Afrihost Uncapped ADSL Feedback

[Roadrunner]

Aww, come on Afrihost.

When will this issue with IS be cleared up? Perhaps sour grapes from their side because you are taking away your business?

On an 8Mb/s line:

 

[Davedes]

Maybe a stupid question but has this not got something to do with Telkom upgrading their lines to 1 & 2Mbps putting more pressure on the ISP's networks? I really don't buy the apple update bs.

This is pure throttling due to faster lines & higher client usage

 

[Xanthus]

Just switched to Afrihost a few weeks ago and for the past couple of weeks everything has been crawling (40kB/s http on a 2meg line). If this isn't sorted out in a few days I'm switching to Mweb.

 

[roadcat]

If this isn't sorted out in a few days I'm switching to Mweb.

I am beating a dead horse here it appears, but the issue appears to be across all ISP's. Switching to ISP_thebestthingsinceslicedbread is not going to help much...

 

[Timber_MG]

Shaping...

Here is the shaping on Afrihost. Initial burst of 8.6 mbps settling down to 3.3 mbps.

This can only be an active measure on Afrihost's side, so I call BS on Afroman.

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[gregmcc]

Another slow slow slow day!

Currently: 79.9 kB/s on my 4Mbps line

 

[Timber_MG]

And at 5 on the dot the following happens: within a minute the speed almost doubles



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[Timber_MG]

This is with blended traffic (some youtube, 20 threads of usenet and a file download)

 

[Friedpet]

my connection has been dead since 15h30...
Hatfield, Pretoria....?

 

[Timber_MG]

Speeds are steadily improving, hope it lasts for the week end.

 

[gregmcc]

And at 5 on the dot the following happens: within a minute the speed almost doubles

Yip - bang on at 5. Now getting double the speed, but still half my line speed. Getting there....

 

[Davedes]

Yip - bang on at 5. Now getting double the speed, but still half my line speed. Getting there....

Nope... No throttling going on here gents... move along nothing to see

 

[4cer]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2194042473.png

with 290 gigs this month don't see an issue

 

[The_Unbeliever]

Doesn't stay constant my side either... But it is better than nothing or getting capped in the middle of the month, with no money for a top-up

Done over 19G so far.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Speeds back to normal this morning, but then again it is 8am on a Saturday morning. We'll have to wait and see what happens come Monday.

 

[burn]

We'll have to wait and see what happens come Monday.

Tuesday

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

Tuesday

Indeed.

 

[psynapt1k]

I reckon IS applies some strict control during the week and during the week evenings.
Afrihost should rename the "uncapped" to Uncapped Weekender seeing as that is the only time we get great speeds!

And I do not think it is Afrihost's fault - I think it is IS and if it is, then the ISPs should stand together and threaten them legally.
The ISPs are taking the brunt of the complaints - IS does not give a fiddle....
And we suffer with inferior service

 

[roadcat]

I reckon IS applies some strict control during the week and during the week evenings.
Afrihost should rename the "uncapped" to Uncapped Weekender seeing as that is the only time we get great speeds!

And I do not think it is Afrihost's fault - I think it is IS and if it is, then the ISPs should stand together and threaten them legally.
The ISPs are taking the brunt of the complaints - IS does not give a fiddle....
And we suffer with inferior service

Agreed.

 

[Zyzzyva]

I'm on that afriman 80% off special. I know it works that way with the capped accounts, but if i cancel now will the uncapped account run till the end of the month?