Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback (Pt3)

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Im happy with my afri service, just trying my luck with getting it maybe for a bit cheaper :) every cent saved helps with the petrol
 
*1. @AH
*2. @Afriman

*1 Thank for the new status updates on the web site.

*2 Afriman
Can I please request that the amount of bandwidth allocated to the kirkwood area, 80 km from PE, be reviewed?

I'm working from a non AH account atm which gives me full speed.

My AH is so bad atm, that I can't open my CP panel for one of my Hosting providers.
It will open the page, but display no Icons.
If I ignore the icons and click on the relevant heading, I still not access the menu.

This is a real time service that I can not use with the uncapped account.
I can without problems, access the CP with other accounts.

Back on my AH 4Mbps account results in:

International:
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Local:
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RoMark said:
*1. @AH
*2. @Afriman

*1 Thank for the new status updates on the web site.

*2 Afriman
Can I please request that the amount of bandwidth allocated to the kirkwood area, 80 km from PE, be reviewed?

I'm working from a non AH account atm which gives me full speed.

My AH is so bad atm, that I can't open my CP panel for one of my Hosting providers.
It will open the page, but display no Icons.
If I ignore the icons and click on the relevant heading, I still not access the menu.

This is a real time service that I can not use with the uncapped account.
I can without problems, access the CP with other accounts.

Back on my AH 4Mbps account results in:

International:
2566759055.png


Local:
2566761120.png
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Sounds like you're getting poor international throughput - is the CP on an international server?

We don't allocate bandwidth by area. Essentially the IPC in each region (you would route through the South if you're in the Eastern Cape) has a limited amount of capacity, through which local and international traffic is routed. We don't further segment that by specific area or suburb.
 
AfriMan said:
Sounds like you're getting poor international throughput - is the CP on an international server?

We don't allocate bandwidth by area. Essentially the IPC in each region (you would route through the South if you're in the Eastern Cape) has a limited amount of capacity, through which local and international traffic is routed. We don't further segment that by specific area or suburb.
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It is listed as SA or UK, but afik it is local.

Okay, thought that the Eastern Cape would have had its own limits.
 
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RoMark said:
Is is listed as SA or UK, but afik it is local.

Okay, thought that the Eastern Cape would have had its own limits.
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No, we don't have an IPC in the EC yet, though I know there is a growing community in PE. I don't it's unreasonable to think that we may get there one day though :)
 
AfriMan said:
No, we don't have an IPC in the EC yet, though I know there is a growing community in PE. I don't it's unreasonable to think that we may get there one day though :)
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Yeah I know about the IPC, but I would have thought there would some QoS type distribution in play for the EC.
So we are constantly fighting the Cape guys for the same bandwidth?
Sitting 800km from Cape Town, that is a bit of an unfair fight I reckon?
No wonder i receive 600kbps on a 4Mbps line
 
RoMark said:
Yeah I know about the IPC, but I would have thought there would some QoS type distribution in play for the EC.
So we are constantly fighting the Cape guys for the same bandwidth?
Sitting 800km from Cape Town, that is a bit of an unfair fight I reckon?
No wonder i receive 600kbps on a 4Mbps line
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The distance travelled probably wouldn't play a significant role - it's literally fractions of milliseconds in difference, as far as I know.
 
Quick question Afriman, me being from Durban. What IPC do I route through? Like people are throwing around Southern IPC and so on. Do we have an IPC in the Kwa-Zulu Natal area?
 
Vorastra said:
Quick question Afriman, me being from Durban. What IPC do I route through? Like people are throwing around Southern IPC and so on. Do we have an IPC in the Kwa-Zulu Natal area?
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Durban routes via the East IPC - which is essentially the KZN region :)
 
AfriMan said:
Durban routes via the East IPC - which is essentially the KZN region :)
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Ah ok cool. Now with this whole capacity increase, is the East IPC also set for an upgrade around the time the Southern is going to be increased?

Or is the East and South months apart in terms of increases?
 
Vorastra said:
Ah ok cool. Now with this whole capacity increase, is the East IPC also set for an upgrade around the time the Southern is going to be increased?

Or is the East and South months apart in terms of increases?
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The orders were placed at the same time, so we are confident that if they're not at the same time they won't be more than a few days apart. This has always been the case when we've rolled out major upgrades.

But the 18th is the confirmed date for the South for now.
 
Internet seems alright for me, but shaping is on 12.5/6.25% so no downloading for me. I am sownloading the new AMD catalist driver, 25 min for 300 MB on a 10 Mb line ...
 
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