That's a lot of HD Linux distros :wtf:
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That's a lot of HD Linux distros :wtf:
grim
Expert Member
OMGZ I NEED TO DOWNLOADZ THE INTERNETZ...
I say throttle users like that into the ground, as in give them 1KB/s throughput on everything they do. It's because of users like that that the rest of us have to suffer.
You cannot expect to download that much on an account costing R500/m odd taking into consideration what the costs are behind providing bandwidth in SA. (R700/m/mbps international, R1400/m/mbps IPC)
I'd rather have straight shaping applied in the interim with a time period in minutes and an average 3 day rolling shaping window until you've sorted your stuff out . That way browsing and occasional you-tube streaming and downloads can run well for the majority of users in stead of the current situation.
Even during the peak of the IS pre-move issues web browsing and short bursts weren't affected with a few notable exceptions.The time period was 5 seconds or less during peaks.
Even during the peak of the IS pre-move issues web browsing and short bursts weren't affected with a few notable exceptions.The time period was 5 seconds or less during peaks.
Zewp
Banned
Just want to thank the Afrihost people; ever since you guys got moved to MTN the IS backbone has gotten a lot more stable and performance has never been better. 
robdutchmonkey
Well-Known Member
They will be very similar for now. We've wanted to relax them, but we need to be cautious. After resetting everyone's rolling window total, for example, one user pulled 1.4TB in 14 days!!! We want to be generous to the majority, but unfortunately some guys just take things too far.
So in short, it will be basically the same thresholds we had before, and we'll monitor them as see how we can give more to everyone. We also have a different policy we'd like to implement eventually to move away from throttling towards prioritisation by protocol, but we'll have to keep that up our sleeve for a little while longer
Well, would 6GB average per day be considered heavy? My speed still fluctuates no matter what I'm doing
Afrihost Uncapped:
Telkom
Webafrica
Afrihost capped
On the uncapped it ranges anywhere between 1.8 and 3.3 download, just constantly changing, those fluctuations are just damn annoying and frustrating
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Other Pineapple Smurf
Honorary Master
They will be very similar for now. We've wanted to relax them, but we need to be cautious. After resetting everyone's rolling window total, for example, one user pulled 1.4TB in 14 days!!! We want to be generous to the majority, but unfortunately some guys just take things too far.
So in short, it will be basically the same thresholds we had before, and we'll monitor them as see how we can give more to everyone. We also have a different policy we'd like to implement eventually to move away from throttling towards prioritisation by protocol, but we'll have to keep that up our sleeve for a little while longer
And I was worried that I might get nailed for doing 30Gigs in 10 days
grim
Expert Member
So in short, it will be basically the same thresholds we had before, and we'll monitor them as see how we can give more to everyone. We also have a different policy we'd like to implement eventually to move away from throttling towards prioritisation by protocol, but we'll have to keep that up our sleeve for a little while longer
What are these thresholds?
Piesang
Executive Member
Am I going to be able to use the news server very soon??
news.afrihost.co.za worked perfectly for me for a couple of days but now it is just totally dead.
news.afrihost.co.za worked perfectly for me for a couple of days but now it is just totally dead.
ThEoFuLeS
Well-Known Member
LOLOLOL 1.4 TB
:wtf:LOLOLOLOL So much, how do you do that, and how big is your hard drive, And I was afraid that I did 14gbs in 5 days
They will be very similar for now. We've wanted to relax them, but we need to be cautious. After resetting everyone's rolling window total, for example, one user pulled 1.4TB in 14 days!!! We want to be generous to the majority, but unfortunately some guys just take things too far.
So in short, it will be basically the same thresholds we had before, and we'll monitor them as see how we can give more to everyone. We also have a different policy we'd like to implement eventually to move away from throttling towards prioritisation by protocol, but we'll have to keep that up our sleeve for a little while longer
:wtf:LOLOLOLOL So much, how do you do that, and how big is your hard drive, And I was afraid that I did 14gbs in 5 days
Piesang
Executive Member
They will be very similar for now. We've wanted to relax them, but we need to be cautious. After resetting everyone's rolling window total, for example, one user pulled 1.4TB in 14 days!!! We want to be generous to the majority, but unfortunately some guys just take things too far.
