Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

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grim said:
Anything below about 20 should be good.

Best way to know is if it fluctuates at different times, so say early morning it'll be <20 and during the day it'll go up to 100+
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Tnx guys
 
vicv said:
Got a question, looking at getting unotelly for netflix and hulu. Would these services be affected by shaping?
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Apparently it doesn't from the Afri* as the service is real time. But many ppl on the forum complain that it does get shaped.

Not sure what the real answer is and also because it's a 3rd party DNS, it's speed will be slower than the Afri DNS ( this is what I'm told, not sure)
 
HowTo said:
@Vic
What I have seen under the Telkom guest account I think you only allowed to do speed Test.
I also did not get a result using ping or tracert.
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You can run speedtests on SAIX.net from three different servers. Your traceroutes will be mostly blocked, but at least you can see the most important hop in the route at the exchange :(
 
vicv said:
Got a question, looking at getting unotelly for netflix and hulu. Would these services be affected by shaping?
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They shouldn't be affected - but it also depends on the DNS you use. Some seem to work better for Hulu and others for Netflix. Really difficult to say - but if the DNS servers are slow it may feel shaped at times :(
 
l_abc_l said:
Apparently it doesn't from the Afri* as the service is real time. But many ppl on the forum complain that it does get shaped.

Not sure what the real answer is and also because it's a 3rd party DNS, it's speed will be slower than the Afri DNS ( this is what I'm told, not sure)
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You won't be able to access those services using our DNS, as they are technically not available in South Africa yet :(
 
Hi there AFri*

Any idea when this pricing debacle will be solved or a step by step process to follow to DOWNGRADE my now 10mb account back to 4mb and get that R100 saving?

I'd like to do this by the 23rd as I wont be paying R697 again in January for a service I cannot use due to my dslam being limited to 4mb :)
 
Orihalcon said:
Hi there AFri*

Any idea when this pricing debacle will be solved or a step by step process to follow to DOWNGRADE my now 10mb account back to 4mb and get that R100 saving?

I'd like to do this by the 23rd as I wont be paying R697 again in January for a service I cannot use due to my dslam being limited to 4mb :)
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I'm seeing many of the mails going out from our side to do the downgrades or upgrades as I mentioned. The simplest process is to wait for the mail - then we know that everything is in place.

Otherwise drop me a PM so we see what is possible if we start getting close to the billing run :(
 
Hi,
Are you guys going to fix your new client zone? I've reported bugs about the previously connected IP addresses displaying incorrectly, it's under Session Management for an Account, it always shows the same IP address but I've never connected using this ip address.
It appears as a modal, but here is the Direct link:

https://clientzone.afrihost.com/en/my-connectivity/session-management/[email protected]~1

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Access Log

This is a summary of the 20 most recent connections to your [email protected] account.

Recent Sessions
Tel Number IP Address Usage Session Start Session End
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 37.8 MB 2013-12-09 18:46:22 2013-12-09 18:56:22
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 8.0 MB 2013-12-09 18:37:03 2013-12-09 18:51:04
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 242.4 MB 2013-12-09 17:21:23 2013-12-09 18:33:25
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 131.2 KB 2013-12-09 16:17:44 2013-12-09 17:21:22
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 10.2 KB 2013-12-09 15:55:54 2013-12-09 16:17:43
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 4.9 KB 2013-12-09 15:45:32 2013-12-09 15:55:53
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 154.3 KB 2013-12-09 15:32:00 2013-12-09 15:45:18
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 5.0 KB 2013-12-09 15:21:30 2013-12-09 15:31:59
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.9 MB 2013-12-09 10:32:04 2013-12-09 15:21:28
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 39.1 MB 2013-12-09 06:20:41 2013-12-09 10:32:43
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 10.0 KB 2013-12-09 05:38:54 2013-12-09 06:20:41
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 25.2 KB 2013-12-09 04:13:25 2013-12-09 05:38:53
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 48.3 MB 2013-12-08 22:27:18 2013-12-09 04:13:24
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 2.6 GB 2013-12-08 19:56:01 2013-12-08 22:27:15
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 2.3 GB 2013-12-08 18:35:31 2013-12-08 19:56:00
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.2 GB 2013-12-08 14:32:41 2013-12-08 18:35:30
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.3 GB 2013-12-08 04:15:09 2013-12-08 14:32:40
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.5 GB 2013-12-07 17:45:18 2013-12-08 04:15:09
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 13.7 KB 2013-12-07 17:43:52 2013-12-07 17:45:17
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 5.3 KB 2013-12-07 17:40:28 2013-12-07 17:43:51
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ItherNiT said:
Are you guys busy shaping your capped accounts? Im using the 1gig free on your news server and getting 100kb/s on 4meg line...
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We don't shape any of our Capped accounts.
Are the slower speed just being seen when using NNTP?
 
