily I was off sick yesterday and could really see how my line performs during the day. Line was running PERFECT...until 15:40.

Using Bitmeter OS I had a stream open running 720p and I was getting a constant average of 420kB...then it dropped and starting spiking up and down - much like kripstoe's graph - with averages down to 260kB. It was like this - this jittery up and down spiking until the early hours of the morning.
 
Our 10MB line is borderline useless at the moment. We have no shaping applied but we're downloading at a max of 31Kbps? That's not what we're paying for...really annoyed.
 
Same problem this side for the last couple of days, beyond annoying. I'm not blaming Afrihost yet, but a solution needs to be found SOON!

Lydon said:
Our 10MB line is borderline useless at the moment. We have no shaping applied but we're downloading at a max of 31Kbps? That's not what we're paying for...really annoyed.
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