Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

[Unhappy1]

Get home early from work today hoping to play some online gaming but expecting problems. Happily surprised that steam updates are running at full line speed .

 

[new_in_za2]

We'll need to look into that. YouTube should always get top priority as you say.

PM me?

To be honest, it's much easier to live with Youtube being a bit slow than a 20MB file taking 23 minutes to download. I'd prefer it if you fixed the other thing

 

[new_in_za2]

Get home early from work today hoping to play some online gaming but expecting problems. Happily surprised that steam updates are running at full line speed .

I bought a 2GB prepaid account with a different ISP a couple of weeks ago, and I switch to that when playing games and Afrihost are having problems. Cost me less than R40 and I still have 1.7GB left. Sucks that it has to come to that, but at least it's a not too expensive temporary fix for playing games.

 

[CuriouS]

My linespeed is half, sent a tweet and a ticket. No response. Reset my port even. nothing.

 

[AfriMan]

My linespeed is half, sent a tweet and a ticket. No response. Reset my port even. nothing.

Sorry about that, when did you tweet? Will chat to the guys running Twitter

Drop me a PM so I can get you some help

 

[CuriouS]

Sorry about that, when did you tweet? Will chat to the guys running Twitter

Drop me a PM so I can get you some help

Thanks I did send a PM just now.

 

[Sony_3G]

We'll need to look into that. YouTube should always get top priority as you say.

PM me?

I dont get this. Why should youtube get top priority, but downloads/p2p/torrents get lowest priority?

 

[Unhappy1]

I bought a 2GB prepaid account with a different ISP a couple of weeks ago, and I switch to that when playing games and Afrihost are having problems. Cost me less than R40 and I still have 1.7GB left. Sucks that it has to come to that, but at least it's a not too expensive temporary fix for playing games.

I also had to do something similar since Monday , today my Afrihost account seems to be performing much better however.

 

[prodigyX]

10mb uncapped, Durban

YouTube full speed, NNTP 60kBps

 

[Davedes]

Pathetic!

 

[FapCop]

I like how they say more bandwidth gets consumed where it is impossible to pull much on current speeds. I don't think they have anywhere near the capacity they had on IS

 

[psynapt1k]

I dont get this. Why should youtube get top priority, but downloads/p2p/torrents get lowest priority?

Some people would like to have a smooth Youtube experience instead of downloading those barely legal adapted "linux distributions"

 

[al4bb]

Some people would like to have a smooth Youtube experience instead of downloading those barely legal adapted "linux distributions"

+1

 

[bumbledore]

Some people would like to have a smooth Youtube experience instead of downloading those barely legal adapted "linux distributions"

I honestly don't know why it matters how people use their bandwidth? If they wanna download pirated movies, pr0n, legit STEAM games, android ROMS, who actually cares and who are we to comment.

The other customers of your bank don't ask how you spend your salary every month?

Point of the matter, is that Afrihost should call a spade a spade and my 10mbps uncapped accounts should be renamed,

"Fast browsing and above-average YouTube" 10mbps*

*Don't even think about downloading anything on this account because you'll be shaped into a poo and flushed down the toilet.

 

[new_in_za2]

"Fast browsing and above-average YouTube" 10mbps*

That's not true. It's "Fast viewing of text-only websites and above-average Youtube". Images are apparently considered 'downloads' and come down at a snail's pace. Loading a website with a lot of images makes the internet feel like it did when I was on a 33k6 US Robotics modem.

 

[bumbledore]

That's not true. It's "Fast viewing of text-only websites and above-average Youtube". Images are apparently considered 'downloads' and come down at a snail's pace. Loading a website with a lot of images makes the internet feel like it did when I was on a 33k6 US Robotics modem.

Lol, my apologies. I stand corrected

 

[Sony_3G]

Some people would like to have a smooth Youtube experience instead of downloading those barely legal adapted "linux distributions"

The reason for my previous comment, was the fact that streaming Youtube also uses a lot of data (720p @ 30 Minutes = XXXMB data), but that is acceptable. Just doesn't seem fair...

 

[2026]

The reason for my previous comment, was the fact that streaming Youtube also uses a lot of data (720p @ 30 Minutes = XXXMB data), but that is acceptable. Just doesn't seem fair...

Because youtube is realtime streaming and having it stutter and lag upsets clients, while the torrenters like yourself can use a scheduler to start your torrents up at night because you don't need real time streaming of your piracy needs. Is it really the end of the world if your downloaded items are ready 1 day later?

 

[Necuno]

Because youtube is realtime streaming and having it stutter and lag upsets clients, while the torrenters like yourself can use a scheduler to start your torrents up at night because you don't need real time streaming of your piracy needs. Is it really the end of the world if your downloaded items are ready 1 day later?

Well thought, but done in a box. What of legit application that uses p2p transport for their content ?

 

[new_in_za2]

Is it really the end of the world if your downloaded items are ready 1 day later?

When I need to download a 60MB file I need for work over HTTP and it takes more than an hour on a 2Mbps line, then no, it is still not the end of the world, but it means I will find a different ISP.