Hogrod said:
Hi,
Are you guys going to fix your new client zone? I've reported bugs about the previously connected IP addresses displaying incorrectly, it's under Session Management for an Account, it always shows the same IP address but I've never connected using this ip address.
It appears as a modal, but here is the Direct link:

https://clientzone.afrihost.com/en/my-connectivity/session-management/[email protected]~1

=====================================================================
Access Log

This is a summary of the 20 most recent connections to your [email protected] account.

Recent Sessions
Tel Number IP Address Usage Session Start Session End
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 37.8 MB 2013-12-09 18:46:22 2013-12-09 18:56:22
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 8.0 MB 2013-12-09 18:37:03 2013-12-09 18:51:04
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 242.4 MB 2013-12-09 17:21:23 2013-12-09 18:33:25
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 131.2 KB 2013-12-09 16:17:44 2013-12-09 17:21:22
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 10.2 KB 2013-12-09 15:55:54 2013-12-09 16:17:43
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 4.9 KB 2013-12-09 15:45:32 2013-12-09 15:55:53
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 154.3 KB 2013-12-09 15:32:00 2013-12-09 15:45:18
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 5.0 KB 2013-12-09 15:21:30 2013-12-09 15:31:59
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.9 MB 2013-12-09 10:32:04 2013-12-09 15:21:28
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 39.1 MB 2013-12-09 06:20:41 2013-12-09 10:32:43
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 10.0 KB 2013-12-09 05:38:54 2013-12-09 06:20:41
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 25.2 KB 2013-12-09 04:13:25 2013-12-09 05:38:53
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 48.3 MB 2013-12-08 22:27:18 2013-12-09 04:13:24
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 2.6 GB 2013-12-08 19:56:01 2013-12-08 22:27:15
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 2.3 GB 2013-12-08 18:35:31 2013-12-08 19:56:00
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.2 GB 2013-12-08 14:32:41 2013-12-08 18:35:30
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.3 GB 2013-12-08 04:15:09 2013-12-08 14:32:40
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 3.5 GB 2013-12-07 17:45:18 2013-12-08 04:15:09
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 13.7 KB 2013-12-07 17:43:52 2013-12-07 17:45:17
xxx xxx xxxx 196.43.27.111 5.3 KB 2013-12-07 17:40:28 2013-12-07 17:43:51
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Sorry about this :( I'm not personally aware of any bugs around this, but drop me a PM with your info and I can run some follow ups here for you.
 
Haha shaped again in Cape Town.

Seems like everyone trying to stream the memorial is causing some havoc.
 
Hi Afriman,
I was really excited tonight to have been upgraded to 2Mbps uncapped (line is with Afrihost, literally got the message in clientzone at 20:43) BUT I am very disappointed at my download speeds!! Maybe I am being a bit impatient, maybe something needs to be reset on your side/telkoms side. I don't know...

Point being my DL maxes out at ±0.65Mbps and UL at 0.2Mbps!! 2416079551.png This speedtest was done 1 min ago.

Previously on 1Mbps uncapped my line maxed out 0.85Mbps, which although not terribly fast, was ok.

Please check if something is not right on your side or if I need to bother Telkom all day tomorrow to have my line fixed. Any help is appreciated! :)

Line stats:
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 2048 kbps 256 kbps
Line Attenuation 42.0 db 27.0 db
Noise Margin 14.5 db 7 db
 
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What is the throttling threshold for the 4mb uncapped bundled account? And overall what is everyone's experience thus far?
 
I am being shapped 75% download and 75% P2P. at 2:30 am, What kind of shapping is this. And sometimes the system doesn't work even after applying Turbo Boost. There must also be a lot of bugs, like on the first I had complained on facebook about my account displaying capped after unpausing it, the Afriman that answered me said that my account was not showing capped. Instead of admitting the problem with the system, he went on and fixed it, then told me that it wasn't the case. After few days, some people complained about the same thing.
 
deathburst said:
What is the throttling threshold for the 4mb uncapped bundled account? And overall what is everyone's experience thus far?
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Upgraded my account to 4MB after my telkom upgraded my line. Problem is its hardly any faster.

Browsing is about the same and NNTP hovers around 260kBs average vs. 200kBs before. Hardly seems worth it considering Afhost's (non-bundled) account is now one of the most expensive.

Also curious about the experience of others who upgraded, especially in regards to NNTP.
 
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