Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt2)

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I've been thinking of using usenet again and I was wondering how is Afrihost's news server performance? or is it better to fork out and get a dedicated news server? what's their pricing like?

Also, what's the server details? ( I can't remember, will test it out tonight)
 
Wall said:
I've been thinking of using usenet again and I was wondering how is Afrihost's news server performance? or is it better to fork out and get a dedicated news server? what's their pricing like?

Also, what's the server details? ( I can't remember, will test it out tonight)
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Server isn't bad at all. I've pulled items that were close to 200 days old. If you're not happy with the AH server I would recommend looking at Nextgen News.


news.afrihost.co.za
 
5plus2equals9 said:
Server isn't bad at all. I've pulled items that were close to 200 days old. If you're not happy with the AH server I would recommend looking at Nextgen News.


news.afrihost.co.za
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and the speed? do you get full speed?
 
Wall said:
I've been thinking of using usenet again and I was wondering how is Afrihost's news server performance? or is it better to fork out and get a dedicated news server? what's their pricing like?

Also, what's the server details? ( I can't remember, will test it out tonight)
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Our news server is free if you are on our network. You don't need a username or password either, which makes it pretty easy :)
 
Still shaped 50/50 on my uncapped account and its 9 PM.... I'm sure many businesses are not operating at this time surely but demand is still so high. This is a letdown. I'm in the east region btw, something must be wrong with the shaper :(
 
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GreatD7007 said:
Still shaped 50/50 on my uncapped account and its 9 PM.... I'm sure many businesses are not operating at this time surely but demand is still so high. This is a letdown. I'm in the east region btw
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It's been pretty busy in the east today, so we're seeing more shaping that we usually do. But there is still a lot less than other parts of the country so I expect this will improve as the evening goes on and private users start logging off.
 
AfriMan said:
It's been pretty busy in the east today, so we're seeing more shaping that we usually do. But there is still a lot less than other parts of the country so I expect this will improve as the evening goes on and private users start logging off.
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Why is that Afriman. I haven't used much data this month as well :( Just curious what's going on. I know you guys are waiting for Telkom
 
I have been struggling with Afrihost support lately. They have always been good and responsive.

But,somewhere in January, when my line was downgraded from "up to 10Mbps" to "up to 4Mbps" because of limitations at my exchange, their support also accidentally downgraded my 4Mbps business package to a 50 Gb capped package. And obviously, when the new month started, I had hit the cap after 3 days. I realised the problem on Saturday when I suddenly started to get bandwitdth usage emails, and have been struggling since then to get this rectified. No luck - the support people do not respond, or claim that I requested the downgrade. Luckily I cpuld prove with emails that only the line speed downgrade was suggested and agreed.
Now, I am expected to start a new 4Mbps business uncapped account, whenever they get to my email response again... I wonder if they will refund me for the 50 Gb account that I now also accidentally paid for.

Really disappointed in Afrihost, after my many year of good service with them... AfriMan - can you restore my faith?
 
GreatD7007 said:
Why is that Afriman. I haven't used much data this month as well :( Just curious what's going on. I know you guys are waiting for Telkom
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Remember that shaping is primarily based on demand. So regardless of anyone's usage, if there is sufficient capacity being unused, then we won't shape pretty much everyone.

Once we see that there is an overall rise in demand, we make the decision to shape, and then we decide who must be shaped. We order users from the most aggressive to least aggressive and start shaping from the top until we manage the demand on the network. So depending on where you are on that list (and what capacity versus demand is at the time) you'll be shaped or not shaped accordingly.
 
Hey Afriman, are there any issues in Cape Town 021 712 **** area? I'm getting all around slow speed.

Ping statistics for 74.125.233.52:
Packets: Sent = 83, Received = 80, Lost = 3 (3% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 332ms, Maximum = 1227ms, Average = 728ms

Tracing route to www.google.com [74.125.233.50]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.10.1
2 872 ms 743 ms 783 ms 105-236-8-65-esr-lo.mtnbusiness.co.za [105.236.8
.65]
3 763 ms 507 ms 442 ms ipc-recieve-tb-1a.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.53.150
]
4 982 ms 965 ms 1003 ms tb-dca-2.za--qux-c.za.mtnbusiness.net [41.181.19
8.188]
5 533 ms 550 ms 309 ms compj-cpt-1.mtnns.net [196.44.18.2]
6 522 ms 577 ms 408 ms ct-cr-2.za--tb-cr-1.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.134]

7 440 ms 547 ms 597 ms rb-cr-1.za--ct-cr-2.za.mtnns.net [196.44.31.69]

8 589 ms 661 ms 557 ms 41.181.139.109
9 * 1442 ms 1089 ms 72.14.194.74
10 1208 ms 957 ms 1071 ms 64.233.174.21
11 913 ms 743 ms 856 ms jnb01s01-in-f18.1e100.net [74.125.233.50]

Trace complete.

I tried the Afrihost tool but got no results, I'm guessing this is an exchange issue but thought I'd check with you.
 
cschutte said:
I have been struggling with Afrihost support lately. They have always been good and responsive.

But,somewhere in January, when my line was downgraded from "up to 10Mbps" to "up to 4Mbps" because of limitations at my exchange, their support also accidentally downgraded my 4Mbps business package to a 50 Gb capped package. And obviously, when the new month started, I had hit the cap after 3 days. I realised the problem on Saturday when I suddenly started to get bandwitdth usage emails, and have been struggling since then to get this rectified. No luck - the support people do not respond, or claim that I requested the downgrade. Luckily I cpuld prove with emails that only the line speed downgrade was suggested and agreed.
Now, I am expected to start a new 4Mbps business uncapped account, whenever they get to my email response again... I wonder if they will refund me for the 50 Gb account that I now also accidentally paid for.

Really disappointed in Afrihost, after my many year of good service with them... AfriMan - can you restore my faith?
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I'm pretty shocked to read this, to be honest. Sounds like we f-ed up royally here, and I sincerely apologise. There shouldn't be any need to signup new account, but I will need a little time to figure out what happened and the quickest way to get all of this fixed.

Please PM me ASAP and I'll get this sorted out for you :(
 
AfriMan said:
I'm pretty shocked to read this, to be honest. Sounds like we f-ed up royally here, and I sincerely apologise. There shouldn't be any need to signup new account, but I will need a little time to figure out what happened and the quickest way to get all of this fixed.

Please PM me ASAP and I'll get this sorted out for you :(
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AfriMan - thanks a million - all sorted now!
 
AfriMan said:
That's pretty odd. NNTP should be shaped as P2P service. I know it's very different to torrents, but we classify them as the same (or we should be) :(
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What you're saying is consistent with my post that you quoted.

Whenever P2P is UNSHAPED I get full speed.
When it's shaped I get 50%,25%(or whatever the case may be) of my line speed.
 
cschutte said:
AfriMan - thanks a million - all sorted now!
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AfriMan, I spoke too quickly. The following email was received at 307 this morning:

"Thanks for the email.

Please note, as per your request your package has been
successfully changed to 50GB Capped DSL Data.
but then because you have already being billed on your
Business DSL package, this change will only be effective
from the 1st of March 2014.

Please do not hesitate to contact us, should your require further assistance.

Regards
Itumeleng MakuaAfrihost.com
Pure Internet Joy!"

Itumeleng had misread the emails, and had undone all your hard work from last night. I am now back on a 50gb capped account... As Itumeleng puts it: "Pure Internet Joy..."

Can you please help again?
 
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