So in short, it will be basically the same thresholds we had before, and we'll monitor them as see how we can give more to everyone. We also have a different policy we'd like to implement eventually to move away from throttling towards prioritisation by protocol, but we'll have to keep that up our sleeve for a little while longer
How is it that he is so lucky to get 1.21MB/s download speed for 14 days straight? I'm also on a 10mb/s line and the max I get is about 1.04MB/s. And that is if I'm lucky.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=1.4TB+/+14+days
grim
Expert Member
I also max out around 1.04-1.08MB/s on my line, I have seen slightly faster on other 10Mb lines but not 1.21MB/s.
I know there are a couple of guys syncing at 20Mb out there...
Tinuva
The Magician
:wtf:LOLOLOLOL So much, how do you do that, and how big is your hard drive, And I was afraid that I did 14gbs in 5 days
You build a file-server, that can take 24 hard drives, then you start filling it up with 3tbyte hard drives
At least that is the plan for me soon.
The_Unbeliever
Honorary Master
1.4Tb? :wtf:
I vote for having a policy where you get throttled harder the higher you go with your downloads.
I vote for having a policy where you get throttled harder the higher you go with your downloads.
Mine has been sitting on this since last night
Better than 2.5Mbit, but not the 8Mbit I'm used to.
Out of interest, I usually do about 120GB a month (I used the Red Africa Special). After the move I did total about 240GB, of which about 60GB was a mess up with my server downloading and redownloading Encrypted NZB Rar files (That were 5GB each, and it kept retrying the download when it couldn't extract). So I did about 180GB a month.
(FYI ... Don't use Mysterbin ... it is full of encrypted RAR files
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Better than 2.5Mbit, but not the 8Mbit I'm used to.
Out of interest, I usually do about 120GB a month (I used the Red Africa Special). After the move I did total about 240GB, of which about 60GB was a mess up with my server downloading and redownloading Encrypted NZB Rar files (That were 5GB each, and it kept retrying the download when it couldn't extract). So I did about 180GB a month.
(FYI ... Don't use Mysterbin ... it is full of encrypted RAR files
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prodigyX
Senior Member
@Afriman, when I initially signed up for 10mb uncapped on the IS network, it was because I was informed that I'd be able to move around 400gb (if my memory serves me correctly) without being throttled. I based my decision on this, as I rarely move more than about 200gb.
PLEASE tell me this is not going to change!
PLEASE tell me this is not going to change!
DrJohnZoidberg
Honorary Master
My usage history with AH:
Total Bandwidth Used for August 170.627 GB
Total Bandwidth Used for September 123.220 GB
Total Bandwidth Used for October 281.057 GB
My usage for October was pretty high, but there were a lot of new Linux distros Should even off again this month, anyway my hard drives are all full so I'll have to make do.
Total Bandwidth Used for August 170.627 GB
Total Bandwidth Used for September 123.220 GB
Total Bandwidth Used for October 281.057 GB
My usage for October was pretty high, but there were a lot of new Linux distros
Should even off again this month, anyway my hard drives are all full so I'll have to make do.
At this stage, I think they should remain the same, I'll let everyone know if there is a change. We might need to find ways of rate limiting those who have used the most bandwidth since the 16th, but as you can see from my example, it's redonkulous amounts, so reasonable users should not be affected.
@Afriman, please in plain english outline the user experience Afrihost has planned for a user on your 10 meg uncapped offering in usage bands within your AUP? Even if the status quo is not there, what does your networking team forecast given your network capacity compared to say the period before the IS move issues where service was great? Perhaps break it down for Youtube streaming, normal browsing and downloads, Torrents, NTP etc.
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