It is possible, but we'd need to do more tests before we reach that conclusion. A lot more services are using P2P aspects to minimise costs on their side.
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It is possible, but we'd need to do more tests before we reach that conclusion. A lot more services are using P2P aspects to minimise costs on their side.
Out of curiosity, is it possible for you to make shaping exceptions for specific services when you find out that they use P2P to facilitate streaming?
I'm not 100% sure of that. I think i could be possible, but I would have to check.
Hummercellc
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I don't know if it is just me, but Browsing seems a bit sluggish today?
Other than that everything perfect.....
Other than that everything perfect.....
Shouldn't be the case - usage is relatively stable on the network at the moment so we should be seeing excellent realtime speeds. Have you run any tests on your side?
Hummercellc
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vicv
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What were you expecting when you signed up for a shaped product? Really? If shaping bothers you, pay R100 more and be unshaped.
Yes, speed test over 10meg latency to afrihost.com 18ms.....
Might just be me....
Looks like you're all good there
I think a lot of people are still in the throttling threshold mindset, which is how most Uncapped products were run (and still are in some cases). The dynamic demand based systems are very new, and most home users are not really aware of how it works and how it benefits them in terms of value for money.
No worries, I don't get tired of explaining it because I think it's pretty awesome
TEXTILE GUY
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I can't make any promises, so please don't report me to Gian. But I'm pretty confident that we'll be blasting the competition away (we always do)
Hope so ....Moving to AH, come hell or high water .....
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What are Afrihost's throttling polices like compared to other ISPs? How's the performance for stuff like Twitch.tv, Youtube and gaming? Any feedback I'd appreciate, looking to switch ISPs
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What are Afrihost's throttling polices like compared to other ISPs? How's the performance for stuff like Twitch.tv, Youtube and gaming? Any feedback I'd appreciate, looking to switch ISPs
This! I'm interested in making a new home here
ClintonExsteen
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4Mbps Uncapped DSL Package
Data StatisticsData Used: 51.37 GBAverage Daily Usage: 1.77 GBProjected Monthly Usage: 54.91 GB
Account OverviewAccount Status: Account Active Shaping Policy: 75% Download/ 75% P2P
Shaped after 51GB really
Data StatisticsData Used: 51.37 GBAverage Daily Usage: 1.77 GBProjected Monthly Usage: 54.91 GB
Account OverviewAccount Status: Account Active Shaping Policy: 75% Download/ 75% P2P
Shaped after 51GB really
ClintonExsteen
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Internet is awesomely erratic
Ping Test:
ping 197.242.144.102
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=1 ttl=59 time=31 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=53 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=3 ttl=59 time=29 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=4 ttl=59 time=33 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=5 ttl=59 time=28 ms
ping 8.8.8.8
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=44 time=178 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=44 time=179 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Trace Test:
traceroute -n 197.242.144.102
1 192.168.0.1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms
2 105.236.234.6 30 ms 164 ms 7 ms
3 41.181.54.8 51 ms 20 ms 10 ms
4 41.181.198.1 64 ms 31 ms
196.44.18.2 10 ms
5 196.44.18.2 10 ms 10 ms
196.44.31.1 11 ms
6 196.44.31.1 29 ms 12 ms
196.44.31.6 66 ms
7 196.44.31.9 29 ms 40 ms
196.44.31.6 57 ms
8 196.31.220.1 31 ms 30 ms 59 ms
9 196.31.220.2 32 ms 32 ms
196.31.63.1 69 ms
10 196.31.63.1 35 ms 34 ms
197.242.144.1 39 ms
11 197.242.144.1 29 ms
traceroute -n 8.8.8.8
1 192.168.0.1 1 ms
2 105.236.234.6 33 ms
3 Request timed out *
4 196.44.18.2 132 ms
5 196.44.31.1 45 ms
6 196.44.31.6 83 ms
7 72.14.194.7 135 ms
8 Request timed out *
9 Request timed out *
DNS Test:
nslookup www.afrihost.com
Name: www.afrihost.com
Address: 197.242.144.102
nslookup www.google.com
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.81
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.83
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.84
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.80
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.82
nslookup thishouldfail.afrihost.com
** server can't find thisshouldfail.com: NXDOMAIN
Ping Test:
ping 197.242.144.102
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=1 ttl=59 time=31 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=2 ttl=59 time=53 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=3 ttl=59 time=29 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=4 ttl=59 time=33 ms
64 bytes from 197.242.144.102: icmp_req=5 ttl=59 time=28 ms
ping 8.8.8.8
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=1 ttl=44 time=178 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 2
Request timeout for icmp_seq 3
64 bytes from 8.8.8.8: icmp_req=4 ttl=44 time=179 ms
Request timeout for icmp_seq 5
Trace Test:
traceroute -n 197.242.144.102
1 192.168.0.1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms
2 105.236.234.6 30 ms 164 ms 7 ms
3 41.181.54.8 51 ms 20 ms 10 ms
4 41.181.198.1 64 ms 31 ms
196.44.18.2 10 ms
5 196.44.18.2 10 ms 10 ms
196.44.31.1 11 ms
6 196.44.31.1 29 ms 12 ms
196.44.31.6 66 ms
7 196.44.31.9 29 ms 40 ms
196.44.31.6 57 ms
8 196.31.220.1 31 ms 30 ms 59 ms
9 196.31.220.2 32 ms 32 ms
196.31.63.1 69 ms
10 196.31.63.1 35 ms 34 ms
197.242.144.1 39 ms
11 197.242.144.1 29 ms
traceroute -n 8.8.8.8
1 192.168.0.1 1 ms
2 105.236.234.6 33 ms
3 Request timed out *
4 196.44.18.2 132 ms
5 196.44.31.1 45 ms
6 196.44.31.6 83 ms
7 72.14.194.7 135 ms
8 Request timed out *
9 Request timed out *
DNS Test:
nslookup www.afrihost.com
Name: www.afrihost.com
Address: 197.242.144.102
nslookup www.google.com
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.81
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.83
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.84
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.80
Name: www.google.com
Address: 173.194.34.82
nslookup thishouldfail.afrihost.com
** server can't find thisshouldfail.com: NXDOMAIN
TwilightWalker
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What are Afrihost's throttling polices like compared to other ISPs? How's the performance for stuff like Twitch.tv, Youtube and gaming? Any feedback I'd appreciate, looking to switch ISPs
Afrihost does not throttle but if the network is busy they do shape P2P and some downloads. Youtube and Twitch works well and gaming performance is good. I switched to Afrihost and I'm much happier now than I was with my old ISP, Afrihost is not perfect but they are much better than everyone else. Speak with Afriman/Afriguy, they are always helpful.
vicv
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Yes, now stop complaining.
What are Afrihost's throttling polices like compared to other ISPs? How's the performance for stuff like Twitch.tv, Youtube and gaming? Any feedback I'd appreciate, looking to switch ISPs
This! I'm interested in making a new home here
I think you guys will have a great time! However - a certain selection of users report HD streaming issues with Twitch, but that has been found to be a twitch server issue :/
Streaming is never shaped, and they will only shape downloads if the network is busy. Also, they have ordered new network capacity - so the shaping should decrease dramatically as soon as that is applied within a few weeks.
Personally, I have never been happier with an ISP. Yes - there is shaping, and yes, your downloads are affected, however - to me, it doesnt really matter, purely cause I let my downloads do their thing overnight (when its unshaped), and the shaper does not affect any browsing, youtube or gaming etc
Why don't you take out a free 1GB capped account for a test run
Unfortunately, this looks like an exchange issue :/ That means you will have to report a telkom fault
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