Sinbad
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There is different capacity on the 3 different IPCs. So if your "local" IPC is taking strain you will be throttled more than someone whose IPC is less loaded.
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There is different capacity on the 3 different IPCs. So if your "local" IPC is taking strain you will be throttled more than someone whose IPC is less loaded.
Afrihost, Why am I being throttled?
At this time? 4 hours after business times?
Morning guys,
Please always bear in mind that shaping is capacity driven, and is dynamically applied. Who gets shaped and to what extent is not based on totals or thresholds, but rather on usage patterns - so the period of time over which bandwidth is consumed is also a factor. This is shaping on torrents and file sharing, so it's is never throttled as you will still always get best possible speeds on real time services - browsing, streaming, gaming, VoIP, terminal services, etc.
I'm on 4Mbps business, and all three very popular torrents crawled overnight. Not even close to being done atm. More than ten thousand seeds between them. Earlier yesterday, Game of Thrones and The Mentalist also crawled. Don't think they went faster than 50KB/s each. Not impressed. Can't be contention because it wouldn't be evident across every download.
So your torrents were contending against themselves!
No other PC's were on the network. Just me downloading. The total download count was less than 100KB/s, or 25% of what my connection is capable of.
Torrents are always a mixed bag. It depends on who you're seeding from, and how much you are seeding. My personal experience is that there is never a guarantee of torrent speeds, no matter how well they are seeded or how popular they are. Someone could be seeding at 300kB/s while another seed could only be at 1kB/s, and most clients will display the average.
TheRedBar0n
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@Afriman,
Is the Durbanville Congestion issue still ongoing?
I've noticed my online gameplay pings are over 125 when connecting to JHB servers, for example joining my buds on Black Ops II, my ping is anything from 200 to 999, but if they join me, my ping is 18 to 25 and theirs are 200 to 999.
Is the Durbanville Congestion issue still ongoing?
I've noticed my online gameplay pings are over 125 when connecting to JHB servers, for example joining my buds on Black Ops II, my ping is anything from 200 to 999, but if they join me, my ping is 18 to 25 and theirs are 200 to 999.
Durbanville has been an issue for some time, even though there have been several upgrades. From my last update from Telkom, another upgrade had been scheduled, but there was no ETA.
TheRedBar0n
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So the current ping issue I have could well be due to the Durbanville congestion?
I use uTorrent, which just tallies up the bandwidth being used, and I've configured the headings to show all important info. I limit my upload speed to 15kbps while downloading, and for years it has not affected my download speeds. It seems unlikely that five extremely popular torrents all become incapable of decent download speeds in a 24 hour period, especially across different trackers. But no matter, if it has anything to do with Afrihost it will be clear in a few days.
PurSpyk!!
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Hi, I am considering switching over to AfriHost 4MB Business. I am in Lakeside, Cape Town Southern Suburbs, are there any known issues in my area? My current ISP is very erratic, and don't want the same if I switch over.
I don't know of any general issues, maybe the best would be to sign up a Free GB and give it a try. If there same inconsistencies appear, it would mean there is something on your line or your exchange.
PurSpyk!!
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Hi, I have the Free GB account, which always seem to perform very well. I was not sure this was an indication the uncapped service was the same.
Hummercellc
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There is also a capped bundle service, very good pricing with no shaping and throttling!
Their Business Uncapped Bundles are the best, never ever seen it being throttled.......
PurSpyk!!
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That sounds good, I see you were once a Mweb user? Seen your posts on their thread, looks like we had similar issues.
How do you know that the "erratic ISP" is not your line?
PurSpyk!!
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As much as I do realise many people use the internet for downloads and torrents, I really find it problematic to index performance based on them. I've run extensive tests, and they're very inconclusive, as there's no way to guarantee that conditions are always the same. Personally, I ran some tests last night and got basically line speed on torrents, so I'm confident that this is not a network issue.
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Have you limited your torrent client maximum number of connections and maximum peers? I've found 100 to be a good number
Was on 200 - I've since adjusted. Thanks.
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